Reviews (page 3 of 14)
Not his best
I don’t think I am ever going to feel the love for Neil Young that others seem to have, but he’s definitely one that the 1001 list has really opened up for me. There’s definitely some ironies in this for me in that a track titled Round & Round (It Won’t Be Long) was the one that really outstayed its welcome, yet the two longest tracks at the end of sides 1 and 2 were the ones I appreciated most. In both of those, I would have happily taken more of the winding solos and loose jamming feel. It’s always going to be the vocals that drag these down for me. I have definitely mellowed to them a bit, and I can’t imagine any other vocalist or style that could fit this better, but it’s telling that it’s the meandering soloing stretches that I like most on here.
Seven songs, all great; each one distinct: some long, some short, some electric, some acoustic, some hard, some soft. And still the album is incredibly cohesive. Not easily done.
Good stuff. Mr. Young earned his spot. 3.8
Some really great songs on here, Neil Young top class as usual, with crazy horse 🙌
langweilig
I like how it looks like the dog is pooping in the album art. Really nice easy listening.
Better variety than Harvest moon. More Western style because of Crazy Horse. Top songs Cinnamon girl, Everybody knows this is nowhere, The losing end. Least favourite: Running dry, Cowgirl in the sand
one of my biggest vinyl trade in regrets. I didn't care for Cinnamon Girl when I first heard it but this embodies a great rock n roll spirit. Maybe the biggest Neil Young record in terms of connecting with me personally outside of Rust Never Sleeps. May become a 5 star with time but hope to add it back to my collection someday
Cowgirl in the Sand
good
it was ok, liked the guitar soloing
Reckon this was when the taps turned on, classic albums released every year up to and including “Rust Never Sleeps”. I love the staccato, nervy guitar sting here that he moved on from, primitive and between Lou Reed and Link Wray, combo-ing fiercely with Danny Whitten’s similarly stabby playing. This is maybe Young’s toughest sound, and I remember Tom Verlaine hating on it before extolling “Cortez the Killer”, a much more romantic affair. Verlaine’s one of the greatest, but he never topped “Cinnamon Girl”’s one-note solo, which made me cry on a bus traversing Walworth Rd. Girl, Nowhere, River and Sand are immortal, possessing that thrown-off, Aphrodite-washed-up-on-the-beach quality that Young made matter-of-fact for his imperial decade. The hooks punch with a simplicity that makes them seem like they’ve been with you forever. His vocal lines have similar stick, anthemic without the pretension - “hello Cowgirl in the sand” carries no outright message and I yelled it along with a few thousand others when he played this last year, still fresh and weird.
"Cinnamon Girl" is my Platonic ideal of a rock song, great tune, tight harmonies, short, punchy, about a random ginger, perfect solo. Beyond that, the two long crunching guitar wig-outs represent this stable of Crazy Horse at their early best, the rest run the blues-rock-country gamut of the time in excellent fashion. If you're into rock music, you'll probably like this.
I really enjoyed this album, and love Neil Young. One thing I did not love was the lyrics to Down By the River. We e have too many murder suicides in society as it is, but the guitar work was sublime. Solid 4.
Neil Young клас. Цього альбому не чув. Down By the River подобається. Running Dry теж окей.
Nice chill vibe throughout. 4/5
Middle of the road for me
Fair folksy rock album that gets a bit too jammy in places for my tastes.
Amazing album. Loved the length and the music.
This is an album full of raw energy, a far cry from Neil's debut album which was poor compared to this.
9/10
Something about Neil Young's voice is always going to make me happy.
fine? kinda boring? kinda cool?
I'm not much of a Neil Young fan, but damn this was really good. It's got 'Cinnamon Girl' and 'Down By The River', but I actually liked the closing track 'Cowgirl in the Sand' the most. This had a much heavier sound and more of a rock and roll feel than the other two Neil Young albums I've listened to so far, which were more in the folk genre. If not for one bad track, this would have been a perfect score, but it's really good and I'll be listening to this one again. Strong 4/5
meh, pero estuvo lindo
Нормально, навіть доволі добре
There are people that hate Neil Young, I don’t necessarily count myself as one of that number, but I didn’t care for this. It started out fine, then I found myself getting more irritable as it went on. So many songs are repetitive and boring. His voice doesn’t bother me, but just repeating the same words and doing the same guitar stuff over and over for 10 minutes isn’t fun.
This is a Jett five for me. Leads me to believe that there actually is something to Neil Young that maybe I haven’t noticed before
4 sterne
Good artist, not fave album
Neil Young's voice is far less annoying on this album than I normally find it. "Cinnamon Girl" is the best song (though I'd rather listen to the Type O Negative version) but I also like "Running Dry."
Fav song: Cowgirl in the Sand
커버에서 예상할 수 있는 바로 그 분위기... 백인 할부지 느낌... 그러나 밴드사운드이기에 기본은 먹고 들어간다...3
Much like most of Neils work there usually 2 good to great songs and a bunch of filler. 3 stars. Cinnamon Girl is a great song and it sounds like the precursor to what was good in the garage/grunge movement.
Solid hits, Down By The River is one of my top 3 for Neil Young! Never heard a proper album outside of his greatest hits.
Big fan. Have listened to a lot of Neil young but hadn’t heard this one. It was great.
Guitar solos are insane. Sound so good. Neil goes crazy.
Neil was ahead of his time and these songs prove that. It’s not my favorite Neil album but either way it’s a fairly flawless album. Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River, these are all timers…
I think this one could be a grower for me, but I’m sort of torn between finding some of the ballads quite uninteresting (and part of this is absolutely not being adjusted to enjoying Neil Young’s voice properly because it’s my first time really listening to an album of his), finding some of the rockier tracks perfectly fine additions to the overall sound of the LA counterculture scene which has other bands doing other things I like more, and then moments where I can hear the seeds of a bunch of later alternative music I love in the sort of easy deconstructionist thing Neil Young wants to do with all this fuzzy jamming and pushing songs to 9 or 10 minutes and things. It’s cool for a debut, and it might be cooler if I come back for more over time, but for now, good solid middle. Edit: listened to it literally once more and bumped it up because, unsurprisingly, I was kinda with it a bit more
Not bad. Better than the last neil young album we listened to.
