Homegrown: Alright With Me
Ballyhooed as a classic but not entirely what it claims to be, Neil Young’s latest archival release is good on its own terms
14 min readJun 21, 2020
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In the spring of 1975, Neil Young was ready to stop running away from the commercial success of his 1972 international smash hit Harvest. After a series of sessions held at the same studios and featuring key musicians who played on Harvest, he had a finished album mixed, sequenced, titled, and with artwork prepared. He considered it a sequel of sorts, called Homegrown.