Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts: Second Song [REPRISE]

Why you'll love it

Neil Young's 50th studio album, in a gatefold sleeve, and his second with the Chrome Hearts after Talkin to the Trees. Lou Adler produced it at Shangri La in Malibu, the title track runs nearly 11 and a half minutes across both sides, and Metacritic's critics gave it an average of 80.

This edition

• Gatefold sleeve
• "Second Song" in two parts, closing Side A and opening Side B
• Eight songs, two of them written in the 1960s and never recorded until now

About the album

The Chrome Hearts are Micah Nelson on guitar, Corey McCormick on upright bass, Anthony LoGerfo on drums and the great Spooner Oldham on organ, and this time Young leads them through a mostly acoustic set. He told fans the songs made him "feel", which is about as close to a press statement as Neil Young usually gets, and Rolling Stone's Andy Greene heard the title track as a song about the passage of time and the need for human connection.

Two of the eight go back a very long way: "Casting Me Away From You" and "I'll Love You Forever" were written in the 1960s and only now got a proper recording, while Young plays vibes, Marxophone, Mellotron and harmonica around them. The Toronto-born songwriter has made 50 studio albums at this point, and he still seems to have a drawer full of songs the rest of us haven't heard yet.

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Out September 18, 2026 on Reprise Records.