Folks-please be advised, that I rarely watch the news, and had planned on doing this ranking for over 2 weeks, so there is no 'tie in' to whatever is going on with Neil Young in the news this week. Let's keep this all about the music and the albums, and leave all the other b.s. for somewhere else...not here.
church and state apart. life free or die. drink like the vikings for tomorrow we sail. One, two three o'clock four o'clock, ROCK AND ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION.
Neil Young, my favourite artist of all time, does whatever he feels like (like heading for the ditch). You can go along for the ride, hop on and off when and however the mood takes. Seen him live with The Horse twice. Thanks for the ranking, Pete!
He's got an interesting discography. I know it all, but in every decade from the 60s til now he's got albums which are brilliant and albums I do not care for... I obviously love his early classics and renowned stuff like Rust never sleeps, Freedom or Ragged Glory, but I particularly love his so called "ditch trilogy", Time fades away, On the beach and Tonight's the night. Zuma is also great. So many stuff! Love this guy.
Hey Pete, I was relieved to hear your explanation on the timing of NY countdown. I look forward to my daily visits to your channel and just focus on music thus escaping the divisive politicking going on. Thx.
Really appreciate the ranking, Pete. Neil Young is one of my favorites artists. The guy has been so diverse throughout his career and never afraid to tackle our social ills. A wealth of great music and lyrics. When I listen to Neil, it gives me hope that we as a species can become better. Perhaps there is hope for tomorrow?
My favorite Neil Young album without a doubt is Pete’s number one Everyone knows that is nowhere, Down by the river is my number one Neil Young song. I don’t pay attention to today’s controversially and just listen to his music now.
1. On The Beach 2. Zuma 3. Tonight's The Night 4. After The Gold Rush 5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 6. Comes A Time 7. Rust Never Sleeps 8. Sleeps With Angela 9. Prairie Wind 10. Ragged Glory
Love Neil Young, Zuma is my favorite, when I heard Cortez the Killer my mind was blown. Great ranking. Have to revisit some of these. With recent events with Neil Young I hope the comments don’t dwell on political stuff, it’s about his music and his music is a timeless.
@@MK-gv7qr Exactly. The great thing about Neil is he can play acoustic so emotionally, but if the mood takes him, he can play a real mean, gnarly electric version. He is able to switch back and forth between those for many of his songs.
Today my ten would be…. 1 Zuma - Danger Bird blew me away when I first heard it. 2 On the beach- “I need a crowd of people……” 3 American Stars and Bars 4 Live at the Fillmore East 1970 - Sparkling., come on baby let’s go downtown 5 Everybody knows this is nowhere- Cinnamon Girl is timeless rock. 6 Tonight’s the Night - melancholic and moving with the wonderful Nils Lofgren 7 After the Gold Rush - earthy Southern man 8 Greendale - Double E - unique almost lolling guitars and drums 9 Broken Arrow - Again thundering guitars of Loose Change. 10 - Rust Never Sleeps - Welfare mothers make better lovers Tomorrow of course these will change. Quite like his Americana album and about 60% of Barn!
Great list man! 44 yr old Huge Neil Young fan from Montreal Canada! Saw him 3 times live and own so many on cd. I'm surprised you didn't put Rust never Sleeps, and On the Beach on your top 11. Those are killer! Love your channel by the way Peace Man!
Awesome! I’m a huge fan of Neil but haven’t heard all of his albums either. That said, even a top 10 is difficult to do! Thanks for a great show as always Pete!
Indeed! I opted to group all of the albums into 5 "buckets", works for me since to me many of his albums ae approximately equal to my ears & only a handful really stand out above the rest
Great channel Pete. Yes we come here to discuss music nothing else. Leave the bs to other channels especially those reaction video ones yuck, who feel unless there is a video to watch can't discuss properly.
i only saw neil live twice once on the rust never sleeps tour (amazing of course) and then got to see one of the handful of the stills-young band live shows before neil pulled the plug on that tour. both in philly at the spectrum.
@@malco49 I saw Neil and crazy horse at the alamodome with social distortion and Sonic youth opening. When young and crazy horse got into that power circle and started playing off of each other and building, and building and building... Man, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
GREAT list. Neil's catalog is so deep and high-quality it's mind-boggling, and there's an album for everyone whether it's Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon, Trans, and everything in between.
