Neil Young's Best
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Topic: Neil Young's Best
Posted By: Alitare
Subject: Neil Young's Best
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 21:55
| My personal favorites are After the Gold Rush and Weld, with the nod going to Weld - which is probably my favorite live album, ever. This list was culled from my favorite twelve albums in his catalog. Although, admittedly, Freedom and American Stars N' Bars are only there for a few songs, each. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 22:43
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I don't know his catalog nearly well enough to say, but I get a lot of enjoyment from Prairie Wind, just a fine collection of songs |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:08
| Of the ones I own, it'd be a toss up between Freedom and Harvest. Harvest is masterly but Freedom was my introduction to the man's work and is good to boot. |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:11
| Keep on Dockin' in the pee gourd! Aww, great song. Ever heard 'Rust Never Sleeps'? It's like a shorter, more consistent Freedom with the same double song acou/electro shtick. Released ten years prior, too. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:51
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Honestly, perhaps the most consistent single album from Neil in the style I like most would be Living With War. I love almost every track. Maybe if it were rawer and recorded live with some extended solos and a grungier feel like Greendale or Freedom, it would be orgasm town. I do like Decade because it gets a lot of what I like about Neil and skips a lot of the meh. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 00:19
No, I've never heard it, I should check it out!
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Alitare wrote:Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 03:54
| Hell of a songwriter and a damn good guitar player. ATGR. |
Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 05:32
| Oh god, so hard to choose. I picked On the Beach but I'd say more or less all the ones you've picked out there are classics, with the exception of American Stars and Bars. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 09:59
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After the Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere are pretty close.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 13:35
| On the beach, Harvest and everybody knows....Top of Neil for me |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 19:37
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Gave my vote to Harvest as it hadn't actually got one yet. Probably his warmest album, with stellar song after stellar song. But I nearly went with On the Beach' too and After the Goldrush. Both were close ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 19:55
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oh man. Ummmmm I will be different than everyone else so far and go with Zuma. Cortez The Killer is amazing.
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 19:58
| ^^^ When he rips Cortez the Killer out live I always have a smile on my face. To be honest, I don't see why Cortez couldn't have been on On the Beach - it's the perfect antithesis to Revolution Blue. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 20:34
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I can see Tonight's The Night is getting no love, so that's my choice. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 06:13
Time fade away is still not available on cd but this album is among the best Neil releases 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 06:48
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I´m probably his biggest fan east of Belgium, and I own all but 2 or 3 of his releases. I think he´s up there with Dylan, Bowie, Cohen and Reed regarding songwriting. He blows all of those out of the water on guitar though. I love Weld too, and I think it renewed Neil´s interest in music. Weld owes a great deal of inspiration to Sonic Youth and the screaming feedback screeches and noises they brought to the fore. Neil was very impressed with this, and all over Weld you´ll hear him punishing the airwaves with his sonic exorcisms. He´s not the fastest gunslinger in town, but he sure packs a punch to be reckoned with. Like a hurricane? Quite. I could vote for nearly every album featured here, but my heart says Zuma - so there you go. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 22:27
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Had to go with Rust Never Sleeps. It is a brilliant reinvention of himself for the punk era, and the last great album of the 70s. Of course, Harvest, After the Goldrush and Everybody Knows this is Nowhere are all brililant as well. And whether with a band or solo, Ol' Neil has put on some of the best concerts I've seen over the years. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 22:32
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Tonights the Night |