Critical anticipation and instant mindless acceptance made for mass overreaction when this came out, but it does prove that the genteel Young has almost as many charms as the sloppy Young. Rhythmically it's a little wooden and Neil is guilty of self-imitation on "Alabama" and pomposity on "There's a World," his unbearable London Symphony Orchestra opus. But even the smallest songs have their gratifying moments and two are major, indeed--"The Needle and the Damage Done" and the (much abhorred by feminists as well as lovers of the London Symphony Orchestra) "Every Man Needs a Maid." B