Best Neil Young album

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Yes, very nice.

Mirrorball, I only remember "Piece of crap".

I'm on Reactor now. Been taking time out to listen to The Durutti Column (Vini Reilly). A bit like the good guitar bits from The Smiths extended over whole albums and minus the singing, bar some guest female vocalists here and there.

'Piece of Crap' is from 'Sleeps With Angels', which is Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
'Piece of Crap' is from 'Sleeps With Angels', which is Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

In which case I remember nothing of it whatsoever! But I'll be refreshing my memory shortly.

'Sleeps with Angels' had a song about a Western hero with some great lyrics.

I just listened to CSN&Y 'American Dream' -- ouch, not the best album ever. About three good songs on it ('American Dream' itself is pretty snappy).

I see that Young did the soundtrack for 'Dead Man' -- heard that?

Originally posted by Green Paladin
Rust Never Sleeps.

I still have a copy of 'Live Rust' on vinyl.
'Like A Hurricane' was a favourite of mine and b/f at the time, and 'Heart of Gold' too. There was a great rock nightclub in town then, lots of bands that made it big later. Ahhh...my clubbing, dancing days... 😀

Oh yes, and I could drink alcohol in those days too 😵

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
In which case I remember nothing of it whatsoever! But I'll be refreshing my memory shortly.

'Sleeps with Angels' had a song about a Western hero with some great lyrics.

I just listened to CSN&Y 'American Dream' -- ouch, not the best album ever. About three good songs on it ('American Dream' itself is pretty snappy).

I see that Young did the soundtrack for 'Dead Man' -- heard that?

Mirror Ball is quite good.

Nope, haven't heard the sound track. Never even heard of it.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I'm in the process of listening to them all. The very first one, from 1969, is a lot noisier than I would have thought from Buffalo Springfield & Harvest (my only reference from around then). It almost grinds like Grinderman. But anyway -- what's your favourite ... Neil Young ... album?

"Best Neil Young album"----that's an oxymoron, right? Ewwww is that voice grating, OR WHAT?!

Originally posted by PinkFloyd
"Best Neil Young album"----that's an oxymoron, right? Ewwww is that voice grating, OR WHAT?!

It's all about taste.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
It's all about taste.

Bad-taste album name: Are You Passionate?

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Bad-taste album name: Are You Passionate?

Yeah, I don't plan on getting that one. I don't like when he does love songs. He's better doing other stuff.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
Yeah, I don't plan on getting that one. I don't like when he does love songs. He's better doing other stuff.

It has some nice songs and he sings them well in his own way.

Originally posted by badmoon
It has some nice songs and he sings them well in his own way.

I'm enjoying 'Silver & Gold' a lot. The Buffalo Springfield revisitation is -- nostalgic's not the right word. But where his voice sounded prematurely aged in the 60s, now it seems to have grown back into itself.

'This Note's For You' on the other hand will take a long time to grow on me if at all.

I also enjoy Silver and Gold. The folksy, country Neil works well for me.

I didn't like Silver & Gold. I found it very boring. Maybe I'm too young to understand the songs. I'll get it again some day, probably.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
I didn't like Silver & Gold. I found it very boring. Maybe I'm too young to understand the songs. I'll get it again some day, probably.

Not quite Cortez the Killer (which I have now listened to a lot: it's great). What I like about it is that Young sings like a gentle zombie, crooning ghost songs in mourning for the lost soul of America. It's disturbing to listen to an authentic voice in times of pure simulacrum.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I'm looking forward to this one very much. There's been talk of vocoders ...

Speaking of Vocoders, it took me a while to find a link to what vocoders are, here is a wiki:
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Vocoders

I don't like everything on any album, but Young gets my vote for Cinnamon girl, Heart of Gold, Down by the river, helpless just to name a few that come to mind. Does anyone know just how many songs Young has written, at least up to now?

Crazy Horse...check out "Cortez the Killer"