A work in progress.... Hardly started. This is just a list of albums. needs reviews, comments, ratings, and updated links to Spotify. March 2019
I seriously admire Neil Young. I saw him live a few years back, and it was one of the most sublime experiences of my life. He is a superb talent who has the power to make the sum of what he does so much greater than the individual parts. There is a resonance, depth, and significance to his work that is somewhat moving and disturbing.
He is not an innovator as such, though his electric guitar work can be original and creative at times. But mostly he is working within a somewhat folk based singer-songwriter tradition. His stance and attitude is fiercely individualistic, somewhat rebellious, art based, conservative, yet embracing change. He is a puzzle. He is not a rock star, he is an artist. That is how he would see himself, and that is how most of his fans would see him.
He has been around a long time - he first came to notice in Buffalo Springfield (where he wrote "Mr Soul", a complex song that still intrigues people, and which he still plays live), though he had started his career slightly earlier than that when he formed The Squires in 1966, recording a few tracks, then in 1966 he hitch-hiked down from Canada to signed to the Motown record label with the band The Mynah Birds. They only recorded a handful of tracks, one of which was "It's My Time". After Buffalo Springfield broke up he started his solo career, though also occasionally working with the supergroup Crosby Still & Nash (when they would be termed Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). On his solo albums he sometimes works with the band Crazy Horse in much the way that Bob Dylan worked with The Band.
I think that one of the reasons for Young's respected status is that he takes himself seriously - he has that authenticity that some people (like myself) value highly, and which is sadly quite rare among rock musicians. Artists who have it include Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin, who consequently are highly respected and commercially successful even when working in niche musical areas.
Buffalo Springfield albums
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| Buffalo Springfield (1966) |
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| Buffalo Springfield Again (1967) |
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| Last Time Around (1968) |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young albums
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| Déjà Vu (1970) |
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| Looking Forward (1999) |
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| Déjà Vu Live (2008) |
Solo albums
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| Neil Young (1969) |
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| After The Goldrush (1970) |
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| On The Beach (1974) |
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| Zuma (1975) |
Long May You Run (1976)
American Stars 'n Bars (1977)
Decade (1977)
Comes A Time (1978)
Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Live Rust (1979)
Hawks & Doves (1980)
Re-ac-tor (1981)
Trans (1982)
Everybody's Rockin' (1983)
Old Ways (1985)
Landing On Water (1986)
Life (1987)
Life (1987)
This Note's for You (1988)
Freedom (1989)
Ragged Glory (1990)
Freedom (1989)
Ragged Glory (1990)
Weld (1991)
Arc (1991)
Harvest Moon (1992)
Unplugged (1993)
Sleeps With Angels (1994)
Mirror Ball (1995)
Broken Arrow (1996)
Year Of The Horse (1997)
Silver & Gold (2000)
Road Rock Vol 1 (2000)
Generally regarded as Young's worse album (UCR, RS, AM) this is mainly tired old soul pastiche songs backed by some members of the MG's (but not Steve Cropper) plus a couple of dull songs backed by Crazy Horse. I quite like the soul songs, and though they are a little old and clichéd, there's a warmth and a swing to them that works for me.
Year Of The Horse (1997)
Silver & Gold (2000)
Road Rock Vol 1 (2000)
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| Are You Passionate? (2002) |
Greendale (2003)
Prairie Wind (2005)
Earth (2016)
Prairie Wind (2005)
Earth (2016)
Living With War (2006)
Chrome Dreams II (2007)
Fork In The Road (2009)
Le Noise (2010)
Le Noise (2010)
Americana (2012)
Psychedelic Pill (2012)
A Letter Home (2014)
A Letter Home (2014)
Storytone (2014)
The Monsanto Years (2016)
Peace Trail (2016)
The Monsanto Years (2016)
Peace Trail (2016)
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