Thank you so much! Great to listen to someone else's take on a truly massive library of fantastic music. I should not be surprised at all that my list would look very different from Pete's. But whatever - what's important is that his music is celebrated. On The Beach is on the shortlist of my favourite albums ever. As is Greendale. Honestly - probably both top 10 albums ever for me. The fact that those albums are separated by almost 30 years is testament to a remarkable career.
Nice list, Pete. Always enjoy watching and listening to your casts! I've been a lifelong fan of Neil for many years and I'll submit my top 10 list: 10. Silver and Gold- A cool latter day release; love the folky and sparse feel this one has. 9. Freedom- Simply an awesome comeback from his scattered decade of the eighties. Perfect way towards reinvention! 8. Broken Arrow- Agree with you that this was a good/solid album with the Horse. Love the opening first half of jams! 7. On the Beach- Love the haunting, yet melodic and emotional starkness this "ditch" era album evokes. Classic Neil. 6. Harvest- As much as I don't listen to this all that much anymore, there's no denying the classic status this possesses. 5. Zuma- Again, with Crazy Horse and the first with Pancho on guitar, some awesome rockers and beautiful acoustic cuts. 4. Tonight's the Night- Haunting, drunken, bleary and astonishing, this record is simply stunning. Not for the faint hearted. 3. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere- The first with Crazy Horse and Danny Whitten. 'Nuff Said! 2. Rust Never Sleeps- Perfect Blend of Acoustic music with a ripping electric bend. Again with the Horse, Prime Record! 1. After the Gold Rush- This is the record that turned me on to the power and wonder of Mr. Young. All time best release!
@Bookhouse Boy That's a fair point, however, had those not have been included on the "Forward" release, I think the record would've lacked some of the strength those songs displayed, the title cut, notwithstanding.
one of my favorite artists,despite his recent insane venture,lol My top ten; 1.Tonight's the Night 2.Rust Never Sleeps 3.After the Gold Rush 4.Zuma 5.Everybody Knows this is Nowhere 6.Time Fades Away 7.Ragged Glory 8.On the Beach 9.Harvest 10.Re Ac Tor
Great ranking show very entertaining. I would add an overlooked gem in Neil’s catalog. 1994’s Sleeps with Angels give it a listen you won’t be disappointed.
I consider myself a fan but I didn't get into his larger body of work until I was into my late 20s. The exception being "Rust Never Sleeps" and "Live Rust". For whatever reason I really liked those albums since their release (I was a teenager). One of my older brothers brought those discs back from college and I've been listening to them ever since. (Good thing Pete can't see my Phillies t-shirt that I'm wearing 😁)
....... I also like Neil The rocker Pete!.... Thank you for ranking his albums!...... Long time Neil Young fan throw me a bone 🦴.... Ranking Neil Young's live albums!..... My favorite Neil Young is Neil Young live!
I heard Neil play Revolution Blues for the first time with C,S,N,Y in Seattle on the 1974 tour. It's also included on the 1974 box set of that tour. Great haunting song! On The Beach is one of my favorites too.
This could be easily the top 20-30 albums from Neil’s vast catalogue, however a short and crisp presentation covering most of the essential albums. The others which imo are also essential listen are (few could still be left out ) 1. On the beach 2. Freedom, 3. Harvest Moon, 4. NY Unplugged 5. Mirror Ball, 6. Silver and Gold, 7 Chrome dreams, 8. Hitchhiker,9. Barn, 10. Psychedelic pill/fork in the road.
Hitchhiker is great. I can imagine, if it came out as an official release in 76, when it was recorded, a lot of people would put it in their top 5 Neil albums.
Good rankings Pete, I’ll just do my top five…very big Neil fan for many years. 1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 2. After The Gold Rush 3. Harvest 4. Neil Young (self titled debut) 5. Zuma
Interesting top 10. Never seen Long May You Run in anyone's top 10. LOL. But Pete...Rust Never Sleeps!! That is his best album. And Freedom is also outstanding.
Well now you have...To me EASILY the pick of the litter & I own about 60 Young albums. It's a really special record in my opinion, especially when factoring in Stephen Stills' 4 tracks. One of the great albums ever, to me anyway. We all hear things differently....
Really shocked literally nobody knows about Harvest Moon? That is one of my favorite albums ever even though I am 99% a metal guy. I grew up with that album all over Oregon my parents would play it on the tape deck so maybe I have nostalgia. You can't beat the easy melodies of the title track, try the wistful Hank and Hendrix. War of Man is Neals best anti war anthem secretly.
my top ten of NY; 1. On The Beach 2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 3. Tonights The Night 4. Harvest 5. After The Goldrush 6. Comes A Time 7. Zuma 8. Neil Young 9. American Stars & Bars 10. Harvest Moon
@@bizzjoe I think it was matter of filling his obligation to record company, he wasn't happy at the time, he was releasing albums just to complete his contract, probably the worst period of his career.
