VINYL FORMAT. A concept album about an extended family in the small town of Greendale and how they were torn apart by murder. "Greendale works as a record - it ebbs and flows and it holds together, playing as a unified whole on a level [Young] hasn't approached since Ragged Glory. As Young says in the liner notes, these are things 'you can't tell by listening to the songs, you have to listen to the instrumentals to get this,' and while that is meant to apply to one of the many Crazy Horse-fueled meandering improvs, it really applies to the album as a whole since Greendale connects in its overall picture, not the details. Sometimes, such as the quietly eerie and affecting 'Bandit,' the songs stand apart from the concept, but usually the lyrics are too devoted to his winding narrative to be their own entities. Then again, Greendale was designed to be an interconnected song cycle, and if the narrative neither works nor signifies much, it nevertheless kept Young focused on the construction of the album, whether it's giving the songs memorable hooks or finding ways to make the signature ramshackle vibe of Crazy Horse sound both fresh and appropriate for this tale. It all adds up to a very good record - one that is interesting, and one that satisfies musically." - All Music Guide