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AFTER THE GOLDRUSH mixes up the hard rock of EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE and the folk and country leanings Young pursued with Crosby, Stills And Nash in one of his most eclectic and satisfying releases. The acoustic picking on the opener, "Tell Me Why," frames Young's vulnerable warble beautifully, signaling the softer aspect of the album. But the electric crunch of "Southern Man," a raging tour de force protest song that captures the special chemistry between Young and backing group Crazy Horse, balances Young's sensitivity with aggression and amplification.
The album continues its collage of styles, from the wistfulness of "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" to song fragments like "Til the Morning Comes" to the transformation of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" from canter to ballad. But the crowning achievements are the album's magnificent title track, a vividly drawn portrait of post-'60s melancholy, and the gorgeous, aching "Birds," a swan song heralding emotional departure. Both songs are graced by Nils Lofgren's delicate piano, and stand as two of Young's finest compositions. In a catalogue filled with rock classics, AFTER THE GOLDRUSH still ranks among the best.
Photographer: Joel Bernstein.
Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, vibraphone); Neil Young; Nils Lofgren (vocals, guitar, piano, background vocals); Danny Whitten (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Ralph Molina (vocals, drums, background vocals); Stephen Stills (vocals, background vocals); Steve Stills (vocals); Bill Peterson (flugelhorn); Billy Talbot, Greg Reeves (bass instrument); Jack Nitzsche (piano).
Audio Mixer: Susan Young.
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114) - Ranked #71 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...An album of heartbreaking ballads....The music is gentle..." Spin (p.101) - "His most plaintively pretty and mournfully pissed-off folk album." Q (4/02, p.141) - "...Subdued, intimate, largely acoustic: the sound of the post-'60s comedown pressed into vinyl. Packed with fine songs..." Mojo (Publisher) (11/01, p.150) - "...With the singular exception of 'Southern Man', the songs here sound gentler but are still about confusion and disillusion..." NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #19 among The Greatest Albums Of The '70s. NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #66 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
Every track is golden! What a great songwriter.. This album is truly a joy to listen to! Submitted by Sleepy (Toronto) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 3 of 4 found this helpful.
Stands the test of time. This is a classic. I think it's his best work. I haven't played the whole thing in years but I still remember all the words. Good stuff. Submitted by Dia (Scranton, PA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 2 of 3 found this helpful.
Very good album this cd includes the track "don't let it bring you down" which is among my best favourites of Young. I recommend it although it's only a part of this artist music story. Submitted by antonelladamico (italy) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Great CD! Excellent works of classic stuff. Submitted by Headbangers R Us (Plano, TX) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Neil Young's excellent album recording of all-time! After The Goldrush which is Neil Young's third release from 1970 now on CD has a few of my favorite folk ballad rock classic songs like "Southern Man", "Oh Lonesome Me", "I Believe In You" to the album's self titled debut track on here as well. I think that Neil Young is compared to America's folk singer Bob Dylan they had pretty good songwritings together. But only Dylan born in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in a small town of Hibbing.
Started out recording making folk music to southern-country rock ballads in 1962 when Columbia records released his self titled name album debut it was at lease a moderate success. Young started out in Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills. And in 1968 where Neil Young first released his self titled name album debut it was a commercial failure and not a big success at all. So what I think of Neil Young he's Canada's answer to Bob Dylan because I betcha they were both born in the late forties themselves probably or maybe not who knows?
Submitted by Jason Ross (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Every track is golden!
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