Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Good album. I typically enjoy the folk/country rock sound and this album was no exception. Nice guitar riffs throughout. Fav track is probably "Down by the River". 3.5/5

It's fine. Felt a bit hit and miss. Don't really get the hype. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Another cool folksy album. I like the electric guitar mixed in. I haven't listened to much Neil Young before, but I might add it to the road trip rotation. Cowgirl in the Sand is really good.

Välgjort o ganska mysigt, inget som sticker ut men förstår om det var en big deal 1969!

Cinnamon Girl is really good, but overall I'm not too crazy about this album. I liked it but not sure if I'd go back to listen to it again. I see the appeal though.

Decent.

Amazing Americana but doesn’t stick

Meh

i love neil young as much as the next canadian, and he made some great records with crazy horse, but i've never really dug this one.

One thing I have learned through doing 1001 is that Neil Young is bang average

A couple good songs and a couple clunkers average out to a so-so listening experience.

Not my favorite Neil young.

3 not too bad, prefer some of his other stuff

I don't know how to explain it but this is the most Canadian album I've ever heard. Cinnamon Girl is really credible rock and you can hear the grunge elements clearer maybe than even Ragged Glory. Everybody Knows, Round & Round are boomer nonsense. Down by the River is really good guitar work and pretty funky the four minute long guitar solo is welcome relief from Young's lyrics. Side B opens with more ponderous country-rock with The Losing End. Running Dry turns the ponderousness up to 11 with a sad dirge. Cowgirl in the Sand is again pretty good because you just get to bliss out to some nice guitar solos and the vocals are a bit spaced out. While I'm not exactly charitable with Young I gotta admit hanging out at a jam session with him would be pretty good. I think the issue I have is with how predictable he is. Maybe that's due to the saturation of Neil Young (especially this era) in western culture and the iconic nature of '69 rock, but its like I know what the next chord is going to be every time. You can often map out two or three other more interesting chord changes that he *could* take, but you know 100% he won't take them. Even his more out there stuff like Trans is still really recognisable. I will say the 2009 remaster sounds really slick though and maybe another reason I'd hang out with him is to nerd out about sound quality.

Already a fan of Neil Young, though I didn't get him until I saw him live at a festival, same festival at witch I saw David Bowie. I was not looking forward to seeing him, but he was amazing. I was too keen on this album some tracks are way too country which along with RnB are my least favourite genre

Nice album. A lot of the songs are too long maybe.

Even on the remix, the audio levels left something to be desired.

Cinnamon Girl is good Title track is cute Love the wistful harmonies on Round & Round Down by the River and The Losing End are dull Love the freaky violin on Running Dry Cowgirl in the Sand isn't bad - nice harmonies

So many long songs! I quite liked one song and was going to save it on Spotify but it went on for 9 mins...way too long.

Tricky one to rate this. Some of the lead guitar parts I absolutely love, but then there’s the song “Round & Round” which I’d give a 2. Also not keen on Young’s voice.

I really enjoyed the upbeat nature. Clean guitar.

52/1001 While I'm still not convinced, this is a far more enjoyable listen than any other Neil Young LPs I've encountered so far. From the proto-glam stomp of Cinnamon Girl to the off-kilter vocal harmonies of Round & Round, this album benefits from being a bit more rough around the edges than the likes of Harvest. It peters out and reveals more of its alt-country roots as it goes on, but the first couple of tracks are resonably interesting. Not a fan of his voice, nor capable of understanding the widespread reverence for Young, but this is not too bad, with some thinly-spun late-60s garage/psych strands running through it. Just scrapes a three.

Down By the River was good, but that's about it I'm afraid

STOP I DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO NEIL YOUNG. NO MORE cinnamon girl- 5 everybody knows this is nowhere- 5 or 6 round and round- 6 down by the river- 5 the losing end- 5 running dry- 5 cowgirl in the sand- im not listening to all of this. ive given neil enough of my time. 5 its not that bad but theres no reason neil young needed 7 albums on this list

3.5/5

Rätt tradig men blixtrar ibland till. Bästa spåret var det sista.

14/1001 This is a prank right?!? Someone’s messing with me? 14 albums so far 4 Neil Young, and 3 straight days of NY. Ugh! I swear if I hit send on this review and another f*&$ing Neil Young album pops up, Im out. I know there’re several more to go, but I better not see them until alum 400 or later. Every Neil Young review for me is the same. Check out my previous reviews. FFS!

Didn't really do that much for me honestly. Felt like the jamming wasn't particularly special or memorable and just like a rock band album, lacks some of the interesting production choices of Harvest.

Cinnamon Girl saved it from a 2

3.5, like the first half more

Not bad not really memorable.

