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Neil Young with Crazy Horse is the best Neil Young
love the guitar sound on this album, but that's about all.
Pretty good. Falls in line with the folksey stint I've been on lately.
Listened in the car and at the grocery store. This app is turning me into a Neil Young fan. This one is more traditional rock than Harvest and it features some great solos and some incredible musicianship. Really enjoyed this one!
Highlights: Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River. In a nutshell: folk rockin' in the real world Despite the 9 minute track which is mostly a jam session, this is one of the more tolerable Neil Young albums. One I would recommend to a new listener over Rust Never Sleeps (which was overproduced to no end in my opinion). Overall: 5/10
Instrumentals are really good but can't do the voice.
Overall the album was mediocer. Some songs hit, others didn't. To me it sounded like there were few masterpices (like round&round, down by the river (didn't like the solo tho) and running dry) and others were just fillup. Also why were cowgirl in the sand and down by the river so long?? I don't really understand long songs esp when they sound mostly shit. Make it short and good. Long songs can be brilliant (I like dream theater and tool for example...) but if you can't do them good it is just a waste of time.
can't believe I've barely listened to anything by Neil Young. Cinnamon Girl was a very promising opening track especially the drums. Round and Round was beautiful, one of those ones where you forget where you are and just drift off. Guitar solo on Down By The River my goodness + the solos in-between verses on Cowgirl in the Sand
okay. not my taste
Wel leuk
Felt more like a mediocre jam band album than anything else, also whoever recorded that Yoko Ono-esque violin really wanted to ruin some all together decent tracks. Fine as background music but uninspiring, honestly I don't think the optimal listening experience even involves paying attention to the album.
Real loose rockin'
I love this album. Down by the river is as good as it gets, cinnamon girl and cowboy in the sand are fantastic, and the title track is beautiful. But running dry is fairly weak and the following album (see: born to run) eclipsed this easily so a 4 it is
It's fine enough and I don't hate it but for the most part Neil Young has never inspired anything in me other than apathy. 3.5
Not my favorite Neil Young, but it feels very authentic and underproduced, in a good way. Solid, if a wee bit long in parts
not my vibe. Next please
Love niel young
Excellent album. I loved the jams!
better than the last nice guitar bits, added a few to playlists
Favorite Song: Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) Least Favorite Song: The Losing End (When You're On) Booooooooooringggggg. The look on my face after finding out there are 7 albums on this list by this guy...
One of his best.
I liked this a lot
I groaned when I saw I had to listen to Neil Young today because I typically can’t stand his music, something about his voice just grates on me. However, this album wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed the music and his voice for the most part wasn’t as annoying to me as it usually is. (3)
The good songs are very good, and the album tracks are very dull. But this is half of his greatest hits right here.
Don’t know if this is perfect album but it’s close. Great classics but solid others.
mooi
Along with albums from Velvet Underground and Nico, the Stooges and Black Sabbath, this is THE most influential 60s album in the development of quote unquote alternative rock n roll. You could make a list of 1001 bands from the 70s to today for whom this album's shaggy, stripped down, spaced out take on country rock is the rosetta stone. I love this sound, it scratches such an elemental itch in my music listening brain. This album feels like being stoned to the bone rolling a smoke on a couch in a garage on a hot Wednesday afternoon. Dig it.
Yeah baby!
Pretty incredible as a second album (released within the same year!)... Neil really came out fully formed... this is sort of the quintessential 'classic rock' album to me in the sense that it hits all the stuff old guys like... its about perfect i reckon, probably my third fav neil album :-)
His voice is so so nasally. People keep raving about this lyrics but I thought they were so mid and obvious. The best part of this album was the guitar solo in "Down by the River". Title track was also great and so was "The Losing End". Basically pretty high highs, super low lows. I would give this a 2.5 if I could but I'll be kind and round up.
Yay hot start! Lil guitar action at the end caught my attention and that's it. Not a bad album, just not up my alley.
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl!! give me more neil young pls
Well, this is my last Neil Young. I’ve had major Neil Young fatigue for the last few albums of his I had, but damn if this isn’t the best of them all. I thought nothing would top On The Beach (the 2nd Neil Young album I got from the generator), but I was very wrong. The lyrics are great, but the guitar playing is out of this world. I was bracing for the 10 minute “Cowgirl In The Sand” but the guitar is so perfect and mesmerizing that I was in love from the minute the song started. “The Losing End” is the only low point, but it’s still like a 6/10 song, but every other song on the album is 10/10 perfection, so comparatively low. I’m so glad this is the last album of his I got on the generator because it’s ending the Neil Young portion of this journey on such a high note, and given how up and down I’ve felt about his other albums, I can really appreciate just how special this one is.
I knew Cinnamon Girl. I like Neil Young’s voice, but some of these songs were really long.
Tricky one. Back in the 70s this album seemed amazing - like a total revelation. Perfect songs performed with passion and wonderful guitar interplay. To me now it feels a bit dated. I'm still never giving it less than five stars. Not so tricky after all.
I love how all the reviews for this are either 'wow this is great' or some version of 'fuck I can't stand Neil Young'. That's how you know you've made it as an artist. I happen to be the former, I've always really liked all of Neil Young's solo stuff and I feel like he was a much better musician solo than he ever was in any of his other bands. But for me this makes the sixth of his solo albums on this list and I think that's too many. If you can only pick 1001 records would you really take 6 Neil Young Albums? I'd pick this one for sure. Not sure I need 5 others... Anyway, kicking off with Cinnamon Girl is a great way to start a record. I love the way Neil Young plays guitar. Particularly his style with electrics, it's so different and quirky. I feel like this album is really where he started exploring that style of playing - it's laid back, rough, bold, harsh, chill, and wild all at the same time. The repetitive notes work so well for the groove somehow and I love it. Case in point - Down by the River. I really like this album as a whole, it might be Neil Young's best. 4.5/5 and will round up just because.
It was alright. Neil Young is overrated. Big fan of dog on the album cover
I first listened to this last year actually. I really enjoyed how jammy this is on revisiting it. Neil is for sure my favorite Canadian.
I think he is better when being covered. The title track is great, but the rest falls flat for me. I have heard other tunes of his I like so I'm not sure why this is swing and a miss for me.
Quality rock
Pretty good. Highlights were Cinnamon Girl and Cowgirl in the Sand. 3.5/5 rounding up.
Some cool moments especially with the vocal harmonies but the whole thing was a bit boring. Instrumental sections went on for too long in my opinion. Round & Round was by far my favorite song
Ehh. Uninteresting. Nostalgia carried it to a 3. Solid 3. Enjoyable but I don’t need to re listen
It’s not my favorite Neil young album but still good!
I’m a big Neil Young fan. His second album had a couple of great songs. Cinnamon Girl, Down by The river and Cowgirl in the Sand. But overall this was slow and not too memorable
I was expecting this to be worse, but it wasn’t that bad. High 3
My family listens to a lot of Neil Young so this is nostalgic for me. I don’t think I’ve heard any of these songs before but I liked it
Neil Young?? This guys like 80!
