(Reprise)

There may be some people who ask why there is a need for Neil Young to bring out another live album. He's certainly done some excellent such records in the past - Live Rust was a classic, reconciling Woodstock with the punk era back in the late 70's.

Ten years on Weld was an astounding sonic tour de force, though it had several songs which had appeared over a decade earlier on Live Rust. This album showed most young grunge bands up for the part-time punks they were.

This set is two CDs of music, but comparatively few songs - the tracks are instead extremely lengthy, and occasionally tortuously so. The soloing continues for long after the song has resolved itself, and the result is a jam session.

If you are the kind of person who assiduously collects Neil/Horse bootlegs, then this will be perfect for you. The less-than- slavish admirer may wonder to themselves why a new set of songs was not a more appropriate release. Many Young fanatics might have hoped for a live set from the legendary Booker T/MGs tour of a few years back.

It isn't that Neil has run out of ideas - his last couple of albums have been great ones - but it is hard to discern what is behind this latest release from a man more inscrutable than any rock figure of his generation. Neil doesn't so much bestride the rock world like a colossus as stalk it.

At any rate this is a more interesting proposition than a live album from any other artist...