Official Neil Young Thread

Newch91

Happy Birthday Neil!

Listening to the "Harvest Moon" album on YouTube and I realized: I need more Neil. I have:

After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Psychedelic Pill
Greatest His

My dad has Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere on vinyl.

Looking to you Neil experts on some albums I should get on CD. I already plan on getting EKTIN when I have more money. "Harvest Moon" is also on my list.

brianlux

Newch91 wrote:

Happy Birthday Neil!

Listening to the "Harvest Moon" album on YouTube and I realized: I need more Neil. I have:

After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Psychedelic Pill
Greatest His

My dad has Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere on vinyl.

Looking to you Neil experts on some albums I should get on CD. I already plan on getting EKTIN when I have more money. "Harvest Moon" is also on my list.

Whoa- yeah! Happy Birthday Neil!

Good start toward a Neil Young collect, Newch91. My suggestions for additions would be:

"Must Haves":
After the Gold Rush
Everybody Knows...
(these first two assuming you want your won copies)
Zuma
Rust Never Sleeps
Ragged Glory

More great Neil albums that are not as popular but excellent anyway (these, for me, are also must haves):
On The Beach
Tonight's the Night
Comes a Time
Sleeps With Angels
Mirror Ball
Broken Arrow
Year of The Horse
Living With War

Others I like a lot:
American Stars 'n Bars
Live Rust
Trans
Freedom
Weld
Harvest Moon
Silver and Gold
Americana

And for me, everything else I can get my hands on and afford because they're all at least worth checking out and everything has something good on it.

Let us know what you find.

Newch91

brianlux wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Happy Birthday Neil!

Listening to the "Harvest Moon" album on YouTube and I realized: I need more Neil. I have:

After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Psychedelic Pill
Greatest His

My dad has Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere on vinyl.

Looking to you Neil experts on some albums I should get on CD. I already plan on getting EKTIN when I have more money. "Harvest Moon" is also on my list.

Whoa- yeah! Happy Birthday Neil!

Good start toward a Neil Young collect, Newch91. My suggestions for additions would be:

"Must Haves":
After the Gold Rush
Everybody Knows...
(these first two assuming you want your won copies)
Zuma
Rust Never Sleeps
Ragged Glory

More great Neil albums that are not as popular but excellent anyway (these, for me, are also must haves):
On The Beach
Tonight's the Night
Comes a Time
Sleeps With Angels
Mirror Ball
Broken Arrow
Year of The Horse
Living With War

Others I like a lot:
American Stars 'n Bars
Live Rust
Trans
Freedom
Weld
Harvest Moon
Silver and Gold
Americana

And for me, everything else I can get my hands on and afford because they're all at least worth checking out and everything has something good on it.

Let us know what you find.

Thanks Brian! Appreciate the help!

I do own After the Gold Rush myself on CD, along with Harvest Psychedelic Pill. Right now, I definitely plan to get EKTIN and Harvest Moon on CD. I've been hearing great things about Live at Massey Hall. May throw in that one, as well, along with On the Beach.

goldrush

Newch91 wrote:

brianlux wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Happy Birthday Neil!

Listening to the "Harvest Moon" album on YouTube and I realized: I need more Neil. I have:

After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Psychedelic Pill
Greatest His

My dad has Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere on vinyl.

Looking to you Neil experts on some albums I should get on CD. I already plan on getting EKTIN when I have more money. "Harvest Moon" is also on my list.

Whoa- yeah! Happy Birthday Neil!

Good start toward a Neil Young collect, Newch91. My suggestions for additions would be:

"Must Haves":
After the Gold Rush
Everybody Knows...
(these first two assuming you want your won copies)
Zuma
Rust Never Sleeps
Ragged Glory

More great Neil albums that are not as popular but excellent anyway (these, for me, are also must haves):
On The Beach
Tonight's the Night
Comes a Time
Sleeps With Angels
Mirror Ball
Broken Arrow
Year of The Horse
Living With War

Others I like a lot:
American Stars 'n Bars
Live Rust
Trans
Freedom
Weld
Harvest Moon
Silver and Gold
Americana

And for me, everything else I can get my hands on and afford because they're all at least worth checking out and everything has something good on it.

