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Track Listings
| 1. Tell Me Why |
| 2. After The Gold Rush |
| 3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
| 4. Southern Man |
| 5. Till The Morning Comes |
| 6. Oh, Lonesome Me |
| 7. Don't Let It Bring You Down |
| 8. Birds |
| 9. When You Dance You Can Really Love |
| 10. I Believe In You |
| 11. Cripple Creek Ferry |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
After laboring in Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Neil Young finally hit perfect pitch--if his endearing off-center whine can be called "perfect"--with his third album. He's equally passionate with trippy riddles (has anybody figured out what "We've got mother nature on the run" means in the title track?) and pointed protest (after 30 years of rock-radio overplay, "Southern Man" still rings with truth about redneck racism). His creaky ensemble, including pianist Jack Nitzsche and rotating members of Crazy Horse, transforms ramshackle country and folk songs into soulful hippie hymns. --Steve Knopper
Product Description
Original third album and an absolute killer! Features "Southern Man", "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" & more.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
103 of 104 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm not going to waste your time with a long winded review of one of the greatest albums of the last fifty years. If you are a fan then you know how good it is. If you are not a fan or unfamiliar with his work, then this 1970 album should do the trick. If it doesn't get you into Neil then nothing in his catalog will. I'm also not going to post the same review for all four albums released, this review applies to all of the newly remastered solo albums (Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush & Harvest) with regards to sound quality.
I had a sneaking suspicion they were going to remaster his catalog since it took way too long for the Archives box set to come out, especially considering how little unreleased material was actually on it. To some extent the box set, in my opinion, was a bit bloated and padded to charge a higher price. In any event, it appears the real reason it took so long was due to the fact that they were remastering everything possible in his catalog and wanted to have it all ready to release in the same general time frame.
I mainly want to focus on the remastering of this album, which is absolutely incredible. The liner notes state it was remastered from the original analog tapes and was an analog to HDCD 24 Bit 176 KHZ digital transfer...uh...OK...sounds good to me! This album sounds so far superior to the original CD pressing that it made my weak car speakers sound like they had had a BOSE makeover. Upon hearing some of the album tracks on the Archives box set it was obvious how incredible they sounded and I hoped they would do the same treatement to his catalog.... Read more ›
I had a sneaking suspicion they were going to remaster his catalog since it took way too long for the Archives box set to come out, especially considering how little unreleased material was actually on it. To some extent the box set, in my opinion, was a bit bloated and padded to charge a higher price. In any event, it appears the real reason it took so long was due to the fact that they were remastering everything possible in his catalog and wanted to have it all ready to release in the same general time frame.
I mainly want to focus on the remastering of this album, which is absolutely incredible. The liner notes state it was remastered from the original analog tapes and was an analog to HDCD 24 Bit 176 KHZ digital transfer...uh...OK...sounds good to me! This album sounds so far superior to the original CD pressing that it made my weak car speakers sound like they had had a BOSE makeover. Upon hearing some of the album tracks on the Archives box set it was obvious how incredible they sounded and I hoped they would do the same treatement to his catalog.... Read more ›
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Released in the same year as Déjà Vu, Young's landmark reunion album with former Buffalo Springfield collaborator Steven Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash, After the Gold Rush understandably focused on Young's solo compositions and idiosyncratic vocal style. Although it always had a slightly hastily put together quality, as if Young were rushing to his next assignment with Stills, it was highly successful at the time both commercially and artistically, and has aged extremely well. In fact, along with Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, which had a more rock orientation and which also produced the classic "Down by the River," After the Gold Rush is arguably young's best overall album, blending rock-tinged songs like "Southern Man," basically a one off on "Down by the River," with lovely ballads such as "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," and "Don't Let It Bring You Down".
Like all the recent Neil Young reissues, this has benefited immensely from the remastering to HDCD sound. Unlike some remastering efforts these days, which tend to be aggressive and edgy, this one has made the sound more "musical and mellow while at the same time restoring the dynamic impact of Young's forceful guitar strumming and twangy lead guitar playing. In other words, it sounds about as close as a CD can come to sounding like an vinyl LP, without the clicks and pops of course. This reissue is long overdue, and it's great to finally hear it again with all the force and mastery of the original.
Like all the recent Neil Young reissues, this has benefited immensely from the remastering to HDCD sound. Unlike some remastering efforts these days, which tend to be aggressive and edgy, this one has made the sound more "musical and mellow while at the same time restoring the dynamic impact of Young's forceful guitar strumming and twangy lead guitar playing. In other words, it sounds about as close as a CD can come to sounding like an vinyl LP, without the clicks and pops of course. This reissue is long overdue, and it's great to finally hear it again with all the force and mastery of the original.
