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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.
Ça va mais sans plus
Really enjoyed this one, think I’ll have to listen to some more of this guy
I thought i would i hate it but i really enjoyed it but some songs were a little to country for me. Great album though🌙
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)
I don't know what you want from me man, it's Neil Young. Everything sounded like Heart of Gold
Good blend of the rockin and the quieter side of Neil, with beautiful early 70s production. I like this one more each time I come back to it
Mir jo keq 7.6/10
The second song on this album, which I'm assuming the album was also named after, has this instrumental bit that feels very nostalgic, which is insane because even my parents weren't born in 1970. Why am I getting nostalgic listening to a song from half a century ago?
Just a gorgeous, melancholic album that was probably the high point of Neil’s vast discography.
the man can't sing for shit but god damn he made some incredible albums
I tend to like covers of Neil Young's catalogue more than the original recordings, but no doubt he is a legendary songwriter.
This was a very good folk album, as long as you don’t find Neil Young’s voice annoying. Southern Man is the standout track, but I liked pretty much the entire album.
I like the ones where other people are singing too
Great album by a rocker, song writer.
It was ok. I don’t really care for Neil Young’s voice but he is definitely a good lyricist and influential on so many others. Bonus star for Southern Man.
Some old classics, haven't heard them in a long time. Definitely a different time and style.
Hard time trying to get into this one mostly due to his vocals, its a style and I can see why someone might like it but it pulls me out and detracts from the backing instruments. Something about the songs doesn't seem to flow very well, like its always failing to take off or settle down to be a sad folk energy aside from Southern Man which carries a consistent tone and I did enjoy. Maybe I'll find a way to appreciate his music more later on.
el sonido es muy similar en todas las canciones y eso es algo que después de un rato me aburre un toque. good songwriting though, guardé 1 canción
Me gustó, pero uno de los cantantes pega unos agudos raros a veces. Me guardé 3 canciones.
Definitely the classic Neil Young album I've listened to least, with no great reason for that. And I know it's a hard pass in the group, and that some might be allergic to his voice, but it's really lovely, with some beautiful songwriting.
A swell listen but something about his voice lol
Kind of like Bob Dylan...
It was very good
This has always been one of my favorites. It was great listening to it again. Classic after classic
sounds annoying
Neil cooked with Southern Man and the rest are clearly good even if they don't especially stand out to me.
I prefer hard-rocking Young to folkie Young, and so I can’t give this a perfect rating despite its status as probably one of the most beloved albums ever made. All the songs are great, but Young’s very…particular voice in a folky context is hard for me to completely get over. Best track: “Southern Man”
This is another Neil Young album. Might have liked it a bit more than the others. 3.4.
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
It's less meandering than other of his works.
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
It's a seminal album and there's a ton of good songs on here but some are thinner than I remember. Still pretty great and definitely good to listen to before one dies.
good album. felt like an 80 year old american
I appreciate Neil Young's music, but I don't love it. There's just something about it that makes me feel like he's keeping me at arm's length from truly giving myself over to it. As it is, this is another Neil Young album that's good, not great.
Southern Man Don't Let it Bring You Down - ниче не добавил. Альбом не понравился.
A classic, obviously, though not at the top of my Neil Young rankings. There's a funny quote Neil Young has about the meaning, or lack thereof, of Tell Me Why, saying of the chorus: "What the fuck am I talking about?" But meaning is kind of beside the point against the way I feel when I hear those opening lines. I think the record slows a bit on the B-side, which feels like a let down against the run of absolute classics that kick off the record. I get an immense pleasure from singing snippets of this to my dog in Neil Young voice, especially Cripple Creek Ferry.
Great album. I like Preludes version of after the gold rush. Heard it before I know Neil sang it.
Great!!!
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.
Southern Man is a stark callout. When the song came out it was only 100 years since slavery.
why the rush?
I really wish I could like this folksy, sincere singer-songwriter shit, but I just don't. The commitment to singing harmonies with Young's uniquely weird vocal range is oddly admirable, but truly, I just can't listen to much of this.
Loved this album, Southern Man is a brilliant track. I prefer Harvest to this album but meh, both great albums
Classic. Bit slow for my tastes overall but he makes pleasant sounds.
te chórki fajne bujają ale jak dochodzi do samodzielnego wokalu chłopa to mid w chuj, np w after the gold rush najgorzej śpiewa
This album reminds me why I don't like getting back to the latest Geese album, which I think is really good, like this one - I just can't get myself into this type of voice/singing. Unfortunately, it's really tiring for me. 6/10 Will I add this album to my library? NO
nice little album, never got Neil Old
album #33 i really wanted to enjoy this album, as i like a lot of CS&N but unfortunately, the album just did not click with me. i tried x3 times and can't say i enjoyed it any more on consecutive listens. sorry young, i might like old more. part of it, i think, is because a lot of it feels same-y and forgettable. if you told me it tracks 5 to 8 were the same song in different fonts, i can't say i wouldn't believe you. i do like the lyricism, though, and the solo in "After the Gold Rush" is very pretty. young does well to present a melancholic album with undertones of frustration and nostalgia. note: it's hilarious that southern man made lynyrd skynyrd so mad that they wrote sweet home, alabama. respect lol. ꩜ average track rating: 2.1/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): cripple creek fairy, after the gold rush ꩜ least favourite track(s): till the morning comes, birds ꩜ album rating: ★★☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,056 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 20 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 8 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 25
felt like a lot of the same and not very interesting to listen to imo…
Álbum muito rico em arranjos e vocais. Young genial em todas as épocas. QoA Vesper.
nice
Not a fan of his voice, but he had some pretty solid songs, like southern man and when you dance I can really love, which I really liked.
