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Young's nasally falsetto might turn people off, but it works for the music he puts out. It has an honest and raw feel to it. The music here is a blend of folk, country and rock and I believe anyone who has the slightest interest in any of those genres will get something out of this record. The majority of the tracks are laid back, but there's a few rockers in the mix. 'Southern Man' is Young's take on southern hypocrisy features a lot of bite and drive. The quieter songs that are just driven by Young's vocals and a guitar or piano evoke a sense of nostalgia in me for a time and place that I wasn't around for. Young is a phenomenal songwriter and this record goes to show that pretty voices aren't everything.
This is going to start a long string of me giving Neil Young albums 5 stars because a) he’s the best and b) his albums are great. This whole album is kind of tragic and mournful and I think he does a great job expressing a king of anxious loneliness throughout.
Side A is absolutely outstanding and Side B is just pretty good. I still think it averages out at nearer 5 than 4 tho
As stated previously have never been a Neil Young fan but starting to appreciate him through this list. My journey must now be complete as I loved this album. Its gold.
This is really the period - and by that I mean the 10 years post '69 - where Neil could do little wrong. The piano numbers are haunting - the title track and 'Birds'. The ditties are irresistible - 'Til the Morning Comes' and 'Cripple Creek Ferry'. The acoustic playing is fantastic and the suspended chords of 'Tell Me Why' and 'Don't Let it Bring You Down' sublime, although my favourite is the aching 'I Believe in You'. The pace never need go full throttle, even on the eviscerating 'Southern Man', or amped-up 'When You Dance'. The CSNY-type harmonies are excellent. No review can do it justice. As close to perfection as you can get.
Neil Young is one of my favorite artists and there are like 4 or 5 of his albums that I’d pick between being my favorite. After the Gold Rush is one of those and every listen makes it feel even more perfect
Simplicity can lead to beautiful honesty. The stripped down instrumental work, his subdued voice, the directness of the lyrics. This album showcases where Young works as an artist that almost no one else can pull off. Being yourself in the way you want to be is hard for everyone; doing so when you have all the pressures of success telling you to fit into a box that worked in the past is wonderful. This is the opposite of pop music. It's what it should be and there's nothing more needed.
His mastery of melodies and lyrical prowess are crazy. One of the best thing about this experience has been listening to a bunch of Neil Young albums for the first time, because I never really gave him a chance before. I can only be redundant with my review of his music at this point. The music sounds great on a stereo or headphones, he has been so influential and I ignored it, the album is great, he is great at making music. He stands out.
Overall: much more piano focused than most of his work, at least most of what i’ve listened to. it’s a beautiful, formative, and deeply political record that’s still politically relevant in many ways. don’t let it bring you down is still one of my favorite tracks by him. that being said, maybe i just prefer him with crazy horse? idk thoughts while listening: title track lowkey giving ben folds five ballad. ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART BY SAINT ETIENNE IS A NEIL YOUNG COVER????? southern man is a highlight for me. i think ive always just preferred his harder, more rock focused, or like experimental? tracks rather than his folkier stuff. not that i don’t appreciate or enjoy the calmer folky stuff. the harmonica on lonesome me is so good.
Classic. Favorite Neil album. No notes.
Totally into this album. Had never heard the album; only the rated cuts. in my top of 1001 albums (to date)
Just a gorgeous, melancholic album that was probably the high point of Neil’s vast discography.
Kind of like Bob Dylan...
5/5
(4.5) I'm very biased towards music sung by sad men with strange voices Favorites: Only Love, Lonesome Me, Birds, I Believe, Southern Man
What a Side 1, been a while since I listened to this, but wow. Side 2, a little less but overall such a beautiful album. 5 Heard before? Some Owned: Yes: 67/269 (24%) Will I get: Already have
Great album. I like Preludes version of after the gold rush. Heard it before I know Neil sang it.
I will admit that I haven't given this a full listen before, but I feel awfully strongly about it. I've been getting very into Neil Young. And this album seems to hold a pretty special place in the discography. And listening to this, the tightness and consistency here really leaps out. Young's fantastic performances meet magical, crushing, and epic songs. It's some of his best songwriting ever. After The Gold Rush encompasses the sweetness of When You Dance I Can Really Love, the incredibly sad Don't Let It Bring You Down, and the scathing Southern Man, which sounds convincingly like the wrath of God.I should, perhaps, spend more time with After The Gold Rush, but there is something special here, and I'm feeling generous.
Loved this album, Southern Man is a brilliant track. I prefer Harvest to this album but meh, both great albums
Beautifull
Eles gostam de álbuns curtos Não imaginava que a primeira música seria assim, imaginava uma coisa meio Billy Joel. Meio country roads, gostei da melodia e da letra. 7.9 de 10(clay pigeons, mas falta algo) Me lembra Cristo I BELIEVE IN YOU, quase um choro no final. Melodia legal e letra interessante. 7.8 de 10(não percebi que estava fora de ordem) Um som muito cru na Gold rush. Me lembra Life in vain, gostei bastante. O metal no meio é muito legal. Um som me atual, consigo ver essa em 2020. 8 de 10 MUITO legal a letra de only love, vi Cristo e me identifiquei. 9 de 10 Southern man é mais animada e é boa. Se passa na época da escravidão, bem legal. 9.5 de 10 Bem daisy bell e tem o trompete. A letra me lembra da vinda de Jesus. 8 de 10 Lonesome me é um pecador cansado e que precisa de Jesus. Tomei um susto com DLIBYD, mas a letra é bem legal. BIrds é muito legal, bem atual e carrega emoção. 9 de 10 As músicas vão de 8 a 80 muito rápido. When you dance é bem legalzinha, principalmente a melodia. 7.9 de 10(a letra é meio suspeita) Acaba com uma música como um conto bonitinho. 8 de 10 Um álbum encantador, bem interessante para os anos 70 e foi só subindo
It's in The Pantheon. Neil's got like 6-7 in there. A friend and I have been making my brother listen to some of our favorite albums (he's not really into listening to full albums), and I'm debating which Neil Young to throw him. Was leaning towards Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, but maybe now I'm leaning towards this. (I love the Ditch Trilogy, but I don't think that's the direction to take it)
I really like it!
4.5/5
I bought this album the day it came out. Still think it's one of Neil Young's best.