Good album, classic Neil Young. Meanders a bit

generic guitar album. I'm sure it was great when it was released

Pre-listening thoughts: Neil Young album number 1/8. It was about time since we’re over 250 into this challenge. Still no sign of Bob Dylan yet. We still have all of his stuff left. Lord have mercy. Post/during listening thoughts: well this is certainly Neil Young. And I only knew like two of his songs before this so why in gods name are there eight albums with him on this list. Anyways I liked it well enough. I think some songs were way too long but I’m not sure if this is a high 3 or low 4. Right now I’ll go with a 6.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Cinnamon Girl, Round and Round Least fav tracks: Down By the River

Kinda boring overall but one truly incredible song in the middle wow. Also just can’t be mad hearing Neil young be awesome.

Cinnamon girl, down by the river, and the last track were pretty good, but not great. The rest was filler. Not my favorite neil young album.

Running Dry is a standout

Honestly, not too hot on this one, at least not upon first listen. To me, it has some Neil Young's most unfocused, scattered, and uninteresting production paired with lyrics that just don't grip me the same way as, say, 'After the Gold Rush'. I wouldn't say Crazy Horse added too much for me either - they sound good jamming, sure, but the extended jams of songs like 'Down by the River' or 'Cowgirl In the Sand' just didn't work with Young's style for me. Not to say those jams didn't belong, they moreso just felt tacked-on, directionless, and pace-breaking. I found that I enjoyed them more in smaller doses. I still want to make it clear that I didn't hate this; in fact, I enjoyed my time for the most part. And the title track (which has my favorite lyrics here that seem to be tackling the directionless or mundanity of an individual's day-to-day) and 'The Losing End (When You're On)' were two really solid cuts.

good, country vibes. this would go hard on a long road trip through the tennessee mountains. the long, vibey guitar solos are pretty chill, but can get repetitive. The songs are pretty similar too, so i wouldn’t think i would put this on in my daily life that much. fav song: round & round

Title song: Neil doing a slight Dylan intonation. All the music all around him - girl singers & rhythm - all good. I like "The Losing End (When You're On)."

Never going to be my favourite album ever, but a decent listen. I enjoyed the guitars. 6.5/10

I just haven't clicked with Neil Young. Neither After the Goldrush or Harvest did anything for me. I liked this one a little better - possibly due to low expectations. There were several good songs, although some others were too country for my taste. I think ultimately I just don't find his voice powerful/emotional enough. When he sings "Down by the river I shot my baby", I just don't believe him.

Nice album. Will never be my favorite but I didn't mind listening to it. 'Cowgirl in the sand' was a great end.

Can't complain but not his best album

Solid album one of those type of albums to listen to when walking around a lake 7 out of 10

3.5

Good

I feel like this album has aged really well. It still holds up, nothing sounds dated at all.

i like crazy horse but neil young is meh. also, i used to think (yesterday) that crazy horse was just a native dude that neil young liked to collab with

This doesn't do a lot for me. Some nice harmony in places, but not really my cup of tea. Unobjectionable as background music but will never seek this out

Cinnamon Girl, River and title track are great but find the rest of it to drag a bit. Makes me want to go listen to Deja Vu.

solid

Better than expected. What Elliot Smith would've sounded like if he wasn't always depressed.

For me the album goes back and forth between good songs and just okay songs. You get a strong start with Cinnamon Girl and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, but then it slows things down with Round & Round and thats where I start zoning out, but come right back with Down by the River. And then this just repeats for the rest of the album. If it was all the better songs, I'd rate this higher.

Nice relaxing stuff but I'd put this on in the background before I'd actively listen to it again.

Not bad like usual. Neil young usually does a really good job of blending rock and folk.

some really nice and mellow tunes can't complain

Country and rock - Instrumentals are pretty good, acoustic and electric guitar are nice - Vocals are average and so are melodies, nothing special

Fine album but nothing special to me

Most of this album is forgettable in the sense that if you’ve heard NY from this era there isn’t much new going on…with two notable exceptions: 1.) the raw pain emanating from his physical ailments that comes out through the writing, and 2.) cowgirl in the sand - one of the greatest solos ever. Listened to: bus to Providence. Favorite track: cowgirl in the sand

7/10 Favorite Tracks: Cowgirl in the Sand, Round & Round Least Favorite: The Losing End, Running Dry

Guess who's back !!! It's Neil Young & Crazy Horse, I almost missed them. The end of "Cinnamon Girl" was insaaane the guitar solo but with just the 2 first songs this country vibe is back again so the quality of the music and the melody is amazing buuut the country vibe isn't much my thing sadly. "Round & Round" was actually pretty touching, without any percussions it was pretty nice and I loved the chords of the main theme of the song and the lyrics were really beautiful. The rest of the album was not so bad, I'm not a huge fan of reallyyyyy long songs but these ones were really clean and catchy, the guitar's solo were good as well !

