After The Gold Rush

5/5 no notes

top3: - southern man - birds - i believe in you

Didn’t even listen this time (I’ve listened many times in the past). Didn’t have to. Banger.

Love it but my problem with the albums generally considered to be Neil Young's best are that they are kinda all over the place in terms of mood and sound which FOR ME makes it hard to place them as 5/5 even if I do like all the songs, which in this case I do. For me Zuma and On the Beach are the 5/5 in his catalog though I kinda doubt they are on this list Fav song: Tell Me Why which is either my first or second fav song by him (other contender is Cortez the Killer just fyi)

Classic Neil young. Beautiful songs, but i've never fallen in love with his voice.

Overall - kinda meh! Neil Young's voice is lovely but not to my taste, and most of these songs just kinda washed over me without leaving much of an impresssion. Best songs: "Southern Man" "Birds" Best Lyric: "Tomorrow, see the things that never come today"

Nice but no awesome

I preferred the songs that were less country since I didn't really like their vocal style and I generally don't listen to that genre so I'm unfamiliar with it. I preferred the more upbeat songs in the album.

Globalement chiant. Déçue par Neil.

I feel for you Neil haters. They could at least spread these out a little more. Love this record. I've thought about or sung to myself "I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun" at least once a week for the last 20 years.

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.

Hey him again. Its fine.

If you ever find yourself wandering around the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle there's an old, but mostly nondescript, building across from Occidental Park that, if you were to walk in the front door, you will find yourself in a national park. The Klondike Gold Rush national park is located in Alaska. But they have an 'outpost' in Seattle that's pretty great to stumble into. It has park rangers and all. Assuming it's still there in our now-fascist America, it's worth a stop if you find yourself in that part of the world and you want to learn more about what happened both before and after the gold rush. Oh...the album. It's Neil. If you like Neil, you like this album. I like Neil. I like this album. It's not my favorite Neil album. But it's nice. A nice Neil album.

Perhaps I’m a philistine, but Neil Young is one of those classic artists that just kind of passed me by. He’s no Dylan or Cohen, but I’ve always grouped him in with those poetish folk/whatever singers of the 60s and 70s. Some people can’t handle Dylan or Cohen because of the croaky, out of tune way they often sing. For me, it’s Neil Young’s high voice that initially turns me off, like Daniel Johnston on helium. This album makes me think it might have been something my Uncle Phil listened to while getting high and beating up hippies while also sort of being a hippie himself. ¨Southern Man¨ could have been written about probably any male member of my family over the age of 40, and also a younger cousin. It’s an unpleasant surprise when you find out Neil Young is Canadian, almost a betrayal. The music itself is pleasant, but nothing musically or lyrically grabbed me by the throat apart from ¨Southern Man,¨ perhaps because I myself am a Southern man. Any song could have been on the soundtrack to a Judd Apatow movie- is this a good thing? Bad? You be the judge. Best songs: ¨Southern Man,¨ ¨Only Love Can Break Your Heart,¨¨Birds¨

First time listening to this whole album, and that's a mistake. This is where Southern Man happened. What an album.

Till the morning comes was the only song that really stood out. I’m not a big Neil young fan besides heart of gold and remained average for me

Pretty good not the kinda Rick I was expecting but still still really good

Fun moments, very enjoyable. 4.

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

Bonita, embora muito simples secção de metais na After the Gold Rush. Aterra muito bem o caos que a envolve, dá certa forma

Neil Young när han är riktigt bra. Senare på 70-talet och 80-talet (undantag Rust Never Sleeps) låter han inte bra, men här... nära 5*

Good One

Not a fan of his voice

This is my forth Neil Young related project. The initial one was from Buffalo Springfield and the other to from Neil Young & Crazy Horse, so this marks my first solo album from him and also the one I didn't like. I can't tell what's the difference in his singing in comparition with the other projects, but I didn't like it this time. Maybe is not the vocals, but more the tone of this record, as it feels very dull and flat. The majority of the songs felt way too melodramatic for my taste and the instrumenation felt a bit bland, without doing anything that I thought was interesting A positive thing I can say about this album is that the it has variety. I didn't felt like all the tracks were the same, and to that I can add that I liked some of the songs, with 'Souther Man' being the one that I liked the most. Neil's voice in this track is a bit more powerful in comparition with the rest of the tracklist, and it also features a nice use of the piano with a great melody to accompany the guitar solo. Nevertheless, my feelings about this project are not certainly very positive. I wouldn't go as far as to say it was a bad experience, but I truly don't feel like returning to this ever again.

Didn't really know what to expect going into this, once again another artist I had heard so much about but never delved into. Starting mellow and soft, I found 'Tell Me Why' charming and warm, but the slower more subtle songs weren't just as appealing. An enjoyable listen :) Top Picks: Tell Me Why Southern Man Don't Let it Bring You Down When You Dance I Can Really Love Probably evens out to a 3

After the Gold Rush has some good songs, but Neil Young’s whiny voice makes it a bit hard to enjoy.

The title track has a nice flugelhorn section. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is better with a bigger personnel behind it. "Southern Man" rocks. This is what Neil is all about! Okay, this is all pretty pleasant but I like the songs better with a rhythm section backing him up. Highlights: "Southern Man". 3.5 stars.

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

I think this is a really good album, even though it's not my favorite flavor of Neil. Parts of it I really like, but it occasionally sounds too much like Crosby, Stills, and Nash, which isn't a sound I'm that high on. Highlights for me are the title track, "Don't Let it Bring You Down", the "Oh Lonesome Me" cover and "When You Dance, I Can Really Love". The title track is possibly my favorite Neil song. Top 5 anyway. Strong 4 stars.

Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good album. Very prime Neil and his main essential one along with Déjà Vu with Crosby, Stills & Nash.

А це гарний фолковий Ніл Янг. Приємний альбом.

A réécouter pour mo

Doesn’t get much better than this.

I'm not old or American enough to enjoy this. It's just... okay. Kevin thinks it "not very interesting".

Although it's not a genre I listen to, I appreciate his lyrics.

Hubby- When I was 21 I did acid and couldn't read my ipod screen to turn this off so it kept playing in my brain and hasn't really stopped. The chair in my dorm was huge from the bottom but small when I stood up 👍 4/5 because Neil has at least 2 better albums and I need to appear objective

I am always simultaneously exhausted by Neil Young while also loving his music. There's an irritating pretention to After the Gold Rush that stems very directly from the fact that it was written for an unproduced movie about how a flood in Topanga Canyon would be some great global loss. Between the always excruciating snobbery of Southern Man and mother nature's silver seed in After the Gold Rush, I just can't deal with this album despite how good some of the songs are.

ovo je glazbeno dobro, al glas mi je čas blago a čas potpuno nepodnošljiv. zavija li ga zavija. jebiga

I can't believe I've never listened to this full album, I disgust myself.

ніл янг, сорі, але в тебе такий неприємний голос... але текстово було цікаво, на жаль не було часу краще пройнятися сенсами, бо здається, що тут треба довше посидіти подумати над альбомом, тому оцінка може змінитися

This is fine. I mean, it's objectively quite good, I guess, but I'm not the biggest Neil Young fan so it's hard for me to really evaluate it.

Great album overall, but the vocals sometimes are a bit grating.

I had high expectations for this album. But honestly, most of the songs are dull, boring, and whiny. "Southern Man" is one of the few tracks that actually stuck with me and felt solid. Overall, it’s a bit of a snooze fest.

Wow "After the Gold Rush" sure is whiney. This just makes me want to listen to America. It was listenable, but I didn't enjoy any of it. A 2.

Quite short and easy listening, any track you don’t enjoy will be over in 45 seconds anyway. Not my favorite album of Mr. Young’s but there’s a clear appeal. Southern Man, Tell Me Why, Till the Morning Comes, Dont Let it Bring You Down notably enjoyable. Maybe I just don’t like harmonicas…

Lots of meaning behind the supposedly-simple lyrics, and great melodic flow. also, "till the morning comes" is one of the best songs ever.

Listened in the truck via YouTube music. Learned he’s with Daryl Hannah while listening to this one. Solid Neil Young record.

Neil Young was big in my life as a kid, and I love his music, but as time goes on, his voice really becomes less tolerable. There's still a lot of good stuff here, so I'd recommend giving it a listen.

This is a good album. I can see why it's on the list, but it's not my jam. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #90 Best Songs Tell Me Why After The Gold Rush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Don't Let It Bring You Down

Perfect Neil album.

I like his voice! Great album, but pretty forgettable too

Pretty good. Really getting to see why he's so highly rated. He's miles clear of Dylan

Quite enjoyable! I love the small parts of brass instruments. Not a fan of his vocals though. 4/5

Super solid all the way through. Especially love his more politically charged writing.

Nice album but I like his other stuff more

Good

Had no idea I liked Neil Young so much

I still love this album after all these years.

Today's pick has me in better spirits. Day 6 of Covid and I hope I'm over the hump. No fever, no chills, no aches, slept decent, lungs still feel like shit. When I saw this album I smiled with sadness in my eyes. Neil always brings a bit of melancholy. I got this album in '93, I was 5 years into a 14 year stretch of drinking as part of my daily routine. Just getting fuckin' hammered every day. A hurt kid who became a hurt adult who hurt the people he was around. Thanks to the internet I've been able to contact most of those people and apologize for the things I did. But anyway, this album brings lots of good memories too, playing Madden '93, Road Rash and Toe Jam & Earl on Sega. I had a roommate that was constantly bringing new music home. Mazzy Star, Dinosaur Jr. and Mother Love Bone were particular faves. I miss those guys. This album is 5 stars without the nostalgia. Thank you generator for another wonderful rabbit hole to go down.

After the Gold Rush is one of those rare albums that feels both fragile and timeless. Neil Young strips everything down to the essentials here, letting his wavering, vulnerable voice carry songs that range from intimate ballads to apocalyptic visions. The title track is pure melancholy, “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” feels like quiet resilience set to music, and “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” remains one of his most poignant and universal songs. Even in its simplicity, every track feels deliberate and deeply affecting. What makes the album so powerful is the balance between its homespun warmth and its sense of unease. The arrangements are modest, with piano, acoustic guitar, the occasional horn or harmony, yet they open up whole worlds of emotion. Young sounds simultaneously weary and searching, as if trying to make sense of a crumbling landscape without losing hope. It is not flashy, but it does not need to be. After the Gold Rush proves that honesty and restraint can be just as powerful as grand statements, and it stands as one of the most enduring achievements in singer-songwriter history.

annoying voice but nice music

great

Good but bland. Distorted guitar tone in When You Dance I Can Really Love is so yucky and great; iconic sound. The mix is so clear, it sounds like you're in the recording studio.

I can always happily listen to a Neil Young album but never truly invest in it and love it. His voice is always haunting and emotional and engaging. But I honestly have never listened to an album of his and then wanted to listen to it again.

Early Neil Young album, hitting that folk sound pretty hard. Has the giant hit "Southern Man" on it, but most of these songs are at least somewhat familiar to me. Good record for sure.

Few good tracks on this album

a brilliant songwriter and good guitarist. A few classics and some not so great tracks. His rendition of Hank Williams' "Oh Lonesome Me" was terrible.