It's just so bland why would you release this
1001 Album Generator power creep is real so I'm patching my scoring. This gets a 2 to reset my meta. No patch notes besides that this album is so boring I gained literally nothing on a second listen. 2
On “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,” Neil Young & Crazy Horse offer a healthy mix of early hard rock and country. The album's greatest strengths are the song-oriented arrangements and the band's tasteful interplay. In addition to one or two songs with hit potential, or at least catchy tunes, a slightly more mature production would have done it good. The sound is somewhat reminiscent of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Now, there are certainly worse references, but Jimi was a force of nature that was difficult to tame. Neil Young is definitely not in that category. Nevertheless, this album is well worth a listen!
I don't really like Neil Young but i love this album.
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February is off to a really good start with this Neil Young classic, the first of his albums I ever owned, bought on cassette in my schooldays, late 70s. No filler here, it's a stunning album from the opener Cinammon Girl through to Cowgirl In The Sand.
First thought was - not another Neil Young album but this was very nice. Laid back vibe, great guitar and bass playing. Will come back to this one.
greAT guitar
I'll search for detailed information about this classic Neil Young album to provide you with a thorough review. **Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere** (Reprise Records, May 1969) represents the moment Neil Young shed his folk-rock skin and became something far more dangerous, unmoored, and essential. Recorded over a fragmented two-month period at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood with a bar-band trio he’d poached from the Sunset Strip only days earlier, the album captures a creative lightning strike—seven songs that established the template for the next fifty years of Young’s career and helped birth what would eventually be called grunge. --- ### **The Music: Primitive, Visceral, Liberated** Musically, this is the sound of constraint dissolving. After the orchestrated, studio-polished debut *Neil Young* (1968), this record arrives like a drunken stumble into a garage. Young’s partnership with Crazy Horse—guitarist Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot, and drummer Ralph Molina—creates a rhythmic trance (*boom-boom-thak*) that abandons technical precision for visceral chemistry. The album’s architecture is defined by tension between compact pop and sprawling improvisation. **"Cinnamon Girl"** opens with a riff so fundamental it feels carved from bedrock, driven by Whitten’s high harmonies that blend so seamlessly with Young’s lead that they sound like a single fractured voice. The infamous "one-note solo" (actually the same note played on two strings with a wang bar) is a masterclass in minimalist expression—Young insists each repetition sounds different, and in the context of the song’s mounting fever, he’s right. Then there are the epics: **"Down by the River"** (9:13) and **"Cowgirl in the Sand"** (10:03). These aren’t jams in the Grateful Dead sense; they’re trance rituals. Built on two-chord vamps that function as meditation loops, the songs create space for Young’s guitar to explore emotional territory rather than melodic complexity. His solos here—staccato bursts, sustained distortion, abrupt shifts from piercing highs to guttural lows—anticipated the tonal vocabulary of punk and grunge decades later. As music lecturer Ken Bielen notes, this approach offered "a viable alternative to the fire-breathing blues of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix" . **"Round and Round (It Won't Be Long)"** offers a brief sanctuary—a country waltz with ghostly acoustic guitars and the ethereal harmony of guest Robin Lane, whose wordless vocals float above the verses like carnival music heard through fog. It’s one of Young’s most melodically gorgeous compositions, a stark contrast to the electric warfare surrounding it. --- ### **Production: Calculated Accidents** Produced by Young and David Briggs, the recording process embraced imperfection as aesthetic. The album was captured quickly—sometimes the band had only been together for days when tracking. "We didn't even know what we sounded like until we heard the album," Young later recalled . The production choices border on the perverse: - **"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"** uses a scratch vocal Young sang through the studio’s low-quality talk-back microphone, deliberately bypassing the mixing board to capture a "spitty-sounding" impedance mismatch . - The extended tracks were edited from multiple takes—radical cuts were made to "Down by the River" to remove sections where the performance collapsed, though you can still hear the seams if you listen closely . - **"Cinnamon Girl"** features handclaps inspired by The Angels’ "My Boyfriend’s Back" (1963), adding a girl-group primitivism to the heavy riffs. Young later expressed regret about the final mix of "Cinnamon Girl," where he buried Whitten’s vocal in favor of his own high part: "I fucked up. I did not know who Danny was. He was better than me... Some things you wish never happened" . --- ### **Lyrics & Themes: Darkness in the Canyon** The album’s lyrical content ranges from deceptively simple to deeply troubling, often masking LA disillusionment beneath country-rock tropes. **Dislocation and Disillusionment:** The title track masquerades as a country song about a homesick rural transplant ("I think I’d like to go back home and take it easy"), but the lyrics reveal Young’s disgust with the Laurel Canyon scene: "Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here/Gotta get away from this day-to-day running around/Everybody knows this is nowhere" . By 1969, the hippie idealism of the Canyon was curdling into commercialism; Young sensed the rot before others. **Toxic Masculinity and Violence:** **"Down by the River"** remains one of rock’s most disturbing narratives—a first-person confession of domestic murder ("I shot my baby/Down by the river"). Young initially dismissed it as being about "blowin’ your thing with a chick," but later acknowledged it depicted a man "who had a lot of trouble controlling himself" . The lyrics suggest entitlement and possession curdling into violence ("When you could be taking me for a ride"), while the unrelenting bass line and group vocals create a haunting, inevitable atmosphere. **Relationship Stasis:** **"Round and Round"** explores the paralysis of pride in dying relationships—"How slow and slow and slow it goes/To mend the tear that always shows"—capturing the exhaustion of cyclical conflict without resolution . **Problematic Gender Politics:** **"Cowgirl in the Sand"** features lovely melodic sections and Talbot’s undulating bass, but the lyrics ("It’s the woman in you that makes you want to play this game") reek of 1969’s casual sexism, framing female autonomy as manipulative game-playing . While some defend it as period-appropriate, critics note that timeless art should transcend its era’s blind spots—and here, the lyrics anchor an otherwise transcendent musical achievement to dated gender attitudes. --- ### **Influence and Legacy: The Godfather of Grunge** *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere* fundamentally altered rock’s trajectory. When released, it was "breathtakingly different"—a commercial risk that reversed Young’s fortunes and established the Crazy Horse sound as his primary vehicle . **Direct Influence:** Robert Plant quoted "Down by the River" during Led Zeppelin’s 1970 Royal Albert Hall performance . The album’s distorted, feedback-laden guitar work directly influenced the alternative rock explosion of the 1990s—Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, J. Mascis, and Trey Anastasio all absorbed Young’s anti-technique approach, where emotion trumped precision . By the early ’90s, Young was celebrated as a "Godfather of Grunge," performing with Pearl Jam and retaining credibility while his contemporaries faded into classic-rock nostalgia. **The Danny Whitten Factor:** This remains the only complete studio album featuring the original Crazy Horse lineup. Whitten’s death from heroin in 1972 ended an era. His rhythm guitar work and high harmonies were crucial to the album’s texture—he was, as drummer Ralph Molina noted, "the heart and the soul" of the group’s equation . The chemistry here is unrepeatable; subsequent Crazy Horse lineups could approximate but never replicate the fragile telepathy captured in these sessions. --- ### **Pros and Cons** **Strengths:** - **Raw Spontaneity:** The album captures a band discovering its identity in real-time, resulting in performances impossible to replicate . - **Guitar Innovation:** Young’s solos expanded rock’s tonal palette, proving that one well-placed note could carry more weight than a hundred scales. - **Melodic Strength:** Despite the abrasive textures, songs like "Cinnamon Girl" and "Round and Round" feature hooks that lodge permanently in memory . - **Vocal Chemistry:** The interplay between Young and Whitten (particularly on "Cinnamon Girl" and the title track) creates a singular vocal texture—high and lonesome, yet warm. - **Side One Sequencing:** The opening four-song run (through "Down by the River") represents one of the strongest sides in rock history . **Weaknesses:** - **Lyrical Blind Spots:** "Cowgirl in the Sand" suffers from dated, reductive gender politics that undercut its musical grandeur . - **Runtime Bloat:** While the extended jams are historically significant, "Down by the River" can feel interminable to modern listeners not attuned to its hypnotic intent—its nine-plus minutes demand patience. - **Side Two Drop-off:** After the powerhouse first side, the album loses momentum. "The Losing End (When You’re On)" and "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)"—despite Bobby Notkoff’s haunting violin on the latter—feel like placeholders compared to what precedes them . - **Deliberate Lo-Fi:** The "spitty" vocal on the title track and the generally unvarnished production, while intentional, may alienate listeners seeking polish over atmosphere. --- ### **Verdict** *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere* is a masterpiece of controlled chaos—a document of four musicians catching lightning in a bottle before they even understood their own alchemy. It established Young as the patron saint of beautiful ugliness, proving that rock music could be simultaneously primitive and sophisticated, melodic and abrasive, spontaneous and meticulously constructed. While certain lyrical elements betray its 1969 origins, the musical innovation remains startlingly contemporary. This is where Neil Young became **Neil Young**, and where rock learned that perfection is often the enemy of truth.
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I definitely needed a second listen for this one Had practically 0 impressions my first run through but I warmed up to it a little. Cinnamon girl was cool, I like the harmonies throughout the album and there’s some fun guitar solos in there. I just really don’t care for the super acoustic sounding songs. I can tell Young is a supremely talented musician, but I just don’t get any banger vibes from anything in here. I’ll say this one’s definitely better than Crosby, Still, and Nash, but I definitely wouldn’t put this on in the car.
Honestly wasn't too crazy given that there's a crazy horse somewhere in there
Stupid app destroyed my review. And I tried to save it this time. Good, not great.
CSN was good without Neil Young. I don’t rock with this album, but I can’t say that this album was bad. It was just an okay album, nothing more to say about that.
I’m not sure how often I’ll find myself reaching for this to listen to but i did enjoy it! Listened while at work, which seemed kind of fitting. 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 Cinnamon 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. He has a greatest hits album that I love but made up from multiple decades and albums. So as a singular entity not so good but as part of a collection, fantastic. Did I need to hear this before I die? I’d probably agree
a whole lot of Nothing. just nothing at all to report on this one. i started it, it happened for 40 minutes, and then it ended. i don't even like actively hate it because it's not objectionable it's just.... there. i gave it a relisten and even still i have nothing to say about this. it's like there's a antimemetic field surrounding this album. it's a bit of guitar noodling while he sings about whatever over top. i find the concept of someone saying "oh yes, That's my jam right there" to be baffling.
Mostly just very boring. I didn't hate it, I think I struggled to feel anything for most of it. I think Neil Young is actually probably quite talented but I am not sure what quite leads him to this insane status where he has 7 albums on this list. Most of it is nice, fairly uneventful tunes that make you go "wait how long has this got left?" about half way through. I like the writing I guess, but I just fail to see anything too exciting here.
really folky fun
Couple hits, overall kinda samey and boring
Hooray for vinyl day. Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River, Cinnamon Girl. This is a great album.There's really not a terrible track on here, the worst of it being forgettable, which is more than can be said for Harvest. This is one of my favorites from Neil and the Horse. He's at his feverish best.
Meget bra.
1/29/2026 - Listened during morning work. Liked this more than I thought I would and recognized a few of the songs. Top song - Down by the River
Easy listening. Love a guitar solo. Weak vocals... weak emotional impact...
Crazy Horse bringing the rock to Neil Young's folk, the start of a beautiful relationship.
Just can't get into Neil Young. His voice is just too wet and nothing in his lyrics grab me. Musically, this album is fine but IMHO, Young is too earnest but in a wishy washy way for the most part.
The review section is crazy here. Love Neil Young? 5 star album. Hate Neil Young? 1 star. Personally, I enjoyed this more than After the Gold Rush, which I gave 4 stars. The thing is, people comment about his voice (not good) and his lyrics (uninspired), and I agree, but I don't listen to Neil Young to be moved, I listen to hear some nice guitar playing. Neil absolutely shreds on this album, and I'd argue moreso than Gold Rush, which unless I'm mistaken is a more critically acclaimed album, hence my higher rating. 4.5
Cinnamon Girl - 4/5 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 4/5 Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) - 3/5 Down by the River - 5/5 The Losing End (When You’re On) - 3.5/5 Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) - 3/5 Cowgirl in the Sand - 4.5/5 As an introduction to Neil Young as a solo artist, this is a pretty good album for a first-time listener. It struggles a bit with the more slower songs but interestingly excels in the longer-form songs. Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are the best examples of this and are probably the best two tracks to come off this album. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Cinnamon Girl, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Down by the River
did not like the music in this. It wasn't my type of music at all. At first, the guitars and vibes matched what I liked, but it ended up boring me more than not.
This is the kind of music my mom would listen to in the car, singing her heart out while ten year old me would beg for her to please play something else. She'd respond by turning it up and singing louder
I enjoyed this album fine, it didn’t blow me away but it was pleasant to listen to! I generally like most of Neil Young’s work so I would say that this is a solid album and I would listen to it again.
Okej, fajnie spoko. Nie jest to oszałamiające, ale daje to pewne poczucie przytulności i nostalgii jednocześnie.