Let us know what you find.

Thanks Brian! Appreciate the help!

I do own After the Gold Rush myself on CD, along with Harvest Psychedelic Pill. Right now, I definitely plan to get EKTIN and Harvest Moon on CD. I've been hearing great things about Live at Massey Hall. May throw in that one, as well, along with On the Beach.

Pretty much spot on recommendations Brian, although it's always tempting to say "Get them all!" when it comes to Neil.

I'd say On The Beach is a definite must have, it's just a fantastic record. Live At Massey Hall is one of the best live albums you'll hear so it's good to see you've got your eyes on that one.

The one thing I will say about Tonight's The Night - I always recommend it as a must-have, but you need to make sure you're ready for it. It's certainly not something to get if you're really new to Neil, but if you've already got an appreciation and can afford the time to really immerse yourself in it (the music, the history, the backstory etc) it's an unbelievable album.

backseatLover12

I can't think of one bad album, but my faves are:

Ragged Glory
Live Rust
Everyone knows this is Nowhere
Live at Massey Hall
Harvest Moon

And I still don't have On the Beach. Been meaning to get it for a while...

SVRDhand13

backseatLover12 wrote:

I can't think of one bad album, but my faves are:

Ragged Glory
Live Rust
Everyone knows this is Nowhere
Live at Massey Hall
Harvest Moon

And I still don't have On the Beach. Been meaning to get it for a while...

On the Beach is my favorite NY album and in my top 10 albums any artist all time. The only NY albums I do not enjoy are Everybody's Rockin and Reactor.

60s- His first album is okay and good to hear just to see where it started and his second album is a classic
70s- this material is phenomenal- every album is a must own
80s- I find at least some enjoyment from his other 80's albums that are not Everybody's Rockin and Reactor. You wouldnt miss much if you skipped everything but Freedom and Hawkes and Doves- I love both of them).
90s- Listen to Broken Arrow once and then store it away or return it to the library . The last track is an audience recording and pretty much un-listenable :? The rest is good
2000s- There are a few good scattered songs here and there but no great album released. I would suggest skipping it all and focusing on his other stuff.
2010's- get Le Noise and Psychedelic Pill- great solo album and great Crazy Horse album

Then just buy all his Live stuff and you're set

I ranked every NY and Bob Dylan albums about a year ago- I have to find those lists and share them here

vant0037

I buy just about every used Neil album I find. I've got multiples of:

Neil Young
Harvest
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After The Gold Rush
Time Fades Away
On The Beach
Tonight's The Night
Comes A Time
Decade

...so basically multiples of each of his albums up through Tonight's The Night. Some are in rough shape, but I buy them up for a "rock" and a "stock" copy. I'm sure I've got more than that too, somewhere. It's much harder to find stuff from the 80s (which, coincidentally, is his much less listenable stuff anyway).

vant0037

SVRDhand13 wrote:

On the Beach is my favorite NY album and in my top 10 albums any artist all time. The only NY albums I do not enjoy are Everybody's Rockin and Reactor.

60s- His first album is okay and good to hear just to see where it started and his second album is a classic
70s- this material is phenomenal- every album is a must own
80s- I find at least some enjoyment from his other 80's albums that are not Everybody's Rockin and Reactor. You wouldnt miss much if you skipped everything but Freedom and Hawkes and Doves- I love both of them).
90s- Listen to Broken Arrow once and then store it away or return it to the library . The last track is an audience recording and pretty much un-listenable :? The rest is good
2000s- There are a few good scattered songs here and there but no great album released. I would suggest skipping it all and focusing on his other stuff.
2010's- get Le Noise and Psychedelic Pill- great solo album and great Crazy Horse album

Then just buy all his Live stuff and you're set

I ranked every NY and Bob Dylan albums about a year ago- I have to find those lists and share them here

I'd say every album up through Comes A Time is an absolute must.