My favourite and one I always go back to - "Comes A Time" - great songwriting, gorgeous songs - consistently brilliant. I cant find anything to enjoy in Neils music today - its output over quality I'm afraid. I cant remember his last decent album it so long ago lol. Cya
1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 2. Rust Never Sleeps 3. Freedom 4. Long May You Run 5. Harvest 6. Trans 7. After The Gold Rush 8. Zuma 9. On The Beach 10. Time Fades Away Someone lent me Psychedelic Pill a while back. I did some chores and popped out to the local shop. That first track was still going when i got back.
I live in Colorado USA, and I've seen some of the Greatest Live Concerts imaginable. Easily more then 300. + Live shows, and to this day my 2nd or 3rd greatest Concert I've ever seen was Mr. Neil Young Trans . He absolutely Shredded it with some amazing Rock Guitar. He had no Band on stage but he was absolutely Phenominal. 🎼🎼🎼
1. On the Beach 2. Zuma 3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 4. After the Gold Rush 5. Harvest 6. Sleeps With Angels 7. Harvest Moon 8. Ragged Glory 9. Freedom 10. Silver & Gold I must say Sleeps With Angels is quite underrated (or then I'm biased because that's the first Neil Young album I bought). The highlight there is excellent lengthy guitar-rock song 'Change Your Mind'.
1. Tonight's the Night 2. On the Beach 2. Rust Never Sleeps 4. Ragged Glory 5. Sleeps with Angels 6. Harvest 7. Zuma 8. Eveybody Knows this is Nowhere 9. American Stars and Bars 10. Mirrorball
Been a long time Neil Young fan & I like the majority of his music & there are definitely some different styles of music he does in his own way. But here's how I would rank them. I'm going 1st to last though. The 1st two a absolutely love & never get tired of. 1. Harvest 2. After the gold rush 3. Everybody knows this is nowhere 4. Rust never sleeps ( Pete did you forget about this album, couldn't believe it didn't make your top 10) 5. On the beach 6. Zuma 7. Neil Young 8. Hitchhiker 9. Harvest moon 10. Tonight's the night
Hitchhiker is unfortunately overlooked because it's an archive release, but it has some of his very best songs like Pocahontas, Powderfinger or Campaigner. Great album.
My top 10: 10. Rust Never Sleeps, 9. Freedom, 8. Sleeps with Angles , 7. Ragged Glory, 6. Zuma, 5. After the Gold Rush, 4. Everyone Knows this is Nowhere, 3. Harvest, 2.Tonight’s the Night, 1. On the Beach
1 On the beach 2 Tonight's the night 3 Zuma 4 After the Gold Rush 5 EKTIN 6 Harvest 7 Freedom 8 Mirror Ball 9 American Stars n Bars 10 Rust never sleeps
'Trans' has a totally different meaning now, but that's easily in my top 5. They changed the mix of my favorite song Sample and Hold when it was released on CD! Also had a great version of Cinnamon Girl. Bunch of crazy vocoder voice box and programming along with some almost Hawaiian songs. Love the craziness of trying to make something different. Read the wiki page about the album. Wild stuff.
I love Tonight's the Night for exactly the qualities you described. Pete, you grasp the emotonal feel of that record perfectly! Because of the depth in some of the lyrics, it has always been special for me.
Try out Sleeps With Angels and I think you'd like Psychedelic Pill Pete ( some very long jam tunes)- right up your alley. Also a few newer releases of some 70's albums that were planned for release but held back at the time: Hitchiker, Homegrown. Freedom, Harvest Moon, Silver and Gold, On The Beach are real good too, if you haven't heard them.
Nice list, my rank of my top 20 (studio only)... I'm a fan of all eras 1- EveryBody Knows This is Nowhere 2- Ragged Glory 3- Sleeps With Angels 4- On the Beach 5- After the Gold Rush 6- Harvest 7- Zuma 8- Psychedelic Pill 9- First Album 10- Hitchhiker 11- Broken Arrow 12- Freedom 13- Tonight’s The Night 14- HomeGrown 15- Mirror Ball 16- Harvest Moon 17- Le Noise 18- Chrome Dreams II (Chrome Dreams I would knock one off this list when it's released) 19- American Stars n' Bars 20- Trans
Very pleased to hear your opinion of Ragged Glory. My key listened to Neil over the last decade hand down. Also one of the most appropriately named albums ever. Sleeps With Angels is another goodie. Like his folkier stuff more than you. A weak spot for Hawks and Doves - may be too short to be a top album, but love every track.
