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Sheesh, surely we’ve had Neil Young’s entire catalog at this point. Decent album for my tastes. Heart of Gold and Old Man are solid (most recognizable for a reason). Why is Neil singing to try to justify wanting a house keeper 🤣 But yeah, this is middle of the road for me.
Yes, there’s too much Neil Young on this list, but I still very much enjoy this album. Couple songs are super meh, but Out on the Weekend, Heart of Gold, and Old Man are enough for me to round up. 3.75/5
2.5/5
I have learned through this exercise that I don’t just dislike Neil Young. I STRONGLY dislike him. It’s almost a physical aversion. And while I admit this album has value in the history of rock, while it has undeniably influenced many, imao - it sucks. So… 2 Boolean: true, suffer you must at times my child
Despite appreciating the music, I’m still yet to fully connect with Neil Young. RYM: Y (#312) Saved a song: N
This is a classic. Needle and the Damage Done is probably one of Neil Young's most affecting songs. Neil Young can write more than one type of song...he can rock out, or go acoustic.
I’m doing my part to fight the inexplicable boomer love for Neil young by giving this a 1. Not because it’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard, but because it’s boring, whiny, and baffling to me why Neil young had a career beyond CSNY. He was all of 27 when this album came out and spends the majority of it talking about being old and decrepit, needs someone to take care of poor pitiful him. Typical boomer mentality, fuck this music
Neil Young's best Folk album. It has some of his best known hits like Old Man, Heart of Gold, and Needle and the Damage Done.
The easiest 5/5
This was rough at parts (tell me why you need a maid Neil????) but it balanced out enough in the second half that I ended up really enjoying it. Alabama, words, and the gut punch that is The Needle really got me. You're on thin ice though Neil
Well I had been anticipating this album for awhile. I knew it would be on the list cause it’s just one of those albums that’s EVERYWHERE. And maybe that’s part of the problem, maybe I got my hopes too high. But I did find most of this album to be underwhelming. I’m not one of those people that hate his voice, I can appreciate his voice. But i definitely didn’t love this album the way I loved “Ragged glory”. I definitely lean towards rock music in any given situation, and I’m not trying to say this needed to be a rock album, I just needed alittle more variety as a whole. The songs I liked and saved were “old man”, “the needle and the damage done” and “words”. All great songs, and I didn’t hate the song Harvest. I just thought the album, including the title track, were alittle slow and dry.
Harvest is often hailed as one of the greatest singer-songwriter albums ever, but I find it to be surprisingly dull. While I can appreciate its influence and stripped back approach, the songs rarely left a lasting impression. Outside of the obvious hits (Heart of Gold and Old Man) most of the album blends together into a slow and sleepy collection of acoustic folk and country tunes that never really grabbed my attention. A big part of the problem for me is Neil Young's voice. I know his vocal style is what many fans love about him, but it just doesn't work. Instead of sounding emotional or intimate, it often comes across as thin and whiny, making it difficult to connect with. Even when the songwriting is solid, his delivery pulls me out of the experience. The album also struggles with memorability. Most tracks drift by without offering a strong melody or hook, and by the time the record ended, I had trouble recalling much beyond the biggest singles. The relaxed atmosphere eventually became monotonous rather than immersive. I understand why Harvest is considered a classic and can respect its historical importance, but it simply isn't an album I'd revisit. If you're already a fan of Neil Young and understated folk songwriting, you'll likely get much more out of this than I did.
decent, nothing stands out to me except the ending songs.
Very good album. Starts a little slow then turns into some of the best songs written in the early 70's
sure does sound like an album you'd listen to in the fall, with music and everything
Words (and music) between the lines of age
Parts of it could be nice on times, but imagining his face always stops the joy. Also, his voice has too high a pitch.
One of the best albums of all time.
Great album but one or two pretty bad tracks that keep it from being perfect.
i understand why this may be good or even very special music but it just bores me to hell
I actually liked it a lot, the chord progression was nice in a lot of them. Favorite Song and highlight Old Man
bob dylan take notes - this is how you play a harmonica
no comment.
Yeah it’s good it’s aight luh calm
This was a mixed bag for me. Out on the Weekend and Alabama are both outstanding, Words, Old Man and Heart of Gold are very good. A Man Needs a Maid and Needle just sound strange — orchestra strings don’t really work with Young’s whole vibe.
Harvest is a more accessible, exceptionally produced record for Young. He puts his talent on display again, maybe even more coherently this time. The harmonica passages are fantastic. I’ve enjoyed just about everything he’s been involved in that I’ve heard so far. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Heart of Gold, Words (Between the Lines of Age), Old Man
Expectation: -> Despite liking some of his stuff, I'm not enthused when I see his name come up. After listening: -> Neil Young has surprised me over the past three months of this project. I really enjoyed this album. Heart of Gold is just incredible. The rest is solid. Had this on repeat for a couple hours and could have done a couple more. Loved some of that harmonica and slide guitar. Track ranking: Heart Old Man Alabama Words World Weekend A Man Ready Harvest Needle
I liked this a lot more than the last one of his we listened to. Heart of Gold and Old Man are the standouts here.
I’m just over 200 albums in, and this is my third Neil Young album. Look, I understand he was greatly influential but I can’t get into his music at all. This album has some of his best and most famous songs, and yet I still can’t connect despite his lyrical vulnerability. I tried, Neil Young. I think at this point I can confidently say that I’m not a fan.
hell classic
So much Neil Young on this generator, but this was the best one. Was finally on board with all the songs. Loved the vibes and music here. Old Man was my fav song and first listen of the album. Harvest and Heart of Gold were my other highlights
Pre-bed skim: drums are crisp, surely they've been sampled There’s A World is Hot In Herre and that has ruined the song for me Heart of Gold stood out so far. The guitar and drums are great but I’m torn on his singing, this guy is a CROONER I am not a fan of the orchestra tracks, and that appears to be a shared opinion. As a North Carolinian? I think I get what he's going for here Old Man was really good. Familiar too Words has good lyrics and the guitar sounds great, but it doesn't really *DO* it for me going back Out on the Weekend would be so great if I was fawning over somebody... which I am not atm. The guitar slides (idk what instrument that is. steel slide?) are fun and not overdone like a modern country track; some reverberated plucks during the harmonica solo that give the whole thing some character. I liked that song man I love the melody/vocals in Harvest. It sounds so woeful. Love love love the inflection he hits on the third word in each line/"dream up". It tickles something in my brain. Will I see you give more than I can take? Will I only harvest some? As the days fly past will we lose our grap, or fuse it in the sun? :'( A Man Needs a Maid was boring. I like the lyrics, although I wonder if I'm interpreting them correctly. Too slow, and the orchestra swell is corny. Who put these bells here? Heart of Gold is good shit man. The guitars are strong and his melody just starts off perfect. Bro was singing about getting old at 26 I get it Neil. Am I ready for the country??? I liked this track this morning so apparently I am. Killer guitar solo Old Man is great. There's that steel slide again SO HOT IN!!! SO HOT IN HERREEEEE. WITH A LITTLE BITTA UH UH Don't like that song, sorry London Symphony Orchestra Alabama is great. I don't have much to say about it? It's just kind of pretty damn good. Guitar is excellent, chorus is fun, Louisiana is still cooler. The Needle and the Damage Done isn't a song I'm a huge fan of sonically, but I loooooove the lyrics. I've seen the needle and the damage done, a little part of it in everyone... but every junkie's like a setting sun Words is epic. Great guitar guitar was great, lyrics were ok, didn't like his voice It's good but it's not my thing. 6 Favorite: Harvest Least favorite: A Man Needs a Maid mentions: Words and Alabama
Hat mir deutlich besser gefallen als das andere Album. Irgendwie mag ich aber seine Stimme nicht so sehr 3.5/5
A little too slow and mellow for my tastes but need to give credit where it's due. Neil Young is one of the godfathers. "Old Man" is simply amazing.