Second Neil young album if you count the first CSN album. I like that one and have high hopes for this one. Really good guitar on cinnamon road. Also really good vocals and writing. Everybody knows has another awesome guitar on it. Not as catchy but another good song. Awesome harmonies on round and round. Just good song writing all around. Very emotional song. Guitar on down by the river 🔥🔥. Dude just has a really good voice. Catchy chorus on this one. Solo is simple but so effective. And it just keeps on trucking along. What a song. I could listen to this guitar for the rest of my life. Losing end is good not great. The songwriting is really good it’s just missing something with the production. Good guitar solo tho. Just a little too cowboy for me. Really cool violin on running dry. This song is sick. Another awesome musical solo. Really nice opening to cowgirl. I like doing the solo first. Good songwriting again on this one. And the guitar is good from end to end on this album. And that’s with none of it being very complicated at all. With that being said he turns it up with the guitar after the 5 and half min mark. Again, what a song. Love when a record closes with a great song. What a fun listen all around. Again I come out thinking Neil young lives up to the hype. That’s hard to get me to believe. No obvious skips. Felt way faster than 40 mins. 4.4/stars.
Such a great record. Even the relatively straightforward country rock of EKTIN stands up. And tracks like Down by the River, Cowgirl in the Sand, and Cinnamon Girl are all still highlights. This was also a big leap forward from everything that he had done before and showed his ability I radically change direction, which became a feature of his later career
That’s a crazy fkn horse
legalzinho. passa uma vibe de viajando de caro nos anos 70, mas nao é algo que vou revisitar. nota 3,7
Down By the River slapped, the rest are forgettable
I'll go 4, though some of the songs dragging on got me edging towards a 3.
This guy Neil sure knows how to play the guitar.
Mixing was extremely impressive for the time. The song arrangement was beautiful at times and there are some really catchy riffs. There were times I thought a chord progression would be going somewhere and it would just end abruptly, the lyrics were mediocre but I can't tell if that's a genuine criticism or if it's me from the future retroactively criticizing something that was original for cliche lyrics that I only perceive as cliche because of their influence on the future. Nonetheless, I didn't enjoy the album massively but I didn't think it was bad by any means. I just don't think it's for me personally. It is a good introduction into country for me. I think a 2 star rating a bit harsh but I don't have a 2.5 option and I can't justify giving this a 3. Favorite song: Cowgirl in the sand. Least favorite: Everybody knows this is nowhere
9/10
an easy *****
Another one bites the dust.
Yep it's Neil Young
I only know a few of Neil Young's albums (Harvest, After the Gold Rush, and Deja Vu as CSNY), but what I've heard of him I really like. He's my kind of melancholy folk music. This one is another win for me. So far Young has not missed. He's prolific, though, so I'm sure there's some albums I'll dislike This ain't one. Consistently enjoyable throughout.
OK
So many songs I already knew from listen to Neil Young greatest hits etc.
Not my thing, but it's good music if you like the type
Everybody knows this is nowhere - me gustó, down by the river también. En general no es muy mi estilo
Perfectly average album. Nothing great, nothing bad.
i like it icl
Cinnamon girl - silly lyrics but at the same time they're good and easy to remember. Like the guitar with a little distortion. Loved the outro. Everybody knows this is nowhere- like how quickly it starts. Like the lyrics and love the little guitar riffs. Round and round- a nice intro, soft and relaxing and even more when the voices start singing feels very warm. Really nice song. Down by the river- good introduction loved the guitar and bass lines. Good lyrics, I love how the song moves, at first a little slow and then later it grows stronger but keeping the same "color". Love the riffs they give the song a nice twist. Anyways I think the song is too long due to the instrumental in the middle, which at first is very like the same over and over and later changes to something more interesting but I think it is way too long. At first I loved it but it got a little boring as it is really long. The loosing end- not a fan. Sounds more as if someone was telling me about their day other than listening to a song. Also the instrumental is always the same nothing changes that makes the song a little boring. Running dry- i like the violin, its something new. When he sings it sounds as if it weighted him. Not a song for everyone because it feels heavy listening to it. The cowgirl in the sand- the first silence after the intro feels odd, although then a better instrumental comes with a good guitar line even though a more than 5 minutes into feels very long.
(1000/100)
Probably the last insufferable Neil Young album I've heard so far
Yeah it's alright. This album has some solid instrumentals from Crazy Horse, but I don't think it's their best. Neil Young sounds fine too, so overall just fine.
typical Neil. not my genre
This was okay
Great! The sound created was so amazing and even though there were long songs they were sick
Just not for me
My god this guy sucks
I expected this to be better
Not terrible I guess but I couldn’t really get through it. Lot of longer songs, not really my vibe but it wasn’t bad
Pretty fun
i didn't get anything out of listening to this album, the same way i didn't the last 4 times i listened to neil young. 2 more times left! how exciting !
For how much I feel that there is too much Neil Young on this list, this was actually a fairly enjoyable listen for being a folk album. It's nothing particularly special, but it doesn't impose itself too much. idk what else to say, pretty good for him. I guess Cinnamon Girl is quite interesting.
ваууу кайф
I've had a lot of Neil Young on here already and I'm never sure how I'll feel about his albums as it's not totally my thing. This one is really good though, opens with Cinnamon Girl which I already knew and liked, then stays good.
he's a wackadoo, but great
I am biased, this is one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite artists.
This is my third Neil Young listen of the list. It's a good classic rock album, but doesn't really do much to transcend that. Young has written some great songs, but they aren't on this record. I feel like Young is usually at his best when he goes more introspective, and this record has some of that but not a whole lot. The guitar playing isn't particularly virtuosic, but it serves the songs as well as you'd expect. I actually quite like Young's voice, so that isn't the problem here. It was clear that his songwriting still needed some work, but this is still a good record if not a great one.
Not a fan of NY, don't really bother with any of his discography. This ain't bad, but not really for me. The guitars are raw and crunchy throughout which is great, but vocals aren't that impressive.
not my thing
I think Neil young likes to play and sing. Songs were unnecessarily long
I used to like the rockers more but now I like the slow long jams more.
Sindssyg debutplade at udgive. Gudsbenådet rocker, fra day 1. hvor mange soloer har down by the river? Der er god tid og bangers imellem. Der er også lidt lowlights, synes ikke rigtig round and round can så meget, og generelt er anden halvdel svagere. Men 4, det er det. Nok lidt over også, hvis man skal gå mere i detaljen.
Ja tak Men altså - langt fra hans bedste album 3.9
More like Neil Old-soul and Crazy Jams
Bolji album od prosjeka na koji sam navikla u svijetu Younga i srodne muzike, neke pjesme su mi skoro pa dobre.