Damn good. I’m hoping this is one of many NY albums on the generator. This is one I often go back to. Pretty much flawless but yeah, Running Dry is a slog. The rest of it is terrific with several standouts. A great into to NY for new fans. Best: Cinnamon Girl Worst: Running Dry
“Cinnamon Girl” is the first song and it set up the album nicely for me. It’s an overall nice song to listen to. The first three songs I enjoyed. The song “Down by the river” is great but is a long song. It contains long bits of just the instruments though I like the beat it’s just not worth it same with “Cowgirl in the sand” although I like it a little bit more. I like the vibe of the album. I enjoyed the song “The Losing End”. Also the song “Running Dry” has this melancholic sound not only that but it’s heavy on the violin.
Tietysti toimii. Pitäisi kuunnella uudestaan kun ei jaksanut paneutua kunnolla. 3,75/5.
Well, the fact that he had a fever of 103 degree makes sense because I don’t know much what this is about. Something about cinnamon, shooting someone by the river, remorse, and a bit of a slog through emotional mud. That said, I kind of respect it. I mean, he wrote music while he had a fever of 103. It’s a hazy, rambling, weirdly honest, like flipping through his notebook and seeing moments of delirious truths.
All two stars are for "Down By The River".
good country rock album, easy listening but good vibes.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is a "decent" and technically solid entry in the challenge, but one that ultimately lacks the "replay value" to enter my personal rotation. While the LP doesn't feel "empty"—thanks to the "telepathic" interplay and great production on long-form tracks like "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand"—it fails to deliver that "triumphant" spark that makes a discovery feel essential.I can respect the "unrefined" musicianship and the "vintage" atmosphere Neil Young creates here, but it doesn't quite "unlock" a reason to return. A simple 3/5 that marks another high-quality but "low-stakes" detour in Month Two.
i loved it
A country song which is nice. But not up my taste
Damn. For reasons unknown to me, I had never been familiar with Neil Young's work before. And what an amazing discovery it is. The vocals and guitar playing are both excellent. Incredibly good, especially for 1969.
The dictionary definition of Tedium. Make the boring man go away, mummy!
i try to get Neil Young but i almost always come up short. not really so much here though. the title track and Down by the River are both pretty standout country rock songs. it doesn't go 7 for 7 but i get the appeal. deserves to be one of the 1001? i mean i do see the argument but you gotta cut some of these Neil Young albums man
Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River, and Cowgirl in the Sand all on one album is absolutely filthy work and more than enough to make up for this album being 57.1% filler tracks.
The middle of Kansas?
Ich will mit KI einen endlosen Gitarren-Track im „Cowgirl in the Sand“-Stil machen...
Loved it! I’m a big Neil Young fan, knew some of these songs from the Live Rust album but hadn’t heard this whole album before. Cinnamon Girl is an all-time classic from the Godfather of Grunge. I also enjoyed Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand but really the whole album is right up my alley and will definitely be coming in for repeated listens over the coming week.
Nice, calm, summer with your granparents when you was a kid
omg shut up neil.
This one really grew on me. Some great chilled tunes and the sounds is really interesting. Interesting background to how they recorded the album with very few rehearsals before recording.
This album was awesome, ESPECIALLY the back half.
Like Neil young but this was new to me. Bit mixed but some good songs and the rest was inoffensive
short album but really sweet. i'm a big fan of neil's voice, especially loved round & round. have never been big on country type stuff but this got me somewhere deep down
this is the greatest album to ever exist in the history of albums. easily neil's best. perfect music all around.
neil young. classic!! hard to rank his discography but all i know is this is a good one
60’s Rock ⭐️Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
Relaxing and a little rough around the edges. Faves: Cinnamon Girl, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, The Losing End
Not normally my thing but some of the guitar work on this is gritty and very bluesy. A few more straightforward C&W style tunes that didn't float my boat. Made it onto my Liked list...
I thought the album was ok. Expected to like it more tbh. 1 song saved
Surprisingly good
Classic album by a goat! 7.6/10
I think his biggest strength is the instrumentation.
It was OK I gave it a 77/100 I’m interested in checking out his other stuff though. Favorite Track(s): Down By The River
As if to prove my point from my comments on yesterdays album, the algorithm does me a dirty and delivers me yet another Neil Young album, this time with Crazy Horse. I hadn't heard this before but I do know a couple of the songs from it. It's another great one, Young was really on fire for this stretch of albums. This has a raw energy to it that he perhaps polished a little more on later releases but I enjoy the rough and readiness here.
There were some really good songs in there and some….. not so much. It got pretty old by the end of the 40 minutes but I see myself listening to som of the songs again
A good listen. I'm not sure about the 9 minute song in the middle of the album, maybe disrupted the flow a bit, but apart from that I liked it.
Slightly dull at time but generally pleasant and inoffensive.
I really really love neil young and whilst i recognised alot of the songs on this album, i was slightly disappointed in his lack of differentiation nothing wowed me, it was just ok
Neil Young just can't illicit any emotion in me. He is a mid artist with a mid sound. I get why some people hate him and I get why some people love him. I am neither.
Neil young baby
Was a four initially, but I had lost some enthusiasm come the end
nja whatereber großer name und..? c
So many hits I liked it
There’s a nostalgia here for a time I never lived (I’m a ’90s baby), but this album completely transported me like I could’ve existed in that era. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere has that lazy 70s hanging-out energy. Standouts: Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River, Cowgirl in the Sand, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1969 released das album hab ich schon gekannt. Es ist in einer alten Spotify-Playlist von mir (Home) Gute Songs, aber hald schon recht folky, dahindudelnd. Cinnamon Girl, Round & Round, Down by the River (wenn's 6 min kürzer wär)
Not bad
This is a 3-star album with a 1-star singer, which averages it out to a 2.
Second times a charm! After a somewhat directionless debut Neil Young is confidently congealed on his sophomore solo.
for lange numer stopede halvajs
Good album. Not a massive fan of Neil Young but this second album with Crazy Horse musician’s is good.
Really ordinary listening experience. 40 minute record of which 20 minutes is two songs of late sixties wig outs. It is just plain boring, he's not fully developed his songwriting chops and Crazy Horse are pedestrian. Don't' bother deadbeats.
Scene: Reprise Records executive office, 1969. A balding man in a three-piece suit is languidly smoking a large cigar with his feet up on the mahogany desk. The phone rings, and he answers it. We only hear his side of the conversation. "Neil, baby! Long time, no hear. Just heard the demo of the new album you sent over, some great material there. That 'Cinnamon Girl' is going to sell a million copies! And that song where you suddenly shoot your girlfriend for no reason is just hilarious -- shot her for no reason at all! I'll book some studio time right away. Who do you think for the band? Keltner? Wachtel? Who else? Do you think Stills or Crosby would do a guest spot?" There is a lengthy pause while the person on the other end of the line speaks. "What do you mean 'that's the album'? Aren't you going to record it properly? Get a producer to arrange the songs? Finish the lyrics? Tune the guitars, at least!" Further speaking on the end of the phone. The executive rises to his feet, now shouting. "What is this shit, Young? You can't just dump a turd like this and say 'it's my new album'. I know what your contract says, but for chrissakes, Neil, you're killing me here - fuck you!" He slams down the phone receiver, picks up his cigar and stares out the window, slowly shaking his head.