I know this guy! Last album of his - ragged glory - got a 3 from me. It also came out 20 years later (1990), so it's probably quite different. Pretty cool! Indeed quite different from ragged glory. Less adventurous i'd say ? But good voice, good melodies. 10min songs tho, too long for my 2025 gen Z attention span I feel like i'm giving so much 3s 3.5

⭐⭐⭐— — 3[.5] of 5 stars. It's a classic slow-burning folksy-bluesy-rocky album. In my opinion, a really solid casual listen. The guitar work on a lot of these songs is great (especially that 9 minute track), and the strings set up a really folksy, but emotional feel, especially on "Running Dry," not to mention his soulful voice. Yes, some of the tracks can run a little long, but when it picks up, it picks up. Love the energy on the opening track as well as "Cowgirl in the Sand." Overall, it's not bad, definitely influenced quite a bit of modern bands. I'm a bit on the fence between a 3 and a 4. Favourites: Cowgirl in the Sand⭐, Down By The River, The losing end.

Sweet

Bit backgroundy

Solid album. Nothing super special. Lacked something in it but still good to occasionally listen to. 7/10

Nice enough

Somewhere between a 3 and a 4. Good morning music

Could deffo see myself becoming a proper Neil Young stan with time, but trying not to before glasto! Do think I prefer his none Crazy horse stuff though. Also think he’s always going to be a grower rather than an instant gratification type artist.

01) Cinnamon Girl - 8,0 02) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 8,0 03) Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) - 7,5 04) Down by the River - 7,5 05) The Losing End (When You're On) - 7,0 06) Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) - 6,5 07) Cowgirl in the Sand - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,29 (73/100) Current ranking: 247/450

As my first exposure to Neil Young, it was more drab and shapeless than I expected. The album just kind of came and went. Nothing was displeasing to the ears, thoughbeit. Maybe it's the kind of thing that grows on you. I am excited to hear how the boomer of all boomers develops on further albums.

Some of the guitar work is pretty awesome but this wasn't really my cup of tea

No esperaba mucho de este álbum, pensaba que Neil Young no era mi estilo. Sin embargo, me ha sorprendido. Me encanta el estilo sureño que tiene, y la guitarra solista es buenísima. Definitivamente un álbum que volveré a escuchar, perfecto para ponerlo en un road trip.

Started off well but went downhill

An enjoyable introduction to Neil Young's unique brand of folk, country, and rock which would evolve further in the years to come. A short listen, this record is a solid, enjoyable piece of work from Young and I've added several songs into my regular rotation.

Not my favorite Neil Young. Too much guitar solo and a bit depressing.

Great album.

very nice listen

mid

Yeah. Nice,

I like the jammy bits of Down by the River, but i don't like shooting no one. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is cool. It's been months since I rated an album. It took forever to listen to this one i guess

like cowgirl in the sand

I like Neil Young & Crazy Horse very much, but i think they had much better albums.

Too many Neil Young albums on this list. I get it the guy was talented and made music, I'm assuming, people liked. Just like a few other artists on this list Neil Young is a little too represented. This album is fine and I'll say that Crazy Horse adds more to it then just Neil's solo work, but ugh this is the 7th album.... not including the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Whatever its fine, not the best, but not the worst.

Very good rock soul album from Neil. His voice carries through. Still not entirely my style though

Some hits that I didn't realize were Neil Young.

Cinnamon girl and other Neil young great hits

Pretty chill vibe, although some songs drag on a bit

Last two songs saved the album or it would’ve been a 2

where is this

Early rock album. Can understand how it was popular. Nothing particularly stood out to me.

Neil is an all time great, not his best work in my opinion though.

“everyone knows this is nowhere” is a mountain goats lyric which i did not realize was a reference to this album until now. i’m feeling a little betrayed by john darnielle. AND “cinnamon girl” is a lana song!!! never afraid to reference or not reference… that was nice! beautiful guitars but none of the gut wrenching lyrics that i expect and frankly crave from our neil.

some cool and groovy guitar and bass stuff happening. i don't have strong feelings about this otherwise

sun rising over your cabin surrounded by pines. Grab your flannel jacket and get into your two seater truck, pack of marlboro reds on the dashboard and a cup of folgers coffee. Driving through the hills window down.

Mehh

3+

Even if it's country and folk sometimes I could listen without getting bored... Guitar sounds awesome...

More Neil Young. Cool.

2.5

Never listened to his solo album before. It's really nice background music

I've always had an issue with Neil Young's voice. It just annoys me; it's all shaky, whiny, breathy and nasally. But then there's Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand that are pretty good songs, so he's getting a middling rating.