Love me some Neil Young and this isn't even his best album
Well, it’s a Shakey classic right? I’m a big Neil Young fan. I’m particularly a Neil Young with Crazy Horse fan. We get some classics hare and the less well known material is a real treat too. Obviously, as a NY&CH fan, I love the grooving, the imperfections, the looseness, the guys-in-a-room-just-playing vibe. Unlike many though I don’t let myself go overboard on NY’s soloing. I get a bit uncomfortable when reviewers get poetic about no-one being able to do it like Neil Young. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy hearing them stretching songs out longer than they know they should and Neil extracting as much filth out of Old Black and whatever amps he’s pushing to the edge that day. It’s just the limits of his playing are on full display, so eulogising in purple prose about them seems unnecessary. Anyway that’s just an aside. At the end of the day, this pushed things towards Neil’s future way more than his debut, but my (likely unpopular) take is that this is a strong stepping stone towards After The Gold Rush rather than his first bona fide solo classic. Still love it though.
doing this in the summer of '69 might have been impressive, but now.. well it didn't hit me at all, but it's a relaxing listen sure old review upwards. new review downwards. 1001 albums to hear before you neil the young in you 111# this is a cool joint, i don't hear nothing really special about it (on a second revisit) but this listen was a bit more pleasant, its a chill record with some long tracks that kind of deliver.
This is a step towards Neil’s ascent to brilliance— but not there yet. “Down by the River” is a great murder ballad… but does it need to be 10 min long?
Amazing start to me, but in the middle the quality dips, it feels redundant and when you have a 7 track album it better be all smashes, which it is not. I still like discovering his personality and writing, and he probably will receive all different kind of scores, but that one felt a bit lower
An old favorite!
This was just fine — apparently he wrote three of the songs while fighting a 102 fever and it does show Playlist add: "Cinnamon Girl"
Love it! There are so many classic songs here. I had no idea so many were on the same album. Liked Songs Added: Cinnamon Girl Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Down By The River The Losing End (When You're On) Cowgirl In The Sand
I definitely need to revisit this album because there are so many interesting moments on here. I love the simplicity of the earlier songs in the tracklist and the more experimental sound of the later ones. Very creative and unique. Favorites: Cinnamon Girl, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
Neil is a huge blindspot for me. I need to do a deep dive on him one day. This is a very nice record that I think one listen doesn't quite do justice. My thoughts are similar to Christgau's review: I'm not all the way in to Neil yet but I certainly see the appeal.
Cinnamon Girl is a great opener. The rest of the tracks are okay. I’m not a Neil Young fan, I can appreciate his musical and songwriting talent. Not a bad listen.
I really liked this album. Not really a bad song on here. all listenable and holds up well since the last time I heard it at least 10-15 years ago. 4.4/5
No conocía este disco. Me gusta Neil Young. Es tan versátil y, sin embargo, reconocible. Creo que este disco tiene temas muy largos.
Surprised by how much I liked parts of this album. Cinnamon Girl is brilliant.
Neil Young, in my opinion, improved Crosby, Stills, & Nash, but I really don't get on with his solo work, I just can't get passed his voice. This album is slightly better because he has backing vocals from his group, but still I didn't enjoy.
At this point in the list of all but written off Neil Young. I like a song or two here and there but I’ve never enjoyed listening to a full album by him. This album isn’t amazing to me but I did enjoy it enough, I wasn’t sick of it by the end. Overall a pretty solid album.
This is one of those albums where the mythology initially gets in the way of the music. Neil Young arrives carrying so much cultural residue - the voice, the flannel, the harmonica, the “shambly hippie bloke” caricature - that I’d somehow missed the obvious point for years: the man can write. More than that, he can edit. These songs have a startling confidence in their own sufficiency. Even when the band stretches out, the album never feels flabby or overcooked. It feels written, then exposed to weather. The looseness is the key to the whole thing. Crazy Horse don’t behave like an elite backing band smoothing the songs into prestige Americana. They drag against them slightly. The guitars blur together. Harmonies wobble. Timing leans. Solos feel physically negotiated in real time. Yet all this “imperfection” creates extraordinary warmth because it preserves the sensation of human beings trying to maintain emotional contact with the song rather than demonstrating mastery over it. Neil’s lead playing in particular has this remarkable “heart moving faster than the hands” quality - phrases lunging toward feeling before technique fully catches up. The solos aren’t polished objects. They’re attempts. That’s why the long tracks work for me in a way that many jam-based records don’t. This isn’t formless wandering or virtuoso exhibitionism. The songs already exist before the expansion begins. The groove, melody and emotional centre are all firmly in place. The rambling comes afterwards, enlarging the atmosphere around the song rather than replacing it. “Down By The River” and “Cowgirl In The Sand” don’t sound like compositions being demonstrated. They sound like states being inhabited for a while longer. There’s a comfort about the playing because Neil never sounds like he’s trying to dominate the instrument. He sounds like somebody insisting the feeling through it. The album also feels unexpectedly close to later alternative music in spirit. Not because it predicts grunge in some crude “flannel and distortion” sense, but because it rejects polish as a moral virtue. The slightly out guitars, moving intonation and rough harmonies create thickness and emotional motion rather than “mistakes”. You can hear later indie, shoegaze and lo-fi ideas hiding in plain sight here - the understanding that blur can be more human than precision. A lot of records from this period want to present themselves as finished objects. This one leaves the pencil marks on the wall. Even the lyrics operate with the same confidence in plainness. Neil repeatedly reaches emotional depth through ordinary conversational phrasing rather than ornate poeticism. “But you were not home” lands with more force than pages of grand singer-songwriter symbolism because it sounds like a real human thought under pressure. The album constantly chooses sufficiency over display. The emotional truth arrives and Neil simply leaves it there. I think what finally won me over is that the record trusts wobble without collapsing into shapelessness. I hate flabby jamming and I hate overthinking. This somehow avoids both. The songs are strong enough to survive looseness, and the looseness stops the songs becoming over-managed. The result feels strangely restorative in 2026 because almost nothing now is allowed to remain this visibly human.
This was not for me. I have never been a NY fan. I am still not ever going to be a NY fan.
9/10 calling him
The opening riff made me feel this record was going to be more exciting but it turned into the same mediocre folk rock. I just don't get the hype around Neil Young. Maybe he was amazing because of the time
One of the stronger 2’s, but it’s far too samey and doesn’t grab the attention enough to push its way up to a 3.
kinda lame
love me some neil young
Yeah I really liked this. Middle song was too long but the finale definitely saved it.
A nice short album for once !! Such a calming, happy, summery vibe. I love the guitar. Fav song is ‘Cowgirl in the Sand’.