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.

rock

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.

It was kind of boring.

Not bad! Very standard Neil Young. It's a good background album but nothing insane or outstanding to me.

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.

This is a really hard one to rate. Neil is a great songwriter. But a terrible singer - that reedy falsetto is just terrible and I'm finding it so hard to hear anything else. Some lovely horn work on the title track, and the guitar work is understated but often quite awesome. As demonstrated though by Saint Etienne - these songs can be vastly improved by letting someone else sing them. I'm torn on 2 or 3 stars.

Very good album. Some classic songs, but the less-known songs are great too. Neil Young is interesting in that I can understand listeners who think he sucks AND those who think he’s a genius.

Tää on varmaan mun lemppari Niilon levyistä. Ihanat tekstit ja pettämätön melodisuus ja melankolisuus. 5/5

Neil Young osaa kyllä puhutella. Hyvää folkkista. 4/5

A solid, often solemn singer-songwriter album. Thoughtful, tender, sometimes pained. Feels longer than its runtime in the good, hearty sense. Laying on the floor on a rainy day music.

3/10

2.5/5 chill and emotional but a bit too slow and not very engaging and I don't like the singing style

Nothing interesting unfortunately

Really pleasantly surprised cuz If I didn’t know any better I would’ve thought that this was an early Flaming Lips album I had never listened to

En skiva som har toppar och dalar. När det är bra är det riktigt bra och fint men i perioder är det riktigt trist. Lite för många låtar där man tidigt börjar undra hur nästa låt låter. Nästan att jag inte klarar av hans röst. Men vissa låtar är tillräckligt bra för att man ska kunna se förbi det. ”Birds” otrolig! Svårt att se att jag ska komma tillbaka till albumet särskilt ofta. Därför bara en tvåa!

Not my favorite NY album, but pretty solid all the way through. I prefer the Crazy Horse tracks.

Good background music I guess

Good stuff. Neil in his early prime.

Why tf is this fool allowed to sing. I can't sing and I can sing better than this. It sounds like someone doing a bad impression of a singer.

the good one

Not my favorite vocalist but it was a good album.

Boring, whiny stuff. "Southern Man" was pretty good though.

Very good. Matches my vibe

Third Neil Young album I come across in this list, and I’m already starting to suffer from Neil Young fatigue. According to the author of this list, he’s apparently as important to the history of music as the Beatles, since he’s been granted just as many albums (7, if you’re wondering) – which I find preposterous. Neil Young is not a bad artist, but let’s be serious for a moment. Anyway. This is clearly my least favorite Neil Young album. For some reason his voice is even more high-pitched and shrill than usual. It made me cringe so much I had a hard time listening to the end ; even my cat was annoyed, and ran away in horror when Neil started to sound like some weird redneck Farinelli. The songs are quite repetitive, following almost the same structure, and a couple of tracks are annoyingly cheesy ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart" was unbearable). I have much respect for some of Neil Young's albums, but this one was terrible. The whiny voice is an instant no for me.

I loved this album, I love Young’s brand of country rock and folk rock and this is among the better examples of it. Opener “Tell me Why”, is excellent and his voice sounds great. The title track is also pretty good. I really liked “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” and the great and biting lyrics of “Southern Man” compliment the excellent arrangement and sound. “Till The Morning Comes” is a nice little interlude before we go to a cover of “Oh, Lonesome Me” a well done cover that I enjoyed, my grandmother did not like it. “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” was ok but I found his voice a little annoying in it. “Birds” was awesome I loved the way the backing vocals came in on the chorus it was gorgeous. “When You Dance I Can Really Love” was excellent as well an absolutely amazing arrangement going with excellent vocals again. “I Believe In You” may have been my favorite on the record his vocals are superb again and the way the vocals come in is sublime. “Cripple Creek Ferry” was a very good short closer kinda an epilogue to an excellent album

I do not understand why this person has so many fucking albums in this massive list. His entire discography is boring and sounds the same.

I don't remember half of it, but it also makes it one of the better Young albums.

It's good? Singer songwriter stuff, but nothing really great on it... Still enjoyable

Pretty average album, nothing amazing, nothing terrible.

some good tunes

Neil Young doing Neil Young stuff. Some classics on here and I love the sound. What would have made it truly great would be to have CSN involved

A classic from Uncle Neil

This is a great album with great songwriting and some memorable melodies. It’s one of Neil Young’s best! His voice can be a bit trying on a few tracks though.

Solid, clear and poignant lyrics. Truly a great songwriter.

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.

The first half of this albums is a clear 5 star. But the second half drops off a little, it's still good but it's not the same level as those initial 5 or so tracks. Perhaps with a few more listens this would become a 5. Very enjoyable though!

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.

Not a bad album. I want to preface that as saying that young is a sacred cow for a lot of folks. I don't care for his voice one iota. I've seen him live. I get that he can write. He isn't for me. Despite all that this is solid.

Southern Man

Strong 3* didn't enjoy it as much as the other album I got from him but still enjoyable

Solid stuff.

It's an easy listen without lacking bite. I enjoy his voice more on On the Beach, it sounds more refinef and less shaky, especially on the slower tracks. The more sensitive and bright sounding voice goes well together with the music, but while I enjoyed every song on On the Beach here I don't think his voice is my cup of tea when it's supposed to sound sensitive on those songs. Reqlly enjoy the more rocky songs though, as well as some of the slower ones.