Raw melodies from heart, I still liked On the Beach more though Fav. Track: Tell me Why
I wish I could give this zero stars
возможно музыкально я могла бы этим проникнуться но голос его очень отвлекает и отбивает энтузиазм
Fairly simple musically, nothing stands out. I'd say ... fine ... not great, not bad, just fine. Did recognize the 'old man sitting by the side of the road' song.
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)
After not even 80 albums into the challenge, 3 of them have been Neil Young's and I still don't know what to think of his music. Most of the time, I don't like his voice; it's too whiny. But, sometimes I think it works well with his music. All of te songs are well written, produced etc., I just don't vibe with most of it. Southern Man was my fav song and first listen
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
Bastante meh pero tiene sus momentos
que es esta masterpiece
No es muy mi tipo de música, tipo en q contexto escucho esto?? Pero southern man me re gustó topptoptop subida arriba revolución solo de guitarra eléctrica, el resto ni idea, además despues leí el artículo de wikipedia del álbum y se ve que neil young era re pretencioso tipo chico fadu... No gracias weyyyyy banco que haya tenido un re concepto atrás igual, pero no siquiera entendí como chota se relaciona esto con la película apocalíptica que querían hacer, quizás solo no soy lo suficientemente inteligente...
- - (quote discovered and taken from someone else's review:) "You go to a supermarket, and you see a faggot behind the fuckin’ cash register; you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.” - Neil Young. Yeah, you can F off Neil Young. - There are some good tracks on here, especially the opener and Only Love (though, I prefer the St. Etienne version). - I think my favourite part of the album is the piano accompaniment, which is prominent (the guitar tone definitely can't compete). - His voice can get really whiny and out of tune. - The sad boy lyrics become a bit much after a while, though they are mainly poetic and thoughtful. I like the commentary on the world more than the emphasis on breakups/love. - Like the last Neil Young album I rated (Harvest), I find that the songs don't evolve that much, but I like this album more than I liked Harvest.
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.
i believe i'd like it more if my right headphone didn't break while i was listening to this album
It's Neil Young, basically at the height of his powers. Some really incredible songs on here. While it's not my favorite Neil album, I'll never argue with someone who says it's theirs.
Another collection of really awesome Neil Young tracks. After the Gold Rush deserves all the acclaim it gets but sometimes he hits that tone he sometimes hits where it sounds like he just got kicked in the balls. He hits it a lot on this one. It's not bad, it just makes me laugh. Like Bob Dylan doing his affected Kermit voice on Nashville Skyline. Still really good but Young being a little more muted & pissier on On The Beach is my zone. Don't Let It Bring You Down, definitely a top 10 Neil track. Favorite Tracks: Tell Me Why, After the Gold Rush, Southern Man, Don't Let It Bring You Down, When You Dance I Can Really Love, Cripple Creek Ferry
Full Album Thoughts: Album Rating: 2.29 (B-) So I am just allergic to this guys voice, it is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Which is a shame because the actual songwriting is pretty solid! Southern Man and Dont Let It Bring You Down are standout songs that I just WISH someone else was taking point on. I cant ever find myself casually listening to the album. Its a curiosity waiting to be mined for ideas, but execution is hampered by an aggressively distasteful lead performance. Track Thoughts: Tell Me Why B+ This isnt I Want It That Way! See this is what I was saying, you do a stripped back country song, and have beautiful vocal harmonies on the chorus. Also, some very evocative imagery in the lyrics! The song is repetitive, but not in a way that grates; its got enough breathing room for my brain to actually latch onto. I think I just dont particularly like the vocal tone of the lead. After the Gold Rush D+ Yeah idk if I am going to jell with this higher pitched voice over most of these songs. Cant say there isnt anything WRONG with this piano ballad, but woof I am just not up for the singer. Like, immediately the trumpet sounds way nicer, if this was JUST a trumpet/piano song it'd be a B tier. It's like if Kevin McDonald was trying to sing. I am just going to harp on the singing this whole album aren't I. Only Love Can Break Your Heart C- I am concerned that we are flying too close to "Generic Country Song" sway. I really like the harmonies on this too! I just want a bit more getup and go to my songs and this is too slow for my liking. Southern Man A+ Oh heck yeah I am grooving along to this immediately! Put a bit of distortion on the vocals so they are breaking up just ever so slightly, and you know what, it fits in with the guitar drive! Double time the piano for the solo! Yeah this is an all time classic I wish I was aware of sooner! Of all the songs to make 6 minutes long on a 30 minute album, im glad this one takes up 20% of the run time XD. Till the Morning Comes D This isn't OK GO! This is just insulting that you could be singing in a lower register that sounds more comfortable to your voice! As is, what the heck is this nothing little ditty. This feels like Fake Interstitial Music in a Bad Community Theatre Production of something. Its too short to be offensive, but it should have been cut. Oh, Lonesome Me B+ It's a little to whiney for me, but I've absolutely heard its decedents, I just cant think of when or where right now. The vocals work better here, we have harmonica to really sell the melancholy. Don't Let It Bring You Down A- Again with this shit ass falsetto BUT it has some crazy evocative lyrics, and I am digging the guitar+bass+piano tone on this. Even the drum has good stripped back drive. I actually wanna learn the bass to this, cuz its groove as hell. Birds C- At least this is a softer voice sung in a decent register, but dang do I not care for the slow piano balad. When You Dance I Can Really Love B See a rock song with strange harmonies like this give me a kind of Boston vibe? I dont hate it, is what I am saying, which is about as good as this album get. I Believe in You C- We are back to weird wimpy falsetto and I am checked out. This is too slow. I dont even get joy from the muppets in the background going la-la-la Cripple Creek Ferry B Hey this isn't Cripple Creek, the show-offy banjo song I am familiar with! This is pretty nothing song that I actually enjoy! But its over so dang fast!