c'est pas mal mais c'est assez hétérogène et c'est pas un style de musique qui me touche énormément
6/10
My fifth 70s album in a row, and it’s one of my all-time favourites. I didn’t attend to it when it first came out, but my partner brought it into steady rotation and I love it. I don’t have comparisons with Young’s other albums (which I hardly know), I just anppreciate every song on this one. I love the space in the simple arrangements, the subtle sweetness of the pedal steel, the tones of the singing. I look forward to Words (Between the Lines of Age), which is one of my favourite songs, I’m wowed by the drive I feel through the shifting metre, and the guitar solo is one of my favourites too - it’s maybe naïf rather than carefully constructed, I respect craft but sometimes respond more strongly to what I feel as Dionysian passion. Overall I’ll call this album Quite Wonderful, 9/10.
Overall excellent throughout - a number of fantastic songs and some great ones I hadn’t heard before 5
Had a bit of an aha moment about Neil Young and music in general listening to this. This is the second album of his I've received and I think there's like 5 more coming. I listened through once and didn't dig it other than the songs I knew, especially Old Man (which is definitely my favourite Neil Young song). A Man Needs A Maid particularly bugged me, it's so over the top with the strings and what the fuck is he even singing about needing a maid? It bugged me enough that I looked it up and found some other people complaining about it on Reddit. The discussion around the lyrics was really interesting. Perhaps it's a break up song, he's so heart broken he doesn't want to open his heart to another woman and is cynically saying "maybe I'll just get a maid"... He's belittling the woman that broke his heart in order to cope. Perhaps it's a tongue and cheek jab at himself. He's uncomfortable with his new place in world with fame and fortune. He's got no real problems to work out anymore and he's making fun of himself for toiling over the decision to get a maid... With over dramatic music to go with the joke. Someone mentioned he was dating an actress, Carrie Snodgrass, at the time and she had played a maid in a movie which he mentions in the last verse. So the whole song is about meeting her, she's the "maid". All that from a song I don't even like. I used to not care about lyrics at all, music was mostly about the musicianship, vocal delivery, the groove, riffs etc. But as I get older I've noticed lyrics more and when listening to music with my 6yo daughter, I find I am often trying to explain to her what the song is about as a way to pique her interest. Maybe I'm ready to explore music that might not be that interesting to me musically but might be fulfilling lyrically. I listened again with this more open minded spirit and enjoyed it a lot more. Maybe I'll turn out to be a Neil Young fan afterall... Maybe even Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen!
a classic. neil is the man. buffalo springfield, csny, crazy horse, solo. what a career. perhaps this is the pinnacle? maybe it's "on the beach"? "havest", "old man", "the needle and the damage done", and of course, "heart of gold". incredible.
very good
This album stands as a prime example of a solid 4 for me. On one hand, I really like the good songs on this album. Heart of Gold and Old Man are just great. Then the rest of the majority are pretty good too. Then there's a couple songs I just can't connect with, but I just push skip when they come up and move on. Overall I'm not a huge Neil Young fan, but this era of his music rocks pretty hard.
Quite a nice listen. The voice is a bit of an acquired taste but one that's grown on me throughout this list. Enjoyed this more than Rust Never Sleeps, with Heart of Gold being the standout track for me.
Highlights: Out on the Weekend, A Man Needs a Maid, Heart of Gold, Old Man, Alabama, The Needle and the Damage Done Surprisingly pleased with the record. Lyrics are the highlight and I don't know why that surprised me. I mean I knew that he has a reputation but I thought that this record would be an easy 3 at best.
Cursed with knowledge that he sounds like Kermit
Partially known. OK.
I liked this better than the last Neil Young album I got from this list. Unfortunately, the last album was 3 days ago. And I think I need a bit more of a break from Neil Young.
Un disco tranquilo pero muy disfrutable, no creo que sea un disco que esté escuchando completo o muy seguido. Pero si hay algunas canciones que son verdaderas joyas.
meh, no takie ze juz srednio
Man this stuff just calms me down. The instrumentation on this is more varied than I expected from the start, including electric and orchestral offerings on a few song. Faves: Out on the Weekend, Heart of Gold, Old Man
Nicht gehört
A lot of really good classics. I remember listening to my parents play as a child. Not to keen on the sound mixing on a couple big orchestral songs like a man needs a maid.
Folk/Country music legend Neil Young does not disappoint with his signature record Harvest. I would probably consider it a classic, every track is amazing and unique with no duds, the simple acoustic guitar and harmonica tracks like Out On The Weekend, Harvest, The Needle & The Damage Done, Heart of Gold and Old Man are excellent mellow tracks, Heart Of Gold being my favorite out of all of those because of its themes of finding a pure heart to give to. The other songs on the album are all beautiful and vibrant tracks with instruments including a string section and piano. The string section songs in particular, A Man Needs A Maid and There’s A World both sound amazing and i did not expect such good string section production on a 1972 album. Hell there’s even a Harp on this album. That might be a dumb thing to point out but i don’t really hear harps a lot in songs. The songs Alabama and Words also have electric guitar mixed in with the wide instrumentation to give a very good folk rock feel, those songs have the best use of Harvest’s instrumentation in my opinion. Highlights: Harvest, A Man Needs A Maid, Heart Of Gold, Old Man, There’s A World, Alabama, Words Lowlights: None
Second Neil Young album this week. This one is less rock-coded than the last one, I would describe it as heavy country-folk. Even with the genre shift, this was still a pretty good album. Having ‘Old Man’, ‘Heart of Gold’, and “The Needle and the Damage Done’ puts its floor at a low 4/5; unfortunately two dud tracks (‘There’s a World’ & ‘Alabama’) keep it from elevating any higher. Solid album, would listen again, but I still liked Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere more. 4/5
Not my go to Neil Young record. Old Man still hits, especially since I'm older.Hard to be objective after hearing the hits so many times...Love Neil, but this one is not for me.
One of Neil Young's best. There may be others I like better, but it's hard to deny that this is pretty close to his perfect acoustic guitar work
For the culture, and fuck yeah Old Man
Some classic low key bangers on this one.
Classic. Not much more can be said that hasn't already. This was my second album into this project. The first was Peter Gabriel's So. Two incredible albums to start off. I'm worried about what the future holds.
Annoying man from this album alone. Do not see myself revisiting this ever.
Neil Young - Harvest ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Album #6 for me, and it’s the best one so far. I’m not always a huge fan of slow, downbeat music, which has been a problem with the project so far for me. I’m certainly familiar with this album’s existence, but I’ve never listened to it before. I have heard a couple of the songs. It’s a strong collection for sure, but just a little too down tempo for my tastes (mostly). I do plan to listen to it again someday, which I will not being doing with any of the other choices provided so far.
I found this album to be a rather introspective folk journey. The lyrics were the highlight. Neil Young's vocal delivery was confident and served the purpose. The songs are layered and contain variety of instruments without really losing the main motives. The only real drawback is my subjective view on using the harmonica as prominently as it is featured here. To me it just sounds out of place. I liked "Harvest" and "Old Man".
