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Track Listings
| 1. Out On The Weekend |
| 2. Harvest |
| 3. A Man Needs A Maid |
| 4. Heart Of Gold |
| 5. Are You Ready For The Country? |
| 6. Old Man |
| 7. There's A World |
| 8. Alabama |
| 9. Needle And The Damage Done |
| 10. Words (Between The Lines Of Age) |
Editorial Reviews
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Proclaiming his intentions with "Are You Ready for the Country?" Young detoured briefly to the Nashville mainstream. On this No. 1 1972 album, even the singer's acquired-taste voice comes across smooth and beautiful--the smash "Heart of Gold," with steel guitars and Linda Ronstadt's backup vocals, is by far Young's most commercial-sounding song. His usual dissonant touches, like the otherworldly guitar in "Out on the Weekend," are less spooky in this new context. The last two tracks, the deceptively gentle "The Needle and the Damage Done" and the hypnotic rocker "Words (Between the Lines of Age)," predict "Tonight's the Night," Young's haunted 1975 classic. --Steve Knopper
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A quadruple platinum #1 smash and the best-selling album of 1972, Harvest was Neil Young's fourth solo effort. With the gold #1 'Heart Of Gold,' Top 40 'Old Man,' powerful 'The Needle And The Damage Done,' controversial 'A Man Needs A Maid' and 'Southern Man' companion 'Alabama', Harvest won inclusion in Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Albums Of All Time'.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Few artists can match Neil Young in musical artistry, creative versatility, and artistic/personal intergrity - Dylan, Lennon, Hendrix, Stipe, Young - the list does not go much beyond that. Young's *Harvest* is further reminder that we are dealing with a legendary composer and performer, one who defies categorization while still remaining relevant to so many categorized styles. Not many artists can lay claim to that(see the short list above and maybe add three or four more).
Harvest ranges from the understated, pensive mood of songs like "Out on the Country," "Harvest," and "Old Man" to the sheer desperation of "A Man Needs a Maid," and "Words" to the acoustic heartbreak of "Needle and the Damage Done," to the Moody Blues-style optimism of "There's A World," to the dark country rock of "Are You Ready for the Country," all the way down to the proto-grunge social criticism in "Alabama" (Made famous on the top 40 thanks to Lynard Skynard). With the possible exception of "There's a World," (which, a la Moody Blues, rather lays the London Symphony on a bit too thick - it works on "A Man Needs a Maid owing to the sheer drama of the song, but goes over the top on "There's a World), each track is a masterful cut, demonstrating Young's ability to conquer and mix numerous genres. Lyrically Neil is at his best, capturing mood and evoking emotion in ways that few composers can even touch. Young's singing, in spite of criticisms of the alleged "thin quality" in his voice, is superb - skillfully phrasing his lyrics so that they play well off of the Stray Gators heavier sound. You have to go pretty far to find a better Neil Young album - *Everybody Knows This is Nowhere* and *After the Gold Rush* are superior, but not by much, and after that there isn't much from the Young catalogue that beats it. Indeed, there aren't many albums from anyone that surpass *Harvest*. I've been playing it since 1972 - and I still find it fresh and meaningful. Highly recommended.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Neil Young's Harvest is sometimes dismissed as his most commercial album, due in part to the success of Heart of Gold as a single. He's been criticized for employing lush strings on a couple of tunes here (A Man Needs a Maid; There's a World) but I don't care what anybody says; they work, and the songs are gorgeous. In fact, the whole record is full of great songs. Out on the Weekend, Heart of Gold, Old Man, Needle and the Damage Done, -- how many albums can boast a lineup like that? Bottom line is, this rates with his best work. Don't miss it.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I suppose the release of the Archives box set (which I still plan to buy on Blu-ray) could have easily been the harbinger of a remastered Neil Young catalogue, but even if not, this is still most welcome. Up to now, the closest thing I had was the 30th Anniversary DVD-Audio, with Harvest remixed in 5.1 Surround, but we've definitely needed the straight CD to be improved.
And Neil has not let us down - this, and its 3 predecessors (his self-titled solo debut from 1969, the first album with Crazy Horse [Everybody Knows This is Nowhere], and the equally-classic After the Gold Rush), are now remastered and greatly improved upon from the muddy CD mixes Warners first gave us in the late '80s. I should imagine that SHM-CD or Blu-spec versions aren't far behind, although I'd like to see Neil go back and redo the Buffalo Springfield albums next, preferably the expanded 1997 version of the first album and an expanded version of Again with the long-unavailable 9-minute version of "Bluebird" added as a bonus track, perhaps even as a Collector's Edition. (Note to Neil if he's reading this: Please do it!)
And Neil has not let us down - this, and its 3 predecessors (his self-titled solo debut from 1969, the first album with Crazy Horse [Everybody Knows This is Nowhere], and the equally-classic After the Gold Rush), are now remastered and greatly improved upon from the muddy CD mixes Warners first gave us in the late '80s. I should imagine that SHM-CD or Blu-spec versions aren't far behind, although I'd like to see Neil go back and redo the Buffalo Springfield albums next, preferably the expanded 1997 version of the first album and an expanded version of Again with the long-unavailable 9-minute version of "Bluebird" added as a bonus track, perhaps even as a Collector's Edition. (Note to Neil if he's reading this: Please do it!)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Among the worst albums ever
This is among the worst albums ever. The acoustics are horrible. Some sound like they were recorded in a barn. The songs to die for, instead of listening to. Read more
Published 13 hours ago by Mr. John K. Haslach
Card?
Hi, I had all of the remasters until a recent house fire. Re-purchased the first four remasters again. They are after all amazing remasters of amazing albums. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Sam Twerp
Deja Vu!
It was great on vinyl and even better in digital, who needs a remix. I liked it the first time I heard it, and I miss my albums. But this version brings it all back.
Published 3 months ago by Robert
The Neil Young Masterpiece
Neil Young / Harvest (1990 version of the CD): This is folk-rock as perfectly performed by Neil Young and his band. These songs are touching, stunning, and profound. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Bynum
10 stars for Neil
Wow, can't believe hardly that they've finally remastered this great classic! I bought the CD years ago, but the audio just wasn't good enough. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Tulips
Forget all the digital remasters
I adore this album and have since I was a kid. I started collecting records again in my late 30's and finally found a very clean copy of a mid-late 70's release of Harvest on... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Hamster Army
Harvest
This to me is one of the all time greats in music. Even now at my age (59) now, the music still sounds so fresh. It is hard to believe that a 20 something put this music together. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Margaret G. Ewell
Fidelity is way better than the original release
The orchestration has so much more detail and depth with this mastering. The whole album sounds so much fresher. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Richard D. Price
harvest cassette
Brings back old memories... Glad I could find it on a cassette since my car only has that type of a player...
Got it soon so that was good and it was just as it said.. Thanks~
Got it soon so that was good and it was just as it said.. Thanks~
Published 11 months ago by Susan P. Goddard
Warning: 2009 remaster is horrible!
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
I'm hardly an audiophile and sometimes I actually get annoyed with reviews that trash albums because of the remastering job. Read more
I'm hardly an audiophile and sometimes I actually get annoyed with reviews that trash albums because of the remastering job. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Rich Latta
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