1001 Albums Summary

Neil Young’s 2nd solo album, you can hear his sound starting to expand from his time in Buffalo Springfield and become much more experimental. The track order does a good job spacing out the lengthier songs which kept me engaged. Down by the River is by far the best track on this album. If I had to mark a point when the 70s really began for music, it would be somewhere between this album and the altamont free concert. you can most definitely hear this albums influence not only through the 70s but beyond, which definitely adds to it’s perceived timelessness. This can be confidently cited as the starting point of Neil earning his title as "the godfather of grunge" HOWEVER Neil and Crazy Horse will go on to make much better albums than this.

2 Hours of my life i’m not getting back. Don’t remember a single thing that happened in this album. AWFUL

not bad, not amazing. Inoffensive chord based songs, a few catchy melodies, nothing wowed me. 2.5 stars if i could

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out is the best song on this album. lyrical masterpiece and beautifully emotional. “And if a double-decker bus / crashes into us, / to die by your side / is such a heavenly way to die.” The melodrama might bother you. But think of what it takes to write that line: A strong identification with the other person, brought about by a sense of near-total aloneness. A powerful, heart-wrecking love. A feeling that life is worthless enough that, sure, let a double-decker bus take it. Isn’t the melodrama fitting? Can’t you just let it compel you?

The rolling stones have so many better albums/songs. This was just okay.

solid 70s rock album, started off strong and kept me engaged through the whole thing

i liked it okay

3.5 really

4.5

2.5

4.5 love queen’s fantasy rock era

same rating i gave everybody knows this is nowhere, I like this album, but Neil still has better stuff

amazing album