46 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was the album the prolific Neil Young released right after his first flirtation with CSN&Y, and once again he shows just how wide and deep his musical talents are. All we aging sixties kids all have a copy of both this album and his "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" album; it is standard issue for older babyboomers. Indeed, out of the welter of so many artists with so much in the way of incredible and unforgettable music, Neil Young stands alone as a sixties icon, someone who has consistently done the music his way, and with great sincerity, consistent authenticity, and a singular verve. No one has produced the range and quantity of memorable songs and melodies, as has Mr. Young, who has always produced what he wanted on his terms, and has never sold out to commercialism or tried to appeal to the mainstream audience.
Here we have so many terrific songs like "Tell Me Why", "After The Goldrush", and his smash hit, "Southern Man", that it is hard to remember that this is just one of several such albums he released in short order over a three or four year period. IN a number of other songs, such as "Only Love Can Break Your Heart", which Linda Ronstadt later did a great cover of, Neil's genius and guitar virtuosity shines, as it does in songs like "Don't Let It Bring You Down", "Birds", "I Believe In You", and a personal favorite of mine, "When You Dance". Young may well be an iconoclast, someone who is unpredictable, unreliable from a business sense, and something of a prima donna, but he always plays straight from the heart (and groin), and one knows that the guy playing that axe so masterfully is absolutely in control of the incredible sounds emanating from it. Wow! Put this baby in the CD player and listen as the CD illustrates why Neil Young will never die!
... Read more ›23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I did two sets of A-B comparisons of the original CD issues to the recent reissues for these albums (NY, Goldrush, Nowhere and Harvest). One was on my mp3 player (FLAC) and the other on my home stereo.
Like with many recent reissues the volume is increased (only slightly, thank goodness) and the bass is beefed up (punchier, more delineated, less of a blob sound). Unlike with many recent reissues (the Stones come to mind), distortion is not introduced with these changes.
On the electric numbers I frankly did not hear much difference. It may say more about how well the original CDs were mastered (which I had always thought were just fine). The differences really shine with the acoustic numbers, especially on Harvest.
Good upgrade for us fanatic Neil fans, but many won't hear much of a difference.
Like with many recent reissues the volume is increased (only slightly, thank goodness) and the bass is beefed up (punchier, more delineated, less of a blob sound). Unlike with many recent reissues (the Stones come to mind), distortion is not introduced with these changes.
On the electric numbers I frankly did not hear much difference. It may say more about how well the original CDs were mastered (which I had always thought were just fine). The differences really shine with the acoustic numbers, especially on Harvest.
Good upgrade for us fanatic Neil fans, but many won't hear much of a difference.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it then, love it now!
This "album" (read: vinyl or 33) got me through high school so it was never going to get a lower rating than five stars. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Randi Odierno
5.0 out of 5 stars
CD
love it- it's a replacement for an 8 track we had in high school! Nice to have the tunes back.
Published 11 days ago by maryanne caragol
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ann, yes!
The good old days! One of Neil Young's best. That is of course behind After the Gold Rush. Like most of Neil's albums, easy to sit and listen to the entire thing without... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Karen Shrum
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic of the Early 70s.
If you want a complete collection of 70s music, this one must be included. The songs are some of the best of the time, and his delivery of same is right on the mark. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ted J. Wagner
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Neil Young's Best
This is one of Young's best albums. The songs range in subject matter from introspection (Tell me Why), to protest songs (Tell me Why), to love songs (The Morning comes) to sing... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Savonarola
5.0 out of 5 stars
classic
This is a classic Neil Young album and one of his best; a definite tbumbs-up! I would decinitely recommend it to any Neil Young fan.
Published 3 months ago by Anthony C Stevenson
5.0 out of 5 stars
ATGR
in my book, in his top 3 creations. I love Nils Lofgren on piano and the guitars on this one are awesome
Published 4 months ago by treemd
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Classic
Neil Young at his best-est. He has a haunting voice and gives a picture of folkloric proportions. I have always been a fan.
Published 4 months ago by Epidking IV
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic neil young !
five stars for fantastic this is one of the best albums of the 70's that I did not buy!
Buy it ! Listen to it ! tell others! this album is great I cannot stop listening to it!
Buy it ! Listen to it ! tell others! this album is great I cannot stop listening to it!
Published 5 months ago by P. Spillars
5.0 out of 5 stars
Review of After the Gold Rush
This is one of my favorite Neil Young recordings - I even have many of the song on an old VHS tape that I practically wore out!
Published 5 months ago by Lynn Corbin
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