it's 4.5
Oh man I didn't realize how accurate that Dana Carvey bit was.
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.
Always takes me a song or two to adjust to his voice and then I usually enjoy the album. This is a good one, short and sweet with a few top tunes.
Muy bueno. Buenas vibes y guitarra.
i mean it was okay.
I don't like
3/5 no sé si lo volvería a escuchar, pero no me disgustó. Canción agregada a la playlist " When You Dance You Can Really Love"
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.
Has the sound of a creative working at the top of his game. Also sounds a lot like a holdover from CSN&Y which is why I was groovin' with this record. Not my favorite Neil Young record, but I've listened to this one so few times in all my years listening to his music that it was a nice little discovery.
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Not a fan of Neil Young I’m afraid. I know his legacy and like some songs but a whole album is not for me.
Loved two of the songs - the more rocky/loud ones, surprising since didnt think id like music this old
I enjoy Neil Young more than Crosby or Stills. Few good songs on this album.
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Not a fan of Neil Young's voice, which is a shame because I think I'd like some of these songs if they were sung by someone else.
Obviously have heard of Neil young. Top 100 Apple album so high hopes. Right off the bat you can tell this is gonna be a song writing album. Good acoustics tho. Love the piano on gold rush. This is a really good song. Only love can break your heart is a banger. Really good songwriting. Really good background track and harmonies too. Southern man is a completely different style. This is very much so a rock song where the first few were much more folky. Great guitar. Obviously good writing again. Love the solo with the piano and guitar. Another great piano on til the morning comes. Sweet trumpet too. Wish it was longer. Oh lonesome me is another one that shows great range. Good songwriting, but different from the rest. This one is very western/country. Love the blend of acoustic and electric. Everytime I think the songwriting can’t get better it does. Don’t let it bring you down is so well written. You could put any music behind it and it would be a good song. Same thing with birds. I love that piano tho. I like how it jumps back to electric on when you dance. Not the best on the album but a pretty good song. Really good piano/guitar solo to end it. I believe in you and cripple creek ferry were both good not great. Honestly kind of forgettable, would’ve like a better ending but this was still a really good album. I get the Neil young hype. 3.6/5 stars.
Me dejó un poco fría, esperaba algo más.
I just can't get past his nasal voice. If he took the peg off his nose I'd probably like it more.
This is clearly a fan favorite, but as a Neil Young fan, I was quite late to the party. This album is interesting for a variety of reasons. It basically marks the point when Young started distancing himself from Crosby, Stills & Nash and becoming a unique artist in his own right. He was touring with them at the time, but also splitting his obligations with Crazy Horse, much to CS&N's confusion (they were always pretty egocentric). It was also supposed to serve as the soundtrack for a screenplay by actor Dean Stockwell and Herb Bermann (the latter of whom wrote Safe as Milk for Captain Beefheart), encouraged by Dennis Hopper, of all people. The '60s, man. What a time! Only two of these songs were actually based on the screenplay: "After the Gold Rush" and "Cripple Creek Ferry." I'm not a huge fan of the former, but I enjoy most of the album overall: "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," "When You Dance I Can Really Love," "Oh, Lonesome Me," "Don't Let It Bring You Down," and the somber piano ballad "Birds." "Southern Man" is also a poignant piece of social commentary about the ugly side of Southern politics and racism (a place Young loves), but it's a bit ugly and masculine, though perhaps that was the point. It's a good place to start for Young's more sensitive, pensive side, though I feel Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is a more solid album. But I may be biased, as I'm a bigger fan of the stuff he did with Crazy Horse than his solo work. 4 stars — an album that perfectly captures a changing America as it entered the '70s.
I really want to like Neil Young, but I can’t get past that nasally voice, especially in the higher notes. Southern Man is still pretty good, though.
I really like Neil Young's voice! It carries a lot of my enjoyment of this album.