Good shit. Noticed that Nelly uses something from this album for Hot in herre
I know "Heart of Gold". And I know of Neil Young's legacy. Excited for this! First song is a slow burner, and I its development. Nice Title track is good too. But nothing has wowed me so far. A Man Needs a Maid is interesting. Heart of Gold is a classic. Not much to add. Are You Ready For the Country is cool. Love the weird percussion I didn't know Old Man, but it is one of the best songs I've gotten to know through this project. So simple, yet so effective. Just beautiful. There's a World seems like a charity anthem. Not too effective. Alabama exists. The Needle and The Damage done succeeds despite being the least complex. Sometimes a guitar and some good lyrics is all you need. Words was a surprise. I do not care about the fact that it sounds unrelated to the rest of the record, it is one hell of a song, and one hell of a closer. It just sounds epic (and I hate using that word to describe a song). Hell yeah. So, those last two songs may have shifted the way I view the whole album. But as a complete body of work, besides the three most famous songs (and Words, don't forget about that), this just did not meet my expectations. Which is fine, as those expectations were my fault to begin with, but I can't help but feel like the deep cuts here are just forgettable. Not bad, but not amazing either. Still a good time, and I can see myself liking it much more with further listens.
It's fine. I'm not relistening to it but I didn't dislike it actively?
Not my favourite album of his, but his music always makes me feel melancholic and longing to a feeling of lonely freedom
Incredible album - Super simple production - Perfect
Peaky Shaky, all wonderful songs. Would mark down a smidge for the sexism of Man Needs A Maid, but I feel like it's bit of clumsiness rather than unpleasantness. Will give him the benefit of the doubt.
Good but not my sound
*Harvest* remains a quintessential slice of 1970s folk-rock, balancing moments of absolute brilliance with a few tracks that feel like period-piece oddities. While songs like "Heart of Gold" and the hauntingly earnest "The Needle and the Damage Done" highlight Neil Young’s mastery of melody and poignant storytelling, the album is undeniably hit-or-miss; tracks like "A Man Needs a Maid" feature stunning arrangements that are occasionally undermined by lyrics that haven't aged gracefully, while other cuts feel like filler compared to the record's high-water marks. Ultimately, the album succeeds due to its warm, organic production and the unique closing track "Words," which showcases a compelling, psychedelic-tinged complexity that elevates the final listening experience beyond a standard folk offering.
This is the quintessential Neil Young album, which is certainly the poster child of country rock albums. It packs some of the heavy hitters in his discography and remains as folksy as it is relevant. Easy 10 and probably one of the best albums of all time. 10/10 [KEEP]
3.5/5 I appreciate the artistry and vulnerability but this just didn’t click with me
Solid album. Not a fan of a man needs a maid or there's a world. Everything else is great. Not my favorite Neil album but its up there
Neil Young is not one of my favorites, so this isn't the best start. I'm glad I listened to this all the way through and it's fine, but it didn't convert me.
Meh
Certified Canadian classic
Старый конь борозды не портит
Yea this one didn’t really hook me that much. It doesn’t feel like the more traditional country I really enjoy
Excellent
Definitely his “best” in terms of quality, impact etc. even though On the Beach might be my favorite. I did get bored on a couple of the sparser songs but when it works it’s really good. I loved the drumming on the opening track. Rating: 4.2
Neil Young was 26 when he wrote this album. A lot of songs about being old from such a young dude. Still some all time classics and a few surprises.
Enjoyed but not very exciting
Great album! Have listened to this a ton over the years. 9/10 Top song Old man
Solid gold 5 out of 5.
I already know this is gonna be a sleeper ahh album. Like I get the grandeur, and it sounds nice, but it's such a niche feeling for me, I guess I've just never been in the southern states or like alabama.... Ok some of the songs are so annoying ngl Only carried by that one song tbh
8/10
Starting off with this album, I’m loving the calming vibes. Out on the weekend is just nice to listen to. It’s nothing overly special, but it’s nice. The title track had those same calming emotions that the first track had. I’m really enjoying this so far, but honestly I could probably fall asleep to it. The piano in A Man Needs was gorgeous. I love a good ballad. That orchestral track too was amazing. Heart of Gold was so sweet. I really liked old man, and could pick out the oboe in There’s a World which was pretty cool. It almost had a threatening vibe to it which was cool. Alabama had some nice country undertones. I enjoyed it. The last few tracks on this album were also lovely. I thought this was such a great album with gorgeous music. It’s definitely not perfect, but I enjoyed it. 4/5 ⭐️ 158/1089
Well, it is Harvest so it gets about a 4, but it is Neil Young and a southern man don't need him around so he gets a -10, for one star (since that is the minimum).
IDK man my ex was way too into this for me to really tap in but yeah I guess it's good.
Nie moj styl. Ale dało się przesłuchać bez bolu.
Pretty great
The reason why I have so much trouble picking a favorite Neil Young album is because it changes every time I listen to a Neil Young album. I listen to “On the Beach” and think, “this has got to be the one.” I listen to “After The Gold Rush” and go, “oh, well, deep down inside, this has been my favorite all along.” I get 30 seconds into “Out On The Weekend” and “who am I kidding? It’s always been Harvest!” It’s not so much that I have a favorite Neil record as that my favorite records are by Neil Young.
When I first saw that this was today’s album I was like :| but then I listened and I was like :,) So many memories attached to these lyrics and sounds. A coming of age album for many, myself included. This life never turns out as we planned or envisioned. People come and people go. Love is lost, lives are lost. Emotions are tender and raw. We experience great sadness and at this bottom, rebirth. A sense of freedom brought on by self reliance. We trudge on. We listen to “Harvest” by Neil Young.
Folk/Country Rock. Favorite Songs: Harvest, Are You Ready for the Country, Old Man, There’s a World, The Needle and the Damage Done Least Favorite: A Man Needs a Maid Notes: Started out slow, then picks it up again. There’s twang on the guitars with songs like Heart of Gold. While there’s a good selection of songs here, and while I did decide to grab the full album for my personal collection, there’s a few that I might be skipping depending on my mood. 7/10
3 Harvest - Neil Young 7.8 I liked this. Fav song: Old Man
music is love
I am not a Neil Young fan but I really enjoyed this album. It had several songs I know well, which helped. But my low expectations probably also helped.
Pretty good not as good everybody knows this is nowhere but I can see why it’s a classic
fav songs: harvest heart of gold mellow, laidback, gentle 50/100
Somebody give me context of "A Man Needs a Maid": it's way too powerful for the theme, I think.
The style is not for me the harmonica,the voice and the instruments were it for me generous 3.1/10
8.5 / 10
Really good, and very interesting. I enjoyed the symphonic pieces.
Harvest was definitely a better album than On the Beach and by quite a bit too. I think all the songs were a big step up and just better made. Top three: A Man Needs a Maid, Out on the Weekend, Alabama
4/5. Standout songs include out on the weekend, heart of gold, and old man. A bit repetitive but stand out songs are rly good
– 140272 (кантри рок; фольк рок) ♡: heart of gold; alabama; old man 2/10 абсолютно не то, что мне нравится в музыке и дослушать было довольно тяжело. факт: лучший канадский альбом того времени
Inexplicably not my thing. Makes no sense. It's alright
What's my favorite Neil Young album...prob this one.
Neil Young's best album with some of his best songs. Simple music backing powerful lyrics and his signature voice makes this album something special.
Helt åpenbart en grunn til koffor det e en klassiker, og den her har æ jo til og med hørt på av egen fri vilje før, om enn ikke veldig ofte. Nydelig.