Easy to enjoy this
que es esta masterpiece
Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: Fragile, reflective, quietly devastating. Feels like sitting alone with your thoughts and not trying to fix them. Simple on the surface, but it lingers longer than you expect. Favorite Track: “After the Gold Rush.” Soft, almost fragile delivery, but the imagery hits deeper the more you sit with it.
it's 4.5
Another banger from Neil Young, I really love his early albums. Side 1 of this album is particularly epic, especially the title track and the ranting polemic of Southern Man.
Neil at towards the beginning of an unstoppable and nearly incomparable peak. Think I’ll just keep going after this one ends. As unstoppable as he is as a messy guitar god, he might be even better when he goes contemplative.
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Neil Young doing great Neil Young things. Southern Man feels a bit out of place on this specific album. It sounds like it should be a Crazy Horse song, but it's an incredible song. So many memorable songs on here and at only 34 minutes, it's over way too quickly.
One of the great folk/rock albums from one of the greatest folk/rock songwriters. Here Young has a mix of sweet folk, guitar freak outs and melancholy lyrics. Each song is great in its own way and shows the leaps and bounds he was making as an artist. 100% should be on the list. Best Tracks: Tell Me Why; Only Love Can Break Your Heart; Don't Let It Bring You Down
One of the first albums I ever bought
A classic
This is a great album. Young was in some kind of songwriting form in this period of his career. The music is sparse and beautiful. The lyrics evoke images of loss and love. Listening was a moving experience
Neil is a 5 every time for me. Excellent.
I love this record. I wish the Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell screenplay that inspired it was made.
Joni Mitchell’s Blue for boys
There's so much tenderness in Young's tenor, it sucks you right in. I'm a long time CSNY fan, but I've barely branched into the individual band members' discographies. I knew "After the Gold Rush" but none of the others. "Only Love will Break Your Heart" was my standout, followed closely by "Southern Man," where the melodic strumming gives way to some hard guitar that would fit right in to an early Wilco album
My favourite NY album so far on the list. Apart from the well known, sublime tracks, the rest are almost as good. Great lyrics too. Will come back to this.
This challenge has made me appreciate Young in a way I never would had. Fantastic writing and song structure. Listened to this a few times already and it’s rock solid.
so nice
Tell Me Why After the Gold Rush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Oh, Lonesome Me Don't Let It Bring You Down When You Dance I Can Really Love
Absolutely love this album, especially the title track. I was always a bit overwhelmed by the number of albums Neil Young has (and how much the quality varies), so only listened to his greatest hits for a long time. But about 10 years ago, I properly listened to this one and Harvest - both are near perfect to me.
Wow!
beautiful
One of my favorite Neil albums. Has some songs that are the earliest non-Beatles songs I can remember listening to growing up.
Love how melancholic and beautiful this one is. You feel like these tunes were in you since forever
One of my favorites from Young. Great folk rock!
This might be amongst the best folk albums ever made. After The Gold Rush is an album I listened to a lot in the darkest times of my life, it has an incredible soothing effect. Neil Young's music is the one I would bring to a desert island forever.
REALLY GOOD. i love neil youngs music and this was riiiight up my alley. love the variety of vocals throughout the whole album
Klassikko
Hieno levy! Harvestin ja tämän välillä vaikea päättää kumpi parempi. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautiful album. I loved this all the way through. I love the songs and the sound. The lyrics and the instrumentation. Must-listen #309.
First Neal and not CSN&Y album for me on this list, and what a goodin! Side A is basically an absolute perfection, listening to side B now, but probably overall this definitely deserves 5 stars, legendary work
Neil Young is an incredible songwriter. He's always been an icon and an iconoclast.
I don't know how you listen to this with an open heart and not get emotionally wrecked.
Almost every track is a classic.
The first album that I rated a five star. There is not a bad song on this album, some are classics while others are just great songs. I do own this and listen to it regularly
très très bon 4.5/5
Classic. May be my favourite Neil Young album.
i first near young album and i really happy to be that the right toen break your heart is by one of the best songs are hurd in a while and really love in the alborn and really beautiful message can be an your own still absolutely lovely
I like Neil Young, and this album was a pleasant experience from the start. Loved the 60's sci-fi story in After the Gold Rush, silver spaceships. Only Love was a soothing slide into the force of nature that is Southern Man, raw and unapologetic. Highly recommend Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live at Fillmore East, Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand specifically, if you have a half hour to lose yourself in this kind of Neil. Liked Don't Let it Bring You Down, and loved When You Dance, made me think of my daughter. I Believe in You swelled into a rich full sound and transition into Cripple Creek felt great. Had a good time with this one, will listen again soon.
The absolute GOAT. Anyone who criticizes his voice should be run over by a car
lowkey kinda sick w it
Young Neil delivered the goods
Jake: 8.4/10 Incredible work by Mr. Young. By this time Neil had been around the music industry and in several high profile acts but this is Neil coming into his own and finding his sound. “Southern man” is a very brave song calling out the south for its Jim Crow laws in a time where the assassination of mlk was in the recent past. Fun fact, sweet home Alabama was partly a diss track to Neil young bc of this song. Overall a solid album from one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century and although i prefer several other Neil young albums, i can’t deny this is a great album. Greg: 9.0/10 Good ol' Neil .. great album. I love the soft stuff and I love the sneak peek of the harder stuff we're gonna be getting later in his career. "Southern man" and "Don't let it bring you down" are some of my favorite young songs among many others. Annie: 8.3/10 First, love me some Neil Young, obviously. I do think I am less drawn to his earlier work that I find to be a bit more hard-rock heavy. Now I’m no Neil Young expert so that claim could be totally untrue, however after listening to Harvest I notice a pretty different sound. A softer, pedal steel/harmonica heavy sound that I just like much more. All that to say I still enjoyed the album and will be returning to the specific songs I already knew and those I heard for the first time!
Listened while driving to work. It must be because I'm in Winnipeg that I've had three Neil Young records in my first 56. I don't mind much because this is another 5 star classic for me. The way he effortlessly goes from intimate acoustic track to massive electric bangers is just incredible. I'll take another please!
Un des albums de ma vie, merci Maman
cool, i like it.
You already heard this one. Gorgeously warm recording. Obviously a professional product, but often plays with the spareness and intimate quality of some kind of home demo. Incredible lyrics. Maybe not quite as spectacular on the B side but ultimately a 10/10 album.