The first of a billionty Young albums. I generally don’t love falsetto singers, but I kinda dig Young’s voice. This was good, but I wasn’t enamored by it and wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it again. 3/5
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.
It has been a while since I have dived into some Neil Young and I got to say I have been utterly missing out because After the Gold Rush is truly the start of a marvelous career for Neil Young. I don't know if it is just Neil Young's vocals or the subject matter of this album but damn does he sound so sad all across After the Gold Rush. Neil never has a booming vocal presence anywhere on this album, but he knows how to use his soft voice to shine a light rather than to blind the listener with his talents. It also helps highlight his masterful lyrical ability which really started clicking on both this album and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. For being 35 minutes, this album sure does take its' time and boy do I love that pacing for this project because I just want to stay in its' cozy aura for a few more minutes. It is super calming and to the point where I don't even think any of my words will do this project justice. It is just something I think more people should just jump into themselves because it is a great album. Really excited to see where Neil has to go from here because I am quite impressed once again!
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
A couple of tracks took this from a solid listen to a beautiful, almost fragile sounding work of art. 4/5
One of the first albums I ever bought
A classic
I love his shrill little voice
I really wish I liked Neil Young but I found this soooo boring and dreary.
It’s actually quite good, and I’m not a folk fan. Or maybe it just fit my melancholy.
Tell Me Why Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Oh, Lonesome Me Neil Young’s music sounds so raw and genuine. His voice sounds great with harmonies. I love the guitar in Southern Man. There’s great variation between songs while still being cohesive. I was less impressed with the last few tracks of this album. 70/100
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I dont like his voice
Good if you like that kind of thing but a bit grown up for me. I just don’t like the whiney voice either I’m afraid.
It was actually dogshit, tell me why good, and only love can break your heart, the rest prettyyyyyyy mid,
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
Ugh. Everyone a NY album comes up I go "Sweet. Two songs I like, three songs I'm told I should like, and three sing that should've been on a CSNY album."
Neil is a 5 every time for me. Excellent.
Mellow Neil Young (except the angry “Southern Man”… a highlight on the record). This is a good Neil Young album… leans more into folk than rock. But he’s at his whiniest in terms of vocals. I listened to it a few times and after enjoying it on listen 1,nit started to grate on me a little bit guess. His more rock-centric stuff doesn’t tend to do that to me as much. Still a 4 though.
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.
got bored, i get it
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.
The amount of country in this list is starting to become disturbing
I dislike his high nasaly voice and I don't vibe with american folk music. Didn't finish it. Wasn't worth my time. 1/10
Starts of shit with some kind of summer camp prebubescent boy singing about love. It gets slightly better as more than just 1 other instrument is used. However it still remains that horrendously slow, whiny sing and songwriter music that I utterly despise. 2.5/10
He may be a good song writer, but goodness I just don't like him. There's something about his musical style that doesn't jive with me.
Está bueno pero no es mi estilo de música
Good
Este es el 1er album de esta nueva aventura de escuchar albumes aleatorios, la voz del cantante principal es bastante peculiar, me hace acordar a alguien pero no se muy bien a que artista, me copo un monton el sonido y los instrumentos, la verdad que no se si lo escucharía de nuevo pero en este momento, donde mi inestabilidad emocional tambalea... funcionó 100% para distraerme y lo disfrute. Ansiosa por ver cual es el siguiente álbum.
melancholic nostalgia for the hippy dippy of the 60s. a gentler form of propaganda rolls through the album. all in all a peaceful call for better, you can sense some of the reasons why he's called the godfather of grunge, this moment is yet to happen but the vibe is building Mid 4
Its alright, listened on a long drive. Bit boring but nothing too bad, high quality elevator music imo
Lovely little album. Liked the first half more than the second maybe I’m just depressed as the more jolly it got the least I enjoyed it. High 2. Just didn’t fully tickle my pickle. Fun fact I’ve seen Neil young live and he tore it up wish I listened to this album prior.
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
Was ok
A few days ago I had CSNY, and yesterday I had another album of Neil Young, so this is getting a little ridiculous. Songs are good though, so even if I am not a big fan of his voice, I can still enjoy the record. No particular favourites, but many evenly good songs.
I love folk. very earthy and pretty
Very good. Southern Man is exceptionally good. Nice smooth rhythm to the album
Young has a weirdly whiny and nasally voice on this album. Not bad.
Neil Young is boring.
I know that I’m supposed to like Neal Young and all, but oh my god his voice is so aaawwwwwful. Barney Stinson was right, he does sound like an old lady with vocal paralysis.
It’s fine. I don’t love his voice, but he writes decent songs.
Few new songs, it is just good
Some good songs but overall boring, He seems to be a better songwriter than artist
Didn't like it
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.
2/1000 After The Gold Rush - Neil Young (1970) My first Neil Young album! I've always felt a little intimidated when approaching his music as he doesn't seem too easy to fit in a box. My first reaction was that his voice is sort of unusual, but by "Southern Man" I was absolutely gripped through to the end. Like Neil's career, this album just had a bit of an intangible draw to it which is part of what made it so good. ★★★★½
Look, I haven't listened to much Neil Young but I know the jist. Nothing i say will be news to anyone but I must call out the vocals. To my tastes - too thin, too American. But elsewhere, this is all good. It's almost perfect, in fact. With more listens I could maybe overlook some of the annoying vocal moments. But not for a first time listen.
