Harvest: Neil Young: Amazon.ca: Music

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. The Needle And The Damage Done

10. Words

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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

Album Description

1972's best-selling album and one of its best, too, with Heart of Gold; Old Man , and The Needle and the Damage Done . R.I.P. Jack Nitzsche.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a bounty, April 19 2004

By

Don Schmittdiel "running_man" (Clinton Twp., MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harvest (Audio CD)

'Harvest' is Neil Young's best selling album, and even Neil himself
has remarked that it "is probably the finest record I've made", and
"Harvest is one of my best songs...that's the best thing on 'Harvest".
The first quote is from a 1972 interview, which means Neil finds
the CD superior to both 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' and
'After the Goldrush', an assessment I would take exception with.
The second quote is from the 2002 biography 'Shakey', which means
Neil puts 'Harvest' in a class with compositions such as 'Country
Girl', 'Down By The River', and 'Mr. Soul'. I think I'd have a hard
time putting 'Harvest' in my Top-100 Neil Young songs. It's a good
number, but the competition is staggering.

Nonetheless, a look at the song titles from 'Harvest' reveals why
the album sold so well (though I doubt it would have done so without
the build-up provided by 'Everybody...', 'After the Goldrush', and
the first Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young disc, 'Deja vu'). The album
includes Neil's only number one hit, 'Heart of Gold', and a number
31 hit, 'Old Man'. More than ever Neil turns his attention to
relationship-based, country flavored selections (always a good sell)
such as 'Out On the Weekend'. He mixes in a couple heavier
rock-styled numbers toward the conclusion with 'Alabama' and
'Words', and even mixes in a couple orchestrated selections, the
"overblown" (Neil's description) 'There's a World' and 'A Man
Needs a Maid'. There is a satisfying mix in the lyrical content
between the intropective ('A Man Needs a Maid') and socially
relevant ('Alabama') selections.

If there is to be a criticism of 'Harvest', it is that much of the album
is just too low key ('Out On the Weekend'), or downright depressing
('The Needle and the Damage Done'). Neil doesn't even pick up an
electric guitar until the eighth cut, 'Alabama', surely a disappointment
for many Young fans weened on the likes of 'Everybody Knows...',
'Rust Never Sleeps', and 'Weld'. By the same token, however, it
can be said that 'Harvest' provides a respite from the Crazy Horse
Neil, something many of us, and apparently Neil himself, needs from
time to time.

The album features vocal contributions from David Crosby, Stephen
Stills, and Graham Nash in three configurations on three songs,
and James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt get called in to croon on the
two Top-40 numbers. The liner notes feature lyrics, a nice plus
which should be a staple on all CD's.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gold Harvest, April 5 2000

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Brent Evans (Rockhampton, Australia) - See all my reviews

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Neil Young fans had to wait two years for the successor to AFTER THE GOLDRUSH.In between albums, moved out to the country,got divorced and found love again with actress Carrie Snodgrass,and injured his back severly while moving furniture. All these factors contributed in a mellow release entitled HARVEST;with pickup group The Stray Gators(plus guest artists like James Taylor and Linda Rondstat).HARVEST is a country tinged album,with a lot less to worry about than later releases.Neil broods on love(HARVEST,OUT ON THE WEEKEND,A MAN NEEDS A MAID,THERE'S A WORLD),racism (ALABAMA),and drug abuse(THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE).Two hits resulted from this album,HEART OF GOLD(which Young claims put him in the middle of the road,so he headed for a ditch)and OLD MAN. WORDS(BETWEEN THE LINES OF AGE)is a long jam session.ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNTRY became a hit for Waylon Jennings.A few Young fans regard the album as two countrified and commercial;I think this is his best in his country period which includes COMES A TIME,HARVEST MOON and OLD WAYS. This was my first Neil Young album,and I'll probably have a copy of it on me somewhere when I go.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Laid Back Country Rock, July 18 2004

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Jack Barrett "tool108" (ash of the wishbone) - See all my reviews

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This album reminds me of a southern fried version of Syd Barrett's Madcap Laughs. The songs bounce lazily along taking time and reflecting on life and the past and what is to come. This is definitley a must for any rock or country fan because there is a nice helping of both. This is one of Young's most commercial and accessible albums. This is a good into to Young's music. Ragged Glory is the exact opposite of this album so I reccomend any new comers to pick up both to see a full view of Young's styles. Anyways good album, highly reccomended.

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2.0 out of 5 stars 4 star album sounds like 2 to me
someone recently lent me a cd of this album and after a couple of listens I had to dig out my original LP (bought in 1973!) and compare the sound. Read more

Published on Mar 22 2006 by philip freeman

5.0 out of 5 stars Neil is great!
This earlier album is one of the best. Buy it for your collection.

Published on Jun 27 2004 by Carol Engan Borrelli (author)