This wasn’t all that memorable which is a shame as I like Neil Young. Maybe a few more listens would do it for me but it’s a solid3 for now

Older Neil Young seems quintessentially three-star territory.

Still not a Neil Young fan, however the backing by Crazy Horse was just enough to keep this from dropping to 2-stars.

1001 Neil Young Albums to Hear Before You Die. In a vacuum, this isn't bad. In fact it's better than some of the other Young albums we've listened to. But, I still understand what value there is in featuring so many albums by one artist, while so many other great bands have yet to appear.

Good early Neil Young album.

I can enjoy Neil Young when he isn’t singing falsetto. This is an album I can imagine chilling to while relaxing in front of a fire. Good guitar work that sometimes lingers a bit too long on one idea, but does provide a space to zone out.

Surprised with how much I enjoyed this one.

S'aite. Good instrumentals and vocal work, but I couldn't behind them really. 'Down by the River' was my fave.

Decent. 3+

I am now convinced that Neil Young has gotten consistently worse over the time, since the albums I have reviewed up to now have gotten progressively better the older they are. I have actually enjoyed some of the tracks on this one, especially the electric guitar heavy ones. Also, Neil Young not being able to really sing doesn't stand out that much. That being said, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere still isn't an exceptionally good album, it just joins the mass of unexciting psych rock albums from the late 60s.

Decent, but long songs. I like the vibe tho

it alright

Some classic songs

never listened to this before , i like neil young’s voice and the tone of the guitar . not all great , but mostly. best track by far - down by the river 3

"Cinnamon Girl" and "Cowgirl in the Sand" were my favorites, but some of the other songs dragged on.

I’ve always avoided Neil Young in the past, mainly because I’ve assumed that he was an earnest hippy dippy folk singer due to his association with various permutations of Crosby, Stills and Nash. To be fair, this collaboration with Crazy Horse (not sure if that counts as cultural appropriation or not) is pretty good, adding some much needed blues rock guitar to his songs. Not sure about some of the lyrics on Down to the River though. Cinnamon-tastic!

I'm just...not that into Neil Young. Especially the boring kind of Neil Young that is on this album...

Songs i know: 0 Songs i like: a couple Reckon I could copy and paste my review for after the gold rush and whack it here. He sounds great, very 70s. No songs really stood out but a solid 3 if justice for all is the anchor. Mid to high 3.

Enjoyed. Some of the songs went on a bit too long

I generally perfer Neil Young's folkier stuff, but this is a pretty decent album. I can see it's influence on later rock artists as well. Why did he shoot a baby though? Seems harsh

He's just a bit too whiny for me to listen to a lot in one go

Sorry, I just don't get Neil Young.

Almost 300 in and this is my ninth CSNY-related album. I haven’t had a single the cure or the smiths related album yet. Whatever. However unenthusiastic I was when this popped up, I still enjoyed it. The two longer tracks especially. Almost a four.

Neil Young is just ok and preferred him more with CSNY. A couple of good songs on the album though, hence the upgrade to a 3.

He is alright and the album was alright clearly a direct relationship between the two

This is certainly one of the better albums that Neil Young has released over the years. It’s a bluesy/folky number that’s both catchy, and surprisingly raw. In a time period in the music industry where everything was getting a little more overproduced, this is definitely not. The lyricism is simple, but certainly effective at conveying love, longing, hope, and sorrow. It’s really quite a pretty album. “Down By the River” stands out as my favourite track on the album. 3*

I am loathe to donate whatever fraction of a cent of my streaming revenue goes towards Neil Young and whatever elitist, anti-scientific mumbo jumbo he’s cooking up next, but so demand the 1001 Albums gods. My personal feelings about the artist aside, this is a middling to decent… Americana? album? I’m going with Americana for this. I don’t have much to say about it. I liked the eerie violin solo on “Running Dry” although this was one of the weaker tracks overall in my opinion. The classic Neil Young sound is there, but the quality of songwriting is a step below that of what he would come to put out in the next several years after this album. I liked “Cinnamon Girl” best probably. 6/10

We wisten al dat we met Neil alle kanten op kunnen. Zelfs binnen één album. Dat maakt het zo lastig om iets over het geheel te schrijven. Want soms luister je 10 minuten naar een sterk gecomponeerd nummer, soms luistert het gewoon heel makkelijk weg. En soms komt er een veel en veel te saai nummer voorbij. Aan het einde blijven die saaie minuten mijn herbeleving aanvoeren. Terwijl ze in kwantiteit niet de boventoon hebben gevoerd. Ik besluit het na een tweede keer luisteren maar uit te middelen naar drie sterren.