I don't like Neil Young.

can’t complain but nothing was totally outstanding. solid good 3

I understand why people love Neil and his music but his voice grates after a very short time

not bad

The adage, attributed to Victor Hugo, deems that there’s nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. A whole history of music could be written – has been written, really – from the perspective of the myriad ideas within “Southern Man” whose time eventually came. We’re talking about a song that, on release, inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd to jump to the defensive and write “Sweet Home Alabama”; a song whose distorted vocal effects, social conscience and distorted bluesy rock dynamics put it among the earliest examples of proto-grunge; a song with a guitar solo that devolves steadily into weirdo experimentation and drilling single stabs, precisely the sort of thing you’d imagine Thurston, Lee et al stayed up all night studying in their own sonic youths. And just as the story of “Southern Man” might just be the that of rock music (post-Elvis at least) in the 20th century, we can lean on “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” as a potted history of the 60s/70s counterculture’s romantic schisms. A person could drive themselves half mad looking for the subtext and portents in Neil Young’s music, so suffice it to say that as “central figures” go … Neil’s a centripetal force all of his own. “After The Gold Rush” is a superb record, full of ideas that we’ll likely be unpacking for longer still. (The opening guitar on “When you dance I can really love” sounds so much like a bit of music used on Friends, yet I see no evidence of others having noticed yet. Make of that what you will.)

Good one

5/10 Neil Young writes some great tracks. He can play a mean guitar too. But when he writes songs that push towards the top of his range, I find it genuinely hard to listen to. I can hear in places that there's a decent song underneath it all, but it's like bringing me a beautiful lasagne, all the layers cooked to perfection, and then instead of a generous grating of parmesan, you pull out one of those foot skin graters and get to work on your bunions all over my meal. When he's in a lower register, things are generally better, and in songs where he's not as exposed, things can get pretty good. That being said, apart from a couple of tracks here and there, I felt this was a much weaker effort than On The Beach. I feel like this album lacks a little bit in momentum and consistency, and there's not a particular thread going through it that I can grab hold of. I think things are not necessary helped by the production, as there are a few examples of tracks that lean heavily on the treble end of things and can seem a bit clashy up top and empty down below. I might pick a few tracks from this to return to once in a while, but overall the album just doesn't grab me. Tell Me Why - An ok track to start us off. Nothing vastly exciting, but there's some nice guitar work here. Overall it's a bit too trebley and lacking in weight for me. After the Gold Rush - This is a better song, but boy is his voice nasal and annoying here, which distracts from it quite a lot. When he pushes to the top of his range, it just doesn't gel with me at all. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - This has got some nice harmonies in it, but it's a bit plodding and dull and a bit too staccato in delivery across the board. Southern Man - This is much better. It flows, it has weight and there's a good groove underpinning it. Some of the guitar playing is quite loose, but it's fun and works. There's a real swagger here and I like it. Till The Morning Comes - Ah, his voice is back at a better register here. This is quite nice. But it's over already. Oh, Lonesome Me - Another good track. It's got emotional weight, his vocal is generally working at his lower register, which is better, and I really like the subtle use of driven guitars and the little harmonica flourishes. It's a well structured song too. Don't Let It Bring You Down - This has got a nice lilt to the rhythm. The sound is nice and full and there's a good dynamic between sections. His voice is still a bit annoying in places though and it sort of feels like it never arrives at where it was heading. Birds - This is good. His vocal is just the right amount of frail for the song. The piano is nice and there are a couple of interesting chord changes here and there to keep things from being too obvious. When You Dance I Can Really Love - There's quite a cluttered sound to this and it never really lands on anything I can get my teeth into. It kind of struts around like a boxer at a weigh-in. Plenty of strut and swagger, but no punches will be thrown. I Believe In You - This has got some great elements, but again, his voice just doesn't gel with me particularly for this kind of ballad. I can see it working with a different vocalist, and I still think it's ok. Cripple Creek Ferry - A much better fit for his voice, this has got another nice lilt to the rhythm and the harmonies are nice too. Oh, and it's over.

First impression pre listen: After I've had a couple of his albums appear before on the list, I think I'm starting to get his schtick. He's a rocker, he's a lyricist and he's a country boy. Going into this album with those excact expectations. My previous experience with his output has left me a bit lukewarm on him, as those albums had some streaks of boredom to them. Hopefully this one goes by quickly. Individual track notes: Tell Me Why Pleasant and inoffensive. Good harmonies. Very pretty guitar playing. Don't really get the lyrics, though they sound pretty nice at least. Decent. 3.5/5 After the Gold Rush Effective lyrics, paints a plethora of emotionally resonant images that are enhanced by the somber instrumentation. Neil's unusual voice gives the song a vulnerable and naked quality. Decent. 3.5/5 Only Love Can Break Your Heart The progression on the verses does a good job at setting up the chorus. Great harmonies. Sonically it's a bit too one dimensional for my tastes. Kinda lost me Average. 2.5/5 Southern Man Is this the song Skynyrd references in Sweet Home Alabama? Makes a bold claim about moral hypocrisy. Ominous instrumental. The lyrics are very direct and do an amazing job at calling out injustices in the southern USA. The guitar solos are a bit aimlessly long for my tastes. Distinct bassline. Mostly memorable for the striking imagery of the cracking bullwhips. Great. 4.5/5 Till the Morning Comes A sweet flowery track with a good atmosphere. Too short to count for much. Unrated/5 Oh, Lonesome Me Old praire vibes. Well implemented harmonica. Boring misery anthem with a tired premise. Dislike. 2/5 Don't Let It Bring You Down I like the "it's only castles burning" imagery. This whole sequence contains some interesting wisdom. Other than that I really appreciate the clearness of the bass. Fine. 3/5 Birds Pretty sweet piano. Beautiful harmonies on the chorus. Just alround a simple pretty song with some resonant lyrics and a lot of emotion. Good. 4/5 When You Dance I Can Really Love An enjoyable though a bit unremarkable piece of Southern Rock. Doesn't exactly do anything wrong, there's just not a lot that immediately sticks out about it. Fine. 3/5 I Believe in You I'm bored. I guess there's a lot of melancholy and vulnerability to it, but it doesn't particularly excite me. There are some piano phrases here I really like. Average. 2.5/5 Cripple Creek Ferry Love the folkiness and traditional presentation of the track. Simple fun lyrics. Catchy chorus. Fine. 3/5. Final review: This feels like something I SHOULD enjoy more than I actually do. As each track rolls by I feel more and more impressed by the lyricism on this thing, where it feels like he always treads carefully on the line between complex and understandable. Leading to an intelectually satisfying yet emotionally resonant experience. I think his voice, as grating as some might find it somehow fits perfectly with the lyrical style, giving them a sort of imperfect and human presentation. But at the same time when the full picture comes together I generally just shrug and move on. For some reason, bar a few notable exceptions (Southern Man, Birds) nothing sticks. I like the harmonies, and the instrumentation is great for what it is, but I ended up feeling somewhere between ambivalent and bored for the most of the album's runtime. I come out of this experience the same way as with his other albums on this list: Neil Young is a very talented songwriter from an analytical standpoint, but his music generally requires a VERY specific mood for me to get into. Bonus points for Southern Man, aswell as a bit more as I can see it growing on me. 3/5