I'm not a Neil Young fan but this album is really good.
After 3 albums so far, my general opinion of Neil Young remains: fine?
I liked this better than the other Neil Young album I've heard. Some pretty decent tunes on here.
4.25 - The best Neil Young album so far.
It was okay even though I don’t like the country vibe and every song kind of sounded the same
Geggjaður Neil.
Meistaraverk frá Njáli. Svakalega góð lög og textar.
This was apparently a massive hit and I can see why. The record is recorded in a few locations, from Nashville to London and Southern California. The Nashville material unsurprisingly brings a country tinged inflection to Young's sound, which works fairly well. The London tracks are with an orchestra and are probably my least favorite. "A Man Needs A Maid" is particularly overwrought, but "There's a World" works a bit better. Alabama Man's lyrics may have been a bit ill conceived as Young himself says, but it holds up pretty well as a song. The hits on this record are easily understandable as hits but don't particularly move me. That might be a product of hearing them so often, so I see this as more of a me issue. On the other hand, my favorite part of the record comes with the last two songs. "The Needle and the Damage Done" is a beautiful solo track and captures the sense of tragedy that is attempting to represent. The transition into "Words (Between the Lines of Age) is really spectacular and its almost as if the emotion of the first songs explodes into the far more dirgy sound of that last song, which is fantastic. (It might not be entirely surprising that I tend to prefer the records just after this album, based on this alone.)
He thought he ate.
Sigo sin entrar del todo en Neil Young. No me llega ni me parece especial. Aún así, disfruté el album en algunas canciones y se reconoce que hay un gran artista ahí. 5/10
might listen more deeply but I think it might be a 3.
i already know about this one lmao 4/10
Neil Young can be hit or miss, there are tracks on this album that soar to the sky's but there's others that you wonder was he padding the album.
porque ha tocado escuchar neil young veinticinco veces en los ultimos quince dias por otra parte: maravilloso
Neil Young's all over this list and know he has a million classic albums. I think this will end up being my favorite. Amazing singer-songwriter album and some of these songs are just so imperfectly perfect. Reading about how he wrote this basically lying down for 2 years at his ranch recovering from back discs issues/surgery makes it hit harder.
I love this album. 3 or 4 of my favorite Neil Young songs are on it. Linda Ronstadt's voice compliments his wonderfully. I get it though, it helps that I'm a Neil Young fan.
You always were a kidder, Neil
Je l’avais déjà écouté parce que mon papi m’a donné le vinyle. Très bon album, à réécouter !
I have now listened to two Neil Young albums. The voice remains high, nasal, and fragile. It remains, for me, deeply Mickey Mouse. "Heart of Gold" is genuinely lovely — probably his most accessible song, and it earns it. The rest of Harvest follows the same pattern as After the Gold Rush: well-crafted songs I couldn't quite get past the delivery to fully appreciate. Apparently I own a Neil Young vinyl. It's in the dragon's den. It can stay there. 2/5 — consistent.
Liked the rocking tracks "Alabama" and "Words". If the album built more on that style, it would be great. The other stuff is okay, but a little boring in my ears with the exception of "Heart of Gold", which is a beautiful song. All in all, 3/5 - solid
This is one of his early masterpieces. I have listened to it so many times but it’s still such a good record.
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por momentos me siento un vaquero por la pradera
Really like heart of gold and old man, a very good album overall but I'm torn, probably 4.5. Words.
Liked this a lot more than the first Neil Young album we had on here damn. Words Between the Lines of Age is especially a banger. A Man Needs a Maid didn't do it for me tho
I loved this album and I thought I would not enjoy it. Every song that was slow or otherwise boring took a turn and I was bopping a bit. Definitely need to check out more Neil Young stuff after doing this list
1 more solo and 3 Crazy Horse albums after this! Compared to his other albums, the instrumentation and baroque arrangements here are a bit much. They contrast heavily with his voice. (3-3.5)
Another truly enjoyable Neil Young album. This one feels like a light, breezy, relaxed summer day. I've never been able to get into the orchestral songs, but that is just a small segment of the album, so it's all good. Happy to get this one back into my ears.
2nd half is better than the 1st. Still great.
a few thoughts on this: 1) Neil Young's voice is really wimpy and unpleasant to me. 2) the orchestral swells on A Man Needs A Maid are wonderful, maybe the best decision i've heard Young make on any of the albums i've heard. feels both epic and mundane, pastoral maybe? makes me think of the movie Train Dreams from last year. 3) his writing i also find to be grossly overrated so an album that gives a lot more to offer than his stripped down playing and singing? i like that. 4) the stompy track Alabama manages to synthesize the hard country rocker Neil Young with the delicate songwriter Neil Young. it gets the best of both worlds and few of the weak points. deserves to be one of the 1001? this is a better pick than Ragged Glory, Everyone Knows This is Nowhere, On the Beach, and Tonight's the Night; about as good a pick as Rust Never Sleeps; and a weaker pick than After the Gold Rush. i would say yes. i think you can trim his work to 3 albums and this would be a good choice for one of them.
309/1089 my main rule with this project is that if i “like”/save a song then the album is automatically worth 2 stars at least even if the rest of the album would be 1 star. Old Man saved this album from being a 1 star for me, then Words did too. just not my style really 27/100
Such a good album
No thanks. I know some people love him, but not really for me.
J'ai passé un super moment, je vais pour sûr réécouter. Un solide 4 qui peut grow.
90/100. On first listen, Harvest feels like a gentle ride. Acoustic guitars, harmonicas, brushed drums. It sounds like comfort. But that’s only the surface. Beneath the warmth lies loss, confusion, longing, and a quiet resistance to the chaos of the outside world. What makes Harvest so compelling is its mood. It straddles country and folk but never settles fully into either. The playing is loose, organic, yet never careless. Young’s voice, fragile and unmistakable, might not appeal to everyone, but that’s its strength. It’s raw, human, and vulnerable in a way that polished vocals could never be. It’s not just a great album, it’s an honest one.
Thought it’d be a 3 but it’s a 4…
fuck yeah
kinda fun, great tunes and nice long drive music
Through this project, I've learned I like folk music (for the most part). I suppose it's the somber nature of the songs that appeals to me for some reason. This album is full of somber melodies (mixed with some rock n roll and twangy country elements) and I enjoyed it a lot. My favorite songs were "Old Man" and "The Needle and the Damage Done".
Comecei não gostando muito, a partir da quarta música comecei a curtir mais. Minhas favoritas foram heart of gold, old man!, needle and the damage done
The most balanced Neil Young album, packed with megahits — top-tier work
============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== -------------------NEIL YOUNG----------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------HARVEST------------------ ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------(1972)------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ------------------CALIFICACIÓN---------------- ----------------------★★★★⯨------------------ ----------------------(4,3)------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== 1. Out on the Weekend (★★★★★) -Fav 2. Harvest (★★★⯨☆) 3. A Man Needs a Maid (★★★☆☆) 4. Heart of Gold (★★★★★) -Fav 5. Are You Ready for the Country? (★★★★★) -Fav 6. Old Man (★★★★★) -Fav 7. There’s a World (★★★★★) -Fav 8. Alabama (★★★⯨☆) 9. The Needle and the Damage Done (★★★★☆) 10. Words (Between the Lines of Age) (★★★★☆) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE TOTAL 5+3,5+3+5+5+5+5+3,5+4+4 = 43 ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE PROMEDIO 43 / 10 = 4,3 ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CALIFICACIÓN FINAL ★★★★⯨ (4,3) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== COMENTARIO -El que tenga buenas letras y que esté bien ejecutado me hace valorarlo más pese a que no es de mi estilo... ============================================== ============================================== ==============================================
Will not listen to again, but ok.
beautiful
🐐
I think Neil Young is talented but also maybe a little overrated. Plus I think he's better in a group than solo.
