Re-ac-tor
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| Studio album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse | ||||
| Released | November 2, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | October 9, 1980 – July 21, 1981 at Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Neil Young, Tim Mulligan, David Briggs, Jerry Napier | |||
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Re-ac-tor is the eleventh studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, and his fourth with Crazy Horse, released in 1981. The album married the electric guitar crunch of the late 1970s Crazy Horse sound with early 1980s new wave rhythms. The simplistic, overdriven sound of the songs can be seen as a continuation of the punk-influenced numbers of Rust Never Sleeps such as "Sedan Delivery."
Critical reception to the album was generally poor except for the accolades accorded to the album closer "Shots." The album marked the first use by Young of the Synclavier which would be featured heavily on several of his later albums: Trans (1982) and Landing on Water (1986).
The album features the Serenity Prayer on its back cover ("'Deus dona mihi serenitatem accipere res quae non possum mutare fortitudinem mutare res quae possum atque sapientiam differentiam cognoscere'" – "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference").
It was unavailable on compact disc until it was released as a HDCD-encoded remastered version on August 19, 2003 as part of the Neil Young Archives Digital Masterpiece Series.
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.8/10)[2] |
Track listing
All songs written by Neil Young.
| Side one | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Opera Star" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "T-Bone" | 9:10 |
| 4. | "Get Back on It" | 2:14 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 5. | "Southern Pacific" | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Motor City" | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Rapid Transit" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Shots" | 7:42 |
Personnel
- Neil Young – guitar, piano, vocals, synth, solina
- Frank Sampedro – guitar, stringman, vocals
- Billy Talbot – bass, vocals
- Ralph Molina – drums, percussion, vocals
References
- ↑ William Ruhlmann. "Re-ac-tor - Neil Young,Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ↑ "Neil Young: On the Beach / American Stars 'n' Bars / Hawks & Doves / Re-ac-tor | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2003-09-30. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