Almost his best, what a record
Neil writes great songs. I mean, jso well written, so well made. He digs deep here too--sad, edgy, angry, forlorn. Very good record
it was a really nice album, i really like dont let it bring you down.
Lovvvve
Love it!
So the song "After the Gold Rush" is maybe an all time top 10 favorite for me, but I always found myself skipping a lot of stuff on the album. In fact, I came into this thinking that I might not give five stars to ANY Neil Young album, despite how much a love a lot of his work. Now I'm thinking maybe all of the NY albums on here might be five stars? This was such a great listen. I'm kind of a dumbshit for thinking this shouldn't be on my 5-star wall.
Already in my list of favorite albums. :)
Très bel album qui donne envie d’y revenir ‘
Classic Neil Young! Good songs, vocal harmonies and overall comfortable vibe. I remember this recording from my high school and college years!
There are too many Neil Young albums on this list by far. Thus is the one - MAYBE along with Harvest - that should be on the list. Forget about the rest.
I've always loved this album, it's been a friend and comfort for about 40 years. Wise, sad, beautiful, enigmatic.
It's brilliant. Contains some of my favourite Neil Young tracks. Great feel and dynamics throughout.
Classic album. The live versions of some of these songs on the Live Rust album are also well worth a listen.
I was only familiar with "Heart of Gold" before this listen, the first of many Neil Young albums to grace this list(4 solo, 3 with Crazy Horse, 1 each for CSNY and Buffalo Springfield). This is a very good album with excellent songwriting. Biting lyrics on tracks like "Southern Man" combine with nice guitar chops and a decent voice(compared to Dylan) that make this a strong first showing for Young in this project.
Here's one that I knew I loved, but hadn't listened to it forever and had forgotten what songs were on it.
I liked it!
Woooowwwww
Fantastic songwriting. Neil Young’s albums always impress because of their consistency of vision — each one has its own purpose and its own sound. Some real bangers here. A 5.
Amazing one
Another all time favorite!
Great album. I really like a lot of Neil’s work. A lot of somber, mellow songs, so it’s something I have to be in the mood to really enjoy. A bit on the short side, which is better than being a bit too long.
Already a big fave!
Absolute gold.
10/10 Near perfect. Superb set of songs that are both gentle but have a lyrical edge.
I would definitely listen to this again.
There’s a lot to say about this album. While Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is a masterpiece in its own right, this album really takes it even further. It contains some of the most gorgeous ballads and says so much with so little. The opening track is one of my favorite acoustic songs ever, if not my favorite. Each song is concise and packs a punch. It flows perfectly. The instrumentation is top notch. There really isn’t much to complain about.
An absolute classic. One of the best albums ever made
NEIL YOUNG is rivaling prince for best artist I wasn’t familiar with that I got to know from this list. This album I already knew, but holy moly it’s even better than I remember. The mix of piano and guitar tunes, the harmonies, and the heart-wrenching vocal performances. This is Neil young at the peak of his powers (at least as far as I know so far). So happy to keep becoming a bigger fan of his.
Classic
One of Neil's best albums, you can feel this pain and sorrow in his voice and heart. The song-writing is top notch for most of the album, falling off slightly at the end for being in my opinion too short. But the first side is one of the best of records released in that era. 5/5
9/10 08.01.2026
A brilliant album. NY was on a roll. 5 stars. Fave . Southern man.
Das beste bis jetzt! So tolles Musik, mega schöne Stimme! Ich liebs!!!
He is just so good, every album so far is perfect. This album evokes feelings that reflect the title so well. Heart break, hiraeth. 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Southern Man Could (and have) listened to this all day Best Song: Colombia
Another Neil Young album, another 5/5. He is untouchable really, I think this could be his best album. It's so angry and so beautiful at the same time. I think Southern Man exemplifies everything he and this album is about and does it so well.
Loved this one! So many good songs on this album.
As easy 5 as it gets
really good maybe 5 stars tbh
The first time I ever heard the opening to Tell Me Why, I knew I was going to love this album. Many might argue that Harvest is Neil Young's greatest album, but I struggle to find a single flaw in After the Gold Rush.
lay on the grass and listen to this while the crowds make shapes over your heads and think thoughts and you will leave a little wiser
9.7/10
Perfect folk rock
Slay
Solid album
No. 53 A really great album. No bad songs.
class, have listened to this constantly for 2 weeks now
"After the Gold Rush" is the third album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Folk rock, country rock and country folk are the Wiki-listed genres. Word scramble I see. The album was inspired by the unproduced Dean Stockwell-Herb Berman screenplay about an apocalyptic ecological disaster that wipes out a hippie community. It was also one of four high-profile solo albums released by the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their "Déjà Vu" album. The backing band included members of Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crazy Horse. The band was Neil Young (lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes), Danny Whiten (guitar, vocals), Nils Lofgren (guitar, piano, vocals), Jack Nitzsche (piano), Billy Talbot (bass), Greg Reeves (bass), Ralph Molina (drums, vocals), Stephen Stills (vocals) and Bill Peterson (flugelhorn). Commercially, the album reached #8 on the US Billboard Top LP's & Tapes and #7 on the UK Album Chart. The album did not get immediate critical acclaim but is now considered a masterpiece. The album opens with "Tell Me Why." It's an melodic, acoustic song which sets the tone. Young with his tenor voice sings of loneliness and lost love. Nice harmonies by Molina and Lofgren. A melancholic piano begins the iconic "After the Gold Rush." Young wants to escape from his burned-out basement to a spaceship and avoid the ecological disastrous future. One of the more memorable appearances for the flugelhorn. The first originally-written released single was "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," written for Graham Nash after his breakup with Joni Mitchell. It's actually more upbeat with the piano, guitar and drums. We finally get an electric guitar appearance with "Southern Man." And what an appearance it is with multiple, layered guitar solos by Young and Whitten recalling "Cowgirl in the Sand." Scotching vocals as Young takes aim at the South for slavery, segregation, the KKK and White hypocrisy. Lynyrd Skynyrd would answer back in a few years. Both classics. "Birds" is a delicate piano-based song with beautiful harmonies. A break-up song about loss, loneliness and fleeting love. Young and Whitten are back to the layered, edgy guitars in "When You Dance I Can Really Love." Great harmonies. There's a jam element. Crazy Horse at their best. Theis album does a fantastic job mixing the acoustic with the electric. The songs are piano and guitar led with excellent vocal harmonies. Young seamlessly takes the best of Crazy Horses' rawness and CSN's harmonization and combines with deep and sometimes trippy lyrics and themes. The lyrics and themes cover loneliness, break-ups, lost love, ecological disaster, the South and a journey down a river. This is a great album and ranks near the top of the Neil Young's discography which is saying something.
