Re-ac-tor

Infobox Album
Name = Re-ac-tor
Type = studio
Artist = Neil Young and Crazy Horse


Released = start date|1981|10|28
Recorded = October 9, 1980 – July 21, 1981
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:06
Label = Reprise
Producer = Neil Young, Tim Mulligan, David Briggs, Jerry Napier
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvx1z85ajyv8 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23349-on-the-beach-american-stars-n-bars-hawks-doves-re-ac-tor link]
Chronology = Neil Young
Last album = "Hawks & Doves"
(1980)
This album = "Re-ac-tor"
(1981)
Next album = "Trans"
(1982)

"Re-ac-tor" is an album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, released in 1981. The album married the electric guitar crunch of the late 70s Crazy Horse sound with early 80s 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 Neil Young of the Synclavier which would be featured heavily on several of his later albums: "Trans" (1982) and "Landing on Water" (1986).

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young.

ide one

# "Opera Star" – 3:31
# "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" – 4:15
# "T-Bone" – 9:10
# "Get Back on It" – 2:14

ide Two

# "Southern Pacific" – 4:07
# "Motor City" – 3:11
# "Rapid Transit" – 4:35
# "Shots" – 7:42

Personnel

*Neil Young – guitar, piano, vocal
*Frank Sampedro – guitar, stringman, vocal
*Billy Talbot – bass, vocal
*Ralph Molina – drums, percussion, vocal

Miscellanea

The album features the Serenity Prayer prayer in Latin on the back cover:

"Deus, dona mihi serenitatem accipere res quae non possum mutare, fortitudinem mutare res quae possum, atque sapientiam differentiam cognoscere."

The English translation is: "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."

External links

* [http://hyperrust.org/cgi-bin/ma.pl?26 Lyrics] at [http://hyperrust.org/ HyperRust.org]