On The Beach the album is fantastic, but the song on it's own outranks the album in comparative terms. Easily one of Neil's best, and one of my all-time favorites. A haunting, slow-burner if there ever was one...

I agree on most of the assessment, with a few tweaks: Ragged Glory was from 1990 I believe. That's a must-have. If you listen to that album in the context of it's being a precursor to much of what Pearl Jam and alternative music would be for the next 10 years, it's really critical.

Also, from 2002, Are You Passionate (while a slightly embarrassing title), is a really underrated album. On the whole, it's a little unbalanced, but there's some good stuff on there.

SVRDhand13

vant0037 wrote:

SVRDhand13 wrote:

On the Beach is my favorite NY album and in my top 10 albums any artist all time. The only NY albums I do not enjoy are Everybody's Rockin and Reactor.

60s- His first album is okay and good to hear just to see where it started and his second album is a classic
70s- this material is phenomenal- every album is a must own
80s- I find at least some enjoyment from his other 80's albums that are not Everybody's Rockin and Reactor. You wouldnt miss much if you skipped everything but Freedom and Hawkes and Doves- I love both of them).
90s- Listen to Broken Arrow once and then store it away or return it to the library . The last track is an audience recording and pretty much un-listenable :? The rest is good
2000s- There are a few good scattered songs here and there but no great album released. I would suggest skipping it all and focusing on his other stuff.
2010's- get Le Noise and Psychedelic Pill- great solo album and great Crazy Horse album

Then just buy all his Live stuff and you're set

I ranked every NY and Bob Dylan albums about a year ago- I have to find those lists and share them here

I'd say every album up through Comes A Time is an absolute must.

On The Beach the album is fantastic, but the song on it's own outranks the album in comparative terms. Easily one of Neil's best, and one of my all-time favorites. A haunting, slow-burner if there ever was one...

I agree on most of the assessment, with a few tweaks: Ragged Glory was from 1990 I believe. That's a must-have. If you listen to that album in the context of it's being a precursor to much of what Pearl Jam and alternative music would be for the next 10 years, it's really critical.

Also, from 2002, Are You Passionate (while a slightly embarrassing title), is a really underrated album. On the whole, it's a little unbalanced, but there's some good stuff on there.

Ragged Glory is part of my good 90s list :thumbup:. I like everything from the 90s except Broken Arrow, which has it's moments. Too much jamming and not enough creativity for me.

Regarding Are You Passionate, I like a few songs and others I can live without. I will give it another listen within the next few days.

vant0037

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Ragged Glory is part of my good 90s list :thumbup:. I like everything from the 90s except Broken Arrow, which has it's moments. Too much jamming and not enough creativity for me.

Regarding Are You Passionate, I like a few songs and others I can live without. I will give it another listen within the next few days.

Haha...totally missed that.

Off Are You Passionate, I'd recommend "Differently" (love that organ at the end), "Mr. Disappointment," "Goin Home," and "Let's Roll."

SVRDhand13

vant0037 wrote:

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Ragged Glory is part of my good 90s list :thumbup:. I like everything from the 90s except Broken Arrow, which has it's moments. Too much jamming and not enough creativity for me.

Regarding Are You Passionate, I like a few songs and others I can live without. I will give it another listen within the next few days.

Haha...totally missed that.

Off Are You Passionate, I'd recommend "Differently" (love that organ at the end), "Mr. Disappointment," "Goin Home," and "Let's Roll."

I still don't understand why Let's Roll was controversial upon its release :?. I think its a great dedication to those who died that day.

Newch91

Love what I'm reading! You all rock! Thanks for the recommendations.

