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Suggest a Neil Young album for me

yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
edited September 2008 in Other Music
I want to get familiar with him :)
"....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    My favorites:

    Everybody Knows
    After The Gold Rush
    Harvest
    Time Fades Away
    Zuma
    American Stars N' Bars
    Rust Never Sleeps
    Mirrorball (w/ PJ)
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harvest.
    zuma.
    :)
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    mirrorball
    zuma
    on the beach
    harvest
    after the goldrush
    everybody knows this is nowhere
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,638
    for quiet stuff - comes a time

    for loud - rust never sleeps and ragged glory

    neil is the man!!! :D
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    I was thinking of getting Mirrorball, but does it show Neils true music style/personality....? or is it more PJ?
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,543
    I would listen to the Greatest Hits and then if you're still interested see what your favorite songs on that album are and check out the original albums they came from.
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  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,369
    If you enjoy Harvest and Harvest Moon, pick up Silver and Gold.
  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I would listen to the Greatest Hits and then if you're still interested see what your favorite songs on that album are and check out the original albums they came from.
    :cool: Thanks....
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I would listen to the Greatest Hits and then if you're still interested see what your favorite songs on that album are and check out the original albums they came from.

    That would exclude quite a few albums. The hits album isn't very expansive. It's simply a compilation of his most "popular" songs. It's actually a lot like Rearviewmirror...tons of stuff from the early years and nothing much afterward. Some would say that's a good thing but I think otherwise.
    yellowled24 wrote:
    I was thinking of getting Mirrorball, but does it show Neils true music style/personality....? or is it more PJ?

    Music, lyrics, and lead guitar are by Neil. Pearl Jam are his backing band. Jack Irons is at his best. Many of the songs kick ass. Any Pearl Jam or Neil Young fan would be nuts not to have it.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    yellowled24 wrote:
    I was thinking of getting Mirrorball, but does it show Neils true music style/personality....? or is it more PJ?
    I did get more of Pearl Jam out of it at first but then when I listened to Ragged Glory and I realized why some call him the godfather of grunge.

    His older ones I really like are Harvest and After The Gold Rush, both incredible albums.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    JWBusher wrote:
    Music, lyrics*, and lead guitar are by Neil. Pearl Jam are his backing band. Jack Irons is at his best.
    Jack's drumming on I'm The Ocean is awesome.

    *Ed has a couple of lines on "Peace And Love" ;)
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    LongRd. wrote:
    *Ed has a couple of lines on "Peace And Love" ;)

    Yup. They wanted to include I Got ID and Long Road too but I'm guessing that there was a legal/record label problem, hence it not being by "Neil Young & Pearl Jam".
  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    This is making it very hard to pick one album :/
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    yellowled24 wrote:
    This is making it very hard to pick one album :/
    If you're gonna grab 1 of Neil's then it's a no-brainer- Mirrorball.
    Take it as part of your PJ collection. :)
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    yellowled24 wrote:
    This is making it very hard to pick one album :/

    try zuma.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    LongRd. wrote:
    Jack's drumming on I'm The Ocean is awesome
    best song on mirrorball, wicked :cool:
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    If you are looking for a compilation, go with Decade. It ends with '77, but is much more expansive than Greatest Hits. It also has several tunes that are exclusive (Sugar Mountain, Campaigner, Love Is A Rose, Winterlong, ect.)

    As far as individual albums go, it's hard to go wrong with any of these:

    Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
    After The Goldrush
    On The Beach
    Tonight's The Night
    Zuma
    American Stars n' Bars
    Rust Never Sleeps
    Ragged Glory
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    yellowled24 wrote:
    I was thinking of getting Mirrorball, but does it show Neils true music style/personality....? or is it more PJ?

    I'd like to know if anyone other than a Pearl Jam fan or an absolute Neil Young fanatic would praise Mirrorball. It think it's a rather lackluster album, and that's not a word I use often. I can't think of one song that stands out to me after owning it for a number of years.

    On the plus side you can probably buy it used online for $0.50 plus shipping.

    I'd recommend Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere or Harvest as a starting place instead.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    "Sleeps with Angels"....but "Decade" is a great overview.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    yellowled24 wrote:
    I want to get familiar with him :)


    honestly, his catalog is so large, i advise going with his last greatest hits album... and i would also pick up Mirrorball since PJ was the band for the album, not to mentuion it is a classic!

    Mirrorball is sorely underrated and unkown to WAY too many PJ fans
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  • Two BirdsTwo Birds Posts: 256
    my top three....

    Rust Never Sleeps
    Harvest
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    These guys are the fruit of the earth...
  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    great stuff...im really excited for MSG in December
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    something newer and different:

    Prairie Wind


    now that is one amazing album!!!!
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I'm not a fan really, but own a few albums...I like Harvest a lot
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