Todo lo de Neil Young para mí será OBRA MAESTRA

8/10 Favourite: Tell Me Why Least Favourite: Till the Morning Comes

#653. Neil Young is a pretentious twat, but there's no denying he knows how to make a good song or two. Unfortunately that's about it though, none of his albums seem to have more than one or two good songs, and this one isn't different. 3/5: fine

true music ... true musician

This one has a lot of hits.

Makes me think of Shoresy. Approved.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this album! One of his best.

I really wanted to like Neil Young, he’s such an iconic piece of music history. Unfortunately I can’t stand his voice. Or his style. Difficult listen.

Not a fan but mad respect. Neil is a good song writer but I can only take small doses.

For me this one was a slow burn on first listen. It finishes really strong on side 2. I started really enjoying it starting with Don't Let It Bring You Down and was sold right after with Birds. Anytime the lyrics get sort of esoteric I kind of check out, but the more down to earth and specific Young gets the more I enjoy it. On second list I think it's really just that I don't connect well with the first couple tracks. I can't say I won't skip tracks when listening again, but I will come back to it later on. I can really hear the influences this album (and Young in general) has on some other artists I listen to now. Liked: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Southern Man, Don't Let It Bring You Down, When You Dance I Can Really Love

That's not my taste in music - But ok

Good music, but nothing a fave of the singing voice 🤷‍♀️

Sehr angenehm anzuhören, ich mag den Stil und den Sound, werd ich mir noch öfter anhören Lieblinge: Tell me why Till the Morning Comes

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.

This is pretty great Neil. There are some standout tracks like Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man but I think the whole thing is an effective folk rock album. There's a lot to like here as a sort of soothing front porch album. I enjoyed the instrumentation which means maybe I'm not a crazy horse guy. Either way, this is a good example of the great musician Neil Young is that doesn't always shine through

I am extremely tired of this man getting foisted on us.

Lyrically strong, can’t stand his voice

Ikke dårlig. Litt tam.

solid album, surprised that it doesnt have more songs that got famous

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.

Nu ska jag vara sneil och ge Neil ett medelbetyg.

Pretty good album. For some reason I wasn't expecting to like it this much actually, and it made me want to listen to more Neil Young. I feel like I've heard here and there that most people who are fans of CSN don't really like CSNY because they don't like Young. As far as I can tell, I really like his music. I would probably give it a 3.5 if we could do half-ratings, but since I was pleasantly surprised and it left me wanting more, I'll give it a 4.

♫ Listening to "Southern Man" by Neil Young (After the Gold Rush, 1970) ♫

A quiet country album. Neil Young as we know him.

Beautiful album. The title track is one of my favourite songs in the world. It's just a beautiful melody harmonised in a really interesting way. Previously I had thought that the rest of the album fell short, but today I learned to appreciate it a little more. There's some really good stuff in the same songwriting vein as the title track. I still think maybe I prefer harvest, but it doesn't have to be either/or!

The Best!

Another classic. I’m totally predictable.

I remember when I first listened to Alabama in that other hellish Young album... that was until I listened to Southern Man. Straight from the pit of hell. 0/5

3.5 stars, I don’t think he’s a particularly great singer, but I like the rest of it enough to make up for it

I enjoyed this immensely. I only didn’t like one song

Short but sweet, Neil makes the 1001 Must Hear List again. This time, Southern Man carries him there with some help from After the Gold Rush and Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Enjoyable listen. L = (2.9*s) a few songs with piano didn’t sound like Neil. J = (2.8*s) Neil has a string of great albums through the 70s, we’ll be hearing from him again.

"After the Gold Rush" is a a little lack-luster. "Southern Man" puts this album on the list. I do like the softy title track too though. Everything else doesn't do much. Really can't say more about the record...2.05 stars.