It’s ok

I am a fan of CSNY, and of the Young songs I have heard, I do like them. This album I don't think does it for me, unfortunately. Still pretty good though.

Didn't know who Neil Young was, still not sure. Album was okay, some great guitar riffs throughout, but just felt like it lacked something that made the album stand out.

Musically, very enjoyable. Felt myself drifting in and out of paying alot of attention to lyrics because they never felt captivating at all and partially because I was enjoying the guitar and drums alot. Will be listening to this again, as well as more Neil Young

Nou was ik de vorige keer niet de grootste fan van Neilerd, omdat hij sowieso al niet op Spotify stond. Blij om te zien dat hij sindsdien naar me geluisterd heeft en nu gewoon weer daar beschikbaar is! Het album verder is een soort country/folk/rock album, dat zijn natuurlijk precies de genres die ik leuk vind! Nee zonder grappen, dit is echt niets voor mij op het eerste gezicht, maar heel eerlijk; ik kan Neil Young wel waarderen. Ik vind zn stem heel prettig en zn manier van schrijven ook. Ook muzikaal is het echt prima te doen, veel prettiger voor mij dan bijvoorbeeld een Bob Dylan. Down by the river is voor mij echt het hoogtepunt van het album, met zo'n lekker lange outro die ik toch steeds meer begin te waarden. HEEEERLIJK! Toch is dit gewoon niet helemaal mijn muziek. Het is een beetje country, honky tonk tunes. Prima voor een album, maar niet iets wat ik later nog eens aan zal zetten. Dat is prima, daar is deze lijst ook perfect voor. FAVO: Round & Round, Down by the river, Cowgirl in the sand

Besides the songs "Cinnamon Girl", "Down By the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand" just a solid Neil Young record.

Well... I tried. I Love Cinnamon Girl, absolute corker. And I thought maybe Crazy Horse could... take the reigns a little and reel in Neil Young's (for me, w a y too whiny) voice. Alas, that was not to be. and with two songs over nine minutes featuring his voice above all else... Ah! Not for me. With that said, IFF you like Neil Young's voice, this is a really good album overall. The band is great, the lyrics are great... It's just, for ME, I just... I just... can't deal with his voice for more than one song at a time.

A little wandering with long interludes.

A good album, I liked the Everyone Knows This is Nowhere and Down By The River the most.

I was Running Dry until this album popped up. Now I’m Down By the River getting my fill.

Yeah it’s Neil. Cinnamon girl is a powerhouse

Rock blandet med Singer songwriter, ikke blown away, men godt nok jo

More country than I expected

solid

Ich brauchs nicht. Beleidigt aber auch nicht meine Ohren.

Not as good as Harvest Moon but still solid work.

I just recently listened to this album for the first time. Solid album with a couple of great songs.

His voice was not near as jarring as in previous records. The album started off a bit more rock but lulled back into a more country feel. Better than most others from him that we have gone through, but not enough to merit a 4.

Neil Young can be great, but I think he’s very inconsistent. I gave the last album five stars, but this one a three. I think I’ve given him everything but a one-star. There wasn’t anything wrong with this album, per se, but I didn’t get into it.

it's a good album but not my favourite

cool and mellow, not too much to say because i need to save my words for the other dozen neil young albums

A little young for this album, but I can hear how it influenced later artists. Standard 60s/70s for me, nothing outstanding to me

Classic album that’s just not in my headspace right now. Making a mental note to revisit.

This is just simply a really pleasant record. Neil's voice and music creates such a peaceful mood and his storytelling is uncanny. I should listen to more Neil Young.

Easy enough but didn't enjoy it as much as his others

For me Neil Young’s albums always consist of two or three banging tracks but the rest a bit meh. This is no exception. Down By The River and Cinnomem Girl are the standout tracks but the rest don’t really do anything for me. There’s a lot of music Neil Young has produced which is exceptional either on his own or with CSN&Y. I have a greatest hits album of his which I love but made up from multiple decades and albums. So as a singular entity not so good but as part of a collection, marvellous. Would buy this album though if found so that makes it 3/5 material. 3/5 21/9/24

Yeah it was fine! I like the beginning of Down By The River, but ultimately it's not as interesting as CSNY or Harvest or anything.

Okay

Yeah, okay, it's nice enough.

not bad, but some tracks are a bit dull. typical white men music.

Two 9+ minute songs, Young was trying to piss me off. Still decent.

I was really hoping for Neil Young with Crazy Town... You're my Butterfly Cinnamon Girl, Sugar Baby... This is a good, mellow album. I really dug that Buffalo Springfield better than this solo stuff, but I like this album. Glad to see he's back on Spotify. 3.12 stars from me.