A really great album. No bad songs.
I like this one a lot. Mostly folky with a little rawk to spice it up. This and Rust Never Sleeps are my favorite two of his eleventy thousand albums. If you can't get past his voice, though, this is gonna be a slog.
love Neil Young
Nice folky album. It was lovely.
Southern Man is an all timer. Classic singer songwriter album. Cripple Creek Ferry is a 90 second sleeper.
I’d never actually listened to this one all the way through. Great country/folk/rock.
Amazing album
This has been one of my favorite albums, and easily my favorite Neil album, for a long time. Great melodies through the whole entire album. It's a great album when you're sad.
It is so fascinating to me how, early in his career, Neil Young could balance quiet folk tunes with loud, jam-y hard rock tracks. These two style fit so seamlessly on this record especially because of the poignancy of every song. Each one delivers such a direct meaning to the listener; some bash it over your head like Southern Man, and some pierce your soul like Don't Let It Bring You Down. This time period was the height of his songwriting and it's on full display here. Standout Tracks: Tell Me Why, Southern Man, Oh Lonesome Me
Good
Love this one.
A classic album for the ages and Old Neil's best
I have fond memories of so many songs on this album but hadn't really listened to it in it's entirety until it got put on at a bar in Taiwan of all places. Just a lovely listen.
Listen to this album Till the Morning Comes.
This is Neil Young's most solid record, probably. It comes after the success of CSNY's Deja Vu, released earlier in the year. Much of it is the sparkly folk songs emblematic of CSNY, but there is always that edge to his songwriting and vulnerability in his voice. I prefer the grittier side of Young, so I'm all in for "Southern Man", which to me is the oddball out but the pinnacle of the album. This album evokes kind of the bleak side of Fall-- that time when all leaves have fallen, skies are gray and cold, but snow hasn't fallen yet. (I suppose Harvest also fits the bill.) It feels dynamic and moving, foreboding of darker days yet with some glimmers of hope.
Nothing really to be said except I have loved this gent's music for many years, that his voice is the very definition of yearning and he could sing the phone book and I would be there.
142/1001 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ For the most part, this is really quite a melancholic piece of work and Young's vocals work perfectly with the fragility of it all. The stripped back nature of the music also plays its part. The scathing rager that is Southern Man tops this all off with his beef with Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's a little top heavy, but doesn't detract from my overall enjoyment of this album.
Neil Young is perfection. His range is so wide from singer- songwriter to country to protocol- grunge. Great!
classic as always,
Neil Young is an absolute dude and this record is so cool.
I’ve already listened to this album Will always be one of my favourites I ❤️ Neil young
Great to revisit this absolutely sublime album
Neil Young might be that guy fr. This is the reason why I love this because I would’ve never listened to him on my own accord and now I’m a fan. Have yet to hear a bad album from the man and that’s kinda crazy seeing how he put out a lot of em.
Lush warm instrumentals, sad vocals, delivery is off-guard. Unexpected moments or rock and big folk harmony. This is sad like a rainy day after saying goodbye
The first time I ever heard Neil Young I was pulling out of my high school parking lot. My girlfriend, whose parents were hippies and who was a hippie herself, had gifted me a cassette of After the Gold Rush in her steadfast attempt to ween me off of hair metal, which she hated and considered to be some of the worst music ever created. She gave me Crosby Stills and Nash, The Doors, Hendrix, Janis Joplin. Even The Pogues, Fugazi and 7 Seconds. But Neil was the best of all those musical gifts, and I'll never forget that moment. That strange new music. That odd and beautiful voice. It is a journey I am still on 35 years later. 5
It's a masterpiece. This album and Harvest are required listening to understand Young's place in the 60's-80's rock canon. Add some of his collabs (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, etc) and you'll see why people revere this scruffy-looking old Canadian ex-pat who's always feuding with Spotify. This record is full of mournful melodies, delicate guitar and piano playing (contrasted with his loud, brash, chaotic electric work with Crazy Horse) and heartbreaking lyrics of both a personal, confessional nature and an allegorical, broad one. It might not be your deal, but Neil Young doesn't really sound like anyone else. His nasal head voice cuts through and mix and lends him a fragile, vulnerable sound. This is essential to the nature of rock & roll -- a voice lamenting the excesses and vices of the industry during its headiest years (recall that Zeppelin owned a 747). 5/5: 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' is enough on its own.
This was the first Neil album I owned, buying it after knowing and loving CSN&Y’s Deja Vu, that came out 6 months earlier. Then I went back and bought his first two albums. All are fabulous, one of those rare strings of 3 by an artist that are all stellar. On my StoryWorth about my 10 fave albums of all time, his second album, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere is in my honorable mentions. This would be as well if my “rules” allowed more than one album by any artist. Beautiful, sad love songs that I always sing along to (Tell Me Why, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Don’t Let it Bring You Down) highlight the album, with everything else top notch Southern Man’s lyrics are a bit cringey (hoorah to Lynyrd Skynyrd for calling him out in Sweet Home Alabama) but the music and guitar solo make up for it. An obvy 5.
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The best neil young album Short, sweet, bittersweet, to the point. Only Love Can Break Your Heart, possibly his best song. Southern Man is up there. Everything else is very very good.
Outstanding
He's just the best. Has about five perfect songs that are all amazing in entirely different ways.
QUE ÁLBUM LINDO!!! eu tô muito encantada, provavelmente o meu favorito até agora
An incredible album. A folk rock masterpiece. I'll be returning to it many times!
