Neil Young recommendations

For me Young is "After the gold rush" and "Harvest".

...and Zuma and "Tonight's the Night" and especially 'On the Beach' etc etc.

The recently released Live at Massey Hall in '71 is a fantastic place to start with young Young.

Ian

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
For me Young is "After the gold rush" and "Harvest".

The recently released Live at Massey Hall in '71 is a fantastic place to start with young Young.

That's me too. Decade is a good intro to older stuff too. So much good Neil stuff out there.

Ryan

Motion carried!!

ie I totally agree that NY's strongest material is encapsulated in those three albums - Harvest, After The Gold Rush and Live at Massey Hall. I would get them in that order, saving the live one to last.

Peter

Plenty of stuff out there but Neil's work is so diffuse it's very much horses for courses re what anyone would pick as his best stuff.

I'd include..Everybody knows this is no-where, Freedom, Live Rust, Live at The Massey Hall, Arc Weld, Sleeps with Angels as well as the aforementioned Harvest and After The Goldrush
..On The Beach tends to have his fans rather divided.

.....On balance I love his LOUD stuff (see "Weld" awesome guitar playing)
But ....his acoustic based work is loved by many fans perhaps more than when he is in his "Godfather of Grunge" mood ...most people would say avoid Trans + Re-Ac-Tor.

His greatest hits is indispensable as a collection for the car.....

American Stars and Bars. The album with Like a Hurricane.

After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Zuma, On the Beach, Decade, Greendale, Prairie Wind, Harvest Moon, Ragged Glory all good to excellent. I enjoy virtually everything except Tron, Arc Weld and his Rockabilly period. Live albums and bootlegs can be a bit hairy sonically but usually showcase his excellent guitar prowess.

Can't go wrong with anything from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere right through till Rust Never Sleeps. After this, things start to get well dodgy for a while (Life, Trans) but then he gets a second wind with Freedom, Ragged Glory, Sleeps With Angels and Harvest Moon.

Harvest, After the Gold Rush, On the Beach, Sleeps with Angels, Zuma

Everybody Knows
Harvest
After The Goldrush
Zuma
Ragged Glory
Weld
Unplugged
On The Beach
Live Rust
Rust Never Sleeps
Massey
Fillmore
Harvest Moon

You can't go wrong with any of the above.

His most depressing album which is not to everyones taste is his Tonight's the Night dedicated to Danny Whitten.

Avoid his Geffen years like the bubonic plague.

Cheers guys.....obviously a fairly comprehensive list. I think i wil take ones that keep cropping up and start with them. I do like Freedom and Living with War is simple but a superb rebel record.

Forgot to mention, i also have Mirrorball...his collaboration with Pearl Jam which is superb. Anyone who likes his 'louder' stuff would do well to check it out.

Again thanks

Ryan

Ryan

Probe Records off Bold St are always well stocked for NY on Vinyl and CD.

I'd 2nd Sleeps With Angels. Just gets better with each listen and sounds superb.

regards
Richard S

quote:

Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

For me Young is "After the gold rush" and "Harvest".

Me, too, although I'd add Neil's first eponymous solo album:





This is his first solo album after leaving Buffalo Springfield, and it's a haunting and beautiful continuation of his brilliant work on Buffalo Springfield Again. I love it as much as After the Gold Rush and Harvest.

Although those three are my favorites, I'm also very fond of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma.

All best,
Fred

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Originally posted by fred simon:

quote:

Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

For me Young is "After the gold rush" and "Harvest".

Me, too, although I'd add Neil's first eponymous solo album:





This is his first solo album after leaving Buffalo Springfield, and it's a haunting and beautiful continuation of his brilliant work on Buffalo Springfield Again. I love it as much as After the Gold Rush and Harvest.

Although those three are my favorites, I'm also very fond of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma.

All best,
Fred

Ciao Fred!
I think that Neil's was perfect in those two albums.
Btw mine is a matter of fondness and nostalgia
as well.
I remember the day that a couple of friends and i got our coins together to buy a copy of "After the gold rush" to listen to in the sitting room of one of us that was the only one that had a working turntable (a black Pioneer rack) and cassettes deck to make some copies.

Also a shout for Live Rust DVD, one of the best concert movies ever. Effing awesome.

Edit:

Oops! Just remembered I don't like Ryan_d.

I've retracted my advice.

Oh well, looks like that Christmas card list is getting shorter.....

How petty.

Ryan

some very sound suggestions above. I'm stunned nobody has mentioned "comes a time". brilliant. file alongside "after the goldrush" and "harvest".

if you want something different, check out Neil and the shocking pinks 'everybody's rockin'. or Neil and the Blue Notes - 'this notes for you'. these albums are IMHO more successful project departures than (say) trans.

You can't really put a foot wrong with a Neil Young album. Must get me a copy of that Massey Hall disk.

cheers

Rico

yes, go grab yourself Massey Hall - but everybody's rockin??!!! I'm not!!

Peter

Ryan,

since you already own Decade, this covers all his material from Buffalo Springfield, CSNY and his solo albums up to Stars n Bars (1977. All his solo albums up to 1977 have already been mentioned and not a bad one amongst them aswell as Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust (1979)after that things become a bit hit and miss

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Originally posted by Rico:
You can't really put a foot wrong with a Neil Young album.

Hmm.. not sure, wouldn't recommend Hawks and Doves or Life to a newcomer.
Now, when the hell is Time Fades Away going to get a CD release?

Cheers guys, I've put a few on order. I've pick Harvest, After the Goldrush and Weld.

Will add to it as i go along, and as I now know what to avoid. Doesn't sound like theres that much to avoid by all accounts.

All the best

Ryan

Neil Young Unplugged is also excellent as is This Note's For You.

I also play Trans at full volume often.

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Originally posted by P:
Neil Young Unplugged is also excellent as is This Note's For You.

I also play Trans at full volume often.

<runs about a lot>

Wooo! Another Trans fan. We could form one of the world's smallest appreciation clubs.

P.S. Hi P. Blimey, elephants have shorter gestation periods than that post. Nearly three years! Nice to see you anyway.

Tonight's the night and the first Crazy Horse album are personal faves. The Crazy Horse is not NY, but goes hand in glove with his work from the period.

Also, check out Buffalo Springfield and CSNY. His later work can be a bit more challenging, but I always look forward to his releases. As Rico says, you can't really put a foot wrong.