Love Neil!! Another underrated one is on the Beach. Give his box sets a chance. Especially the early years like the unreleased springfield and early daze of Crazy Horse. Cant believe he didn’t release alot of that stuff. 70’s Neil is King for me.
One of my favourites. 1) After The Gold Rush 2) Rust Never Sleeps..... Though recorded live they were all new songs, so I'm including it. 3) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 4) Ragged Glory 5) Tonight's The Night 6) On The Beach 7) Zuma 8) Havest 9) Harvest Moon 10) Time Fades Away.... Again recorded live but all unreleased prior to this.
rust never sleeps to this day is considered as one more album in his discography and is usually distanced from live records, since as you say, everything is new material, and in fact, for many it is his best album
What a task. What a catalogue. To my ears Neil has had two golden runs - anything from EKTIN up to Tonight's the Night , and then everything from Freedom to Mirrorball. The only 21st century album I really like is Living with War. My top ten ( I think) 1. After the Goldrush 2. On the Beach 3. Sleeps with Angels 4. Harvest 5. Everybody knows... 6. Ragged Glory 7. Mirror Ball 8. Rust Never Sleeps 9. Freedom 10. Living with War.
The great thing about Neil Young is you get a thousand fans and their top ten lists would not be the same because he is so varied. Great Rocker Great Folk Artist Great Country Greater Country Rocker.......
Thanks Pete! Nice video! I've been a big Neil Young fan since the mid 70s. And I will always be a big fan! I have most of Neil Young's albums on CD and a few on vinyl. I also have several of his DVDs. And as far as Spotify goes, I have never been to it and probably never will. I would much rather have the CD or vinyl record.
Hey Pete nice review! Here is mine 1. Everybody knows this is nowhere 2. After the gold rush 3. Rust never sleeps 4. American stars and bars 5. Ragged glory 6. Harvest 7. Zuma 8. Comes a time 9. Chrome dreams 1o. Psychedelic pill Honorable mentions - freedom, on the beach, harvest moon Stinkers - everybody Rockin, Trans, landing on water
1) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 2) Harvest 3) After the Gold Rush 4) Zuma 5) Ragged Glory 6) Freedom 7) On the Beach 8) Tonight's the Night 9) Rust Never Sleeps 10) Long May You Run (The Stills-Young Band) 11) American Stars 'n Bars 12) Harvest Moon 13) Comes a Time 14) Homegrown 15) Neil Young 16) Psychedelic Pill 17) Living With War 18) The Monsanto Years 19) The Visitor 20) Broken Arrow 21) Mirror Ball 22) Re·ac·tor 23) Chrome Dreams II 24) Sleeps with Angels 25) Prairie Wind 26) Greendale 27) Fork in the Road 28) Barn 29) Landing on Water 30) This Note's for You 31) Silver & Gold 32) Storytone 33) Colorado 34) Dead Man 35) Paradox 36) Peace Trail 37) Le Noise 38) Hawks & Doves 39) Old Ways 40) Americana 41) Are You Passionate? 42) Trans 43) Everybody's Rockin'
My TOP 5 1. Joe stole my bike 2. Sensor Ship Sellout 3. Lynyrd said bad things bout me 4. Fight the establishment, the pod casters! 5. Where am I??? oh yeah, Rogan is literally Hitler (In key of B flat minor)
1 - After the Gold Rush 2 - Rust never sleep 3 - Harvest 4 Everybody knows this is nowhere 5 - Tonight s the Night 6 - Ragged Glory 7 - On the Beach 8 - Zuma 9 - Unglugged 10 - Harvest Moon
Cool to see Broken Arrow on there. I love it but think it's overlooked. Big Time is one of Young's best tunes. Le Noise is another one that doesn't get enough love. I'd say it's Young's best album since Broken Arrow.
A bold choice. Neil Young´s catalogue is extensive and varied. I have six of his albums, and have probably barely scratched the surface, yet will not be adding more of his output to my collection. Over and out.