I expected this album to make the list. It's got a couple of Neil's biggest hits and has a lot of his signature folk rock tone through the full duration. It's probably the format of Neil Young that I'm most familiar with and hits home the hardest. It's a solid entry that goes down smooth. Although I'm a fan, I'd favor significantly cutting down Neil Young's representation on this list but I think After The Gold Rush has a solid argument and would be worthy to remain. 3.36 stars

An absolute classic. (43 known/88 new)

Neil Young has always been a political activist and regardless of your position about his views, it's undeniable that this has generally resulted in a lot of great songs. Whether it is Ohio, Rockin In a Free World (my personal favorite), or Alabama, he's had a ton of impact through his music. That alone has also meant that Neil is rarely boring. Unfortunately, rarely doesn’t equal never, as is very evident on this album, as much of it played out as very dull for me. The dichotomy of his two protest anthems on this is really a microcosm for the rest of this record. Yes, Southern Man is a great song and impactful, but that's balanced out by After The Gold Rush, which is less on both fronts. Of course, the latter might be worse simply because he sings in his higher register the entire song and that's where is voice is the weakest when it's not supported by others in a harmony. Regardless, I just didn't like that song at all. There were other high points on this album. Most notably, I loved Don't Let It Bring You Down, which was backed by some great acoustic guitar and piano. A song I was instantly drawn to. But these great songs were too few and far between. I had previously listened to Rust Never Sleeps, and that's a far superior album to this one. This was average at best for my ear.

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.

Mournful Muppet Music.

Mange gode melodier og harmonier på dette albumet. Dessverre har jeg lite sans for når NY gjør til stemmen sin. Liker best stemmen slik den er på «Bird».

Not my favourite of Neil's albums.

Would be so much better if Neil Young didn't sing these songs. His voice is not my favorite. Extra point for Southern Man.

Listened to this and his first two albums today. In general I like and respect him but don’t love him. But it’s nice to get his to know his music better

liked it more than harvest, and probably the only neil young album i would return to in the future. still, 3.5/5.

I don’t like Neil Young. Songs are dull. He can’t sing.

I have to be in the mood for it, and give it a good active listen (meaning pay attention) but then his genius shines

I absolutely love that album

Not bad. I'm not a Neil Young fan. I don't like this album but, I understand why people do. Folk music, for me, gets boring and repetitive, and the same can be said about this album. I'm sure his lyrics are somewhat poignant, but the music isn't interesting enough to care.

Probably my favorite of his solo albums

I enjoy Neil Young. His music is very soothing.

Kaity and I both think his singing isn’t great. I was happy this album was in the 30-40 minute range since I’ve had so many long records recently. The guitar is good. The lyrics are clear and crisp, unlike other records I’ve listened to from the same time period

Just like Bob Dylan, with multiple entries Neil Young is back. I dont really get his appeal. He has some good songs, but the rest... annoying or dime in a dozen. It's not for me

Now known as the Topanga Canyon sound, music inspired by the musical (and somewhat magical) conclave including various members of CSN&Y/Buffalo Springfield, The Eagles, Joni Mitchel. Linda Ronstadt, and members of Canned Heat, the Byrds and more who passed through or visited the communities there, whose interactions fueled a great deal of music created in the late 60's and early 70's. Not every song is a hit taken individually, but as a unit, they all work to guide you on a beautiful journey.

Prelude to Harvest

I didn't fall in love or under the spell of this apparently legendary album.

I’m not a big fan of this album as a whole. To me, it feels way less warm than Harvest. Neil Young’s voice here is higher-pitched, even kind of screechy at times, and the songs are often pretty mellow, which doesn’t really do it for me. The two more rock-ish tracks are really nice, but that’s not enough to make the album a success in my eyes.

I don't his voice and the backing instrumental doesn't feel very different song to song. I could probably like an album like this, but not this one.

Alright

Near perfect

chill music while cycling the fastest I've ever cycled🔥🔥

I don’t really like many Neil young songs

solid rhythms and lyrics if you can handle the voice

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.

Favorite song: Only Love Can Break Your Heart This is not my kind of music.

Incredible lyricism, good voice, soulful themes, wide ranging topics, excellent musicians, tells a story.

This website has made me realize how much I fuck with Neil Young

Lovely little album, feel like i would like to listen to again and kinda break down

Pretty good album. Don’t love it enough to return to it that often

A lovely laid back folk record

I don't love Neil Young, I think he's a bit whiny and derivative. That may be because this album is 55 years old and everyone and their nephew was inspired by it, but I'm not sure. It's an okay listen, great vibe and politically conscious - I'm just not enamored I'm afraid

3.5

Nope not good, his voice is horrendous and he's a pompous jerk.

Really solid album. Had a couple tracks that I didn't really feel but when it hit damn did it hit hard 8/10

Super mid, Neil. Far inland from the perfect On the Beach. I suppose this is meant to be Laurel Canyon disillusionment, and it works here and there. But his voice is pushing somewhere past annoying - it can be wonderful at times - not here, the songs are desultory, and it all feels slight and barren. Half assed? Two star album bumped to three for the righteous fuck you of Southern Man. Skynyrd wrote a much better song, but fuck all that racist Lost Cause romanticism. There ain't much to country livin': sweat, piss, jizz, and blood.

Reminds me of an earlier time in America. Great casual listening, and need to listen to it more and learn the lyrics.

I have been a Neil Young fan for some time, and I particularly enjoy this era of his. Plenty of familiar favourites here, and those that I haven't listened to much over the years still bring that familiar Neil Young joy to the ears. A fine listen!

Very nice album for the moment. Chilling in the sailboat and waiting for rain to pass

Listened to this in the background and was surprised at how young Neil young sounded and also how many ballads he did in the piano! Enjoyed it.

dreary.

solid. great voice 4/5

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!

Not Neil's best work, some ragged singing with a few high notes.

Oh shit my stuffs gone. I’m enjoying this a lot. it’s a cozy experience. Sort of churchy. GOD DAMN. Piano. Good job Neal. I did not listen to this twice lmao

Actually excellent folk music. Fell behind a bit on the list but this motivated me! Definitely going on the relisten list

Two Canadian classics in a row hell yeah!!! I love this one in theory more than I do in practice though... 35 minutes straight of Neil Young is a bit much for me, like the album is cohesive and the songs are all great but his voice wears on you after a while, y'know? You have to be in a very specific mood to listen to it.

