Neil Young

Artist:  Neil Young
Birth Name:  Neil Percival Young
Born:  November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Origin:  Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Hard Rock
Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Harmonica.


Neil Young born in Toronto, Canada, began playing music in high school with the Garage Rock band called The Esquires, and met Joni Mitchel and Stephen Stills at the coffeehouses, he joined The Mynah Birds, featured Bassist Bruce Palmer and Rick James, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-formed The Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, and became one of the leaders of the Californian Folk-Rock, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash as a fourth member in 1969.  In his early solo album, and those with his backing band Crazy Horse.

Title:  After The Gold Rush  (1970)
Label:  Reprise
Genre:  Folk-Rock, Country-Rock
Rating:   *****

Tracks: 

 1.  Tell Me Why   (2:57)
 2.  After The Gold Rush   (3:46)
 3.  Only Love Can Break Your Heart   (3:08)
 4.  Southern Man   (5:31)
 5.  Till The Morning Comes   (1:16)
 6.  Oh Lonesome Me   (3:48)
 7.  Don't Let It Bring You Down   (2:56)
 8.  Birds   (2:33)
 9.  When You Dance, I Can Really Love   (3:45)
10. I Believe In You   (3:27)
11. Cripple Creek Ferry   (1:34)


After The Gold Rush was the third solo album of Neil Young, released in 1970 with many remarkable and classic tracks:  "Tell Me Why",  "After The Gold Rush", "Only Love Can Break Your Heart", "Southern Man", "Don't Let It Bring You Down", and has been ranked among the "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" by both Rolling Stone and Time Magazine.

 

Title:  Harvest  (1972)
Label:  Reprise
Genre:  Folk-Rock, Country-Rock
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Out On The Weekend  (4:31)
 2.  Harvest   (3:09)
 3.  A Man Needs A Maid   (4:02)
 4.  Heart Of Gold   (3:07)
 5. Are You Ready For The Country?   (3:42)
 6.  Old man  (3:22)
 7.  There's A World   (2:59)
 8.  Alabama   (4:02)
 9.  The Needle And The Damage Done   (2:03)
10. Words (Between The Lines Of Age)   (6:47)


Harvest was the fourth solo album and Platinum No. 1 smash and the best-selling album in 1972, with the classic tracks: "Harvest", "Heart Of Gold", "Old Man", "Alabama", "Out On The Weekend",  "A Man Needs N Maid".

Artist:  Neil Young With Crazy Hosrse

Title:   Psychedelic Pill  (2012)
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock
Label:   Reprise
Rating:   *****

Tracks:  

CD 1:

 1.  Driftin' Back  (27:360
 2.  Psychedelic Pill  (3:26)
 3.  Ramada Inn  (16:49)
 4.  Born In Ontario  (3:49)

CD 2:

 1.  Twisted Road  (3:28)
 2.  She's Always Dancing  (8:33)
 3.  For The Love Of Man  (4:13)
 4.  Walk Like A Giant  (16:27)
 5.  Psychedelic Pill (Alternate Mix) (3:32)

Personnel:

Neil Young and Crazy Horse:

Neil Young:  Vocals, Guitar,  Pump Organ

Crazy Horse:

Poncho Sampedro:  Guitar, Vocal
Billy Galbot:  Bass, Vocal
Ralph Molina:  Drums, Vocal
Dan Greco:  Tambourine, bell

Psychedelic Pill is the thirty-fifth studio album by Neil Young, was released on October 30, 2012 by Reprise Records, this is the second album release by Neil Young with Crazy Horse in 2012 and the first work is Greendale.  This album Psychedelic Pill is Neil Young's longest album about 87 minutes, especially the opening track "Driftin' Back" (27:36).