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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Salesrank: 766753
Released: October 17, 1990 |
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| Used Price: $26.04 |
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| Media: Audio Cassette |
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Zuma Track Listing:
1. Don't Cry No Tears
2. Danger Bird
3. Pardon My Heart
4. Lookin' for a Love
5. Barstool Blues
6. Stupid Girl
7. Drive Back
8. Cortez the Killer
9. Through My Sails - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Editorial Review:
If Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Ragged Glory are the two finest studio albums Neil Young recorded with Crazy Horse, Zuma certainly qualifies as a close third. Recorded in 1975, Zuma exudes both a sense of focus and a tentative optimism, two qualities that were completely MIA from the bleak Time Fades Away/Tonight's the Night/On the Beach trilogy that preceded it. "Barstool Blues," "Don't Cry No Tears," and "Drive Back" are terse, punchy rockers, while "Danger Bird" and "Cortez the Killer" are extended guitar workouts in the grand Crazy Horse tradition. And the two acoustic entries--"Pardon My Heart" and "Through My Sails" (the latter was recorded with Crosby, Stills & Nash)--are absolutely gorgeous. Ignore the crappy cover art, and treat yourself to one of Young's most underrated records. --Dan Epstein
Zuma Reviews:
One of the better Neil Young albums 
2009-11-21 - This album is what you'd expect from the cover: Neil Young and Crazy Horse cranking out some rocking, heartfelt, raw country-rock songs with brooding guitar solos, and simple and solid backing instrumentation. With one or two (great) acoustic songs thrown in.
You get that, and nothing less.
Like a lot of Neil Young albums, this is for when life has got you down, and it's time for a change. The lyrics are real, the mood is upset, but sincere.
Cortez is obviously a highlight, with some seriously soul-wrenching guitar work from Neil Young. A classic in its own right.
All of the other songs will hold their weight in this album. If you've heard Neil in the past, and liked him, you'll like this album. Only don't expect to find anything that would fit on "Harvest". This is raw, honest, messy rock music.
"Godfather of Grunge" Moniker?
2009-09-27 - It came from this album right here. Period.
Stupid Girl.
Drive Back.
Barstool.
Danger Bird (flies alone)
Kortez the Chiller ;}
then it ends with CSN helping out on Through My Sails; just to keep the listener on their toes.
Desert Island pick, for sure.
Neil and the Horse at their finest
2009-09-01 - This has to be one of the top rock albums ever recorded. Neil and the Horse are in top form. As great as everything on it is, Cortez the Killer towers far above the rest of the album. That insane almost three minute instrumental to start the song... man it's beautiful, classic. Everyone seems to have their own theory of what it's about but it's pretty obvious that the song isn't just about history. But because Cortez is so great some other very good songs, namely Danger Bird kind of seem to get forgotten. This is a tragedy. This is the perfect album for a long drive or some solitary time. It deserves your full attention.
must have this Neil
2009-04-18 - Zuma is essentially "Everybody Knows" part 2, which is a little odd, considering that there are 5 albums in between. I was really excited when I first bought this in the mid 70's, knowing that there was the potential to hear Neil break out the loud and majestic guitar solos again. I was not disappointed. "Dangerbird" is the second cut, very long, very reminiscent of early Crazy Horse. I knew that Neil was back at this point. But all of the cuts on this album are awesome. The second half of the album is prime N.Y., as he shreds through "Drive Back" (check out the ridiculously loud "flying V" guitar parts), "Cortez the Killer" (the build up before the vocals on this song has to be cranked up volume-wise to fully appreciate the passion and glory that is Neil when he decides to make a point with his guitar), and the album ends with the beautiful C,S,N and Y tune "Through my Sails". You cannot find this song on any other album. Any respectable Neil fanatic already has burned through about 10 copies of "Zuma", but maybe it's time for copy #11. Or if it is your first copy, enjoy it and play it back to back with "Everybody Knows....". The electric guitar was INVENTED for these 2 albums and Neil's fingers. Buy both albums and wear them out along with your speakers and your neighbors..........
Criminally Underrated.
2008-10-22 - This is Neil's second best Crazy Horse album (next to "This is Nowhere"). It is a must own for any Neil fan. "Barstool Blues" is one of his greatest songs And of course, "Cortez" is music's most mesmerizing song.