Neil Young. It has been too long! This is my 5th album of his, but I don't feel burnt out on him because I haven't gotten an album of his since May of last year! It's been 17 months. That's a while, but it's finally time for me to get what is arguably his most acclaimed album, After The Gold Rush. Yeah, this thing is great. That certainly wasn't a surprise to me and it shouldn't be a surprise to you either. It's kind of remarkable that this was released so early in Neil Young's career, what with this being his third album and all. Everything feels so refined here, yet also kind of rough-around-the-edges in a really appealing way. It's the kind of roughness that adds value to the album, you know? Of course, Neil's songwriting is as strong as ever. You've got your love songs and stories and such, but there's also room for a bit of political commentary! Well, there's not much of it, but it is on the album's best song. "Southern Man" is such a cool song. It's one of the few electric songs on here and it's excellent. I do also enjoy the more acoustic tracks that make up the majority of the tracklist. "Tell Me Why" is a really nice opener. The title track is a fantastic piano-led song. This album's first half is just classic after classic. The latter half isn't quite as good, but it's still Neil Young at his best. I'm not sure I could definitively call this my favorite Neil Young album. It's either this or Harvest, but the decision between the two is tough. Still, After The Gold Rush is full of things to appreciate. It's a very honest album, which I love. 5/5.
Some of Neil's best work on this here.
One of these albums that decades later still is good. Many albums seem to loose their quality over the years or are even bad years later. But this one has been rotation for 40 years and still like it alot
103/1001 :: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 9 Listen before you die: Yes Fav Songs: Southern man, Cripple Creek Ferry, Only Love Can Break Your Heart A timeless classic. One that I’ve been listening to for years and go back to it often. Also, an album that I can say confidently should be enjoyed on vinyl than any other way. Warm on the outside and hot in the center. Also, Southern Man really slaps. So visual, and penned with the sharpest tongue it sparked a response. But maybe the thing I love about it most is this is where we really see Neils signature electric guitar sound and that solo is so filthy good. Lastly, Cripple Creek Ferry is an underrated Neil song. It feels like a song from The Band but better.
A fine collection of songs highlighted by the classic Southern Man. Nice cover of Hank Williams Oh Lonesome Me. There's a bit of depressing feel to a few songs as Neal is feeling a love loss. The title track is atmospheric take on the attack on our planet's nature.
Det er så mye som er sagt om dette albumet og jeg har ikke så mye mer å si. Det er bare nydelig og jeg får dårlig samvittighet for at jeg ikke hører mer på Neil Young.
Damn, jeg må høre mer på Neil Young
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Just a classic.
I never understood why Harvest gets all the attention when After the Gold Rush is easily the better album. There really isn’t a weak spot here, and side one especially hits perfectly. Neil Young just nails that mix of simple songwriting and pure emotion that never gets old. The flugelhorn on the title track is such a cool surprise, especially since horns aren’t something you usually hear in his music. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” is short and simple, but it still hits hard. And “Southern Man” has this raw energy and conviction that makes you feel like he meant every single word. I didn’t listen to the whole album until last year, but every time I go back to it, I love it more. Favorite song: I have a tie....Only Love Can Break Your Hear/Southern Man
One word, exceptional.
"After The Gold Rush" is a fantastic album, wonderfully written, arranged and performed. From the opening track it's clear this a different album from its predecessor - "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere". Whereas that album is a more aggressive and rugged listen, "After The Gold Rush" is a more subtle affair. The production is cleaner, more precise and still holds up well all these years later. For me the stand out tracks are: - "Tell Me Why". A simple, acoustic folk song. Its harmonies and melody set a gentle tone that serves as a perfect introduction to the album. - "After the Gold Rush" , is a haunting ballad that is arguably the stand out track of the album. The lyrics are surreal, touching on environmental decay and the apocalyptic end of the world. Not much has changed in 55 years then! - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is a beautiful ballad. The lyrics make it one of Young's most enduring songs - "Southern Man", a misunderstood song? It's a politically charged protest song. - "Oh, Lonesome Me". A cover version. Neil Young's version is a country-tinged version that fits well with the album. - "Don't Let It Bring You Down" is a sombre track with dark imagery and a haunting melody. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" is one of the two 'Rock' songs, it provides an uplifting energy. It's almost a pop song! "After the Gold Rush" is now probably Neil Young's most critically celebrated album, with the acoustic folk ballads and rock tracks complementing each other nicely. It remains a cornerstone of Neil Young's discography. It is a quintessential classic of the folk-rock genre, and for me it's a 5 star album, but I am an unabashed fan of Neil Young. Side one 1. "Tell Me Why" (5/5) 2. "After the Gold Rush" (5/5) 3. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (5/5) 4. "Southern Man" (5/5) 5. "Till the Morning Comes" (4/5) Side two 1. "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) (5/5) 2. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (5/5) 3. "Birds" (4/5) 4. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" (5/5) 5. "I Believe in You" (4/5) 6. "Cripple Creek Ferry" (4/5) Total - 51 Average - 4.64 117/1001 61/117 albums reviewed were new to me.
This is one of Neil Young's best work. I love the sparseness of the title track, the heartfelt apocalypse painted in "Don't Let It Bring You Down", and the folky "Only Love Can Break Your Heart". Amazing album!
Such a greater all-around album by Neil, could be my favorite by him.
I usually like Neil Young, but I more than liked this album. At no point did I wish I was at the end, and when the end did come, there was a sadness. It wasn't exciting, it was just comfortable and enjoyable. A 4.5 that rounds up.
9/10. Amazing. Melancholic album.
Awesome album by Neil Young
Back 2 back classics
YES
Brilliant
Maybe my 4th favourite Neil Young album but pretty much unassailable. Every track is classic. Lots of mellow songs but a few bangers too.
Glad your back on spotify
Rightly lauded as one of if not the best Neil Young album, After The Gold Rush is a superb work of art. More than Dylan or Cohen, Young is, for all intents and purposes, a possessed artist: his lyrics seem to come out of nowhere and he has melodies to boot. 'Is it hard to make arrangements w/ yourself / When you're old enuf to repay / But young enuf to sell?' I'm not sure what that means, but I know it means something b/c I feel it and I'm pretty sure he feels me. He's like the Thelonious Monk of folk-rock: nearly child-like in his simplicity, he's yet rudimentarily complex - deliciously from the heart w/o being mawkishly earnest. A rocker too - I mean some pretty heavy stuff, guitars that don't wail but thunder and hit hard. A real one-off.
