Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 18. July 23rd 1975
Sorry He Played
Sorry He Played.
"Tonight's the Night" contains two more or less outstanding commercial ditties, either of which would improve the average radio play list a hundred-fold. The live version of Downtown - which appeared on the first Crazy Horse Album - is here much harder edged and vibrates with a nervous energy that makes it consistently appealing. New Mama is similarly successful, its major attraction being a plaintive accoustic guitar. The simple honesty of the song pulls it through, a quality which is too much in absence on the remainder of the album.
The other songs are nearly indiscernable variations of Young's downer-laced formula. Muddled arrangements - lyrics like "a Cadillac put a hole in his arm" and overdone references to dope - and a mix that lacks specific direction are rolled into a glib and slick package, that seems devoid of any real emotional involvement.