Ah, the first of what I understand will be a copious amount of Neil Young albums on this list. I've never sat down to listen to stuff by him, so luckily for me this was from earlier in his career, so I can start near the beginning. I only knew Cinnamon Girl, which I sometimes sing as Homer Simpson while making cinnamon toast: "I wanna eat some cinnamon toast, I could be happy, something something, with my cinnamon toast." I enjoyed listening to this, but I feel like I don't have a lot of insights other than it was a pleasant listen. It put me in a cozy and mellow mood. I'm glad he decided to put his stuff back on Spotify so I could access it easily. 3.5

Love the Guitar on these. Super fuzzy, straightforward beats.

It’s cool that it’s jammy and folky at the same time but I got to the end of the album and while I liked the sound of it, it felt pretty impression-less. Kinda average and disappointing for a Neil Young album.

I didn't know.

Neil Young and Sitting Bull.

needed more horsepower

this was good but some songs dragged

I suppose I found it a little interesting to consider its links to grunge and Kurt Cobain, but beyond that I was quite bored by this album. Some of the lyrics and guitar playing seemed oddly amateurish. I don't have much to say about it.

It's alright, Neil Young/dad rock stuff. 3*

It was fine

Cinnamon Girl is one of my favorite Neil Young tracks, but the rest of the album falls shorter for me.

Ol

* 6 out of 7 Ain’t Bad * This project has made me warm up considerably to the music of Neil Young. Up to today I’ve rated four of his albums with 5s and two with 4s. I was expecting similar today. I recognized the opening track and thought we might be headed back into 4/5 territory. I did start to warm up to Down By The River, that is until the murder-y lyrics kept recurring - murdering my enjoyment of the song. (I read that Neil Young doesn’t interpret this as a murder song… whetever…) This was followed by more so-so songs with increasingly tiresome and overlong solos. All this made this album feel longer than its 41 minutes… Perhaps with some work I might go from “meh” to “yeah” but I’m exhausted.

I didn't like this as much as I had hoped I would. It strays dangerously close to country in a couple places. That said, Down by the River is pretty awesome, of not a bit overly long. Overall, this is a three star album. Mostly fine, even pretty good in parts.

It's OK.

loved these minimal guitar solos

160/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

it was fine

There are some great songs on this album but I get why folks criticize it for rambling. Editing and some additional takes were needed. Despite the vocals the guitar tracks are entertaining. Overall good. Not great. Coincidentally the last album I listened to was CSN which is a masterpiece and with whom Neil soon became CSNY. This pales in comparison.

I like the title track and enough of “down by the river” to add it to my playlist, but the rest of this was pretty boring.

The Crazy Horse led songs are ok.

I like Neil young and I like jam bands, but I don’t think a Neil young jam band fits my need to listen to list.

Cinnamon Girl. Down By The River

Not my fav neil

Meh Rating: 3.1

Album is very top-heavy with its good tracks, like Cinnamon Girl, Round & Round, and Down By the River... but the in-between has a very strong 'old man dying folk music' aesthetic that was not compelling, despite multiple listens. Perhaps great for its era, but with how much folk and country have advanced, this album feels dated.

En lille smule kedeligt, men helt okay

Bland with sparks of good music, but the good is spread pretty thin

This was a very good listen, although I wish the whole album carried the energy of the first song

One song pulled it down

Wholesome

Neil Young is an incredibly gifted songwriter, but these songs feel a little half-baked and recorded in a cassette deck in a crappy hotel room. I know it was in 1969 and that this is blasphemous but I can't help but think that.

Some interesting tunes in here -- especially Cinnamon Girl (which I have heard many times and know well) and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -- which really reminded me of late Beatles stuff. The rest was mostly unnoteworthy in my opinion. I had heard of Down By The River and was expecting something pretty amazing, but found it only mediocre. Overall 3 stars.

Segundo acercamiento a Neil Young y compañía. A grandes rasgos me parece un muy buen trabajo del conjunto, destacando las letras de Young y las guitarras electricas de Crazy Horse que se toman el protagonismo en este LP. Realmente no hay falencias que pueda destacar de este trabajo, sólo el hecho que no se trata de mis géneros favoritos y que Rust Never Sleeps me parece (de los albums que me ha tocado escuchar de este grupo) el mejor trabajo. FAVTRAXS: Round & Round (It Won't Be Long), Down by the River, Cowgirl In the Sand LEASTFAV: The Losing End (When You're On) 3.5/5

3.5 My appreciation for Neil continues to grow!

The music is pretty good, but I can't get past the vocals at times.

Cinnamon Girl ist cool. Der Rest ist auch sehr rockig/folkig.