I think I narrowed it down to five (tough to do, considering it's Neil and from what all of you have said):

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
On the Beach
Harvest Moon
Live at Massey Hall
Tonight's the Night/Ragged Glory/Rust Never Sleeps (one of those)

vant0037

Newch91 wrote:

Love what I'm reading! You all rock! Thanks for the recommendations.

I think I narrowed it down to five (tough to do, considering it's Neil and from what all of you have said):

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
On the Beach
Harvest Moon
Live at Massey Hall
Tonight's the Night/Ragged Glory/Rust Never Sleeps (one of those)

Ragged Glory for sure out of those last 3.

SVRDhand13

vant0037 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Love what I'm reading! You all rock! Thanks for the recommendations.

I think I narrowed it down to five (tough to do, considering it's Neil and from what all of you have said):

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
On the Beach
Harvest Moon
Live at Massey Hall
Tonight's the Night/Ragged Glory/Rust Never Sleeps (one of those)

Ragged Glory for sure out of those last 3.

I'm going with Rust Never Sleeps- sorry Vant

Btw I listens to On the Beach again tonight. What the hell is wrong with me haha. I need to listen to happier music

Berasapj

I'm on a Neil Young roll lately because I'm reading Neil Young FAQ and it's being an awesome trip so much to discover. I have to agree with the recomendations that have been given awesome albums.

I've been listening to on the beach and tonight's the night a lot lately I find them both incredibly awesome.

For a starter I would recomend Rust never sleeps over the other two and also Buffalo springfields first album and also CSNY deja vu

backseatLover12

vant0037 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Love what I'm reading! You all rock! Thanks for the recommendations.

I think I narrowed it down to five (tough to do, considering it's Neil and from what all of you have said):

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
On the Beach
Harvest Moon
Live at Massey Hall
Tonight's the Night/Ragged Glory/Rust Never Sleeps (one of those)

Ragged Glory for sure out of those last 3.

Ragged Glory is a MUST!! Seriously, you will love it.

Yefa

I recently ranked all of Neil's albums (except for live stuff and Decade and greatest hits collections) for another site. I'll post it here too...subject to change of course. (Yes I know TFA is from live recordings but it is typically considered a "normal" Neil album because all the songs were previously unreleased.)

35. Fork In The Road
34. Everybody's Rockin'
33. Living With War
32. Americana
31. Greendale
30. Are You Passionate?
29. Landing On Water
28. This Note's For You
27. Chrome Dreams II
26. Le Noise
25. Life
24. Psychedelic Pill
23. Old Ways
22. Prairie Wind
21. Broken Arrow
20. Hawks & Doves
19. Re*Ac*Tor
18. Neil Young
17. Harvest Moon
16. American Stars 'n' Bars
15. Trans
14. Silver & Gold
13. Mirror Ball
12. Freedom
11. Sleeps With Angels
10. Harvest
9. Comes A Time
8. Ragged Glory
7. Time Fades Away
6. Zuma
5. After The Gold Rush
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Rust Never Sleeps
2. On The Beach
1. Tonight's The Night

Yefa

Newch91 wrote:

Tonight's the Night/Ragged Glory/Rust Never Sleeps (one of those)

These are all essential! Buy them all.

Yefa

CROJAM95 wrote:

Anyone else doin the carnegie shows in NYC?

I'm going to all 4 shows. I'm hoping he has some new songs to play for us and that he will play some rare old gems as well. As for the latter, these are on my wish list. I've never seen him do any of them in person.

