Neil Young - After the Gold Rush ( VINYL 11-23-2009 )

In the 15 months between the release of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush, Neil Young issued a series of recordings in different styles that could have prepared his listeners for the differences between the two LPs. His two compositions on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Déjà Vu, "Helpless" and "Country Girl," returned him to the folk and country styles he had pursued before delving into the hard rock of Everybody Knows; two other singles, "Sugar Mountain" and "Oh, Lonesome Me," also emphasized those roots. But "Ohio," a CSNY single, rocked as hard as anything on the second album. After the Gold Rush was recorded with the aid of Nils Lofgren, a 17-year-old unknown whose piano was a major instrument, turning one of the few real rockers, "Southern Man" (which had unsparing protest lyrics typical of Phil Ochs), into a more stately effort than anything on the previous album and giving a classic tone to the title track, a mystical ballad that featured some of Young's most imaginative lyrics and became one of his most memorable songs. But much of After the Gold Rush consisted of country-folk love songs, which consolidated the audience Young had earned through his tours and recordings with CSNY; its dark yet hopeful tone matched the tenor of the times in 1970, making it one of the definitive singer/songwriter albums, and it has remained among Young's major achievements.


Condition: NEW

TRACK LISTING

A1 Tell Me Why 2:57
A2 After The Gold Rush 3:46
A3 Only Love Can Break Your Heart 3:09
A4 Southern Man 5:11
A5 Till The Morning Comes 1:16
B1 Oh, Lonesome Me 3:49
B2 Don't Let It Bring You Down 2:57
B3 Birds 2:33
B4 When You Dance, I Can Really Love 3:45
B5 I Believe In You 3:27
B6 Cripple Creek Ferry 1:34