Good album
The first NY album I ever heard Hooked me straight away with the guitar sounds and lyrics - a dreamer of pictures, I run in the night This remains my go-to Neil Young collection Cinnamon / River / Cowgirl - regulars in my collection for over 40 years Sure, there are a couple of tracks to skip, but still a solid five stars
It's ok. I like Cinnamon Girl and the title track. The rest of the album is meh. Good rhythm section in the jam sections but Neil Young's jamming and guitar soloing doesn't do anything for me. I understand it's a very distinct style, with the liberal use of the whammy bar, but his playing is just too basic and sloppy for me. The slower songs, I found myself asking, who is this for? I picture old people slow dancing to it but they were young when it came out! And Neil Young was only 24 when he made it. I just couldn't imagine being in my 20's and liking this music. As a Canadian and Winnipegger it pains me to say, I'd rather listen to CCR.
It started out good. Niel is one of my favorite guitarists. It definitely fell off and could have been way better.
Probably the best one of the four Neil Young albums I've been served so far.
I like the title track :)
I quite liked Cinnamon Girl I thought it was quite a good song. Cowgirl in the Sand was also good even though it was like 400 minutes long.
Down by the river is fire. pretty good album.
Young showing finally to me his rock edge and song writing chops. This is great from start to finish.
This is pretty good. It is solid music but not the absolute greatest work from Neil Young. Favorite track: "Down by the River"
3.5+
Country / folk rock. Cinnamon Girl is pretty good but the rest seemed just ok. A bit too simple and slow for me.
Great album!
Pretty good
This album was a mix of country, rock, and folk. I got a breezy feeling as I was listening. Folk seems to be the most prevalent sound here, and Neil Young does that well. I thought "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" was the most beautiful song on the album. I also liked the long musical interludes, they were interesting to listen to.
Was ok. Some classic rock
This was amazing, definitely need to come back to this one.
Huge Neil Young fan so no surprise I loved this. Several of his all time best songs are on this album.
Cool
Very poetic. I like it. It gave me the same feeling when I stop flipping on my phone and detoxifying my body. It’s nothing “good or bad”, I also felt boring at first. If you can “switch off” you’d like it. It’s amazing.
no hate to Neil Young, but kinda some hate to the list. 7 of his albums are on here. you're telling me that all 7 of those need to be included on this 1,001 list? seriously? what sets this album apart from any of the 5 that we've already listened to. this isn't particularly memorable, nor do i think it really creates a ton of influence for later artist. i do think that NY isn't getting a fair shake in this, but thats because we've had almost all of his albums in a pretty close time together. make it make sense. am i missing something?
The Neil Young and Crazy Horse albums are so much easier to handle than Neil Young’s solo works. On its own, this album is fine, I let it play and parts caught my attention, and the guitar solos at the end were solid, it just wasn’t that memorable. I’m probably only giving this a two because I’m sick of Neil Young.
The seventh Neil Young album we've gotten....so far. Not his best. Not his worst. I never thought I'd be able to say that at the start of this list. Hard to be objective and I'm so tired of Neil Young.
I’ve always liked the music more than the voice
kinda fucking with this heavy actually. prefer type o's version of cinnamon girl but i'll be so real i had no idea it was even a cover. great song
This was SO nostalgic for me…we used to dance the night away to Southern Man and Neil Young’s left wing politics were in most of his lyrics …anti war and pro Civil Rights.1969 was a year of great optimism for young folk…the world was going to be so much better than what our parents had experienced. Neil Youngs music was a vital part of our times.
It was okay. Mostly boring. 2.7
Average.
There is way too much Neil Young on this list, but this is one of the better ones. Only 7 tracks and 3 are classics - and what a great 1-2 punch with the openers. Realistically, probably a 3, but just pushes to a 4 because Cinnamon Girl is that good.
Adored this. A beautiful mix of grunge and blues.
It’s quite nice, actually.
Decent. I prefer Neil without CrazyHorse for whatever reason. But this isn’t bad, but not great either
The best Neil Young album. He voice isn't whinny yet. Great song writing.
After opening with the banger that is Cinnamon Girl, the album itself is average. Down By The River is a great track as well but the other 5 tracks do nothing for me. As I was listening I thought to myself, at some point Neil Young just becomes noise.
It's a Neil Young album. It's got guitar twanging and great songwriting aplenty, but it did not wow me.
Did Neil Young create this list or something? I do like the albums but kind of crazy that he has so many on this list. Another cool classic rock album with some folkish elements. Some long sections of jamming but not too drawn out. Enjoyable listen overall
I liked some of the songs and I enjoyed the guitars a bunch, however it got repetitive quick and it fell kind of in the trap of 'hear me sound miserable' this genre can fall into sometimes.
I expected way more from this album going off of the ratings... Instead I was met with a very repetitive album that is just a "I'm so miserable" soup of words. Folk is truly not my genre, I fear.
lindo
it was an okay album, just not really the type of music i personally like !
great listen. no standout tracks. def a whole album experience
Found it to be not very interesting after cinnamon girl. The solos weren’t very inspired and thought they could have done a lot more for the how much runtime they had. Didn’t have time to look at the lyrics too deeply. Could’ve been missing something
============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ------------------NEIL YOUNG------------------ -----------------------&---------------------- ------------------CRAZY HORSE----------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- -----------------EVERYBODY KNOWS-------------- -----------------THIS IS NOWHERE-------------- ---------------------------------------------- --------------------(1969)-------------------- ============================================== ============================================== -----------------CALIFICACIÓN----------------- --------------------★★★★☆------------------ --------------------(4,214)--------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CONTENIDO ORIGINAL Lado A 1. Cinnamon Girl (★★★★★) 2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (★★★★☆) 3. Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) (★★★★☆) 4. Down by the river (★★★★★) - Mi favorita del álbum. 5. The Losing End (When You're On) (★★★★☆) 6. Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) (★★★⯨☆) 7. Cowgirl in the Sand (★★★★☆) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE TOTAL 5+4+4+5+4+3,5+4 = 29,5 ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE PROMEDIO 39,5 / 7 = 4,214 ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CALIFICACIÓN FINAL ★★★★☆ (4,214) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== COMENTARIO - No me gustó que suene tanto a "country", pero es lo suficientemente bueno como para obviarlo. ============================================== ==============================================
Favourite Songs: Down By The River Cowgirl In The Sand
Raw, emotional, gritty, remorseful album. It was beautiful at times, extremely sad at others. Great album
Honestly… awesome
Never been much of a country fan, but this got better as it went along. Definitely got me on a bit of a Neil Young kick afterwards. Favourite track: Down By The River Least favourite track: Cinnamon Girl
There’s a warmth in the guitars that no doubt comes from a feeling of familiarity, despite this being my first listen, and that’s largely because I’m a big fan of Pearl Jam - I expect most Pearl Jam fans would instantly like this. Down By the River is long but worth every second, whilst Cowgirl In the Sand is another highlight, closing the album out expertly. Whilst the former has some outstanding guitar playing on display, I love the bass driving underneath. I’ve stopped short of giving 5 stars but I was close!