Solidddd! 4/5
Not my favorite Neil, but always love Neil.
it was fine
A good country/folk album, homemade and real
me parece un álbum muy versátil, con un sonido muy original y a la vez precursor
Wow!
This album was good to listen too, however I do not remember much about it, but its good enough to get a 3 star rating. I would like to listen again.
A bit minimalist — I find that I prefer Neil’s later, less folksy albums.
1 listen. Favorite track: Southern Man
Expectation: -> Neil Young 1970? No way, not my jam. After listening: -> Shocked at how much I enjoy this. Played the album ~10 times. Track ranking: Southern Dance Only love Believe Cripple Tell me Birds Gold Morning Lonesome Bring you down
The whole thing was fine. I thought it was fairly repetitive.
I think Lynrnd Skynrd was justified in being incensed about "Southern Man." As a younger man from Michigan, I subscribed to similar broad stereotyping of white southerners as Bible-thumping racists. No doubt plenty of people like this exist (look who we elected, twice!), but corny as it is to say #notallwhitepeople, not all white people are like that. Having since met many like-minded folks from the South, I've come to dislike it when people paint with such a broad brush, instead of recognizing and embracing 1) the millions of good, progressive people down South who 2) have a unique culture that can be appreciated separate from its evil historical baggage. This is sort of an aside, but I feel like saying it, because as a *song* "Southern Man" rules. It's creepy, haunting, the riffs are great, the solo is great, and Neil's tremulous vocals fit it perfectly. That out of the way, like so much Young, it's good and I think he, the man, is great, but I'm pretty bored by a lot of the straight folky stuff. Title track is great, "Southern Man" is incredible, the rest is so-so.
strong opening, i forget all the time just how familiar ive become with neil young over the years. just as a voice out in the air he's hard to avoid. 'southern man' hits hard as the early stand out, though 'only love can break your heart' seems to get more play, i felt fairly unimpacted by it. similarly the titular 'after the gold rush' and its line "Look at Mother Nature on the run In the 1970s" perhaps felt a bit underwhelming as ive watched mother nature hang in the town square in 2020s. that being said, the usual weary hopefullness in neil's voice is just as comfortable as id remembered it as on my moms old mix cds. coming into the ending tracks of the album, im thinking 'don't let it bring you down will be my second off the album. though as 'cripple creek ferry' plays me out im finding it a fun and playful way out from the rest of tracks off the back half. on the 7 its around a 5, not quite a 6 but the nostalgia homleyness of neil young's voice at least makes this a pleasant record.
I've been ingesting lots of media recently from the tail end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 70s, much of it from the UK or the American West. in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Raoul Duke writes about how mid-60s life in San Francisco (a good way up the coast from where Neil Young recorded After the Gold Rush about half a decade afterwards) was full of a "sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil," comparing the optimism of the time to "the crest of a high and beautiful wave" which, "less than five years later, ...broke and rolled back." After the Gold Rush was inspired by the now-lost script of a film by the same title, in which a commune of hippies in Topanga Canyon (where Young was living at the time) gets washed away in a great flood. perhaps it was the same wave Hunter S. Thompson was talking about. sure, the script might be a bit on-the-nose as a metaphor for the social upheaval taking place, but it makes for a pretty fertile starting point for a set of songs! the gorgeous, instantly memorable title track plays into those themes the most obviously. it's relayed through dream visions of humanity's journey from peace and harmony to drug addiction and environmental collapse. like many Young songs, it's dead simple from a musical perspective, a three-chord piano ballad with a horn overdub; but the imagery evoked is some of the richest in all of singer-songwriterdom! the rest of the material follows suit; this is probably the least hard-rockin' album I've listened to from Young so far. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is a real punch to the gut in 6/8, for instance. it's mostly very acoustic and tender, with the vocal harmonies being an especially nice touch. there's a somber mood about these songs, which gives me the impression that Young and Crazy Horse were deeply aware of the significance of the moment they were capturing. I'm aware of Young's ability to let it hang loud and loose, but it's nice to hear a different side of him here. that being said, my favorite song on Gold Rush is easily the heaviest, both topically and musically. "Southern Man", a damning indictment of the racism which was (and is) a fact of life in the American South, is also one of the only tracks where the electric guitars come out in full force; it also happens to be one of my top Neil Young songs, a deeply moving and intelligent reflection on the culture which Lynyrd Skynyrd famously tried (and failed, if you ask me) to mount a response to. interesting that they were so offended by this anti-racist anthem... strong 8/10.
I always find Young a little boring, not in an entirely bad way, in a lulling me off to naps way. As expected, this lulled me into naps so most of it passed me by in a haze. I think it might be that way by design.
beautiful
„Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.“ Pinguin Doku vorher, beim Song direkt geheult Die Verwandlung Moment 🥹✌🏻🖤
This is the 7th Neil Young album served to me by this list. What is happening here? Is Neil Young a sponsor of this book/website? You cannot convince me that this man has 7 albums worthy of this list. Are all 40 of this guys albums on this list? Somebody has to take a stand here. I know people like Neil Young but god damn, I don't think the Beatles have 7 albums on this list and they are WAY better than Neil Young. Please, I'm begging you, do not make me listen to another of this mans albums.