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This album pulled me out of a hard time. 5/5
Kinda funny, we just Harvest (1972) three days ago, and so I'd been looking forward to this one. After The Gold Rush feels like a more easy, solid listen throughout, even though I don't think any individual songs are as compelling as 'Harvest' or 'Heart of Gold'. The social commentary songs on here are a bit more idiosyncratic, while the relationship songs are more straightforward…the reverse is probably true on Harvest.
Neil was another of those artists that grew on me over time, and this was the album that was the tipping point for me. With the longevity of his career, like ol' Slo Hand, I have a tremendous number of Neil's albums in my collection, and this is one of my favorites.
Upon the first listen, I was disappointed the album wasn't filled with bangers like Southern Man. Then I let the record sit for a bit and I gave it another go. I started to appreciate the album more and more as I continued to listen. I ended up really liking the record and I think it's outstanding from Neil Young.
First Neil Young album I ever heard. And I’m still discovering new albums and sounds from him many years later. This is one of his mellower albums, being predominantly acoustic. But the songs still hit hard and deal with heavy themes. Don’t Let it Bring You Down is one of my favourite songs.
A classic, even way back in school, when I was a kid.
Arrancamos la semana con una leyenda viva del folk-rock, del que nunca me había puesto a escuchar un disco completo. ¡Tantas y tantos artistas y tan poco tiempo de vida para hacerlo! Disco hipnótico, tanto por la voz dulce y honda de Neil Young como por su música tan sentida. Imposible detenerse a analizar una sola canción. Muchas gracias por la recomendación. Hasta mañana.
Going through these alleged 1001AYMHBYD often feels like work - I've had a shitty week - and I've been taking the piss out of this book more than once, but I can't deny that's it's because of doing this here that I now have an over 7 hour long playlist of... a lot of stuff like this, basically. Neil Young, CSN(Y), Crosby-Birds, Gene Clark, some Dylan, their UK contemporaries - all that and more late 60ies and beyond folk-adjacent goodness that I've always quite liked but somehow never really explored. "After the Gold Rush" fits right in. Lovely album.
Pretty flawless - there's a reason this is held up as one of the best examples of singer/songwriter work. I don't love the reediness of his voice, and a couple of later tracks are verging on filler, but it's still very much in the high 4/low5 category.
The Good: Gold rush is over! The Bad: We don’t know if we hit the source… The Ugly: Neil Young’s voice… I hate Neil Young’s voice, hate it. Yet, there’s songs that he’s recorded which, in my humble opinion, are more than gold. Like A Hurricane, that’s a top 20 GOAT song… Then there’s this album… of which I was familiar with Southern Man, like most people, and only because Lynyrd Skynyrd told us Neil Young should remember… Anyway, back on track… FUCK ME. What an album. I’ve played it twice, back to back, and the last setting I just kind of stared into nothing… You will not hear me say this much, but thank you mr. Dimery, for introducing me to this album, which is going to stuck in Top 10 for the moment being. 5*
5/5 no notes
Didn’t even listen this time (I’ve listened many times in the past). Didn’t have to. Banger.
Along with David Bowie and Stevie Wonder, Neil Young was virtually untouchable in the ’70s, with a string of stunning albums that made it seem like he could do no wrong. Going strictly by decade, this is the first of them (Everybody Knows This is Nowhere came out in 1969, though I consider it the first in the run). This one showcases the full spectrum of Young’s genius: stomping rockers, stirring folk numbers, dark-night-of-the-soul meditations and inscrutable oddities that somehow work in his deft hands.
Wonderful, both music and lyrics. Sad that we are still living some of these lyrics again today.
Coincidentally, I just drove by Neil Young's "town in north Ontario" Omemee, literally a day before receiving this incredible album. This songwriting clinic is so good! It was nice to hear all these classic songs again. Liked Songs Added: Tell Me Why After The Gold Rush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Don't Let It Bring You Down I Believe In You
My second favorite Neil album. Sometimes my favorite because Harvest is right up there neck & Neck 10 ★★★★★
A more or less perfect album. 5 stars
Doesn’t get much better than this.
Lots of meaning behind the supposedly-simple lyrics, and great melodic flow. also, "till the morning comes" is one of the best songs ever.
Perfect Neil album.
Had no idea I liked Neil Young so much
I still love this album after all these years.
great
Weird voice, but great songs nonetheless. I like Neil Young for reasons that I can't quite figure out. I disagree with a lot of his views on everything, and I can't stand his self-righteous "my crap doesn't stink" preaching. Still, this is a great album.
Tell Me Why and Birds were my favorite songs. I’m a sucker for piano and any harmonized singing. I was struck by the variety of musical styles, I feel like the album changed so much from song to song.
One of my all-time favourite artists, Neil is a staple of my life and I measure the various stages of my life by Neil Young songs; each one triggers a memory of where and when I listened.
Tää on varmaan mun lemppari Niilon levyistä. Ihanat tekstit ja pettämätön melodisuus ja melankolisuus. 5/5
A classic from Uncle Neil
Not sure why I'm having to listen through for rut umpteenth time to give this a 5. I'm up to Southern Man and it's already there. Really a 4.5 as there are 5 or 6 I rate higher but hey, what can you do. Perfect balance, range, length. Playing. Lyrics. Cripple Creek Ferry is lovely.
Fantastic,\.Neil Young has always been one of my go to artist. This one of my favorites.
Five stars, perfect cover art and beautiful gatefold sleeve. Theresomething about an album like this where everything comes together, you get some perfect vulnerable ballads and a couple of more rocking tunes but everything is just right and the songs never outstay their welcome. Five stars.
Todo lo de Neil Young para mí será OBRA MAESTRA
true music ... true musician
LOVE LOVE LOVE this album! One of his best.
When Salads and Sunbeams performed this whole thing, it was the most perfect combination possible. The French horn in the title track makes me cry every time. My vinyl copy is so bad, but I love it more than most things.
If I was introducing someone to NY I would play them this record. This one is pretty much perfect. I’d say it’s my favorite, just beating out Harvest because of the two weird orchestra songs on that record.
Neil Young has made albums with some different sounds over the years. From acoustic ballads to overdriven garage jams. I think this album might be his best at combining and capturing this range into one cohesive sound. It's still loose and a little rough around the edges but pulled together enough to still feel really thought out and intentional. His messages are strong and political but still buries just deep enough under the music to not take over the whole thing. This is a perfect example of why Neil Young is a living legend and probably deserves more credit than he gets.