Expecting To Fly (he played this a number of times during the '99 solo tour but not at the show I saw)
Don't Be Denied
On The Beach
Tired Eyes (he hasn't played this since 1973)
Traces
Stringman
Shots (he played this solo acoustic at the Boarding House in '78 and a Crazy Horse version came out on Re*Ac*Tor)
Someday (he played this last month at a benefit in Los Angeles...first time he's played it since '97 so it is somewhat realistic to think he may play it at Carnegie Hall)
I'm The Ocean (he has never played this solo before)

SVRDhand13

Yefa wrote:

I recently ranked all of Neil's albums (except for live stuff and Decade and greatest hits collections) for another site. I'll post it here too...subject to change of course. (Yes I know TFA is from live recordings but it is typically considered a "normal" Neil album because all the songs were previously unreleased.)

35. Fork In The Road
34. Everybody's Rockin'
33. Living With War
32. Americana
31. Greendale
30. Are You Passionate?
29. Landing On Water
28. This Note's For You
27. Chrome Dreams II
26. Le Noise
25. Life
24. Psychedelic Pill
23. Old Ways
22. Prairie Wind
21. Broken Arrow
20. Hawks & Doves
19. Re*Ac*Tor
18. Neil Young
17. Harvest Moon
16. American Stars 'n' Bars
15. Trans
14. Silver & Gold
13. Mirror Ball
12. Freedom
11. Sleeps With Angels
10. Harvest
9. Comes A Time
8. Ragged Glory
7. Time Fades Away
6. Zuma
5. After The Gold Rush
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Rust Never Sleeps
2. On The Beach
1. Tonight's The Night

Wow, you know your stuff- great list. I think we agree on the overall top 7. I would move Le Noise up, Trans and Re*Ac*Tor down, and a few other swaps here and there. I listened to the Ditch Trilogy within the past 24 hours!

SVRDhand13

Everybody's Rockin'
Re*Ac*Tor
This Note's For You
Landing On Water
Broken Arrow
Life
Old Ways
Americana
Fork In The Road
Living With War
Are You Passionate?
Chrome Dreams II
Greendale
Prairie Wind
Neil Young
Psychedelic Pill
Hawks & Doves
American Stars 'n' Bars
Silver & Gold
Freedom
Le Noise
Mirror Ball
Harvest
Comes A Time
Harvest Moon
Ragged Glory
Sleeps With Angels
Time Fades Away
Zuma
After The Gold Rush
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Rust Never Sleeps
Tonight's The Night
On The Beach

That's what I'm thinking right now but I know I have a list somewhere that listed them all when all the albums were fresh in my mind. I worked hard on that list- this one was flung together . I'm sure the other one is close- but not exact to this.

nigel

Yefa wrote:

I recently ranked all of Neil's albums (except for live stuff and Decade and greatest hits collections) for another site. I'll post it here too...subject to change of course. (Yes I know TFA is from live recordings but it is typically considered a "normal" Neil album because all the songs were previously unreleased.)

35. Fork In The Road
34. Everybody's Rockin'
33. Living With War
32. Americana
31. Greendale
30. Are You Passionate?
29. Landing On Water
28. This Note's For You
27. Chrome Dreams II
26. Le Noise
25. Life
24. Psychedelic Pill
23. Old Ways
22. Prairie Wind
21. Broken Arrow
20. Hawks & Doves
19. Re*Ac*Tor
18. Neil Young
17. Harvest Moon
16. American Stars 'n' Bars
15. Trans
14. Silver & Gold
13. Mirror Ball
12. Freedom
11. Sleeps With Angels
10. Harvest
9. Comes A Time
8. Ragged Glory
7. Time Fades Away
6. Zuma
5. After The Gold Rush
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Rust Never Sleeps
2. On The Beach
1. Tonight's The Night

Wow - cool. As someone who really likes Neil but doesn't know the the depths of his vast catalogue this is really helpful!

SVRDhand13

Just found Stereogum's ranking and I'm surprised they agreed with me and put On the Beach as #1. I thought for sure it would be After the Gold Rush.

http://www.stereogum.com/1445091/neil-y ... nthebeach/

Yefa

nigel wrote:

Yefa wrote:

I recently ranked all of Neil's albums (except for live stuff and Decade and greatest hits collections) for another site. I'll post it here too...subject to change of course. (Yes I know TFA is from live recordings but it is typically considered a "normal" Neil album because all the songs were previously unreleased.)