One of my favorite Neil albums. Has some songs that are the earliest non-Beatles songs I can remember listening to growing up.
Eh. The title song was ok but just because I knew it before. I don’t like folk
Bob Dylan on Friday and Neil Young on Monday. 60s-70s rebel folk at its finest. I love Neil Young, despite his voice. An incredible poet, he was massively active in anti establishment circles. This album features Southern Man, which was specifically called out in Sweet Home Alabama, and, honestly, Lynyrd Skynyrd can suck a butt. Great guitar and drums back up poetic lyrics sung in a Kermit the frog voice. Neil knew how to communicate his feelings through song in such an incredible way. He didn’t just write poppy hits or try to hit the top of the charts. He had a message, and he was going to get it out. Lyrically unmatched, his soulful melodies take you to a place in history that is largely ignored but still relevant as ever. Truly, he was a musical genius. I just wish he had a better voice, but 2 outta 3 ain’t bad.
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.
I have never understood all the hype for Neil young. Just doesn’t do anything for me.
Not as high a peak as some Neil Young, but still speaks to the soul.
A bonafide Canadian classic. The A-side features some of Young’s best, although I do find the B-side a touch inconsistent. I continue to ponder whether it’s hard to make arrangements with myself…
A bit somnambulant for my tastes, and the voice grates on some tracks, but again, the quality of the songwriting is so high that it earns a 4.
I really don't like when singers try to show off the highest note that they can sing. I am worried for his vocal chords if he keeps straining them like this. You don't become a better singer if you can sing higher notes. Neil is not impressing me so far
Surprisingly palatable but not really for me
Neil. Calm down. Falsetto is not for you.
Neil Young is fine.
Pretty solid. I don't think it's his best.
Normally I can't stand Neil Young but this was alright
Very nice. Some interesting tunes, but lacked that little extra.
Only love can break your heart is a stand out but album is not for me
It's nice
Mawkish lyrics over sophomoric music performed, it seems intentionally, poorly.
Not my cup of tea.
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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oli hyvää Youngia. Paljon hienoja teemoja ja musiikillisia ideoita!
I get it now
Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? I like Neil Young Favorite song(s)? Southern Man, Birds Overall Thoughts: Parts were boring, other parts grabbed me more. The album as a whole did not have much of an effect on me but it was pretty. Neil‘s specific vocal style works better on some songs than others.
More recognizable and better than the other Neil Young album on this list so far. I still don’t care for his voice.
This was fine. Sounded like Neil Young :)
Es ist ein warmes, leicht melancholisches Folk‑Rock‑Album, das mit seiner Mischung aus Piano‑Balladen und akustischen Skizzen eine intime Atmosphäre schafft. Neil Youngs fragile Stimme trägt viele Momente, doch nicht jeder Song erreicht dieselbe Tiefe. Einige Klassiker stechen klar hervor, während andere Stücke eher wie ruhige Zwischenstopps wirken. Insgesamt ein schönes, aber nicht durchgehend packendes Werk.
Albums good, didn't want to relate to the lyrics though ow.
First example of I see why it's seen as great, but folk rock isn't my much of my thing to rate as highly as others
#301/1001. Nah, I'm not getting it. He might be an important figure in american music history, but who likes anything american these days?
70s folk rock. Lovely but very mid.
Clean af
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
Pretty damn good album
Esse site quer muito que eu vire fã do Neil Young. Fica difícil avaliar por conta da saturação forçada.
Would buy
"There was a band playing in my head and I felt like getting high" - literally me. I keep wanting to give this a 3 because I don't care for his voice, but that guitar playing on Southern Man is too enjoyable. I did not expect Neil Young to go so hard. Put this one in the Dylan pile. Good stuff, but it needs a stronger vocalist. He's fine in harmony but kinda' weak solo. Seems like a running theme with singer songwriters. A lot of them are way better at the songwriting part. Hmm, I might like Neil Young. Who'da guessed.
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.
Not a humongous Neil Young fan, but this was a solid selection of songs.
Okay
This is fine background music
another banger review incoming...... ehhhhh
honestly don't love Neil's voice on this, but the instrumentation is great and the lyrics even better
3.75 - I like this a bit more than the other album I've listen to recently.
Hearing ol’ Neil sing about a few things is something I want around
Solid listen, some great songs, it was over so quickly because I was jamming and havin fun
made southerners seethe.
35 minutes that felt like 35 hours. Fuck Neil Young's 91 albums on this list.
Almost every track is a classic.
A pretty good and relatively consistent release from Neil. I do feel like Side A is much stronger than B, however it is nice enough while it's on. 3/5
Pretty boring white boy soft rock. Mediocre at best. Southern man is a good song though.