I don’t get the hype

First time listening to a full Neill young album. I listened to his song ohio before I liked that a lot will listen to other works with crazy horse welcome back to spotify neil young

Good Neil Young album, not my favorite of his though.

I thought I really liked Neil Young but I was not into this. I would say a 3.5 just because it’s Neil Young and some of his stuff is amazing!

Liked Songs Cinnamon Girl Down By The River Cowgirl In The Sand

I quite enjoyed this. I've reviewed one other Neil Young + Crazy Horse album which I also liked, the standalone Neil Young album I listened to was bobbins (UK slang for shite). My take away so far is Crazy Horse is what makes Neil Young palatable to me.

Some great stuff, some okay stuff. Cinnamon Girl is one of the sickest riffs ever and I’ll fight you about it

Lovely album. Not sure why it is a must-listen but it was an enjoyable one

Mediocre album, nothing too groundbreaking. It was ok but not clear why this is on the list. Am I missing something? 2.5/5

It was fine, but didn't get me jazzed to listen to more Neil Young or anything.

Pretty good background study music. Lively energy. I do wish there were more 'traditional' lyrical songs, but the instrumentals are great.

Pretty listenable and chill but not amazing imo

Nice, easy listening with some good ones in there. It didn’t blow my mind.

Down by the River and Cinnamon Girl are good. The rest was quite good too.

You know, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Maybe because it's only 40 minutes. 2.5

Very nice relaxing vibe. Probably wouldn’t revisit

There's much worse than this by Young on this list and too many.

Not terrible

Good old school rock, a bit boring

Couple of good songs, otherwise there’s better Neil Young albums out there.

I can't really put Neil Young anywhere. One album is good, the next one is terrible, the next one good again. This one is in the middle.

Not really my thing. Can see why some like it.

Mr. Young, you’ve done it again!

it aight -6/10

Pretty good. It felt self-assured and comfortable in its sound. 6.5/10

6/10 - It was fine. It was just like another rock album. I liked the losing end it felt newish but the rest were just rock songs. Nothing special.

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Great voice.

I usually avoid Neil Young because of overexposure to SDWG who covered many of Young's songs ad nauseum. This one was short. Neil has a whiny voice IMHO - but found a couple of songs on this album enjoyable.

Good listen. Third Neil Young album.

Neil Young bores me. never got it. This is fine though. wouldn't go back

I generally liked this, but it doesn’t compare to On the Beach. I liked Down By The River but it all sounds of it’s time, very 60s/Haight Ashbury rock. Cinnamon Girl was a great rocky opener and Cowgirl in the Sand was a good closer, very trippy. But nothing really stood out.

Very cool sound of guitars

"Ragged Glory" is a way better album from them, but this album confirms that Crazy Horse helps Neil Young achieve his finest. I liked it a lot, and I'm becoming a fan of Neil's rock-like work. I'll rate it with a 3, regretting a bit that I also rated "Ragged Glory" with a 3 in the past.

Not horrible, not exciting.

i'm not sure how often i'll find myself reaching for this to listen to but i did enjoy it! listened while plodding to work in the pouring rain and that felt like the right way. faves: down by the river, cowgirl in the sand

Hanging out with Neil Young up in the canyon? Count me in. It feels raw and emotional as intended. Not rehearsing too much and going in with the confidence and talent to accomplish this is great. There's something special about learning a group musically, and yo can hear that on this album, especially on the interplay of the guitars

Enjoyed it more than I expected. That violin in Running Dry was unnecessary, though. Still - grand old album.

After the first song played I thought I was going to love this album. It was good, but not my favorite type of music. I don’t think I’d search this up organically.

Easy listen, nothing special.

3.5 but I can't put four here, as much as I love down by the river

nice

Not my genre.

56/100

Enige country waar ik wel naar kan luisteren! Niet mijn favo van neil young though

gedeelde 1e plaats voor meest voorkomende artiest in deze lijst dit album kende ik nog niet, klinkt wel leuk Niet heel bijzonder achteraf eig Wel ok

I can safely say I've now listened to enough Neil Young before I die. When will it end? This album was OK, I just really can't stand his voice.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed having this on in the background while I worked.

Not as bad as I feared. The longer songs “Down By the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand” have extended musical passages which are quite interesting. The shorter songs are a bit facile, and, of course, his voice borders on atrocious. However, even if the songs were being sung by someone with an excellent voice, I still don’t think that I’d want to hear them more than once, with the possible exception of the two longer songs.

fun fun

Love me some Neil

Mid

Pretty solid.

Another ok album.

Raw, with a twinge of melancholy, yet very soothing

Unlike most of the young records, it struggles to differentiate itself from the rest of the stoned, dreamy, boomerish rock of the time.

