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***Bluenote Café*** is a live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on November 13, 2015 on Reprise. The album is volume eleven in Young's Archives Performance Series, and features performances from Young's 1987-1988 American tour in support of his seventeenth studio album, *This Note's for You* (1988), with his then-backing band, The Bluenotes.

## Critical reception

The album received positive reviews, and holds a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Chris Gerard of PopMatters gave the album nine stars out of ten, stating "Bluenote Café is essential Neil Young, further evidence that Young's 80s work has more value than many would expect or admit." Conversely, in a brief negative review, Daniel Sylvester of *Exclaim!* wrote that "even die-hard fans will find this as nothing more than a masochistic curiosity." In a three-star review, Will Hermes of Rolling Stone said "[these] live recordings from the late Eighties illuminate and (partly) redeem one of Neil Young's stranger eras". In a highly positive four-and-a-half-star review, Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter wrote that "even diehard Neil Young fans may not fully appreciate this offshoot in his bulging catalog. But this remarkably vibrant and immediate live compilation shows that Young took this side road very seriously and it was more than just a forgettable, momentary quirk in his diverse and winding career."

## Track listing

Disc 1
1. "Welcome to the Big Room" (Recorded on location at Mountain View Theater, Mountain View, California - 11/7/87) - 7:31
2. "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me" (The Fillmore, San Francisco, California - 11/12/87) - 9:30
3. "This Note's for You" (The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 4/13/88) - 5:24
4. "Ten Men Workin'" (The World, New York City, New York - 4/18/88) - 8:27
5. "Life in the City" (The World, New York City, New York - 4/18/88) - 3:55
6. "Hello Lonely Woman" (The World, New York City, New York - 4/18/88) - 4:46
7. "Soul of a Woman" (The World, New York City, New York - 4/18/88) - 5:57
8. "Married Man" (The World, New York City, New York - 4/21/88) - 3:07
9. "Bad News Comes to Town" (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio - 4/23/88) - 8:00
10. "Ain't It the Truth" (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio - 4/23/88) - 7:30
11. "One Thing" (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio - 4/23/88) - 6:41
12. "Twilight" (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio - 4/23/88) - 8:03

Disc 2
2. "I'm Goin'" (CNE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 8/18/88) - 5:35
3. "Ordinary People" (Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut - 8/23/88) - 12:50
4. "Crime in the City" (Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York - 8/27/88) - 7:22
5. "Crime of the Heart" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 5:36
6. "Welcome Rap" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 0:36
7. "Doghouse" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 4:08
8. "Fool for Your Love" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 4:20
9. "Encore Rap" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 0:25
10. "On the Way Home" (Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois - 8/16/88) - 3:01
11. "Sunny Inside" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 3:44
12. "Tonight's the Night" (Pier 84, New York City, New York - 8/30/88) - 19:26

## Personnel

* Neil Young – vocals, guitar
* Rick Rosas – bass
* Chad Cromwell – drums
* Frank Sampedro – keyboards, guitar
* Steve Lawrence – lead tenor saxophone, keyboards
* Ben Keith – alto saxophone
* Larry Cragg – baritone saxophone
* Claude Cailliet – trombone
* Tom Bray – trumpet
* John Fumo – trumpet
* Billy Talbot – bass (disc 1: tracks 1-2 only)
* Ralph Molina - drums (disc 1: tracks 1-2 only)

## Charts

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## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Reviews for Bluenote Café by Neil Young". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sylvester, Daniel (November 13, 2015). "Neil Young - Bluenote Café". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hermes, Will. "Bluenote Café". *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. ↑ Gil, Andy. "Neil Young, Bluenote Cafe - album review". *The Independent*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
5. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Neil Young Bluenote Café". *AllMusic*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Horowitz, Hal. "Neil Young and Bluenote Cafe: Bluenote Cafe". *American Songwriter*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gerard, Chris. "Neil Young: Bluenote Café". *PopMatters*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
8. ↑ Marszalek, Julian. "Neil Young: Bluenote Café – Review". *TeamRock*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
9. ↑ Breen, Joe. "Neil Young: Bluenote Cafe – Album Review". *The Irish Times*. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 "ultratop.be - Neil Young and Bluenote Café - Bluenote Café". Ultratop and Hung Medien. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
11. ↑ http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2015/47

## External links

* Pop Matters album review
* Ultimate Classic Rock album review

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