I've not considered myself much of a Neil Young fan from what I've heard. The album started the way I expected and I anticipated I wouldn't enjoy anything, but I will admit the longer tracks took me by surprise and from "Down by the River" to the end I thought they were all solid tracks. I found myself really enjoying the vibe and some of the guitar work. I take everything as it comes and as I enjoyed about half the album, a 3 star rating is about fair. Not my regulsr style but you can still be surprised.
Yet another singer with a nasal, whiney voice. But Neil Young gets away with this. I like most of his early works - must be my age - so 5 for Down By The River and Cowgirl and to spite everyone who gave it 1. You wankers probably love shit like Oasis.
Running dry reminds me of ween's 12 golden country hits
The instrumentals in 'Down by the River' are very nice like 'Running Dry' too instrumentals in general are just great
Очень крутой кантри альбом, даже буду слушать некоторые песни
3/5
Round & round buenísima con armonías muy bellas y amé lo rokero q se sintió cowgirl in the sand, mis dos favs del album. De fijo se siente como q está hecho con identidad gringa muy en mente, entonces obvio no me llega mucho. Pero musicalmente, los solos de guitarra y así, muy divertidos. Me encantó el arte de portada tmb :)
No one song stands out as a real winner but overall easy listening. Love Neil young, just not one of his more memorable installations.
I am almost exactly as old as this album. Neil's guitar is just .. well how do you describe genius? A true master at his craft and a one of a kind sound at only 23. I like the clean track sequence too, starting with one my favorites, Cinnamon Girl - slaps you to attention & is just bangin! Then a honky track followed by super slow & quiet. Smack in the middle, 9 min of blliss w Down by the River (I'd have given a 5 just for 1,4 & 7), then honky, the slow Running dry. Close it out with the gorgeous Cowgirl in the Sand. Good lord! Just aMAZING.
Debut with Crazy Horse. A true original. 1969 nobody sounds like this. I love the blend of country harmonies and raw exploratory jams like Cowgirl & DBTR which forged a template they have been using for the last 56 years. Stu & I saw them in May 2024 and the boys still bring that overdriven hard rockin’ rebel attitude!
Humbly audacious. Down by the River is 557 seconds of sonic perfection.
"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" by Neil Young with Crazy Horse is an album I did not have much experience with before, as I have never really listened to Neil Young all that much. Overall, it felt like a perfectly ok record. It is a nice mix of straight rock and folk rock, with Crazy Horse giving the songs a bit more grit. Still, nothing on the album really stood out to me, and there is not a whole lot to say about it. It is not bad at all, just nothing particularly special either. All in all, it was fine, but it did not leave much of an impression.
Bland country with a distortion pedal with awful singing and worse vocalisations
Parts of this we're beautiful but I lacked interest.
Had it love him
"Cinnamon girl" is great, I've always loved that song, "Down by the river" was pretty good when he wasn't singing but the rest of this album is not for me, I really dislike his singing voice. Some of the jam sessions were kind of boring and wandered around but it was better than I expected it to be. I think i'll go with a 3 here
I really don't understand how Neil Young has 7 albums on this list. 8 if you count the CSNY album. The opening track, Cinnamon Girl, is quite good. So is track 3, Round & Round. The rest of the album was either uninteresting or actively annoying. There are two tracks on here that are over 9 minutes long. I love prog and jazz and symphonic music so I have no inherent bias against long songs. Neil Young does not do anything in his music that justifies 9+ minute songs. 1.5 stars rounded up to 2.
Untouchable
Classic Neil throwback
Enjoyed the stripped, rawness of this
Very good
Neil at his rocking best. Nobody else can take a one note guitar solo and get away with it. 4 absolutely stellar songs (Cinnamon Girl, Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand) make up for the decidedly average make-weights.
This is the third Neil Young I've had, I think, and it all very much hits the same. I admire the man, I like his voice, some of the songs are pretty great, but I'm often bored.
What an amazing album. Great tunes, production is perfect
This is a hard album for me to review, not because it's a bad album or that it's polarizing or anything that would drive me one way or the other. The word that came to my mind when listening to it is just "eh". It's not bad, I'm just not interested in it. Neil Young is old man music. He and Crazy Horse are crazy talented, both lyrically and musically, but I just don't care enough about it. Sure, they can put some licks together, but I'm just not interested enough to enjoy it. It's fine.
Cinnamon Girl is a surprisingly hard rocking opener, but the side is anchored by Down by the River, the rambling epic with its sultry bassline and guitar licks. On side two, Running Dry is another winner, dirge-like with noisy violins. Then the long closer, Cowgirl in the Sand, hits immediately with the best groove on the record and some of the best guitar work. I think this is better than Down by the River. It's a great sounding record in stereo. Satisfying guitar and bass tone and Neil's voice is excellent here. Not everything can live up to the quality of the two long songs, but it doesn't really matter. Apologies to Mr. Young, I was unfamiliar with your game.
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Great - Fantastic solo debut. Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are stunners, Cinnamon Girl is a very strong opener as well.
Pretty easy rock. Never really listened to Young, but I enjoyed it more than I expected. Good variety. Standouts: Cinnamon Girl Everybody knows this is nowhere Cowgirl in the Sand 4
Generally, I liked the sound of the album. I will definitely listen to some of the songs, but I wouldn't say it will be one of my top albums.
Liked "everybody knows this is nowhere" and "running dry", rest sounded rather bland
I didn’t think I’d feel this way about a Neil Young album but… I do.
5, love this record
“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.” Arthur Schopenhauer 1 Deluded, clodhopping nonsense from Neil Young and his merry band of mediocrities. As usual. 1/5
Oh yea I like this. Get me a Ford Pickup, the plains are calling.
Inoffensive
Our own decisions
Pretty average
Scruffy
The start of his golden period
Jeez another Neil Young’s album for this week. I preferred this one though because it had more variation and it was more energetic. Liked the violin on “Running Dry”.
cover art is giving cool dude energy we love mountains and dogs but ik that’s not what I’m supposed to be evaluating… listened to this while studying and it was mellow enough to be good study music but I do NOT like the song about shooting someone down by the river. jail. the violin in running dry was awesome tho
It’s giving sad vibes but I’m not loving it
I said to myself "I'm not going to like this album" and then I didn't mind it. Although for some reason I did feel like I should be staring at an empty apartment before I close the door and fade out to a time in my life. It just has that vibe.
country jakies
Nice folk album, just not my preferred style of music.
Cinnamon Girl was unexpectedly upbeat for Neil Young. The middle of the album was what I expected - drawling, folksy, thin. Running Dry and Cowgirl in the Sand were great, vibey, with long instrumental excursions that kept my interest.
Great lyrics and sound. Southern twangy rock but not in a bad way.