One of his best .Absolute classic record .
favs: down by the river
I can tell this is probably the only Neil Young album I will even remotely tolerate. There's nothing special here, very much something your dad puts on in the car and that's your cue to pop headphones on. I mean it isn't the worst, given that Young doesn't have his signature style of vocals yet and this is a very brisk album. I just have very little to comment on, none of the lyrics are very interesting but are clearly aiming to be somewhat profound. And the production of the album is really weak. Probably doesn't help this album has been virtually wiped off all streaming except yt playlists. The guitar sections are fine, again very mid. This is peak boomer era music. Fav Track: Cowgirl in the Sand
I don’t hate it but again, mediocre singing…
Ta bien, es de calidad pero no tanto.
hey I'm really tired but I just want y'all to know that Neil Young makes cool music. I liked this album. I feel like if anyone out there hates Bob Dylan, you might like Neil Young, because they accomplish the same things but like from different angles. It's cool. I need to go to bed
'Pa, send me money now / I'm gonna make it somehow.' I don't know why, but that lines makes me think of Barbra Streisand's rendition of Funny Girl, that '68 classic about oddball Fanny Brice's rise to self-deprecated fame. Anyhow, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is stunning, capturing that Neil Young ability to be absolutely commonplace, to be utterly rock 'n' roll, & to be seriously heartbreaking. A line such as the following essentially renders the entire project a rousing success, but there's really so much here that's luminous: 'How the hours will bend / Through the time that you spend / Til you turn to your eyes / & you see your best friend / Looking over the end.' As I've said before, Young is a one-off, someone we're still catching up w/.
Wow. Final Leonard Cohen album immediately followed by my final Neil Young album? Crazy. What are the odds of that happening? Anyways, we've reached the last of the Neil Young albums on this list. Though, funnily enough, this is actually the earliest of the bunch from a chronological standpoint. Funny how that works, isn't it? Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is among the most important albums in Neil Young's discography. It was his second album ever, his first with Crazy Horse, and it's widely considered to be Neil's first truly great album and the point where he starts becoming the Neil Young you know and maybe love. This is basically his "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," in a sense. How good is it actually? Pretty good! I don't think it's his best, but it's certainly one of his best. Neil's voice is exactly as good as you think it is. What that means is entirely dependent on how you feel about Neil Young, but for me it's a good thing. His songwriting isn't quite at its peak, but it's still good stuff. I was kind of surprised to hear Neil doing longer songs like "Down By The River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand" this early on in his career. You know what? That paid off. Those are the two best songs on this album. "Down By The River" especially is excellent. But what about Crazy Horse? This was their first album with Neil after all. Well, they do great as well! This album has more of a rockin' attitude, which I'm not against. I do like his folkier stuff quite a bit, but Neil's a good rock star too. This album isn't quite as amazing as an album like Harvest or After the Gold Rush, but Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is still a very impressive record and a must-listen for sure. It's Neil Young, okay? High 4/5.
**** Sunday, 3 May, 2026 Baltimore-Washington Airport terminal I am waiting for my flight back to Detroit after Maddie Purdy’s first communion, and sitting in a cafe, listening to Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 1969 album *Everybody Knows This is Nowhere*. This album is both eternal and futuristic. I was lucky to see Neil Young with Crazy Horse two years ago. They played “Down by the River” and “Cinnamon Girl”. This is an incredible album. It sounds fantastic in all the ways Neil Young is fantastic.
Listened at work, enjoyed.
Rating:★★★★ Nice Classic Rock album. Easy listening. I enjoyed the guitar solos.
Individually each track is probably bearable, decent even, but as a collection, one after the other it becomes tedious and overstays it's welcome, much like this sentence.
An early example of Neil Young’s music and first album with Crazy Horse is a good one but maybe not easential. There are some classic songs on here but I think that in these early incarnations they might lack some fire of later live recordings. Most of the material here comes across a little tame and the recording sounds a little too dry but you can’t deny the distinct voice and guitar playing of Neil Young. So definitely check this out and keep going through his great discography.
скучная музыка норм если она на фоне играет в кафе или в путешествии на машине, когда все очень устали специально не стала бы слушать
this is how i imagine taylor swift male boomer version to be
меланхолично, на медленное выходное утро в пять часов дня первого мая самое то))) добавила заглавную песню но чет я не понимаю почему neil young так часто здесь появляется, не мое это.... возможно это просто для американцев что-то вроде нашей пугачевой и каких-нибудь наших разных ВИА running dry напомнило мне что-то между house of the rising sun и i need some sleep (песня из шрека 2🙏)
Если честно, я как-то сначала не понял, а потом очень сильно понял. Мне кажется, это отличный альбом, чтобы ехать из какого-нибудь Далласа в Париж, Техас. Очень классное смешение рока, кантри и что-то типа блюза, не уверен. Особенно понравились Вокруг и Вокруг, Внизу у реки и Ковгерл в песках.
Все на высоте, инетересное перекликание вокала, баса и гитары. ВИРТУОЗНО СЫГРАНО Я БЫ СКАЗАЛ. Я не завайбился. Running Dry больше всех понравился. Cowgirl in he Sand достойный трек, но типа занудно.
I listened to this album a ton when I was a kid. It is solid Neil young album of what looks like many more to come. 7.75/10 Top song The losing end
Cinnamon girl goated, I really like how this is mastered, good album to listen to, just a pleasant listen
This music style for me was awful , I wouldn’t listen again , but that’s my opinion
Like many other Neil Young albums, there are a handful of colossal songs ("Cinammon Girl", "Down By The River" and "Cowgirl In The Sand") intermingled with a lot of just-OK stuff. Even the good songs are burdened by way too much aimless soloing, also.
Neither lyrics, nor vocals were anything special. Best track: “Round & Round”. Low 3
3.5
This is the first in a stupidly long line of great records by Neil Young. Cinnamon Girl, Down By the River and Cowgirl in the Sand really map out the sound that makes me love Neil. Is this as good as On the Beach or Zuma? Probably not - but it sure as hell ain't hard to listen to and enjoy.
neil young knows where the clit is
From a previous Neil Young with Crazy Horse review: "I have never been a big Neil Young fan, despite Pearl Jam's worship of him (and my one-time worship of them.) I don't DISlike his music, and I like him in interviews, but his stuff just doesn't do much for me." This album was different for some reason. I think it didn't really sound like Neil Young to me, and that was a positive. For what I think is the first time for me with any album in this project, I played this again a second time when it finished.
while i love neil young, it didnt stand out to me. i liked cin girl tho
Spoiled a little by the last 2 tracks that run out of steam, the rest of the album I enjoyed. So what happened? 3½
Soft folksy/country rock. Parts of Everybody Knows sounds like proto-REM. It's not bad. But it does get old too. Best track - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 3 stars - probably quite important for 1969, but today it sounds a bit samey
He’s done it again folks
p157. 1969. 3 stars. Starts off with a banger, then falters badly with a succession of half-finished songs. Saved from 2 stars by some incendiary guitar work. Not his best work by any means.
“Cinnamon Girl” lights this album up with jangly, hard guitars—good morning! “Down By The River” is an all-timer. 4/5 rating for this one How did this generator know to give me an album from my birth year!? I guess it just proves I am a dirty hippie…
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would.
I never listen to albums like this so definetly new for me ,yet excited can't lie.Really remindsme of the song sweet o child of mine.I LOVED the everybody knows this is nowhere(2009 remaster).Runnin Drythe 6th song is so different from the rest ,really nice instrumental work.Done with it.
Normally I have a hate or like (not love) thing with Neil Young, but for some reason Cinnamon Girl hit different this time around... I blame the full moon on a spring evening.
Knew very little about Neil but thought this album was super great and lived up to the hype!!
me hizo acordar mucho a los Beatles muy bueno
I can empathise with anyone who doesn't like Neil's voice. I took quite a while to come around to it. I think this album gets extra points because it broke new ground at the time. The problem with that is if it was released today it would not stand out at all, but many later artists drew from this work. I liked him better in CSNY and I like some of his other work better. No 3's so a 4.
It's ok but not more.
I do like Neil Young and there's not much else to say. But I did only mildly enjoy this album.
Neil young io ti adoro, "everybody knows this is nowhere" e "down by the river" due pezzi da 90.
le canzoni mi piacciono molto, così come l’artista in generale ma l’unica pecca è che sono tutte molto lunghe e dopo un po’ le trovavo un po’ noiose, le ascolterei sicuramente come sottofondo musicale
Album incredibile. Atmosfere magiche, sospese. Arrangiamenti spaziosi, distesi, elettrici. Neil Young cantore dell'inquietudine.
I was mainly impressed with the talented guitar performances here. Favourite Track(s): Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River, Cowgirl in the Sand Least Favourite Track(s): Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
Great album! It's been on repeat for the past couple of days.
The album is bookended by "girl" songs, ie, songs where the lyrics use the word girl to refer to a woman. It's become a bit of a pet peeve for me these past few years. I guess that's my main adjustment since me too. I'll still rape and plunder, but I will only refer to my of-age victims as women. It's funny to look back on the unenlightened ways of supposedly enlightened hippies. Littering at Woodstock, for example. Kind of like Thomas Jefferson declaring that all men are created equal. Anyway, Down By The River is possibly my single favorite Neil Young tune and singlehandedly lifts this otherwise 2 stars album into 3-4 stars territory. That tune could go on forever and it would still end too soon for me. His guitar playing, once perfectly described to me by a high school mate as "caveman style" is uniquely primitive and real. He never lets his fingers wander on their own - he is better than most at staying locked in mentally and only playing what he feels. He's not the best rock n roll guitar player by any means, but he is probably the most honest. That and the title track are my favorites here. Overall, I would describe this album as uneven - some great, some boring, some stupid. Not essential and I would not have added this album to my 1001 list. Neil pumped out a lot of albums and many of them have very interesting and unusual elements but Tonight's the Night is the only legitimately essential one that everyone in the world must hear before they die...if it doesn't kill them first...
I'm beginning to think that Neil Young gets the somewhat dubious prize for the most albums in this collection (nine total, including the two CSNY and Buffalo Springfield albums), but thankfully this is a well-deserved entry, and stands perhaps as his second best effort (behind "Harvest") in this collection. "Cinnamon girl" is an enduring classic and a powerful way to launch the album (and "Cowgirl in the sand" is an equally powerful way to end it), and so many of these tracks sound familiar enough to make me think I've probably heard them before, while the ones I haven't encountered before are nice discoveries (especially the haunting "Running dry"). "Round & round" is probably the weakest of the lot, but it seems it's a favorite of many (including Young), so that's probably on me. What a great launch for Crazy Horse and Neil Young, even if they get a little lost here and there in noodle land.
Everybody knows this is a great album: 7 classics no filler neil's killing it.
Really liked the first song Cinnamon Girl, but after that everything kind of melded together.
Now here is an album I can have on all day and not get sick of it. There’s something comforting about Neil Young and the longer it plays the more you fall for his vocals and the cadence of the songs. Not quite a banger, but a warm blanket when you need it.
Esse album é tipo comer um prato de comida vegano que tu nunca ouviu falar quando tu está faminto: Eu comeria isso denovo? Não, provavelmente não, mas não foi algo ruim, pelo menos tentei.
Rough around the edges, but in a way that really works. This is where Neil Young leans into those long, loose guitar jams, and they carry a lot of the album. The songs themselves are pretty straightforward, but that gives everything room to breathe. It can feel a bit unfocused at times, but the highlights more than make up for it. When it hits, it’s great.
I don’t usually get on with Neil Young but I thought this was ok. I still don’t like his voice but that was offset by some very good guitars.
This was fine.
o bob Dylan do bem
Cinnamon Girl - 4/5 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 3.5/5 Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) - 3/5 Down by the River - 2.5/5 The Losing End (When You're On) - 3.5/5 Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) - 3/5 Cowgirl in the Sand - 3/5
So, I've listened to a few Neil Young albums in this challenge. After The Gold Rush is still by far the best, but this is a close second. The songs are incredible and played really well. 5/5
Pretty fly for 1969, kinda aged, but still kicks sometimes
Bros horse goes crazy
ughhhh Neil Young again, NEXT
I was pleasantly surprised at the proto grunge sound rather than the whiny folksy stuff I picture from Neil young. For that I’ll round up
2/5 I'd heard a few songs by Neil Young before and I quite liked them but this album was a disappointment. I only really liked one track and the rest were pretty meh.
this genre of music (white american country?) is not exactly my jam but i mildly enjoyed 2 of the songs on here
Down by the River is not a favourite track. In fact, on occasion I’ve called it a track I hate. Reason? Boring and long. But otherwise I liked listening to this album a lot.