We were visiting with my grandma one day and she mentioned that some guy had hired them to bring a car out to Omemee. He was going to drive the car to Massey Hall to play an show and they would bring the car back home again. This was mentioned incredibly casually, but my dad was immediately asking, “I’m sorry, who is this guy? Is his name Neil Young?” And, again, as casual as a grandma can state, “oh yes, that’s his name”. So yeah, my grandma has a picture of her, her partner, and Neil Young on the mantle along with the pictures of all her grandchildren. Turns out he was a very nice man and had some concerns with how the engine was running. Anyways, I’ve been on a huge Neil Young binge lately and this one is in the running for my favourite album of his, so this is a pretty easy 5/5.
A quiet country album. Neil Young as we know him.
The Best!
Another classic. I’m totally predictable.
I enjoyed this immensely. I only didn’t like one song
An absolute classic. (43 known/88 new)
I can't think of a reason not to give this 5. That makes it three in a row for me. Southern Man, After the Goldrush and Only Love Can Break Your Heart are three songs I know well. The other ones fit in well I think. There is tenderness and soul here.
I absolutely love that album
Probably my favorite of his solo albums
Amazing album, I really enjoyed every single song and could relisten to them over and over again. Its really real, there is something timeless about the aspects of experience he captures. The album manages to expertly weave styles and sounds, alternating moods to create a cohesive and balanced whole. I cant get enough of Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Tell Me Why, the Gold Rush was also very enjoyable. Pretty much every song on this album was though. Definitely gonna be something I revisit later on.
Incredible lyricism, good voice, soulful themes, wide ranging topics, excellent musicians, tells a story.
My favorite songs from this album are Southern Man and Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Overall, loved this album and will listen to it again!
Actually excellent folk music. Fell behind a bit on the list but this motivated me! Definitely going on the relisten list
I love Neil. This is one of his best.
A classic. Acoustic tinged with a dark edge, fantastic songs, a triumph.
Love it
A classic album and one of Neil Young's finest. A 4.7/5, but I'll round ir up
godblessed
my beautiful princess
Easy 5
Absolute classic.
I really don’t know why I like neil young so much but I really do. It’s got grating vocals, melancholy melodies, folksy piano and some upbeat songs. I love the title track and birds. The whole album makes me feel like I am a 70’s teacher with corduroy elbow patches wistful about radical change in the world and how the future is in the hands of the youth.
Okay so I don't think this is the best Neil Young album. I don't think it's necessarily a 5/5 even though it's pretty great. The problem is that I gave all his other albums a 4/5 and I'm not sure if he has any more on this list. So this 5/5 should really be applied to Rust Never Sleeps. I wasn't really focused on it the first time I listened but I've listened to that album a lot since I got it on here. Neil Young isn't a 5/5 overall but definitely higher than a 4/5. He's always been really corny to me, and trust me, he still is. But sitting down and listening to most of his albums has really brought me around. I see him as the everyman's musician. You see him and listen to him and think "man, if this guy can become a superstar, maybe it's not that hard. Maybe he's just like me fr." His vocals aren't other worldly, mostly simple acoustic guitar, average looking guy of his time. Every blue collar alcoholic from the 70's can dream that one day maybe they can be Neil Young. That's what makes him great. Maybe one of the most realistic superstars around. Plus he does a lot of good outside of music so it's hard to diss him. He might not be the most technically advanced musician, but there's just something special about what he does. Can't put my finger on it. But even when he kinda sucks, I don't mind.
A classic. Probably in my personal top 25 albums of all time
Neil Young at his most beautiful. And it has the best song with a French horn solo.
Favorite Track: Southern Man
Some classic songs and good support
So good!
His best of his singer songwriter phase.
"Birds" had no right to make me tear up like that
Tell Me Why is a great start to an album, has a little bit of that CSNY feel. I might like this album more than Harvest. Southern Man spawned one of the most famous diss tracks of all time, Sweet Home Alabama. This is a great album. 70s Neil Young is the best Neil Young. I loved it.
Very good. Cant believe I’ve never heard of this before now
Melodic album. Absolutely a classic that can be listened to again and again. The lyrics are sharp, and the style is simple, intimate, and emotional. Not to forget Young’s distinctive high-pitched voice, which shines clearly throughout the entire album. Top class album!
This album is what I imagine plants listen to when they want to feel something.
Easy 5
Loved this. Now I understand why Neil Young is held in such high regard. The last album on here his voice grated too much, this production was smoother and I knew more songs than I thought I need.
Wow. This album hits a lot of feels. I would be afraid to listen to this after a breakup. Or maybe that's the best time? Fabulous emotion.
Thisiat has taught me that I rwally like Neil Young. Not sure how to feel about that...
tender, ragged and wise
Just brilliant. I think I have always disrespected Neil Young for no particular reason. It wasn't even a dislike, it was just a lack of acknowledgement of his brilliance. This album is total bait for me. Reminds me a lot of Joanna Sternberg's album 'I've Got Me', which I have listened to a lot in the past couple months (and is also a brilliant and painful breakup album)
Another fantastic album from Young.
Really great, poignant album, enjoyable all the way through.
Perfect album
Thanks Neil, ya bastard
HELL YEA BROTHER!!!! NEIL FUCKIN YOUNG My fave Neil album probs. Thanks dad for making me a sad country rock boy
Mmmmm, I feel this shit I’m my BONES, good to have a banger album I was unfamiliar with pop up again
"That's a hell of a question, isn't it? I don't understand it. It sounds like gibberish to me. I stopped singing that song because when I get to that line I go, what the fuck am I talking about? You know, I don't edit my songs. I knew something was happening at the time that I wrote it to make that right, but I can't remember what it is and it doesn't apply to what I'm doing now. "I Am a Child" is like that. What is the color when black is burnt? It's a charcoal kind of color, I guess, but what the fuck does that mean? I ask myself over and over, what the fuck am I talking about?"
This one is so, so good. Rocker Neil is my favourite Neil but this is max power Unrocker Neil, and it rules. Love the way it’s produced, got that thing that makes it sound like you’re actually in a room with a kinda fucked up guy playing songs that are always about to fall apart but never really do. And the guy is Neil Young.