Played it through a couple of times - forgot it was on. Not bad, but not memorable. I much prefer Young's later stuff.
feels dated. i guess good for the time but it very much has the "this is your dad's rock album" vibe
Jeg tror ikke Neil Young er for meg… jeg er ikke en dadrock type of gal for det meste
Not sure what I expected but this was incredibly pleasant. I feel like I'm slowly puffing on a cigar, rocking in a chair while watching the sunset over the mountain range. Faithful dog by my side. No where to be, nothing to do but enjoy the earth and its beauty. At peace. Definitely "grandpa" music but I genuinely enjoyed this. Stand out is Running Dry, but this is definitely a full album listening experience! 8/10
Dusty, lonely, and beautifully stubborn. Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: This album feels like wide open space and unresolved feelings. Rough, simple, and emotionally honest in that way Neil Young does where it sounds casual but cuts deep. Favorite Track: Cowgirl in the Sand. Wandering, haunted, and strangely peaceful.
7.4
A different style than I usually listen to- kinda folky. There were a couple of songs that I liked, but the end of the album was somber and dragged.
Its really pretty, I think I would have really enjoyed it more if I could have been sitting around a fire or out in nature but overall it was still enjoyable.
This is some great guitar playing. Really enjoy the creative guitar riffing. I like it more each time I listen to it!
Thwop!! Cinnamon Girl and that baller riff kick things off REALLY well. Neil spends the rest of the record doing what Neil does well, ambles around the campfire with various tales of life. If some songs go on for so long it’s because Neil is letting the music breathe, as heard on Down By The River and Cowgirl In The Sand.
I really enjoyed this. I guess this was very unrehearsed and they were all new to playing together. He wanted to show the sounds that naturally came out of them without much tweaking. I'd say they vibed well off the bat! There's a softness to this that feels very cozy and homey. He's a great songwriter too.
The pinnacle of "Sitting around the living room with your boys talking shit and passing around a joint" rock music. Thumbs up.
Love Neil young this was fire
Not my usual listening style. Calm, chilled. Pleasantly surprised.
idkkk
I liked it!
It was good vary country and old but good need to listen again
hic bana gore deil ya asiri sikici hicbir sey olmuyor goze carpan bir noktasi yok sesi bu boslugu dolduracak kadar iyi degil
A classic listen I used to grow up with.
Best wel saai Soms mooie instrumentele solo’s die wel leuk zijn Zang word je snel moe van
There are maybe a few ear worms like Down by the river and Round and Round that I could listen to again. But his music is really not my kind of thing- very slow, quiet, almost 'thin' production wise, quite dull, and I especially did not like Running Dry.
Really enjoyed this. Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River and Cowgirl in the Sand all very good. Solid instrumentation, very little nasal whining and even the long guitar noodling ones were good. Laid back country rock. Glad the fiddle was only prominent on just the one track. And Round and Round track less enjoyable. 4.3
Was feeling Neil Young ennui heading into this one but really enjoyed the longer jammy tracks, not sure the other albums so far had this. The Clear influence on Wilco was interesting. Ended up going 4 for 4 for 4 stars so far, but this May be the one I will return too most again.
Not my favourite of the 326 Neil Young albums in the list. Doesn’t really go anywhere until the final track, which is a stone groove.
Alright
Really good. Almost a five but will hold off for rust never sleeps.
Might just be my favourite Neil Young album, has so many songs that I just utterly love. Kicking off with Cinnamon Girl, a riff that rhythmically embeds itself in you so that 4 hours later you’re still tapping along to it, slightly headbanging to it. He really is the GOAT, I love it. It’s a perfect album, it’s 5.0/5.0. 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Down By The River
Fuck me I forgot what a good album this is, every song is a perfect banger. He’s insane, he does simple stuff better than anyone. Best song has to be down by the river.
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Normally don't like extended jams in the middle of songs. Crazy Horse is the notable exception to this rule, and this album has two incredible long jams on it ("Down By the River" and "Cowgirl In the Sand"). Plus it has "Cinnamon Girl". A couple of the other songs don't quite rise to the levels of those three songs *cough* "The Losing End *cough*, but it's still a high 4 star album for me.
faixa 4 - Incrível instrumental mas infelizmente longa demais, aparentemente um problema comum do álbum.) Faixa 6 - Running Dry, tem uma pegada bem western. Faixa 7 - Outro incrível instrumental na introdução da musica, mas muito arrastada Final apenas 3 de 7 faixas me chamaram a atenção mas ao mesmo tempo me decepcionaram porque o álbum inteiro é me parece arrastado demais. Musicas desnecessariamente longas e repetitivas, apesar do incrível instrumental 3/5
Głosy tych dwóch artystów idealnie do siebie pasują. Gitara idealnie brzmi tu brzmi. Jest kilka fajnych piosenek ale ogólnie to niezbyt jest mój klimat.
Sounds like the soundtrack of an American road trip, one with highways through deserts and plains and valleys and whatever. I’m not American and also cannot drive but I have a great imagination. Ultimately not an album I would reach for but one that I don’t mind listening to.
When to listen: Fall, Berkshires, homey-vibes
not realy my vibe
Another Neil Young in my list already. This one is a bit brighter than on the beach, but still generic sounding for me
I never understood why Neil Young is known as the Godfather of Grunge until I heard this
Most of the songs on this fairly short album are loose and wiry, and many tumble on longer than necessary, but the upbeat numbers have a pleasant bounce and lilt to them, and the harmonies give it charm. The title track is a sunny island in the rolling sea of this album. ‘Down by the River’ rambles for an awfully long time, but it holds water as a punchy murder ballad. It’s not an album I would go back to time and time again, but it’s really nice to hear some of the formative music of the folk rock genre that may have inspired some of the modern artists I listen to now.
cinnamon girl be groovy asl everybody knows this is nowhere lalalalaallalaaa round & round vibez i like acoustic down by the river very long the losing end also groovy but not AS groovy running dry is soooo arthur morgan wild wild west cowgirl in the sand pretty good but long 3.5/5
ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND WE SPIN!!!!!!!!!! i know that down by the river is probably highly regarded but i didn't LOVE it only because i feel like it was one constant guitar solo. i thought it was a cool song, however did not feel it was worth putting on a playlist like how i felt with 'everybody knows this is nowhere' and 'round & round' and 'the losing end' i really enjoyed running dry i liked the lyrics a lot and it was a nice switch up from the other songs in the album. i was not expecting that lengthy strings solo i enjoyed cowgirl in the sand, i knew what i was getting into with it being 10 minutes long, so i expected more of insanely long solos. however, i sort of enjoyed the neverending soloing because it differed from music in the 21st century with programmed outlines that describe rules for music.
