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NEIL YOUNG "after the goldrush"
After The Goldrush mixes up the hard rock of
Everyone Knows This is Nowhere and the folk and country leanings Young pursued with Crosby, Stills And Nash in one of his most eclectic and satisfying releases. The acoustic picking on the opener, "Tell Me Why", frames Young's vulnerable warble beautifully, signalling the softer aspect of the album. But the electric crunch of "Southern Man", a raging tour de force protest song that captures the special chemistry between Young and backing group Crazy Horse, balances Young's sensitivity with aggression and amplification. The album continues its collage of styles, from the wistfulness of "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" to song fragments like "Til the Morning Comes" to the transformation of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" from canter to ballad. But the crowning achievements are the album's magnificent title track, a vividly drawn portrait of post-'60s melancholy, and the gorgeous, aching "Birds", a swansong heralding emotional departure. Both songs are graced by Nils Lofgren's delicate piano, and stand as two of Young's finest compositions. In a catalogue filled with rock classics,
After The Goldrush still ranks among the best.
1.
Tell Me Why
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynlW5_rnRVE audio
2.
After The Gold Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12T95RHGLH8 live
3.
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_8WNbg-Ypg CSNY live
4.
Southern Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRxdPWV3RM audio
5.
Till The Morning Comes
6.
Oh Lonesome Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-INEio2LtI live
7.
Don't Let It Bring You Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxos8HIhQo live
8.
Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHsiNl-F1Sc live
9.
When You Dance, I Can Really Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvhJegJl-c live audio
10.
I Believe In You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecam9pN5uh0 live audio
11.
Cripple Creek Ferry
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I'll put my X in the box for this. Particularly like the furore Southern Man caused with the Lynyrd's, and the response it drew.
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Excellent choice man. I was almost certain it would be 'Harvest' that was nominated first. I've always thought this album was so much better. Best tracks for me is the beautiful piano ballad 'Birds' which Paul Weller successfully covered and 'When You Dance You Can Really Love' which is one of the album's often overlooked tracks. Fantastic record.
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sorry man, dont rate Harvest in his top 10 albums
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CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:sorry man, dont rate Harvest in his top 10 albums
and rightly so! Neil's done far better works!
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Well Uncle Neil himself rates Harvest as his best work. I agree.
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Three it is to get a bronze award and so it has a BRONZE
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
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Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
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I'll put my X in the box for this. Particularly like the furore Southern Man caused with the Lynyrd's, and the response it drew.
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This album was HUGE when it was first released ! Hey how can I say no when Only Love Can Break Your Heart was the first song I learned on guitar !
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I nominate this one to be moved up the ladder. And as you say Steve-O, one of the albums I tried to learn on the acoustic when I first started playing. Tell Me Why & and the title track were the two I liked. The guys in the pub wanted to hear 'Southern Man' over and over and over and over......but the real gem on this one is 'Birds'.
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