Of course this album is great. All Neil albums are great and have their own feel. Love the pacing of this one. 3/7
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
This album is a mixture of a few different genres: country, rock, and folk. Lyrics consist of melodies woven into stories. Though I thought "Tell Me Why" and "Southern Man" were good, I disliked the album because I'm not into this style of music. I suppose it's too meandering and reflective for me.
Melodic and poetic, but this Neil Young just isn't doing it for me.
whichever song he sings in falsetto lowk flop, his natural voice is really good and most of the songs where he sings 'normally' are the ones i fw a low 3, but a 3 nonetheless
Not my thing, but listenable enough. Neil Young won't be on regular rotation for me, but I also wouldn't jump out the window if he comes on the wireless
très très bon 4.5/5
es un álbum tranquilo pero a la vez es muy flashero, cómo puede llegar a cambiar cada canción durante todo el álbum
Classic. May be my favourite Neil Young album.
A nice listen with a couple classic hits. Album as a whole is best for rainy Saturday mornings. That doesn't mean it's bad, it just means not every Saturday morning is a rainy one.
Jeg kan rigtig godt lide det! Kort og stærkt. Kellermensch have allerede preppet mig lidt med "Dont let it bring you down". Endte igen med 3 lyt, og det blev kun bedre!
Et lidt svingende NY album. Til tider meget country feel
I think as a songwriter and musician Neil is great. For some reason I just don’t think his actual voice is special so this won’t get a super high rating none of the songs really spoke to me but I enjoyed Southern Man
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
On the one hand, you have Neil's excellent songwriting and ear for a melody. On the other, you have his annoying whiny voice and extreme over-representation on this list.
pretty good.
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.
Gonna be that guy: I thought this was just okay! I believed I was pretty familiar with Neil Young but apparently I didn't realize how high pitched his voice was, and to be honest I just never really got that into it. There's some good song-writing and lyricism but nothing that particularly wowed me.
Was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed this album. From start to finish I was totally engaged. It was the first album in this list that I thought was too short and one more track may have pushed this to a solid 5. Neil Young had never been a big part of my listening history but will need to look into him more.
A few hitters in here but kinda schmeep overall
The absolute GOAT. Anyone who criticizes his voice should be run over by a car
lowkey kinda sick w it
Even more classic. I liked this one better than Harvest.
pleasantly surprised by this! not sure how much i'll relisten but objectively a good album
i need to listen to this again, and maybe again after that. nice. some wonderful bits.
Half these songs are Can-con classics, the rest I didn’t know and seem kinda meh. Would I feel the same about the whole album if it didn’t give me classic rock radio nostalgia?
Yeah I dig this
I love Neil Young but this isn't his best work.
Really love this early Neil young stuff. Deceptively simple songwriting but so moorish. Not as iconic as harvest but I still loved it. Will come back to this.
Country, ok
Not my favorite Neil Young album - I prefer On the Beach and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - but it still has that Neil Young magic and beauty which sets him apart from the rest.
Young Neil delivered the goods
Standouts After the Gold Rush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Don't Let it Bring You Down
Honestly, not that I'm surprised by how good this album is, but I've mostly known Neil Young from his popular songs (And the albums Harvest/Rust Never Sleeps), so it's good to hear more great music from him. Will say, while I think this album is on par with Harvest, I do think it's a more consistently good album. Harvest might have higher highs (Old Man, Heart of Gold) vs After the Gold Rush (I like Tell Me Why and Southern Man is an absolute classic), but I do think Harvest has some lower lows (Not that it's bad, but I've never liked A Man Needs a Maid). In After the Gold Rush, the whole tracklist is solid aside from the aforementioned Tell Me Why and Southern Man which are amazing. So yeah. This list is chock full of CSN&Y stuff, and usually it's a great listen. This one is no exception, and Young was always my favorite. His work in CSN&Y was always the best, and his solo stuff was always my favorite.
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!
I didn't know Neil Young was Canadian. Cool. I feel like I've heard of him before in some context but I can't remember what. Whatever. I like this it's fun. It's something definitely yeah it's a good vibe a little more Canada than Australia but whatever I'm still enjoying. His voice is quite whiny though. Im back. Took a little break. And how I have a new Neil Young to listen to. I like it he's just so whiny tbh. Holy shit he's annoying. I honestly don't care. Favourite: Southern Man Least favourite: After The Gold Rush
Tbh this one gets a 4 Neil young’s really growing on me don’t let it bring you down is a banger
Not my favorite Neil Young, but solid. I like him rocking out a bit more.
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
meh
Seeing how this influenced a few bands I have listened to, only listened to Harvest Moon in the past. A little repetitive on the vocals, if consistent in style
cool, i like it.
Some singers' voices just don't jibe with my brain, but I like all the other parts.
Strong songwriting.
Pleasant enough.Young's voice is not so pleasant.
Simple songs, but so good. Stand out: only love can break your heart and don't let it bring you down
boring and whiny. couldnt finish it
A great album. A lovely mixture of his quieter stuff alongside the Crazy Horse rock sound.