Cinnamon Girl - overdrive guitar and tight vocals. Good for road trip montage. Interesting bridge that goes off the main idea. Dark outro. 8.7/10 Everybody knows this is nowhere - interesting timing and progression. Small town feeling lyrics. Silly background vox. Easy drummin. Simple and sweet 8.3/10 Round and Round (It won't be long) - Sweet acoustic strumming and tender vocal harmonies. Makes me want to learn it. Sunset sounds and yearning words. Waltzing. 9.1/10 Down by the River - Cool and quiet. Nighttime stroll or drive. Floaty harmonies that harken back to the early 60s. Bad boy chorus. Very long. Guitar solo city. 8.4/10 The losing end (when you're on) - independent guy making his way through life. Very classic chords almost beatly. Drums are kind of grating. A little silly. 8.0/10 Running dry (requiem for the rockets) - violin/fiddle and 6/8 makes it feel almost Irish. A little slow for my taste. 7.8/10 Cowgirl in the sand - rolling fingerpicked electric intro. Sounds like a finale. Also very long but fittingly so. 8.8/10 Average - 8.44
A classic. Down By The River and Cowgirl in the Sand. Proto-Lofi. 9.5/10
I listened to half of this
good but not my style
Four excellent songs, Cinnamon, River, Corwgirl, and the title track. Two good songs Losing end and Running Dry. One mediocre track Round and Round
Bit of country rock, really big fan of this genre….have added some songs to my liked playlist, however the songs seem to go on forever. Brilliant guitar in ‘down by the river’ 7/10
Liked it, good background cooking music would listen again
This album wouldn't be something I usually listen to, even if it is oldie's music which I love. It kind of makes me feel like a cowboy sitting outside his log house watching the sunset. Even though its a longer song, I really like Down By The River.
i enjoyed but it wasn't quite my style
Great record
I like the idea of Neil Young better than I like Neil Young. Cinnamon Girl is a terrific song. I like cover versions better. In 1969 this was probably a good record. The playing is capable but the songs are too long by half. Noodling is for practice it shouldn’t be committed to vinyl. Same thing live. Skip the guitar solos or any solos for that matter. Be concise. Have a message. Communicate. Inspire. Unfortunately, none of these apply to this record. Sounds great though. Well produced. Just a little dull. And in a world where people can listen to Neil’s whining (and I’m Canadian and Neil is a legend) without going - whoa - that dudes got a shitty voice - this record is a tough listen precisely because his weakness is himself. Imagine these songs with an actual vocalist with a tone that doesn’t cause digs to shit themselves when they hear his voice (as my dog did when I pit this on). This would be a notch better imo. Not good, but better. Don’t forget the noodling. If you excuse the lengthy noodling, replace Neil, then you’d have a good record. 3/5 because Neil is Canadian.
I quite liked this album, great vibe
Neil Young er et kjent navn for meg, men jeg har til gode å utforske katalogen hans. Melankolsk og behagelig country-rock her. Virkelig bra ved andre-tredje lytt. La oss si fem stjerner da. Cinnamon Girl må for øvrig ha vært en inspirasjonskilde for Bowie. Top 3: Down by the River, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
First Listen; 4.5; Really enjoy how crunchy and punchy many of these songs are. There is a lot of jamming and noodling throughout, but it comes through with enough emotion and effort that it works well. There's also a lot of dark, driving moments that are counterbalanced by a chorus that opens things up and lets things breathe. Can't believe that I never listened to this album before. I love songs that just jam on open chords, and this nails that sound perfectly. Favorite Tracks: Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River
As a fan of Neil Young, I’ve always struggled with understanding him, as I’ve formed an opinion of him as a grouchy genius couple contrarian musician who would turn on you the moment you agreed with him. This is the pioneering album for his heavy sound with Crazy Horse, which would later make him the “godfather of grunge” in the early 90s: it’s several of the big hits mixed in with listenable cuts on par with the country rock sound that Young and his contemporaries (like The Grateful Dead) would kind of accidentally create. This album never seems to crack a top 100 rock album list for some reason — it’s probably one more classic cut away — but it’s still really great and should be in a vinyl collection.
7/10
It wasn’t really my taste of music
This was a solid reintroduction to Neil Young (I listened to Harvest a few years back). The vocals took me out of the album often, which is strange, considering Young is known for his vocals. The music was stellar though, easily proving this as a great album. The longer the song was, the better it sounded (in most instances). Gotta say, Cinnamon Girl near ruined this album. It is a dissatisfying first track to an otherwise decent folk rock album. The lyrics, the music, the vocals--god, the vocals--worried me for what I was listening to. Thankfully, it only got better, for the most part. Best Tracks (in no particular order): - Cowgirl in the Sand - Down by the River - The Losing End (When You're On)
idk it’s like kinda funky but like it’s also kinda like a good mix between like old/classic but not like to old?
On the basis of hearing 1 Neil Young song in my life ("Old Man") I expected this album to contain a lot more whinging and much less (no?) Electric Guitar. I was very wrong and this jammed very hard. What a sound, 4.5 stars
Neil is so much better than those maga pussies like Morgan waa-waa
Great album, one of my favourite’s from Neil young.
The first truly great album by my all time favourite artist. Neil wrote Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River and Cowgirl in the Sand in a single day whilst suffering from a fever. He did more for music in one afternoon than most artists achieve in their lifetime… and we’re lucky enough to have another 50+ years of the crazy bastard. The easiest of 5 stars.
incredible album. good high energy heavy distortion electric guitar tracks combined with slower, acoustic, folkier pieces make this an emotionally and sonically interesting album.
Every song is good, few are great
Voi eemeli kuinka chilliä meininkiä!
Actually pretty good!
Empecé a escuchar este álbum sin ninguna expectativa y sin saber absolutamente nada de Neil Young & Crazy Horse, y me sorprendió lo mucho que me gustó. Es un álbum sin skips, primer gran descubrimiento gracias a este sitio 𖹭
I love most of these songs.
I really enjoyed this album. There are some great base lines especially on Cowgirl in the sand and down by the river
Χριστουγεννιάτικα
loved some of the instrumentals and really enjoyed Round and Round(it won’t be long). However nothing else on the album really stood out to me. Personally, It was okay, I might not revisit (except for the song Round and Round) but I can see what makes the album significant.
mid
Really good background music. On the boring (though well produced) side when actively listening.
I've shared my thoughts on Neil Young, once I got hooked, I was really hooked. I'm not sure if there is an album of his I don't have, either in vinyl, CD, or electronic file. This one is a really great one.
This is so badass. Neil Young is 2 for 2 so far on this list. Never heard this one before and it might become a favorite.
C’était vraiment très sympa à écouter!
It was a lovely experience to listen to this album!
Surprised by this one, because I like Neil Young, and I was utterly bored by this. Not sure if he hadn't really gotten his groove yet but that doesn't seem like it should be the case. Cinnamon Girl I know, everything else kind of plodded along at seemingly the same meter. Won't be revisiting this one.