Not sure the Crazy Horse element does much for me. It made me want to revisit Tonight’s the Night. I feel like I didn’t appreciate that album at the time and it deserves more attention.
Well put together, but every song just refuses to end. I liked every song for the first couple minutes.
Second Neil Young and Crazy Horse album I've encountered on this list. The last one was middling, wonder what I'll think of this compared to that one. "Cinnamon Girl" sounds familiar. Feels like what I was expecting, kinda simple lyrics sung by a mediocre voice a few guitar licks but fairly forgettable. The rest of the album follows suit. I could do without the extended breakdowns in Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand, never been a huge fan of long musical interludes in the middle of other songs, see also my struggle with jam bands and/or most jazz music. I can't really see a reason why this album had to be listened to. Neil Young is a household name, but I don't find anything he's doing particularly noteworthy or ground breaking.
"Cinnamon Girl" sure is a great riff, and features great harmonies by Danny Whitten. Unfortunately, it's also very repetitive and doesn't go anywhere, which holds true for most of the rest of the album. Strong harmonies (which serve the added bonus of masking Neil Young's voice a lot of the time), good riffs that don't go anywhere...kind of like Neil Young's guitar solos, which are each predominantly one note repeated over and over. Still, most of the music is fine.
Very 70s country-rock sounding. While not extraordinary, it’s perfectly listenable. Pleasant and doesn’t overstay its welcome. A solid 40 minute listen
Always like Neill music. This is not my favorite of his but still solid.
Has Pearl Jam silently been trying to turn me into a Neil Young fan all this time?!? Everybody Knows.. this album feels like it was recorded after one too many beers at rehearsal. Loose, lively, and just this side of sloppy. Not polished, but that's kind of the point. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Cinnamon Girl - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Down by the River - Cowgirl in the Sand
Neil Young is all over this list lol. The band with him is great.
Wow!!! This blew us both out of the water. You really loved "Everybody knows" and were full of smiles when mommy was singing it over and over. And, who doesn't like Cowgirl in the Sand? Even though it put you to sleep, it was asleep in a good and chill way. :-)
Bored me a little, but not bad
Bit droney in places but shout out to crazy horse
plutot cool, rien de spécial. Du country rock assez classique et propre mais pas des chansons qui font rêver
Not a big fan.
I don't know I didn't buy this one. There was very little here I gave a shit about, and it mostly just felt like pretty middle of the road "sad dude with a guitar" shit. He's fine, Down by the River is solid, but I just simply did not care for the most part.
1969. They recorded the album just as they were getting to know each other.
Great album, loved the feeling of the songs and the lyrics. Hace to listen to it more, but I'm sure It will become a favorite.
Still liked more than white stripes
Todo muy Creedence, pero mas aburrido. Neil Young yo te quiero porque sos un pionero pero zzzzz
Enjoyable 60s country rock. 'Down by the River' is somehow, at nine minutes, not too long. Probably won't put it on when I'd listen to Harvest if I wanted Neil Young
8 / 10
Pretty cool , cool vibes id give this a solid 8/10
The literal best album to listen to on vinyl.
Legend. He's incredible. One of the great songwriters of his generation. The album is amazing. Down by the River alone is worthy of a 4-star. He does it great. A dozen others do it equally or even better. Buddy Miles, the Meters, of course there's the 20 min version the man himself plays with Phish at Farm Aid. Great fkn tune, great fkn album.
This is a pretty decent album. I was scared I would get some generic 60's pop rock music like The Beatles, but this was actually rather good. 4/5
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Boring generic country folk album. Nothing special about this one, some unfortunately long songs.
Oh boy another Neil Young album. I'm sure this one won't be some of the most bland and boring folk country I've hear--Nope it is. What mediocre music Neil Young put out, if I hadn't heard songs from a room by Leonard Cohen then I'd probably think this was the most boring album yet. Entirely forgettable, next please.
Perhaps the least objectionable album, yet, from this old woman who refuses to stop screeching into a microphone and pretending to be a cow boy. The supporting band, Crazy Horse, did a good job of distracting me from the horrendous vocals of the old woman.
Light 8
It's giving Led Zeppelin
Just okay for me… cinnamon girl is just such a classic though
I didn't really quite get this album. I think Neil Young is ass at singing, but sometimes that works out pretty well (for other bands). The songwriting was pretty... bland, to be honest, but I imagine I would be saying something different if I lived in that cultural context. What came after Neil Young was influenced in large part by Neil Young, so maybe it was more fresh at the time. Either way, boring and almost grating. I was going to give this a two, but for a split moment, I did suddenly get this album. I was busy fishing in minecraft (not a joke, literally in minecraft) and something about the album mixed with the boring monotony of it that felt kind of elevated. I could understand grandpa knocking back a cold one on the lake, fishing and listening to Neil Young.
Amazing range of songs and surprised how much of this I already knew despite never having played the whole thing before.
Este álbum es un testimonio de la fuerza apasionada que surge cuando un gran músico deja de buscar la perfección para encontrar la verdad. La voz honesta de Neil Young, con esa fragilidad tan característica, se convierte en el vehículo ideal para una narrativa que se siente personal y sin filtros. A diferencia de otras producciones más nítidas, aquí la electricidad de las guitarras se siente rugosa y directa, permitiendo una creatividad expansiva que se toma su tiempo en cada solo. Las estructuras largas de las canciones no resultan pesadas, sino que invitan a una soledad reflexiva, evocando esa sensación de estar en un lugar remoto o recorriendo una carretera solitaria donde el destino importa menos que el viaje sonoro. Es un disco esencial para entender el rock como una forma de expresión cruda y emocionalmente transparente.
I like Neil Young, and this is my first Neil Young album I ever had, so I've listened to it to death. Appreciate there's a Dolby Atmos version of it that made it more interesting this time around than when I last heard it, which was probably a few years ago, as I said in other reviews. I like noise, I like melody, I like distinctive voices, and I feel this album has all three in spades.
