Artist: Neil Young

Artist: Young Guns

brilliant, 2010-09-03
Fabulous :D

Comes with a free A3 poster inside the CD case which isnt mentioned. Lovely surprise

Artist: Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Crosby, Stills and Nash were already a "supergroup" before Neil Young, previously of Buffalo Springfield, joined them for this album. Indisputably one of the key albums of the immediate post-Woodstock era, Déjà vu does at times however sound a bit of a period piece. Ranging in emotion from the almost cutesy "Teach Your Children" and "Our House" to the moody, dark guitar sounds of "Almost Cut My Hair" and their version of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", it is nevertheless an important document of the time. Young, who would go on to release the excellent After The Gold Rush later in the same year, provides the best moments with "Helpless" and the "Country Girl" medley. --Tim Perry
They don't do it like this anymore, 2010-08-28
I'm no musical expert but from first hearing these guys live at at an outdoor concert I knew there was something special about them and their first two albums both brilliant have not disappointed.Their use of different styles of music,harmonies and lyrics accompanied by brilliant musicianship(especially evident in this album) just cements the influential position in rock they held.
Personal favourites are 'Carry on','Almost cut my hair','4 + 20' and Neil Young's 'Helpless'.
Buy and enjoy
PS I wasn't even born when they released their first two albums.

Artist: Neil Young

After labouring in Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Neil Young finally hit perfect pitch--if his endearing off-centre whine can be called "perfect"--with his third album. He's equally passionate with trippy riddles (has anybody figured out what "We've got mother nature on the run" means in the title track?) and pointed protest (after 30 years of rock-radio overplay, "Southern Man" still rings with truth about redneck racism). His creaky ensemble, including pianist Jack Nitzsche and rotating members of Crazy Horse, transforms ramshackle country and folk songs into soulful hippie hymns. --Steve Knopper
Great Classical Album, 2010-06-22
I bought this for a friend who likes a good mix of music, but had not heard a great deal of Neil Young. Pleased to say he liked the album very much and is now looking at more of Neils work.

Artist: Will Young

Really Liked it!, 2010-08-31
Heard him in a concert overthe radio [if that makes sense] quite by accident i.e. didn't know who was singing till the end!! - so bought the cd and it is really good .............. try it!

Artist: Neil Young

Proclaiming his intentions with "Are You Ready for the Country?", Young detoured briefly to the Nashville mainstream. On this 1972 album, even the singer's acquired-taste voice comes across smooth and beautiful--the smash "Heart of Gold", with steel guitars and Linda Ronstadt's backup vocals, is by far Young's most commercial-sounding song. His usual dissonant touches, like the otherworldly guitar in "Out on the Weekend", are less spooky in this new context. The last two tracks, the deceptively gentle "The Needle and the Damage Done" and the hypnotic rocker "Words (Between the Lines of Age)", predict "Tonight's the Night", Young's haunted 1975 classic. --Steve Knopper
neil youngs best ever album?, 2009-11-17
ask anyone which is neil youngs best ever album and youll probably get the reply 'after the gold rush' but that album is actually a close second to this one 'harvest'
a monumental album packed with diversity and hugely influential for its time, its the benchmark for all of youngs efforts since.
from the massive orchestral delivery of 'a man needs a maid' to the thought provoking 'needle and the damage done (surely the greatest anti drugs song ever written) this album still shines like a beacon even after all these years.

Artist: Neil Young

Stripped down and naked, 2010-03-07
Not Neil, obviously, but the songs themsleves. Harvest Moon was a good album but always seemed a little polished (certainly to theis reviewer who is in the Crazy Horse camp when it comes to NY music).
These versions are more raw and reminiscent of Neil's later acoustic sets (e.g. 2008 first set) allowing the lyrics to come to the fore.

Whether this release will gain Neil any new fans I don't know but most older ones will be very happy with it. I have now played this several times and am not bored by it in the slightest.

New material for 2010 perhaps?

Artist: Neil Young

Transformation, 2009-12-20
The remaster brings this up almost to the quality of the original vinyl. If you have the old CD and like it even a little bit - don't hesitate. Just buy this.

Artist: Neil Young

For Once, the 'Digitally Remastered' Thing Works!, 2010-04-14
Okay, so CDs have been with us getting on for thirty years now. We were told back then that they represented the pinnacle of recorded sound. So, when me and a few million other mugs bought CDs of albums we'd loved to death on vinyl, why was the listening experience so underwhelming? The record labels then realised that they had to be properly remastered using original tapes with a cutting engineer who knew their stuff. Neil Young has constantly frustrated his long standing fanbase by simulataneously whipping the horses and stamping on the brakes - threatening to release stuff then stepping back when some other format (5.1, Blu-Ray) came into view. Anyway, having finally got his finger out, the first batch of Neil Young reissues eventually came out, and, casting cynicism aside, I can honestly state that they are fantastic. I always felt ambivalent about 'Harvest'; on the one hand, it was a massive commercial success internationally, but its success seemed to cause moments of self-doubt, and Young then set about, if not actually sabotaging his career, embarked upon a series of recordings culminating in 'Tonight's the Night' and 'On The Beach' (and when is 'Time Fades Away' gonna make it (Legitimately) to the digital format?), two of the darkest records in the rock genre.

Anyway, I digress. 'Harvest' sounds wonderful in this new, remastered incarnation. The guitars on 'Alabama' are brittle and sharp around the edges, and you can actually hear the room in the recording - and the bits where the instruments leak over into one another. The hit single, 'Heart of Gold' sounds so full and dynamic - you can hear the individual beats on the hi-hat, and the rhythm section - especially the loping bass line - have real depth. Also, the orchestrations - especially on 'A Man Needs A Maid', are amazingly rich and vivid. 'The Needle and The Damage Done' is totally in your face - you have to check that Young's not in the room with you! It's like hearing the record all over again, and in my mind (it's such a fine line), 'Harvest now resides as a total classic - one of Neil Young's (and anyone else's) finest.

Artist: Neil Young

My first Neil Young venture, 2009-11-26
Despite some of the reviews about this album, I think that it is a good introduction to Neil Young and would recommend this as a starter for anyone who has yet to buy any of his work.