Overall soundscape is definitely to my liking, but none of the material is super memorable. Vocals could be better. Idk. I enjoyed my time with it but it's likely a one and done. Best tunes: round & round (it won’t be long), down by the river, the losing end (when you’re on), cowgirl in the sand
My least favourite Neil Young album on the list so far. Yawn.
Seichter Sound der Endsechsiger aber ohne Genialen Momente, ok aber nicht mehr.
-good album I think my favorite song is cinnamon girl or the losing end -remind me of sublime a little
1. cinnamon girl is very catchy, something I’ll listen to on a road trip tbh or when I’m feeling late 60s/early 70s, iykyk. 2. Everyone Knows This is Nowhere, not my personal favorite but I’m chill with it. I know you country folks know this by heart. 3. Round and Round, I would definitely listen to this if I’m feeling folky or on a rainy day when I’m isolating myself or just wanna relax alone. 4. Down By the River, is this a confession to mvder?? Son?? What?? 5. The Losing End, I’m sorry that person did you dirty son. I hope you emotionally recovered after that experience. 6. Running dry, I can feel the emotions thru the instruments rather than the vocals. Like damn son, what happened. 7. Cowgirl In the Sand, WOAHHHH HOLD UP ‘OLD ENOUGH TO CHANGE YOUR NAME’ I forgot yall folks was something else back then. I like the instrumentals but damn… mmm idk Overall, 3/10. 2/3 songs I liked however not my cup of tea. Thank you tho.
Fav: Down By The River Least Fav: Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) Didn’t find a single crazy horse
Outstanding album. I was only familiar with two of these songs when I first turned on the record, and even then not super familiar. It’s weird, because I feel like I’ve heard a lot of Neil Young in my life, but this seems like kind of a quintessential album that has never come to my attention. Throughout most of the songs, there’s a driving groove that makes the long, contemplative (but never too complex) guitar (and fiddle?) solos feel lively and crisp. I say this is someone who finds jam bands extremely dull (see: my review of the Allman Brothers’ “Live at Fillmore East,” the album I listened to yesterday). I’ll probably be picking a copy of this up on vinyl, or at the very least streaming it again in the near future.
I really liked some of these songs, and I really lime Neil Young as an artist. But I wasn’t blown away by this album in general. The sound is cohesive but not my favorite. Top Songs: Cinnamon Girl, Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)
While it started as a fun project to (maybe) discover some unknown albums and possibly even gold nuggets in the form of priceless music, I find this list more and more tedious. Being only at the 140th album of the 1001 I'm supposed to listen to, it seems that my musical knowledge and preferences are much better organized than this author(s)' list. Neil Young isn't helping either - or maybe not at all. I truly think this is the most overrated artist on this list, apart from, of course, Meat Loaf. This album is slightly better than "On the Beach", but that's only due to some rock jams with Crazy Horse. But as soon as they start to play country, with Neil's whining on top of that, I give up. 2/5
Cinnamon Girl starts off the album strong, but it meanders. I didnt really like this at all. It felt like men going through a midlife crisis trying to live out their rockstar dreams of their youth. 1 star.
bit boring
Unfortunately not really my taste
I respect Neil Young in theory, but in practice this album is rough, grating, and nowhere near Harvest-level emotional payoff.
Oh, come on ... Neil Young? Again?!? *sigh* Well, at least he's not singing solo most of the time on this album, so his whiny voice isn't front and center, but, really, that's hardly enough to warrant an inclusion in this list. 2/5
Kinda folksy, but I dig it
A little disappointed given I was told this was his best album. He's definitely better with Crazy Horse than without. 3 solid albums from that combo now which is more that most artists produce
I've seen mostly polarising reviews, and not sure why. The album is actually not bad, yet also certainly not awesome. 6/10
Classic. Folky but very good.
Classic Neil
I liked this album, especially due to its acid/psych rock tones.
Dear author of the book your preferences are showing again. I am writing this before I even listen to the album but do we really need this much Neil Young on this list, and in life in general. A lot of people might come to his defense because he is 'political' and maybe talk about his 'battle with Spotify'. Sure, he did pull his music, briefly, from Spotify but I do believe you can still listen to it there because in the end he sucks. There are plenty of reasons for artists to pull their music from Spotify but if you're going to do it you need to do it and do permanently. Like most shitty boomers who like to think they solved civil rights, war, and all the other bullshit from the 60's and 70's, Neil Young has pulled the ladder up behind him after making it big. Fuck the newer artists who won't get the same royalties as him he got his. Cinnamon girl is a great song there are better covers of it out there but it's nice to hear it. The rest of this is the same old bullshit from Neil Young.
Chill
never listened to neil young before but this is a certified cozy album would listen to this as i fall asleep on a train at night favs! - round & round (it won't be long) - down by the river
This is one overrepresented artist, even if the album isn't all that bad.
Yeah, dude we all know.
Folkrock, 1969 -> 2
I’ve only heard some of these songs in a greatest hits context so it was nice hearing them sprinkled in with some songs I’ve never heard. Definitely an essential Neil Young album. Favorite tracks: down by the river, cowgirl in the sand
I’m starting to think that rating an album after hearing it once it’s too hard, so I listened to this twice. There’s something about Neil Young that gets to my soul. Overall really good songs, I particularly liked The Losing End
Like this one
This album has a few moments, but mostly in my opinion, very bland. I almost begin to feel like an album like this released today, against the amazing stuff artists are doing, would not even get a look. Almost like would a basketball player from the 60’s even be able to make a modern day team? Just the feeling I get when I listen to some older albums.
Nice album. A few very good songs and a few that are less interesting.
1- musique douce pour commencer j'aime bien, 8/10 2- on dirait plus de la country j'aime un peu moins, 6/10 3- musique pour pleurer, 9/10 4- 9 minutes?? 6/10 5- ça va, 7/10 J'ai pas finis, j'ai l'impression d'entendre toujours la même chose, je trouve que c'est souvent ça avec ce genre de musique, très bien au début mais plus on écoute plus on s'ennuie
Loved it. Timeless. Hadn’t really listened to much of Neil Young’s older stuff and this was incredible.
Great instrumentation. Good lyrics.
reminds me of pink floyd a little bit, not sure if thats crazy. enjoyable instrumental work, great vocals and engaging rock elements throughout
Straight gas loved every song. Cowgirl in the sand is always a classic but my new fav is the losing end! Never heard her before
Very country rock, usually not my style. Album's target market is probably not me, and that's okay.
I liked it well enough, don't really have much more to say.
This was no good, overrated artist
Great album. Maybe not the best of Neil Young but still great with amazing songs.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse at their best. The classics like Cinnamon Girl and Down by the River are here but there’s not a bad song on this record. Round and Round is an underrated gem.
It's a huge task to stay on the level of an opener like Cinnamon Girl, but Neil Young and Crazy Horse nail it. Very, very solid. No skips.
Favourite Track: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
I enjoyed listening to this again so much I put the Fillmore East 1970 set on straight after.