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Inspired by his quadriplegic son Ben, an electronic Neil Young concept album with vocodered vocals was an incredibly bold move, so much so that Young padded it out with more straightforward material. The end result was a curious mess; the loveliness of Transformer Man was fully revealed only when Young played it acoustically on 1993’s MTV Unplugged. 28. Hawks & Doves (1980)

Only Neil Young would follow up his commercial breakthrough with a chaotic audio-verité souvenir of a disastrous tour. But Time Fades Away isn’t just a screw-you gesture, it’s utterly compelling. The songs – Last Dance’s churning, hippy-baiting din; fragile piano ballad The Bridge; and the autobiographical Don’t Be Denied – are incredible, potentiated by the ragged performances. 6. Zuma (1975) After The Gold Rush feels like Young’s morning-after-the-60s album, but unlike the consoling tone of Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, it is gaunt, troubled and affecting. Amid the relationship woes, there is ecological disaster, racism and Don’t Let It Bring You Down, which, Young noted, was “guaranteed to bring you down”. 4. On the Beach (1974) Matrix / Runout (BBC In Concert DVD): 0093624881704-02 DM71333-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH [One-Red "R" logo] DM71332-01 L1 The sound of Young alone in the studio, “turning on the tap” as David Briggs put it, and letting new songs pour out (almost all of which ended up being re-recorded elsewhere). The fact that Young is audibly, heroically stoned throughout only adds to the album’s intimate charm. 14. Le Noise (2010) The Other Shoe Productions, Inc. Under exclusive license to Reprise Records. Made in Germany. 093624881704The least appealing of Young’s albums in the Harvest vein, Prairie Wind is still one of Young’s stronger latter-day albums. The autumnal, reflective mood of He Was the King and This Old Guitar were presumably influenced by the death of his father and Young’s own brush with mortality after a brain aneurysm. 33. Silver & Gold (2000) Piano, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar Banjo [Banjo Guitar], Lead Vocals – Neil Young

All runout details are hand etched. The faintly inscribed "geometric" marks (e.g. '1+' and '1V') are mirrored. Matrix / Runout (Harvest Time DVD): 0093624881704-01 DM71332-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH [One-Red "R" logo] DM71332-01 L1 Clearly proud of his “godfather of grunge” tag – Crazy Horse’s combination of looseness and intensity was a key influence on the sound – Mirror Ball saw Young collaborating with Pearl Jam. The results were solid, but never explosive or edgy enough to stop you wishing he’d chosen to work with his former tourmates Sonic Youth, who might have pushed him harder. 26. Chrome Dreams II (2007) Sometimes life hurts,” wrote Young in explanation of Homegrown’s belated 2020 release, 45 years after he recorded it in the wake of his split from the actor Carrie Snodgrass. It’s certainly downcast, its tone set by the opener Separate Ways, but it is also Young at the peak of his powers, writing fragile, beautiful songs. 10. Comes a Time (1978)

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neilyoungarchives.com , hyperrust.org , thrasherswheat.org , Wikipedia , Facebook , Lastfm , X , YouTube Bad Fog Of Loneliness [...] Recorded [...] at Quadraphonic, Nashville, TN, February 6, 1971 [...] Published by Silver Fiddle Music (ASCAP) The first of the two DVDs is the video performance of BBC In Concert, while the second is the previously unreleased two-hour documentary called Harvest Time. This should be amazing as it captures the making of the album from start to finish and was directed by Neil Young and his film crew in 1971.