Cinnamon girl: loved, I could almost see the song if that makes sense and loved the guitar. Made me feel free to just exist and think about the life I crave. Everybody knows: kinda went in one ear out the other but in a pleasant this was enjoyable kinda way. I feel like I should be listening to it on a mountaintop. Maybe eating some fruit. Down by the river: FUCKING INSANE I LOVE The losing end: feels like seeing an old friend after years apart, it’s sad but also healing and sounds nice?? Running dry: relatable aghhh. The guitar and violin/fiddle idek what instruments combo was magical. Really take you on an emotional journey and the low and high compliment each other beautifully, with Neil’s voice floating above them both. Cowgirl in the sand: banger to end the album on tbh. Encapsulates finality while also retaining the vibe of the whole project. Letting the instrumentation breathe too balanced the verses nicely Genuinely just 10/10 album I save all the songs and can’t believe this was my first time hearing it. LOVED
It was good😝😝😝
For whatever reason, it always takes me a few minutes (or songs in this case) to acclimate to Neil Young’s voice. But once I do, it always kind of bowls me over. That may be why, but I was far more taken with the back half of this album than the front. Maybe the first few tracks just need to grow on me, but Running Dry specifically was a stunner.
Dr. Bland and the Blanditrons.
A solid album, I enjoyed it quite a lot, especially when the songs got slower
not my fav but its a good one
The Good: We finally made it to nowhere! The Bad: We wanted to be anywhere but nowhere… The Ugly: Well, Neil Young’s voice doesn’t get any better now that we are nowhere… When the album showed itself, I wanted to not like it, thus continuing my dislike for most Neil Young albums… Yet, the fucker, even when being nowhere, is still much better than many of the shit albums I’ve had the displeasure of having to listen to for the past couple of years… Cinnamon Girl… classic, and great album opener. The rest, well, it made me forget that I am nowhere! Now, I shall apply numerology to score this album: This is album 656 that has been presented to me… Simple math: 6+5+6 is 17… 1+7 is 8… divided by 2 is 4 4*
- i like the instrumentation - once again not entirely my thing but mostly enjoyable to listen to anyway - i like the instrumentation in down by the river a lot - favorites: round & round (it won't be long) - rating: 3/5
ugh neil young i love you such striking instrumentals highlights: cinnamon girl, round & round, down by the river 4.5/5
no mg
Apparently Crazy Horse is a band, not a guy! I should listen to Americana...
enjoyed higher 3 ig but blurring together again uh ohhhh
yea this was fun, liked the musical mix, neil young has such an interesting voice p solid, but not my fave from him 3.5ish
Mid
Meh, I'm not sure this Neil Young album needs to be here.
Really love this record! I knew of a couple songs coming into this. Great simple songs with awesome songwriting and storytelling. Fav songs: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Down by the River, and my fav of favs Cowgirl in the Sand.
Another album where I wanted to like it more, but it washed over me
i didn’t want to listen even to start this. felt boring. but i believe it could be lovely so i gave it a try. but not the vibe. i’m too depressed rn
Me gustó aunque un poco desordenada
The best of Neil's albums with Crazy Horse and one of the best on the list. It is such a great record. 9/10 [KEEP]
Outlier review alert! As a Canadian, I'm supposed to venerate Young out of national guilt. I must admit that there are a few songs - a couple on this LP - that have buried themselves into my consciousness to the point that I really thought I'd enjoy this album. Well, I enjoyed those two songs (and everyone knows which ones those are). However, if it weren't for the mystique around Young - or, say, if this were one of the, oh, 100 or so Brit pop albums I've listened to over the course of this list - I think we'd all be dissing this disc with comments about the vocals and rudimentary guitar playing. But he's an icon, and so we're expected to squeal with glee upon this album's reveal. To conclude: no squeals, no veneration, no reflexive 5 start review. Here's 2 for those 2 songs, and let's move on, shall we?
Always been a Neil Young fan, but somehow had overlooked this album. From the classic "Cinnamon Girl" to the epic "Down by the River" make this album great. Highlights: "Cinnamon Girl", "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" and "Down By The River"
I'm sick of this dude
Listens: 4 Standout Tracks: Down By The River, Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) I've given Neil Young, and Neil Young + Crazy Horse very favorable reviews. This must be my 5th or 6th album on the List so far, and this album is no different. It's just so damn easy to listen to, and I really appreciate the soft of extended jammy sessions on Down By The River and Cowgirl In The Sand. Something about Down By The River also reminds me of Cake, but I can't recall which song. I looked it up and there's no sample or link between Cake and Neil Young.
Not for me but a nice chilled listen. Would probably listen again
las canciones son re chill, para escuchar en el auto, muy retro, está bueno pero no me encantó
Not for me
Holly - First songs are really strong - this was maybe to its detriment because it set a high bar. A few songs felt needlessly long with instrumental that didn’t always hold my attention. I would relisten to most though, and now I know I like his sound. Rating - 3/5 Sophie - I liked this a lot more than I expected to. I had bad connotations associated with Neil young so I was pleasantly surprised. Some are just too long for me to listen to regularly but I appreciate a strong instrumental/ guitar solo. I think it had a strong start and a strong finish but lost me a little in the middle. All in all though I enjoyed it as an album and would listen again. Rating 3.5/5
Vrij makke rock, niets slechts maar gewoon zeer vergetenlijk
Crazy Horse!
3rd April 2026. 11pm. 9 and 10 minutes lenght for a song is crazy, but when you do it well it's just so good to hear. Thank you Neil Young and Crazy Horse for this album, I had a great time. 9/10
one afternoon
I'm not really into country but i see why people would like this its pretty good
3/5. I don't really care for Young, but this album has some decent songs on it. Production and instrumentation are solid, and Young puts out some good vocal delivery and rhythms. His voice isn't pleasant and he lacks the brilliant lyricism that Dylan and Cohen used to compensate for their own unimpressive singing, but Young does well enough by having some good riffs and harmonies prop up his music. Songs are listenable for the most part. You get some really good guitar work here and there. Some songs go on way too long. I shan't be returning!
My nostalgia plays a role here, because I can remember my dad listening to Neil Young when I was growing up, but boy did I end up enjoying this album even more than I thought I would! Cowgirl in the Sand was not one I had recognized, but probably my favorite on the album.
La musica country es el hijo bobo de la musica. La peor mierda que se parió musicalmente. 0/10
Classic 60s americana. Also led me to some even more incredible music in the following spotify recs. Helped me get to 1900 chess.com bullet making it a perfect album. Certified me as a Neil Young fan.
I put it in the background. It never drew me so much to focus on it, but I also never bothered to switch it off. I should listen with more focus, but also I don't care enough about Country music and Neil Young, and did not care to dive deeper into his music
Album très chill! Met dans un bon mood
Not a huge Neil fan but found myself tapping my foot to the tunes, mainly up front. Running Dry is too slow and then hit some screechy notes that made me have to skip the rest of the song and reminded me why I don't pull NY as a listen. Several have some excellent stereo making it fun at work with headphones.