Uncrowded arrangements all grainy and fragile. Simple melodies that will go down easy and stay with you forever. This record is stunning.
I enjoyed this one very much
waow, of course
Great record
Based powerful incredible wonder
This was my first real listen to Neil Young, and After the Gold Rush hit differently than I expected. The whole album feels kind of dreamy but heavy at the same time, like you're floating through someone's memories. His voice isn't perfect, but that's what makes it feel so real. His voice felt very raw in a sense. The lyric "Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s"stuck out for me. It just felt weirdly relevant, but also distant. Overall I found the vocals with the melody very poetic and in the moment. Felt rather personal at points, but still very wholesome. The melodies are simple but emotional. Soft piano, slow guitar, nothing too polished, and it honestly made me feel a little sad in a way I didn’t expect. It reminded me of other old bands who just wrote music straight from the gut without trying to be anything fancy. After hearing this, I get why people say Neil Young a great musician. As he deffo had a long lasting impression on me. Knowing how to rate this is really hard, so 5 would be my overall score, having felt the album both, emotionally and personally. (edited)
Good classics, not my usual genre but a few songs added to my general playlist
Neil Young is going to come out of this exercise the big winner. Whether it’s CSNY, Buffalo Springfield or his early solo career, it’s all as good as it gets. This one might be his peak. It’s more cogent than his previous record, none of the valleys, also fewer high highs. Neil’s style is all very soft and easy while always maintaining an edge. His edge is what separates him from James Taylor or other soft rock/folk singers. Love Neil Young!
One of the truly perfect 5 out of 5s that I can think of. Lots of these songs dont fit unless theyre with the album (which I love). Vocal harmonies with Stills and Danny Witten are amazing. The stripped down songs arent boring. The recordings are raw and have plenty of artifacts The 60s are somehow still alive in the 70s. 35 mins of beauty & rock. Maybe Neils best album. I might put this at the top of the first 205 albums we've rated. Alright, ill stop. Its just going to be a tough act to follow
I love CSNY, but had never been totally sold on Neil solo. My objections: voice is harsh - sounds nice in the CSNY harmonies - guitar playing is so-so, songs are meandering and sometimes dull. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere didn't completely win me over for these reasons. This album is different. The edge in Neil's voice is what makes these songs work. The slow, pensive ballads are where Neil and this album shine - the melodies are actually interesting and memorable. Title track is my favorite, and interesting story behind Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Joni and Graham). Most importantly, he's figured out how to take that choppy guitar solo style and make it build and work for the songs. I love it. I know I use this as a point of reference a lot, but the solo on Southern Man reminds me alot of Tweedy's guitar work on some of Wilco's longer songs like At Least That's What She Said, Spiders, or Handshake Drugs. Tweedy is also not an stellar guitar player, but has a unique voice that works in the context. In fact, this whole album reminds me alot of A Ghost is Born, one of my favorites. Can confidently say I've found a new go-to album - one of those that makes this exercise worth it.
Oh man what an amazing album! He’s the Man for sure.
Amazing album
Not in my top 5 Neil albums. But still a very good one and sets the mood for a chill evening.
All time greatness. Not a bad tune on it
The musicianship, the lyrics, the themes. Cheers Neil
Love Neil Young. Definitely one of his best albums. I like the first side better than the second side. But I think this was the height of his songwriting time.
Love it
Loved it. Appreciate his voice isn't for everyone, but this is surely an album to hear before you die. After the gold rush, only live can break your heart and southern man are 3 great songs in succession.
Good stuff, occasionally the crooning gets a little much for me but there’s also a ton of great harmony. Top 3 cripple creek ferry, southern man, birds
Another pretty easy 5 star Neil Young album from this generator. This is such a songwriting masterclass. This is Neil near his very best and most methodical while making things feel completely organic and heartfelt. There’s an earnestness to Young’s voice here that only makes these songs stronger and more unique. Some of these songs feel like they could snap at any moment. After The Gold Rush is in the conversation for greatest Side-A of an album ever. The whole record is pretty remarkable and a wonderful mix of light, shade, beauty, thoughtfulness and brutal honesty. But, man, Side-A is so brilliant. 9+/10
Really really enjoyed. Solid all the way through. 9/10
liked it sm!!
All time
Hesitated to give another 5 stars so soon but I have to be honest and follow my heart! This is always going to be a 5 star album for me, along with several of the great Mr Young’s others. I just love it. It’s so comforting and warm to me. It makes me think of my mum and of Canada and of the beginning of summertime and of tall wheat and juicy corn and campfires and swimming and newspapers and birds. Favourite tracks are Tell Me Why, Southern Man and Cripple Creek Ferry.
I'll admit that I heard the Saint Etienne version of Only Love Can Break Your Heart before the Neil version.
In political times like this, we need to double down on Canadian national treasures.
hi so freaking good i love this 🥹😊💖😣💖😊 every track is amazing i especially love: only love can break your heart oh lonesome me & when you dance i can really love but everything is so perfect still so
Thoughts before listening: This is peak era Neil Young and contains some of his most enduring songs. Like all of Neil's albums in this era there is a mix of introspective, delicate acoustic songs and rockers. Review: Yeah if you're a fan of Neil Young (I am) then this is quintessential listening. It largely stays in a folky lane with Neil's high pitched warble and lyrics being the main attraction, but Neil cranks it up to 10 with "Southern Man's" politically driven hard rock and guitar solos. I love this album and am giving it 5-stars.
love this album hey, hey, cripple creek ferry
One of the best albums of all time
frábær. besta rólega plata piltsins unga.
I remember hearing the title track of this album when I was in the back of my friend’s car. His dad was driving and it came on the radio. I immediately had to know who it was because it stirred something in me. I bought the album and learned every song by heart. It’s still as compelling today. From the heartfelt “Tell me Why” to the rocking “southern man” to the pretty little ditty of “cripple creek ferry” this album has a lot to like.
One of those albums I didn't know until middle age, which is probably about when you should start listening to Neil Young. One of the albums that just stands above others.
Hard to pick one but possibly my favorite Neil Young album
I love this album
Another classic from Uncle Neil. One of his most highly regarded albums and it’s not hard to see why. This is peak Neil solo career, one of my all time favorites.
Ganz großes Kino. Frühwerk einer absoluten Legende. Dafür gern die doppelte Punktzahl.