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Neil Young's latest CD, Prairie Wind , could be named Harvest, Volume 3 and that would be just fine with me. It's tempo, mood, and execution are in the vein of both 1972's classic Harvest , and 1992's Harvest Moon . Fans of Young's quieter music will find Prairie Wind to their liking even though, as with most sequels, it doesn't, and can't possibly live up to its two wonderful predecessors. Prairie Wind finds Young waxing nostalgic far more than one would expect from someone of his stature. We find him singing about Elvis Presley on "He Was The King" and about his recently deceased father on the title cut: "Trying to remember what my daddy said, before too much time took away his head. He said we're going back and I'll show you what I'm talking about, going back to Cypress River, back to the old farmhouse." They are the type of sentiments that ring true with fans but seldom with critics, and that...

It has been almost three weeks since WXPN began their countdown of the 885 greatest albums of all time as voted on by their listeners. It all ended today as the station counted down albums ten through one. There were lots of surprises and some obvious choices. Here is the final official countdown as it appears on the WXPN website . Only three albums on my list, those by Black 47, Mark Knopfler, and Michelle Shocked, failed to make the list. Here are how my picks fared. A red number indicates where they finished on WXPN's list. 1. Abbey Road - The Beatles #1 . There were five Beatles albums that were sure things to make the Top 885 and, since none of the five were played when only ten albums remained, you knew Abbey Road had to be among them. I wasn't sure where it would place in the top ten but I never believed it would finish #1 . A total of ten Beatles albums made the list. 2. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys: #21 . I expected and wanted a higher finish for th...