I'm just not a huge folk fan. His lyrics are good and he plays well but it just doesn't grab me much. Feels very vanilla - i dont hate vanilla but I always want something more.

The mystery of Neil Young. Not sure why I like him but I do. Liked songs: cinnamon girl, Everybody Knows... And Down By The River.

it was good.

I thought the musicianship was good and the blues-inspired solos were fun I understand the appeal, it's just not for me Favourites: Cinnamon Girl

I generally really love the guitar and bass playing on Neil's albums. The solo on Down by the River goes on quite a bit too long for me, though. Actually all of the instrumentals are a bit too long for me. I don't mind music with really long solos or instrumentals (I'm a big Kansas fan), but the ones on this album just don't do enough new or interesting things to really keep me engaged.

Like a country version of a fallout radio

A very chill and relaxing album, gives me the vibes of being on a roadtrip

I was literally just looking at this album before I came on the website. Is this thing stalking me? Basically half acoustic, half electric. I prefer the electric side. The bass on this album is amazing. Honestly didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Listened twice. Rating: 6.7-7/10 Favorite Songs: Cowgirl In the Sand Down By the River Round & Round

Cowgirl in the sand and Cinnamon Girl = Classic

Pure classic rock vibes

not for me

Can't in good consciousness give it less than a 3, but I didn't enjoy how long and rambly every song was

Puh…

Okay—not my favorite, not terrible.

That's not my taste in musik. But ok

3.5

could i write poetry to this? n

I'm not usually a big fan of Neil Young. His high, screechy voice get on my nerves. But I do like the Crazy Horse stuff.

I have mixed feelings about Neil Young - some of the songs are so good, some are so bad, and then there's the voice.

Enjoyed it

Enjoyed this

I can't wait for more Neil Young. Favourite track: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

Neil Young... mid

I liked the singles i knew. The rest, not so much.

7/10

It’d be interesting to know what I’d rate this if I wasn’t learning how to play guitar, liked some of the riffs, but sometimes solos go on too long.

The album wisely starts with its best song, Cinnamon Girl, which is a shrewd choice. After that, it's at its best when Young is playing and not singing.

The best album by Neil Young I've listened.

I just can’t get into country and this was too country for me. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Round And Round (It Won’t Be Long) Rating: 3

First song is good. The singing is not as annoying as on his later records. The rest of the album has its good moments and its mediocre moments. I can understand why people like this record. Favorite song: Cinnamon girl.

Here's another record that has sat in my queue for weeks. I couldn't bring myself to slogging through the dilapidated recording of the homely, earnest, warbling bard Neil Young. I always thought 'horse with no name' was corny and that's as deep as I ever went with his style. Just today I haphazardly pressed play as I went out for a walk and winced for the sting of getting body hair ripped from my skin with wax for an hour. I was ready to endure the torment and then come back here and lament what a tired relic of the 70's this guy was. But then, as I do here a lot, I listened to it, was caught off guard at how much I enjoyed it, then I have to come back and state that yes, IATA. Not that I think Neil's voice is compellingly engaging, but the instrumentation of the acoustic and electric guitar and the prog-rock-meandering song structure led me to some mellow mind meandering of my own. Except for when Neil was singing, this felt more like a back rub than body waxing.

surprisingly this album felt like it had a blues rock vibe to it. I digged it.

Hippie folk rock to shoot a woman down the river to. Pretty good, songs were a bit long. Wasn’t the best thing I’ve but definitely not the worst. 6/10

It shifted between “I kind of like this” and “this is kind of boring.” I actually preferred the slower acoustic tracks (“Round and Round” and “Running Dry”). 3.5.

Not streaming anywhere

Not all that bad, but not all that special either. Some of the tracks were alright but it was certainly an album that pretty much passed me by.

Some beauty, but mostly forgettable

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3/5 good but not enough

Too much Neil, tried to not let it cloud my judgement of this album but it would have definitely benefitted with a bit of space from the last one. This was much more of a blues rock album but I don't think the heavier approach was a benefit, a lot of the music seemed a bit straightforward and I don't think Neil has the voice for it. It was fine to listen to on a basic level but can't think of any part that stood out. Id probably give it a two now but I think if I hadn't just listened to the previous album I'd find a bit more in it, I'll say 2.5 again.

Think I enjoyed the first half more than the second; looking forward to Harvest.

The first Neil Young album I didn't actively dislike. Suppose I can mostly attribute that to Crazy Horse. Highlights: Cinnamon Girl Down by the River Cowgirl in the Sand

2 Neil Young albums in a row! Again, echoing a lot of what I said about after the gold rush. Probably didn't enjoy this quite as much, but might just be Neil Young fatigue. Crazy horse maybe made it a little more interesting Still 3.5 though

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