Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [Reprise 140g LP (2009)] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-compatible format

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The dark yet hopeful tone of After The Gold Rush matched the tenor of the times in 1970, making it one of the definitive singer/songwriter albums, and it has remained among Young's major achievements. - William Ruhlmann/AMG

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After the Gold Rush is the third album by Neil Young, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; two singles taken from the album, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "When You Dance I Can Really Love," made it to # 33 and # 93 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.

After the Gold Rush has appeared on a number of greatest albums lists. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted After the Gold Rush the 89th greatest album of all time. It was ranked 92nd in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2003, Rolling Stone named the album the 71st greatest album of all time, his highest ranking on this list. Pitchfork Media listed it 99th on their 2004 list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s" [5]. In 2006, Time Magazine listed it as one of the 'All-TIME 100 Albums'. It was ranked third in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. Its followup album, Harvest, was named the greatest Canadian album of all time in that book. In 2005, Chart Magazine readers placed it fifth on a poll of the best Canadian Albums. In 2002, Blender Magazine named it the 86th greatest "American" album. New Musical Express named it the 80th greatest album of all time in 2003. On the Acclaimedmusic.net website, the album holds the #1 spot for the year 1970, the #16 spot for the 1970s and the #43 spot on the all-time list (Young's highest placing). In addition, the title track and "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" are on the site's all-time top 3000 songs.




Track and credits listing

All songs written by Neil Young except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Tell Me Why" – 2:54
* Neil Young - guitar, vocal; Nils Lofgren - guitar, vocal; Ralph Molina - vocal
2. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:45
* Young - piano, vocal; Bill Peterson - flugelhorn
3. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" – 3:05
* Young - Guitar, vocal; Danny Whitten - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano; Greg Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Stephen Stills - vocal
4. "Southern Man" – 5:31
* Young - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Whitten - vocal
5. "Till the Morning Comes" – 1:17
* Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Stills - Vocal; Peterson - flugelhorn

Side two

1. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 3:47
* Young - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums, vocal
2. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" – 2:56
* Young - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums
3. "Birds" – 2:34
* Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - vocal; Molina - vocal
4. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" – 4:05
* Young - guitar, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Jack Nitzsche - piano; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums
5. "I Believe in You" – 3:24
* Young - guitar, piano, vibes, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums, vocal
6. "Cripple Creek Ferry" – 1:34
* Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal

Personnel

* Neil Young – guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes, vocals
* Danny Whitten – guitar, vocals
* Jack Nitzsche – piano
* Billy Talbot – bass
* Ralph Molina – drums, vocals
* Greg Reeves – bass
* Nils Lofgren – guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
* Stephen Stills – vocals