Good classic rock from a good ol’ boy. Awesome shot of nostalgia straight into the veins
Some iconic tunes and an album that old and young (no pun intended) can enjoy
Harvest was good in my opinion, though overall quite forgettable. There were songs like Heart of Gold, Old Man, and A Man Needs a Maid really stood out to me. The album has strong cohesion and flow throughout. The orchestration is beautiful - I loved that the production and instrumentals because they never overpower the lyrics, yet still feel organic. Lyrically and thematically, the album feels like Neil Young reflecting on difficult yet ordinary human experiences from a more emotionally worn perspective - that feeling of being so exhausted where you become raw and emotionally honest is so real and human. I can see why some people might find the album a bit of a bummer, but I think that melancholy is also what makes it such a beautiful take on country folk music. It captures sadness in a very human and understated way rather than dramatizing it.
Very good album from Neil, maybe his finest. Certainly don’t think there are any bad tracks, but it also feels slightly lacking in finesse to be a 5 for me. Fave Tracks: Heart of Gold, Old Man 4.3/5
solid vibe didn't listen to all of it
- Goddamn, I love me some Laurel Canyon 70s scene music - I enjoyed this, I think a solid 4 - That power chord at the very start of Words completely took me by surprise in the best way possible
2 neil youngs in a row is crazy, really close to a 5, just not quite on the same level as rust never sleeps or after the gold rush
I 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 wanted to love this album; I've heard many say it's his best, and I loved his album (literally yesterday) was great. But I just didn't click with it. Maybe I need to listen to it again, or its a grower, or I need a better time idk...
Why does this guy have, like, three albums with “harvest” in the title? Is he trying to cater to the common man or something? Outrageous. My seventh encounter with Neil Young on this list. This is supposed to be his masterpiece, so I have high expectations. And yeah, Neil Young goes above and beyond here. Simple, elegant, highly coverable compositions. At times on side 1, the mellowness gets slightly overpowering – can we get a drum kit up in here? – but then plenty of fantastic albums do the same thing. And side 2 turns the energy up several notches, so what was I even complaining about? Out on the Weekend is musically and lyrically simple yet gut-punching. Sort of Dylanesque with the addition of harmonica and acoustic guitar – but only sort of. Young’s vocal differs substantially from old Dylmeiser. The melodies here are perhaps too far towards the “easy-listening” end, in terms of complexity – but they aggressively outshine the gabbling spoken vocals Dylan usually comes up with. You can’t tell me that the title track doesn’t sound like Mr. Tambourine Man. After a thin-textured yet spirited performance in A Man Needs a Maid, we reach the star track, Heart of Gold. Which, surprisingly, I’d never heard until this moment. Crisp recording on the guitar, plus some solid lead and backing vocals and a pretty catchy melody, create (essentially) a folk-rock masterpiece. A couple of tracks later, Old Man can be described exactly the same way. Call me impressed. This is some great stuff. The chords aren’t that complicated (I don’t think) but they’re darn satisfying. Old Man reminds me, bizarrely, of Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets), even though they’re worlds apart. Both great songs regardless. If you were hoping for an outlier, look no further than the cinematic orchestral piece There’s a World. Reminiscent of something from Lord of the Rings, or high fantasy in general. Then the heavier Alabama comes in, showcasing dense vocal harmonies and a solid electric guitar part. A lovely chord progression in the short, sweet, acoustic The Needle and the Damage leads us into the almost seven-minute-long finale Words (Between the Lines of Age). It doesn’t need to be particularly great – the album already knocks it out of the park – but as luck would have it, the finale is particularly great. (Cool.) Great extended Gilmour-esque solo, with a soaring, emotional feel that really is just the cherry on top of the masterpiece. 5/5 Key tracks: Heart of Gold, Old Man, There’s a World
Neil sounds great; some great ones in here.
Sittin' on porch
I always forget that I like Neil Young. This is a solid album with some legendary songs. The harmonies are beautiful.
yeah its a solid album.. nothing too crazy. great vibes
there will come a day where i admit to myself that i don't really like neil young even though i know i am supposed to, but that day isn't today. it's probably close to today, though. something funny: this album ended, and Harvest Moon started to play, the title track for which I absolutely love. i was like "wait this isn't on this album" which i only recognized mid-work because i like it more than every song on this album by a lot
Got sidetracked by my deep dive into covers, but I still liked this. My one complaint was the sound mixing. Maybe it was my car’s speakers, but it sounded like the vocals were at half of the volume they should’ve been on some tracks. Speak up Neil! 3.5-4
This is the 4th time I’ve started to write one of my long self indulgent reviews about Neil Young and the 4th time I’ve erased it and said I’ll save it for later. Mark my words: “Tonight’s the Night” will get the long one.
05/16 Classic album
Pretty good record. It flows pretty well. Favourite Track(s): Words (Between the Lines of Age) Least Favourite Track(s): Old Man
#944. There's about eleventy six Neil Young or Neil Young adjacent albums in this book, but if we're being honest most of them aren't really all that good. This one right here is the only one that needs to be here, and we all know it. 5/5: Neil Young is still a twat, though.
I'm looking forward to this album. Out on the Weekend is a great song. This is the kind of album that benefits from old school FM radio where they just played album sides, not singles. I'd like terrestrial radio a lot better if it got back to that. It feels like the lead singer from The Flaming Lips is trying to sound like Neil Young on this album. Heart of Gold is the hit, deservedly so, but there are a lot of great songs on this album. Old Man is my favorite song off this album. I have a weird relationship with folk music, I think I generally like folk rock and only like a much more limited section of folk music. The beginning of There's a World makes you think Spotify either switched to an ad or you hit something and changed albums. And Alabama, coupled with Southern Man, launched one of the great diss tracks of all time.
Музыка неплохая, но голос крайне унылый и раздражающий
Ah, balm to my ears. But still not my favorite. 3.5 stars.
Very good, I was impressed
Once again, there should only be one album per artist on this list. There are way too many Neil Young albums, even if this is one of his better ones.
Ugh this is right on the edge of a 3/4 for me. Good music, I really liked the symphonic components he added in but overall the album didn't fully wow me. I think I'm still going with a 4 Fave songs: out on the weekend, Alabama, Old Man
Very nice tunes honestly. Liked the old western ish style and the instruments. Never knew about neil young deffo gonna listen to him more.
EXTRAORDINARY
Me cuesta reseñar este álbum. Por un lado me parece maravilloso en muchos sentidos, esos cambios repentinos de sonido, pasando de una simple guitarra hasta un sonido completamente maximalista, me atraparon completamente. Comienza flojo, pero va mejorando a medida que pasa. Líricamente no me pareció la gran cosa, tiene algunas canciones interesantes pero nada del otro mundo. Por ejemplo, me sorprende lo tanto que puede decir sobre una mucama en una canción tan majestuosa. Pero bueno, honestamente lo disfruté bastante.