35. Fork In The Road
34. Everybody's Rockin'
33. Living With War
32. Americana
31. Greendale
30. Are You Passionate?
29. Landing On Water
28. This Note's For You
27. Chrome Dreams II
26. Le Noise
25. Life
24. Psychedelic Pill
23. Old Ways
22. Prairie Wind
21. Broken Arrow
20. Hawks & Doves
19. Re*Ac*Tor
18. Neil Young
17. Harvest Moon
16. American Stars 'n' Bars
15. Trans
14. Silver & Gold
13. Mirror Ball
12. Freedom
11. Sleeps With Angels
10. Harvest
9. Comes A Time
8. Ragged Glory
7. Time Fades Away
6. Zuma
5. After The Gold Rush
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Rust Never Sleeps
2. On The Beach
1. Tonight's The Night

Wow - cool. As someone who really likes Neil but doesn't know the the depths of his vast catalogue this is really helpful!

I'm glad you like it. Feel free to ask questions about particular albums if you feel so inclined.

Yefa

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Just found Stereogum's ranking and I'm surprised they agreed with me and put On the Beach as #1. I thought for sure it would be After the Gold Rush.

http://www.stereogum.com/1445091/neil-y ... nthebeach/

That guy is a pretty good writer. He's also a musician. He records under the name Wooden Wand and related names.

Yefa

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Wow, you know your stuff- great list. I think we agree on the overall top 7. I would move Le Noise up, Trans and Re*Ac*Tor down, and a few other swaps here and there. I listened to the Ditch Trilogy within the past 24 hours!

Thanks. No love for "Shots" from Re*Ac*Tor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-HcPW1BK0
The Ditch Trilogy is amazing. Time Fades Away really deserves a CD reissue.

SVRDhand13

Yefa wrote:

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Wow, you know your stuff- great list. I think we agree on the overall top 7. I would move Le Noise up, Trans and Re*Ac*Tor down, and a few other swaps here and there. I listened to the Ditch Trilogy within the past 24 hours!

Thanks. No love for "Shots" from Re*Ac*Tor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-HcPW1BK0
The Ditch Trilogy is amazing. Time Fades Away really deserves a CD reissue.

I'm going to give that album another listen this weekend. I remember it being very loud and muddle sounding, and it just drove me crazy. I could never really focus on the songs themselves because I hated the overall sound of the record. I've only listened to it once in the past 5 years so maybe I will think differently.

goldrush

goldrush wrote:

This seems like a strange one to release to me. 7 of the songs are already on Live at Massey hall, 3 are on Live at The Riverboat and 2 were on the Sugar Mountain record. Also, where does it fit in the series if it's a 1970 concert?

Volume 00: Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968
Volume 01: Live at the Riverboat 1969
Volume 02: Live at the Fillmore East 1970
Volume 03: Live at Massey Hall 1971

I know Neil has been choosing the Archive shows carefully - and none of the Archives releases have disappointed so far - I'm just surprised that he's releasing a 13 song album collected from recordings of six different shows and there aren't other songs that could have been included instead of repeats.

I'm not really complaining - I'll still buy it and I'm sure it'll be worth it. Like I said none of the Archives have disappointed so far. I guess I'm just impatient to hear want some Archives releases from the mid-70s.

The preorders are up for the Cellar Door album:
http://neilyoung.warnerreprise.com/?eml=2013November26/1063349/6010961

Also, it's listed as Volume 2.5 on the label, so it slots in between the Fillmore and Massey Hall albums

goldrush

And here's Old Man from the Cellar Door, the first time it was ever performed

http://youtu.be/r0WHHJZAg9Y

Just beautiful!

SVRDhand13

So anyone else stream Cellar Door? Whatchya think? :corn: