Neil Young
Decade ( comp.) - Reprise 1977
Tracks: 1. Down To The Wire / 2. Burned / 3. Mr. Soul / 4. Broken Arrow/ 5. Expecting To Fly / 6. Sugar Mountain / 7. I Am A Child / 8. The Loner / 9. The Old Laughing Lady / 10. Cinnamon Girl / 11. Down By The River / 12. Cowgirl In The Sand / 13. I Believe In You / 14. After The Gold Rush / 15. Southern Man / 16. Helpless // 1. Ohio / 2. Soldier / 3. Old Man / 4. A Man Needs A Maid / 5. Harvest / 6. Heart Of Gold / 7. Star Of Bethlehem / 8. The Needle And The Damage Done / 9. Tonight's The Night (Part 1) / 10. Tired Eyes / 11. Walk On / 12. For The Turnstiles / 13. Winterlong / 14. Deep Forbidden Lake / 15. Like A Hurricane / 16. Love Is A Rose / 17. Cortez The Killer / 18. Campaigner / 19. Long May You Run
Comments:
Decade was originally a 3 LP retrospective album, compiled by Neil Young himself. It covers his first 10 recording years, offering tracks from 1966 Buffalo Springfield till previously unreleased recordings from 1976. The long playing time leaves good space for long recordings like "Cowgirl in the Sand", "Down By the River" and "Like a Hurricane" and so a good insight in Young`s very personal guitar-playing style.
Still, first of all, Young is a songwriter and of course a great singer. This extensive compilation offers a lot of the best songs from his early records, as well as many previously unreleased songs, some of which are really great. "Deep Fobidden Lake", "Helpless" and "Long May You Run" are all-time favourites of mine. A special treat is the great unreleased Buffalo Springfield recording "Down to the Wire"; it was recorded for their "great lost" 2nd album "Stampede"
Well known classics like "Cinnamon Girl", "After The Gold Rush", "Harvest", "Heart of Gold" and "Walk On" are there as well. I wonder why Young left out "See The Sky About to Rain" from "On the Beach"! Go the for the original album for that one!
A minor complaint : I find it very hard to read Youngs handwitten notes !!
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