Not a bad album, a bit slow, but I guess that's his style; always wanted to get familiar with his work and this was a perfect opportunity, so my 1st impression is great 👍
hey man what's up with that big gushy string section on A Man Needs A Maid? where'd all that come from? you get bored in the studio one day? this one is obviously a classic but upon re-listening i'm struck by how much of it kinda just washes over me. you would think that every song on here would be on the level of the completely inimitable Heart of Gold or the heartbreaking Needle and the Damage Done - and yet! maybe people are just remembering the extremely high highs and kinda glossing over the stuff that languishes in the margins. it's definitely no After the Gold Rush. now that is a fucking album.
easiest 5 of my life
This is the first album I get to listen to? What an opener! There is a lot to be said here but, yes, 5 stars.
- The violin in a Man Needs a Maid is beautiful. - Old Man is very groovy.
I’ve known a lot of the songs forever. Great album
Four elite songs on here
The acoustic and country-based sound gave this album a warm and reflective atmosphere, though I personally preferred the darker and rougher side of Neil Young found on albums like On the Beach and Rust Never Sleeps. Still, the quiet sense of aging and emotional vulnerability running through Harvest left a strong impression on me.
I like it. The intro isn't as strong as other albums ive seen and I dont like his voice. But at moments near the end I can hear the Americana, it feels like i can hear Mitskis The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We. Unfortunately these moments are only when hes silent and let's the instruments play Im not the biggest dna of his writing style too, I think again, it got better as the record progressed. Very mixed bag 5/10
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ett av enligt mig världens bästa album (men är inte säker på att jag tycker det är Neils bästa), med några riktiga höjdarspår. Har lyssnat på detta albumet många gånger men det slog mig först nu att det är ganska kort, men som sagt fullt av fantastiska spår ändå. Detta albumet har i brist på bättre ord en haunting-känsla av stämningsfulla arrangemang med stråkar och piano. Men det är såklart också fullt med Neils signatur-sound på munspel och gitarr. Älskar gitarren på Words som ger mig gåshud för hur den känns som en sångröst. Detta albumet är en 5a. Bäst är A man needs a Maid, Heart of gold, Old man, Alabama, The needle and the damage done och Words men det finns bara bra spår på det här albumet.
Favorite track(s): Out on the Weekend, Heart of Gold, Old Man, Alabama Heard before Previous rating: 7/10
Nice mellow album. My only prior knowledge of this album is through the marvellous songs of "Heart of Gold" and "The Needle and the Damage Done" other than that I went in blind. The album sounded like what I suspected it would sound like; I just had a hunch. I was a bit apprehensive about this album a couple songs in, but I believe it started getting better by the end, unlike some album where they progressively get worse. I think Neil Young really nailed the country sound on this album, it's done so well. I think I will be humming the melody of "The Needle..." to the end of time, it's so infectious! Highlight Song/s: "Heart of Gold", "Old Man" and "The Needle and the Damage Done"
Wow, this album really took me through a whole range of emotions. But like, lowkey /neg. Some of these songs are already on my playlists. The rest of them did not exactly compel me to add to rotation. Season: True Autumn Favorite Song: Old Man
This and On the Beach are his least offensive albums. But his pretentious anti-musicality, smug, overly earnest, and overly sentimental lyrics, and his childlike song smithing are all front and center. I can forgive any of it except the anti-musicality. It's the same with fraud Dylan. Part of the Rock and Roll ethos is passion over prowess. But it has to be genuine to be moving. Neil's "rusticity," whether in his voice or his bizarre guitar leads, is so affected it's nauseating.
Tråkigt
This album completely changed my opinion of Neil Young. I used to think he was an talentless boring whiner, and was looking forward to giving it a one-star rating. Now I think he's a very talented boring whiner, and if I'm in the mood for that then I will play it again. That warrants an extra star!
First time listening to this album I was not convince, this second time tastes different. Not a fan of the pace of this album, but Young has something special.
classic folk, nice and smooth
Beautifully done singer-songwriter music. Neil Young is an all-time great songwriter, and this album is littered with thoughtful and introspective takes on love and life. However, I can't talk about this album without talking about the music, an excellent mix of rock, country, and folk that's pure ear candy. The flourishes of harmonica and slide guitar give this record so much personality and color. You can tell a lot of time and effort was put into make it sound good, but it always retains a slight rough edge that prevents it from sounding too sanitized. There are some great jammy moments, particularly on the last track, where the band just lets loose and sounds like they're having a ton of fun. The one sore spot here are the orchestral moments, particularly A Man Needs a Maid. It just doesn't fit the emotions that the rest of the album is going for. Otherwise, really good stuff.
I was so ready to give this a terrible review as soon as I saw the name Neil Young which I know isn’t very open minded of me.. but I kind of liked this. A lot better than the other stuff that he’s done- wasn’t constantly counting down to the end
Look, Neil Young just isn't that great he has way to much hype for what he produces. This album has heart of gold which is a good song, but I think the majority of the songs would improve if Neil wasn't singing
fine.
A clean, beautiful, heartfelt album. Heart of Gold Old Man
This was uninteresting and dull. Nothing about this stood out for me. Like the last Neil Young album I had on this list, it’s just boring. Good for what it is I guess, but unless you were there when it came out it makes little impact now to someone who’s never heard it in 2026.
Like Crosby Still Nash and Young but Neil alone is not my jam
It’s alright
A true and well-worn classic, Neil Young at one of his finest songcrafting moments.
Classic. Need I say more?
Actually not my cup of tea, I can see why people feel nostalgic over it. Anyhow it was still enjoyable to listen something sooo out of my comfort zone. A man needs a maid was very memorable. Not in a way that everyone so philosophically put out their meanings on it but in a way that it was in literal terms was relatable. I am unsure of coming back to re-listen.
calm, chill, harmonica, cool bass, summery guitar notes, some lives, charming, folksy
Definitely some good songs on here. Would listen to again (maybe skipping the maid song WTF)
love this album. feels like a warm hug.
who is neil and how did he make the songs i didnt know i needed to hear the full versions of
the dads of the world may have been right about this neil young guy, huh? also - why does neil young have two separate albums called harvest and harvest moon???? i think it was reasonable to expect harvest moon to come up on an album called harvest but my hopes were DASHED
Pretty good, not quite enough walk it home guitar solos but put me in a good mood all day.
Such a talented artist. His music sounds like a warm hug. I love me some calming hippie music !! Fav song is ‘Old Man’.
Neil Young at his best. This album has some amazing songs and no weak spots. An easy 5 for me.
Neil Young is one of the greatest to ever do it. Harvest demonstrates his skill perfectly. 5/5
Not his best by a wide margin but still has a couple of classics.
Perfect record. No notes
Great singer song writer stuff.
not full listen
Like it so far, nice ambience.
not rly my style
"I fell in love with the actress. She was playing a part i could understand." Future Mr. Daryl Hannah
There’s a lot of Neil Young on this list but I’m glad this one made it. Beginning to end it’s a lovely album.
An absolute classic album that I find beautiful. I can totally see how people would not jive with Young because I was one of these people for many years, but at one point it clicked for me and the little things that annoyed me faded away. Since crossing that line, I’ve explored most of his music and see him as a visionary who was constantly exploring musical boundaries. Harvest was Young’s breakout album, and it is easy to see why it popular when it was released. What is more remarkable is that it doesn’t sound dated today. The orchestrations create a large sound that envelops the listener. The harmonies are outstanding. For those who don’t like Young, that is perfectly okay. However, quit bitching about his inclusion on this list. He is among the most influential artists to produce music and not including several of his records on this list would ignore Young’s important contributions to modern music. This is probably among the best country-rock albums ever made. I have listened to this album many times in the past, but it’s been a minute. I really enjoyed revisiting the album.