Como se extrañan los hombres sin miedo a la voz aguda. Hermosas letras, dignas de un hermoso álbum. La falta de percusión al inicio hace parecer que este disco es una sesión de unplugged en la que Neil Young nos canta a cada uno de nosotros. También, sentí a través de todas las canciones, la montaña rusa de emociones del humano con el corazón roto. La soledad, el amor, la desilusión, ya sea por una persona o por una realidad social que alguna vez fue y sigue sin repararse. Realmente es un álbum que hace buen uso de la sutileza y el movimiento donde son necesarios. La percusión hace una aparición progresiva hasta consolidarse en Southern Man con un mensaje tan crudo como necesario, que, justamente, requiere de esos golpes y velocidad. Casualmente las canciones en las que se expresa el más genuino enamoramiento (feliz) también forman parte de los sonidos más estridentes del disco, una forma, quizás indirecta, de decir que aquello que hace que arda el pecho de amor, también puede hacerlo arder frente a una injusticia.
Ok but I do like folk music. Maybe not my favorite genre but recently, I have been listening to a lot of folk. I just… can’t get past Neil Young’s voice in some of these songs. Unfortunately, that is a big sticking point for me. I will say that I like some of this other work, especially group recording that he’s done. Season: Early Fall Favorite Song: Only Love Can Break Your Heart
On first Listen I was like, yuck. On my second listen i started bobbing along to some parts of the song, thinking well, maybe Neil is just a diomind in the rough, hes got some good sounds developing, some really catchy parts, maybe I was too harsh, a 3 at least. Then it hit me. WAIT A SECOND. These songs are reminding me of other, better songs, ive been had, scammed, HOODWINKED. The duplicty of this album hit me like a freight truck, hes somehow managed to make an album that emotionally reminds me of better songs without having any good ones itself. The rough parts for me are pretty rough and make me want to say count your fucking days Neil. Upon looking at when it came out, (Almost half a acentury ago) the vitriol left my body. Ya alright, you get a bit of a pass, but only as a historical artificat, Now hold this 2
It was fine, I alway feel that Neil Young's music is better when played by someone else.
I wonder if Neil Young's heart is as big as his songs would lead you to believe.... I think so, because why else would you sing like that?
Unfortunately I had David Crosbys If I Could Only Remember My Name just yesterday, which I personally prefer. After The Gold Rush is still a great album though.
4 stars just for the shot at racist southerners.
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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.
quien lo lastimó tanto top 3 discos mas desoladores, con razón a lana le gusta
nice. wouldn't have looked it up and gave it a listen on my own, but nice. folksy, chill
Está bien. Alguna me llamó más la atención, pero tampoco mucho
#urlaubsrezension Ein paar Songs bei denen die Stimme funktioniert und die in der Orchestrierung und mit Text funktionieren. Aber auch einige die mich so nerven, mit der Mundharmonika, mit der Stimmlage oder mit dem dummen Text. Insgesamt eines der besseren Youngs, aber gut wird es daruch nicht für mich.
Oh man, I think I am getting brainwashed by 70s poproc k. Aber ich finde das fast alles gut, bzw könnte mir vorstellen dass mir eine Coverversion davon gefallen könnte..
Noch ein Neil-Young-Album. Da hat mich so gar nichts vom sogenannten Hocker gehauen. Aber es ist halt auch nicht aufsehenerregend Scheiße. Dann gegoogled und vom Rolling Stone(1970) bestätigt worden: „Neil Youngs Fans werden in den kommenden Wochen vermutlich verzweifelt bemüht sein, sich einzureden, dass After the Gold Rush gute Musik sei. Aber das ist Selbstbetrug. Denn obwohl das Album stellenweise hochwertiges Material enthält, sticht keiner der Songs aus der gleichförmigen, trägen Oberfläche hervor.“
Almost his best, what a record
This is my third Neil Young album and I was quite dreading this after the live album I last reviewed, but this wasn't a bad listen. You can tell his strength is in his storytelling and with the rich instrumtation in this album, the album can be quite plesant despite Neil's inability to proper sing. Definitely a good strong album, bit do ee really need 3 Neil Young albums in this list? 3/5
great album but not my type of album ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great Oh Lonesmone me is a aweose song
eu admito que julguei esse álbum nos primeiros segundos de musica e ate fiz uma comparaçao com o bob dylan embora eu goste das musicas dele porém quando chegou em only love can break your heart minha opiniao mudou totalmente favoritas: Only Love Can Break Your Heart; Southern Man; Till The Morning Comes; Oh, Lonesome Me; When You Dance You Can Really Love.
I like everything but his voice and the fact that it gets boring when listening to the whole album. Weirdly more listenable than CCR
Not my cup of tea. His voice is awful.
Terrible
I don’t know who would ever want to listen to a Neil Young album. He’s one of those songwriters who shouldn’t sing his own songs. When I was listening to After the Gold Rush, I was wishing it was k.d. lang’s version which is so much better.
Neil writes great songs. I mean, jso well written, so well made. He digs deep here too--sad, edgy, angry, forlorn. Very good record
Will revisit this one. Definitely the right mood for a cold winters day when you need to get some things done. Would not call this a headphone album, but solid as a single piece of work.
Harvest edges this out for me, but it’s still strong, end to end: searing, cantankerous, but capable of tenderness.