Never heard this one before. Really wonderful singer/songwriter stuff. Reminds me of sitting around making music with my friends. Simple, catchy, insightful. My biggest issue is the flow. I would have picked a different track listing.

Extra star for southern man, otherwise 1 star. Hard to listen.

There's some iconic songs here and Neil Young is obviously a legend, but I just can't get get passed his voice. I'm sorry Neil, it's me, not you but I don't think we're a match.

Think this is trying to teach me that Neil Young is one of the greatest artists of all time, and I definitely get it.

I like Neil Young

I love Neil. This is one of his best.

There's a handful of songs I LOVE on this album that I already knew. There's a few that I will need to listen to again. I listened to this while doing work, but I enjoyed it most of the way through.

A classic. Acoustic tinged with a dark edge, fantastic songs, a triumph.

Wasn't sure at first, but it grew on me

Klassiker, holder seg bra.

Love it

A classic album and one of Neil Young's finest. A 4.7/5, but I'll round ir up

godblessed

I like a lot of Neil Young stuff, but found this hard to get into.

Algunas canciones muy buenas otras planas.

A mellow, perfect segway in his first few albums between the rock-heavy Everyone Knows This is Nowhere and the masterpiece that is Harvest. Couple of legendary songs, but more a glimpse into what was coming next with Harvest. Neil was such a prodigy at this age, having already made a name for himself with Buffalo Springfield, CSNY and not too many other artists can boast the string of about his first five or six records in a row out of the gate. What else is there to say about this ICON who is still writing chapters of his own book, today?

my beautiful princess

I have very few feelings on this

Overall, it is a nice, cohesive album. The vocals sound nice and raw-ish and are complemented really well by an interesting ensemble of instruments, with acoustic and electric guitars, piano, harmonica and brass instruments underlining the layered vocals. The sound does shift from a more upbeat 70s intro, to rocky songs with sharp electric guitar solos that contrast the usual, softer instrumentals to softer but still fun piano pieces and even more melancholic harmonica songs. For me personally it does get a little too folkey and bluesy at some point but there are some nice songs and overall the album is enjoyable and offers that 70s folk-rock sound than can be fun, too.

Easy 5

4,1/5

boring and quite unimportant

Wow. Great one . 4.4

Great album!

It's not really my thing, but I can recognise that this is pretty solid for what it is. At first I wasn't really sure, but I warmed to it more as it went on, and particularly to his voice. Southern Man is the real stand-out on here.

Went like 700 albums without any Neil Young, and I think I've gotten 4 of his albums in the last month or two. He's good, good vibe, lyrics are deep. But every now and then he's got his whiney tamber to his voice that I don't love yet. He's been growing on me. I'm going to listen again

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.

I've always found Neil Young's voice to have a sort of ethereal beauty. It's very soothing. The music is simple, for the most part, and has a lot of country influence. Which I don't like as much. But it's unique and easy to listen to.

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

Historically I'm not much of a Neil Young fan. I connect a lot with vocals and his usually turn me away...I'd rather have his acoustics. However, I've never listened to his music from the 70s and I actually like it much better. Totally different feel. I still won't say that I loved it, but it was actually for the most part tolerable (I still don't like his falsetto). A fine album.

not as good as i thought it would be, Turns out I really dont like Neil Young all that much

Solid...lazy afternoon music kinda..

Goodness I didn’t like this at all

Neil Young at his most beautiful. And it has the best song with a French horn solo.

very good . yes.

Pre-listening thoughts: here we go man we avoided Bob Dylan and Neil Young for like almost 300 albums and now they’re starting to steadily trickle in as we’ve gotten two of each Post/during listening thoughts: I know people have beef with Neil Young (as a person and musician) but there’s something about this stacked harmony minimalistic instrumental folk that feels so cozy to me. It’s why I love Tapestry so much. This is the kind of album I would sit on a porch swing during sunset and read a book to. Although sometimes this has a little edge to it which I appreciate. Sometimes his voice doesn’t quite do it for me when he doesn’t have an army of harmonies behind him but nonetheless this was really good. 7.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nah Fav tracks: Tell Me Why, Don’t Let it Bring You Down, I Believe In You Least fav tracks: After the Gold Rush

love his voice and the type of music he makes it always calms me and is a joy to listen to

What happened to Silver? Bronze? Were they not rushing fast enough???

Not a huge Niel Young fan, and I didnt enjoy this album. Its seems to be the start of when his sound is very high pitched and light on instrumentation (dare I say "whiney"?). Not a lot of hits to carry the album either. Overall- fine, not for me

Early Neil always hits so good. I’m kinda unfamiliar with it, tbh, but whenever I listen to one I realize how influential it is on music I really love.

Can recognise how influential Neil Young is with his song lyrics. But his style of vocals don’t appeal to me and I’m not really drawn to laidback/minimalist instrumentals. I don’t want to judge his music on just one album, but unfortunately this one didn’t draw me into becoming a Neil Young fan

I mean, I could listen to this album at any time and enjoy it. It's a Neil Young album through and through, by and large enjoyable. Just doesn't really rise above, has to be listened to as an album (except for Southern Man I guess, but mostly known imo for what that spawned). Liked it, didn't love it.

Favorite Track: Southern Man

Some classic songs and good support

So good!