Owned Beautiful
I don't know if another album in Neil Young's catalogue beats this as his best/most representative album.
Not his best. Still brilliant.
An album exploring the disconnect between his desperate need for emotional intimacy and emotional unavailability. Some of his best songs and some throwaways, almost all produced and sequenced in such a way as to make the each track feel disconnected from the next
Heart of Gold is so good. But Neil Young is so boring.
Just feel like Heart of Gold and Old Man stand head and shoulders above the rest of the album. But they also stand head and shoulders above most music that's ever been written, so what are you gonna do?
Old man and heart of gold are the quintessential wartime ballads from this album. I hadn't heard this album prior, only the greatest hits. At the time, im certain there could have been deep meaning gleaned from the folksy overtones and impassioned lyrics. Through the lens of hindsight, the sentiments this album conveys come across as disingenuous or hypocritical. Although that statement is probably more aimed at the generation this artist and album are targeted at.
A classic… 3 singles I love The song, “Alabama”’s guitar sound is top!
What a lovely album this is. The simple production enhances the the songs to an extra level. Raw emotion through the whole album in Young's voice and playing elevates it further. A must listen
This is probably the most simultaneously decent but dull album I’ve listened to in a while. The instrumentals & vocal delivery are strong, and the song-writing definitely feels coherent and well put together. But overall it completely failed to grab me. I found the whole thing ultimately quite boring and dreary, as if it needed a spark of energy with a couple of more upbeat tracks. 5/10.
Country Rock modesto que infelizmente não é pra mim. A voz de Young não me irrita tanto quanto a de Dylan, pelo menos, então o disco não me causa nenhuma irritação ou frustração. Alívio. Os instrumentais são simples, seguindo ornamentação de folk, com elementos de country e umas pitadas de rock. Uma canção ou outra possuem um maximalismo bizarro e deslocado, mas vou só presumir que foi resultado de cocaína em excesso, típico da época. Pra mim, falta excitação. Gosto mais de Young quando ele está acompanhado da banda Crazy Horse. Eles trazem uma empolgação que dilui bem a melação típica do lirismo e da voz de Young. Mas não posso negar, é um disco bonito. Por mais que não seja minha pira necessariamente, ele possui um certo conforto e uma certa familiaridade agradável. Há defeitos suficientes para diminuir a nota, mas não deixa de ser uma inclusão aceitável à lista e uma escuta inofensiva e relativamente gostosa. E Alabama é uma puta música ótima. Muito boa mesmo. Queria que o disco inteiro tivesse o mesmo nível de qualidade. Mas é inconsistente. 3.5
I liked this album more than I thought I would. The production is great. Really wild that this was from 1972. It would work today.
A Classic peace that always deserve a new listen
Love it. Mellow gold.....
I had been avoiding listening to this album for a couple of weeks as I find that even though Neil Young is an incredibly talented singer, songwriter and artist. His voice is terribly sad and so filled with sorrow that no matter what he sings it feels very depressing. And I was entirely right. This album is an old fashioned country/southern states ballad album that is very much focused on sorrow and regret. The theatrical sections for example in "A Man Needs A Maid" lift feeling of the album a little. But it is still very sad. The big hits from this album are "Heart of Gold" and "Old Man". (3.500)
Just a nice album really. Some good song and was torn between a few for a favourite. Wouldn’t listen to it in full again, think it’s just not a genre I lean towards but did enjoy my listen
I’ll cave and give it 4 stars. This kind of music is really a 3 1/2 star for my taste but I recognize the brilliance behind the songwriting and vibe Neil Young lays down.
I can see what Pearl Jam saw in Neil.
One of the best
Dang. Just can’t get into Neil.
Greatest album!
I don't think I love this album very much. It's not bad but I didn't like the overall vibe.
I enjoyed!
It's awesome and has stood the test of time
Heart of Gold, Old Man & Damage Done - that's a solid 3 stars right there I tend to tune out the rest, so cant quite get to four stars Still, a pretty good rating for a style of music and a singing voice that I dont really like!
Here it is—the album everyone knows Neil Young for, but God if I know why. I finally saw Young in concert last year, and met an older couple at the show and asked them what their favorite Young album was. They simply said, "We only know Harvest!" This same couple left the show halfway through when Young decided to wisely wade through his borderline doom-metal compositions from *Greendale*. Such is the paradox of Young—fans know him for his dark, brooding folk ballads, noisy Crazy Horse guitar distortion, and political rock, but everyone else just knows him for *Harvest*. I can't say that I blame them. This album is filled with fantastic songs: "Heart of Gold", "Old Man", "Alabama", and the harrowing, disturbing folk ballad "The Needle and the Damage Done". There are some other great moments as well—the meandering, intimate "Out on the Weekend", the sublime wall of sound from the title track, the distortion fest "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" and the dumb but fun "Are You Ready for the Country?". The rest? Overblown, schmaltzy, annoying stuff, such as "A Man Needs a Maid" and "There's a World" (which I cannot listen to AT ALL). And yet, I can tolerate even the most brutal moments of *Greendale*. So, maybe I'm not wired like other music listeners, or even fans of Young, but I simply cannot accept that this is still his most listened-to album when he's done so much better and more impressive stuff. But he surely can't complain about the success it's brought him, and it was gleeful to see the meta-like performance of him playing "Old Man" and having the crowd complete the chorus at times. 3.5 stars, only because it's still a good, if inconsistent, listen.
This is something Woody from Toy Story would listen to but unfortunately I'm a Buzz Lightyear kind of guy.
Love it
This is THE Neil Young album for me. It has (almost) all the iconic tunes I associate with the best parts of his solo career, and taken as a whole this album is a sampler platter of the various styles that epitomize that career. There’s the poignant solo acoustic ballad (The Needle And The Damage Done), the riffier acoustic band jam (Heart Of Gold), some proto-grunge electric rocker with his signature dirty guitar sound (Alabama), a little country (Old Man), a piano ballad (the beautiful but perhaps problematically misogynistic Man Needs A Maid), and, yes, some ill-advised though moderate use of a harmonica (Out On The Weekend). There are a few dull spots here and there but that’s probably the album’s worse sin, being slightly less interesting in spots.
Aside from Jack Nitzche’s obnoxious orchestral arrangements on two songs, this is one of Young’s most solid albums.
I have never listened to Neil Young before, and I wasn't expecting much. Absolutely incredible album, that guitar was excellwnt.
Neil Young ei varsinaisesti ole ollut mun tietoisuudessa kauheen läsnä. Tiedän että on todella suosittu country-rock artisti ja suosituimmat levyt ovat 70-luvulta. Albumi vaikuttaa rennolta ja oikeasti hyviä kappaleita ja ymmärrän niiden suosion. Samalla levyllä kuullaan huuliharppua, joka sopii hyvin folk countryrock levylle. Mutta silti albumi ei ole puhutellut mua sen erikoisemmin. Old man on kyllä levyn parhaimpia biisejä.
pretty chill, not exactly my style but some bangers nonetheless. favs would be heart of gold, old man, and the needle but positive is that it’s unlike anything else i’ve listened to, which is the whole point :)
P Young
A masterpiece.
Liked words
vind dit wel lekker, beetje country, beetje rock, ineens twee tunes met london symphony orchestra.
Lekkere muziek met een paar knallers
Old Whiny, Kermit voiced Neil Young. Love it, sucker for Neil young and this album is like being dropped on the plains, with a guitar and a bottle of whisky.
