Silver & Gold

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.118) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000". Rolling Stone (5/11/00, pp.127-8) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Neil Young is at his hushed, acoustic best: simple, romantic, direct....It details, with glistening realism, the peaks and valleys that make true love an eternal work in progress..." Spin (6/00, p.153) - 7 out of 10 - "...This is the homespun, acoustic Neil Young...he hasn't sounded as lucid, or as confident, in years....a precise, light-handed record that feels like warm wind on the back of your neck..." Q (1/01, p.94) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000". Q (6/00, pp.100-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A wonderfully affecting record....an album about love. Love and...nostalgia..." The Wire (6/00, p.59) - "...Introverted [and] acoustic....[he] elected to don a mask of extreme mellowness..." CMJ (5/1/00, p.25) - "...[Young] wistfully gazes back at his past for inspiration....marked by faint whiffs of breezy pedal steel, organ and dobro....unabashed sentimentality and joy." Melody Maker (5/9/00, p.50) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Sees him going all acoustic again, proving it's better to fade away than burn out..." No Depression (5-6/00, p.109) - "...Swift, smooth numbers focussing on a single ambitious theme: reconnecting with the lost moments, recapturing the texture of lost loves and missed chances, and doing it well and real enough...to provide new energy. That's quintessential Young..." Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, pp.84-5) - "...The album has really just one mood: comfortable. An untroubled feeling of effortlessness and ease....a mellow tender, easy album..." NME (Magazine) (4/22/00, p.39) - 7 out of 10 - "...Gently acoustic, peacefully steeped in nostalgia and remembrance, it generates a warm glow of grace....a pleasant stroll in an autumn sunset..."