Neil Young - Decade (1977) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 813 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 347 Mb | Scans included | 02:24:31
Folk Rock, Country Rock, Classic Rock, Psychedelic | Label: Reprise | # 7599-27233-2
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 813 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 347 Mb | Scans included | 02:24:31
Folk Rock, Country Rock, Classic Rock, Psychedelic | Label: Reprise | # 7599-27233-2
Given the quirkiness of Neil Young's recording career, with its frequent cancellations of releases and last-minute rearrangements of material, it is a relief to report that this two-disc compilation is so conventional and so satisfying. A 35-track selection of the best of Young's work between 1966 and 1976, it includes songs performed by Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and the Stills-Young Band, as well as solo work. In addition to five unreleased songs, Decade offers such key tracks as the Springfield's "Mr. Soul," "Broken Arrow," and "I Am a Child"; "Sugar Mountain," a song that had appeared only as a single before; "Cinnamon Girl," "Down by the River," and "Cowgirl in the Sand" from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; "Southern Man" and the title track from After the Gold Rush; and "Old Man" and the chart-topping "Heart of Gold" from Harvest. This is the material that built Young's reputation between 1966 and 1972, although he is more idiosyncratic with the later material, including the blockbusters "Like a Hurricane" and "Cortez the Killer" but mixing in more unreleased recordings as the set draws to a close.