This was a nice relaxing album to listen to on a rainy day. I was never a Neil Young fan before starting this 1001 albums journey but I feel like I enjoy his music a bit more every album I get. The voice and style was weird at first but is growing on me. 7/10

To preface this, I like Neil Young. With that out of the way, envision a scene for me. A child sings in a movie. He has a beautiful voice. Slowly time passes around him while he sings. He is now an old child - not an adult, but an old child, and still he sings. That is how Neil Young sounds on the first few songs of this album. A child with an angel's voice now saddled with wrinkles. Though his bones now creak, his child's spirit remains unbroken. Also Southern Man is the song that made Skynyrd write Sweet Home Alabama in response. I'd always heard that story, but never the song. It rips. Album cover: (B-)

I guess I like Neil Young? Every one of his album's I'm like damn I like this a lot more than I expected.

I enjoyed this album a lot considering I’m not the biggest folk man - ‘Only love can break your heart’ and the guitar in ‘Southern Man’ were the highlights. I would say Side A was significantly better than B as I lost interest towards the end and I think Harvest Moon is a better album. All things considered, a solid album. 7.3/10

This stands up. Some songs are great. Other sound the same.

Good easy listening and classic. Did not really move me.

2.5-5

His best of his singer songwriter phase.

This is my favorite Neil Young I've heard so far. Beautiful.

"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.

Throughly enjoyed this album but then it’s Neil Young! The album blends acoustic folk, country, and rock, showcasing his distinctive voice and introspective songwriting. The album has a melancholic and reflective tone, addressing themes like environmentalism, disillusionment, love, and loss and I think is still very relevant today.

Melancholic and not too grating

Great stuff. Liked it more than I expected.

This is a really good album, I was already a fan of CSNY but I hadn't listened to much of any of their solo stuff before. It's not quite all bangers but it's pretty close, favorites are Southern Man and Don't Let It Bring You Down

Very good. Cant believe I’ve never heard of this before now

Don't know that I'll revisit this - his voice isn't something I can stand on it's own. Interestingly enough, though, I like CSNY so go figure. 3/5

Was pleasantly enjoying the first half of this album way more than I thought I would but by the second half I felt like there wasn't enough going on to keep my interest. A shame but honestly not a bad listen. Favourites - Tell Me Why, Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Tell Me Why (7/10) After the Gold Rush (5/10) Only Love Can Break Your Heart (6/10) Southern Man (8/10) Till the Morning Comes (N/A) Oh, Lonesome Me (6/10) Don’t Let it Bring You Down (5/10) Birds (5/10) When You Dance I Can Really Love (7/10) I Believe In You (6/10) Cripple Creek Ferry (N/A) 6.1/10

Not really my thing but, wasn't a bad listen overall.

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!

I like this album. It’s quiet and chilled, and I like his quiet low-fi rage. It’s not as good as some of his other offerings but it’s worth a listen. His voice is either something you like or something you don’t, and I like it because of its unpretentiousness. His lyrics are vague and indirect swipes at the political and the personal alike. Definitely an album I revisit every once in a while, but not his best effort for me.

Avant d'être un boomer un peu relou, Neil Young écrivait des trucs plutôt sympathiques en fait.

This album is what I imagine plants listen to when they want to feel something.

After the buffalo Springfield I was really looking forward, because his songs were some of my favourites on there. This is also amazing mostly, there are some more classic/pop rock type songs which I think are less good, but the melancholy sad/happiness which is in his singing voice is the best part, probably what makes him such and iconic singer and songwriter. Not really too much else to say, instrumentals are standard but good still. Favourite songs: after the gold rush, only love can break your heart, oh, lonesome me, birds and probably some others I missed. Overall around 7/10

This was a good listen.

Decent

relaxing i like it

Immaculate coastal grandmother summer vibes but none of the songs really stood out

No complaints, but even less compliments. It would be fine on a better day, but today was not that day

I love Neil Young: https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-young-ticketmaster-robert-smith.html Him + Robert Smith try not to be based challenge (impossible) And this gets a 4 purely because of the album itself Edit Apr 15 2026: 4 --> 3

Some good songs but didn’t like the vocals in some places

It's a good album. Neil Young can be hit or miss with me. Some of his tunes feel unnatural and off-putting, mostly due to his off tune voice, but several of his songs scratch an itch that only Neil can reach.

Easy 5

Bro said "I seen your black man coming around, swear by god im going to cut him down" Excuse me sir???? I was vibing at first but after this line it was hard to listen too. race is such an integral part of american history and to hear a line like this hurts

I absolutely hate the voice. It sounds too whiny and high-pitched.

I hate him. I understand why this is his most recognizable album though. There's actually music on here. It's not just him whining while someone practices a guitar in the background. But the lyrics are terrible and his voice is just so grating. I almost gave this a 2 but that live song near the end killed it.

Not bad, kinda just a quiet jam.

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.

Not really my genre - perhaps less so than the earlier Young - but definitely pretty good - this grew on me and worked its way from a 3 to 4 over its duration.

I used to rather enjoy a bit of early Neil but perversely as I age and mellow I’m liking it less and less. This is a good album but I far prefer the overall feel of Harvest and for me that would have been enough for this list.

nothing that I'll listen to again

Favorite Track: Southern Man

His voice kind of annoying. 4/10

Not really a Neil Young fan, this one kind of floated by in the background

Songs are well written and his guitar playing is adequate enough for the style. His voice does start to sound grating, but the album is filled with great songs. This is one of Young’s best works. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

I’m not a Neil young guy. I just realized I can’t stand his singing on “after the gold rush”. This is one of those moments where I don’t get how he has been so popular. There are good things here song wise, the voice is nails down a chalkboard to me. Only love can break your heart is an amazing song. The rest of this is mediocre. I also like Helpless. I don’t know why I find this album so polarizing song wise. I either love it or hate it.