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Tell Me Why [2:54]
After The Gold Rush [3:45]
Only Love Can Break Your Heart [3:05]
Southern Man [5:41]
Till The Morning Comes [1:17]
Oh, Lonesome Me [3:47]
Don't Let It Bring You Down [2:56]
Birds [2:34]
When You Dance I Can Really Love [3:44]
I Believe In You [2:24]
Cripple Creek Ferry [1:34]

After The Goldrush was released in July 1970.Primary musicians on this album were:

Neil Young: vocals, guitars, piano, harmonica,
Danny Whitten: guitars, vocals
Billy Talbot: bass
Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Greg Reeves: bass
Steven Stills: guitars, vocals
Nils Lofgren: guitars, piano, vocals
Jack Nitzsche: piano

Most of the songs on this album were inspired by a screenplay for a movie titled "After The Goldrush" which was never actually filmed. The screenplay was co-written by Dean Stockwell, who designed the cover for"American Stars & Bars", and starred in the American TV show Quantum Leap.

The rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd did not appreciate the way Neil's songs, in particular "Southern Man" and Harvest's "Alabama", perpetuated the myth that Americans living in the South live in cabins and lynch African-Americans. Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the song "Sweet Home Alabama" in reply to Neil and actually mention his name in the song. Despite this, Neil and Lynyrd Skynyrd are not at odds with each other, and Neil once played a snippet of "Sweet Home Alabama" in a concert shortly after the 1977 plane crash that killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.                  

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