Having apparently decided that it's better to grow old gracefully than to either burn out or fade away, Neil Young returns with the album few thought he still had in him. An increasingly vocal segment of his fan base has grown tired of Crazy-Horse-by-numbers geezer-grunge (e.g. Broken Arrow, Year of the Horse and Mirror Ball with Horse-surrogates Pearl Jam). But leave it to Neil to take his followers to the point of despair and then come up with one of his very strongest collection of songs. Melodic and lyrical powers are out in full force with such tuneful ballads as the title track, The Great Divide and Razor Love. And don't believe the lazy critics who are droning on about somekind of Harvest trilogy. This is immeasurably superior to Harvest and its awkward follow-up, Harvest Moon. Neil,it's good to see you again.