Buenas cosas. Me gustó el sonido, aunque no soy muy fanático del Folk-rock. Igual like
Meget bra.
Le di play a Harvestde Neil Young y honestamente no fue para mí. Se me hizo bien largo y no conecté con casi ninguna canción. Entiendo el appeal del sonido folk y tranquilo, pero en mi caso se sintió demasiado lento y no logró engancharme en ningún momento. Eso sí, la armónica está cool y le da un toque distintivo al álbum, pero no fue suficiente para salvar la experiencia completa. En general, no es un disco que volvería a escuchar. 1/5
My least favorite album that features Neil Young so far. I still like his voice, though.
Bland for my tastes.
Puedo entender a Neil Young, pero definitivamente no es un non-skip
Recently I've found out that I enjoy country music quite a lot. Early sunsets, yellow leaves and apple pie. That's what I saw when I heard this album for the first time. Old man is such a beautiful song and this album has ultimate autumn vibe.
I've been on a string of albums which have been great, 5-star records. Thankfully, Neil came along at just the right time to crush that momentum. Ok, that's unfair. This is a fine record, even great itself at times. Old Man, Alabama, and Heart of Gold are all excellent tracks, especially the last of these. But too often this album has a touch of bore to it. Worse, songs like A Man Needs a Maid just seem out of place for ol' Neil to be singing about. Hey, I'm insecure, maybe I don't need an actual relationship, maybe I just need a maid. Some would say this is just him being honest, others think it is chauvinistic. Me? I just think it sounds stupid. Some hits, some misses. The peaks are great, but the valleys are just as deep. Adds up to an average album.
I think it's all been said hasn't it? Great songs about longing and coming to terms with aging
This didn't live up to how I had it built up in my mind - I'm sure it's great but there's a number of tracks that I don't connect with.
Didn't do much for me.
Full Album Thoughts: Album Rating: 4.5 (A+) I guess I like 1 Neil Young album? Which is a weird thing for me to say? I still cant get past his singing voice, but its used more deftly here. For some reason we had a couple orchestral tracks, and a more electric guitar sound. I didnt think this would come out to be as high a rated album, but its song writing bones are there! Track Thoughts: Out on the Weekend 00:04:35 A This grove is giving me raconteur vibes, which is great until I remember what Neil Young singing falsetto sounds like and I am bracing for impact. And then it never gets that bad? No, I hate to say it, but this is actually an All Timer in my books. Wistful, haunting, and vivid. Harvest 00:03:03 C No we are back to generic country. Sorry this is the same ol sway back and forth, and its too simplistically structured to be anything but cliched. Thankfully the singing and the slide guitar arent overpoweringly twangy this time... but still not something I will ever actively seek out. A Man Needs A Maid 00:04:00 A HEY NEIL CAN YOU SPEAK UP? YOURE SINGING FROM THE OTHER ROOM! Oh heck we get a whole dang Orchestra! Could a piano ballad like this work? Yes absolutely, if it was literally any other singer. This is just a song from a musical. Its meandering in structure (said approvingly), and has such breadth of instrumentation as to be constantly engaging! I just wish there was a stronger lead performance, that is all that is keeping this from being an S tier song. Heart of Gold 00:03:05 A This has escaped containment. And I cant even hate on it, this is excellent almost rock song writing. If they swapped out the slide guitar for an electric with a bit more bite, I think this would be ready to be a staple in my rotation. Oh and yeah, I still cant stand Neil's voice, but for most of this album he is at least staying lower in register. Like I was about to give it an A- and then the final vocal chorus came in at the end and dang if I am not a sucker for that. Uhg. Back to an A, under protest. Are You Ready for the Country? 00:03:21 B This would fit in with "One of the weird Beatles songs" category. You take any other lead singer, you even the slide guitar is good in moderation, but something about the over use of both these tones... it just saps my enjoyment. This is a very wrote song structure, so you gotta do SOMETHING fun to keep it interesting. As is, it actually feels a bit sparse? Old Man 00:03:22 A+ "The old know what it is like to be young, but the young do not know what its like to be old." I think this maybe has escaped containment, but I cant place my finger on where I've maybe heard it before. I really love the laid back bass grove accompanied by the finger picked banjo. If it weren't for Neil's singing voice ESPECIALLY when he tries to belt, this would again be an S tier song! There's a World 00:03:00 C+ Hello uh... Some Final Fantasy Track? This is introducing the Evil Empire vibes. I really was not expecting the full orchestra on this album. This sadly has less drive to it than "A Man Needs A Maid". At least there is no slide guitar, so points for that. Alabama 00:04:02 A+ Ah, now I too have heard what old Neil has said about you! This is such a wild dark full sound for the album! Still cant escape the slide guitar, but paired with the actual drive of the electric guitar it helps fill out the space more appropriately. I think OF THE TWO SONGS re: alabama... I prefer this one? The Needle and the Damage Done 00:02:00 A Okay so a thing I love is a finger picking style like this where you hold the same note and then slide down the chords, its such a vibe. This as a purely single guitar and singer focused song, it actually works... you can imagine this as just 1 Dude On Stage, overhearing this while you are paying attention to something else in the bar. It doesnt overstay its welcome either. And of course the clapping HARD CUT OFF is a choice. Words (Between the Lines of Age) 00:06:42 B This didn't need to be a 7 minute long ender. This is bombastic and really builds initially, but idk if its earned. The noodling guitar solo is a bit over indulgent. But then again, nothing in the song (beyond Neil's voice as usual) is offensive.
Solid album
Episkt
This is a good album and will always be a fun listen.
Hate to say that but country makes me peaceful. Sometimes.
i mean its not the most exciting in tyool 2026 but this is iconic classic rock. Heart of Gold, Old Man, Alabama are all-timers. Also doesn't get too self-indulgent like so much other rock from this era. Ten tight songs clocking in at under 38 minutes....perfect
His best album ever. Firm favorite in my collection
Endelig et Neil Young album der virkelig hører til på listen
Mit hotte Neil Young take er at det her ikke er en top 5 Neil Young plade, men der er satme stadig nogen lækre numre på!
The songs are so good. I could hear a lot of other artists I like that has been inspired by this.
i like it i feel at home, this is something i would play at my ranch house or something. relaxing, so emotional sometimes
y mas menos che, la verdad que no me volo la cabeza y me quede dormido mientras lo escuchaba en el tren
Some nice songs, but I never cared for his voice much.
actually do not enjoy, I like out on the weekend, heart of gold, are you ready for the country strong dislike Words, A man needs a maid, there's a world. terrible songs
No es mi disco favorito del bueno de Neil Young, pero es uno de los primeros discos que escuché de él y me sigue poniendo los pelos de punta. Siempre me acuerdo del momento en que tocó Old Man la primera vez que le vi (el infausto Rock in Rio de Madrid, donde NO VENDÍAN CERVEZA y nos tocó tragarnos antes al puto Manolo García dando una turra impresionante), cuando llama al viello que tiene de pipa para tocar el banjo. Acojonante.
Ok
opening and closing tracks (out on the weekend / words between the lines of age) are the most listenable and ... least questionable in terms of subject matter in my opinion this is one of his weaker albums DON'T shoot me. i just think after the gold rush and rust never sleeps are better as whole bodies of work over harvest. sorry neil young but rust never sleeps was a generational run
wow, 30 years since i've listened to this? "a man needs a maid" is still my favorite song from this album. nothing profound except the sadness.
loved this one