1. Rust Never Sleeps 2. On the Beach 3. Zuma 4. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 5. Harvest 6. Tonight's the Night 7. After the Gold Rush 8. Time Fades Away 9. Ragged Glory/Harvest Moon (can't decide!) 10. Sleeps With Angels
I've left out a few, but this is my top 30: 1. Harvest (1972) 2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) 3. After The Gold Rush (1970) 4. On The Beach (1974) 5. Re-ac-tor (1981) 6. Rust Never Sleeps (1979) 7. Ragged Glory (1990) 8. Tonight's The Night (1975) 9. Freedom (1989) 10. Trans (1982) 11. American Stars 'N Bars (1977) 12. Zuma (1975) 13. Comes A Time (1978) 14. Neil Young (1968) 15. Everybody's Rockin' (1983) 16. Mirror Ball (1995) (With Pearl Jam) 17. Harvest Moon (1992) 18. Are You Passionate (2002) 19. Sleeps With Angels (1994) 20. Old Ways (1985) 21. Hawks & Doves (1980) 22. Chrome Dreams II (2007) 23. Psychedelic Pill (2012) 24. Broken Arrow (1996) 25. Dead Man OST (1996) 26. Silver & Gold (2000) 27. Long May You Run (1976) 28. Greendale (2003) 29. Landing On Water (1986) 30. This Note's For You (1988)
1) Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 2)After The Goldrush 3) Reactor 4) Freedom 5) Rust Never Sleeps 6) Ragged Glory 7) Harvest 8) Tonights The Night 9) Comes A Time 10) Prarie Wind
I rather gave up on Neil after the mid '90s, so my top ten goes up until then. 1. *On the Beach* 2. *Tonight's the Night* 3. *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere* 4. *Comes a Time* 5. *After the Goldrush* 6. *Zuma* 7. *Rust Never Sleeps* 8. *Harvest* 9. *Ragged Glory* 10. *Harvest Moon*
Quite a pleasant surprise to find a Neil Young ranking to enjoy. And foolish me…I never thought about any politics, I thought it might be related to the best of ‘’72 daily shows this month and that Harvest was released that year. My off and on fondness for Neil probably changes as often as he switches musical styles but there are certain albums cherished and enjoyed. Ten of them, with no ranking, are listed. Freedom Ragged Glory Harvest Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Tonight’s The Night After the Gold Rush On The Beach Prairie Wind Zumba Comes A Timr Many, many thanks, Pete, for this ranking show.
Neil Young has some great albums ! I agree with you Pete as I also gravitate toward the harder Rockin records with Crazy Horse. One album you didn’t mention that I love is On The Beach. It was part of his doom trilogy. But the songs have such an edge to them. And unlike Tonight’s the Night, there is some hope here. But overall I have nearly the same listing. I rate Zuma much higher because that record helped keep me sane when I was on a ship in the US Navy back in the ‘70’s. 1 Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 2 Zuma 3 After the Gold Rush 4 Tonight’s the Night 5 On the Beach 6 Ragged Glory 7 Harvest 8 Long May You Run 9 Neil Young (1968) 10a American Stars and Bars 10b Freedom 10c Mirror Ball 10d Broken Arrow 10e Psychedelic Pill [cause it’s hard to pick just 10]
@@jimmycampbell78 Yeah, it just struck me funny. If you need to think back to the days of cassettes to remember when you last owned a record, you're probably not that big of a fan...LOL
"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" is easily Neil Young's best album, but I would cheat and just go with "Decade", I know it's a compilation, but the choices are all tip top. As for albums left off your list, I do like "Freedom" quite a bit and HaHa what no "Trans"? Well I guess I'll forgive you that one. Doing Neil's live albums might be a real fun segment.
Great episode Pete! And great call on Broken Arrow which on another day would be in my Top 10. Neil has a great catalog and I actually dig his musical detours which speaks for my #1 choice. 1. This Note's for You 2. On the Beach 3. Ragged Glory 4. Tonight's the Night 5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 6. Rust Never Sleeps 7. Harvest 8. Greendale 9. Time Fades Away 10. Sleeps with Angels
Good ranking all great. I like all of those albums and harvest moon. I do enjoy a lot of his live albums especially with crazy horse. Pete I know you said later albums are not ones to you like. Of the later ones I do like freedom sleeps with angels, broken arrow, ragged glory, psychedelic pill, Colorado and Barn all with crazy horse.
For me: 1. Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere 2. Harvest 3. Harvest Moon 4. Rust Never Sleeps 5. Sleeps With Angels 6. Tonight's The Night 7. Neil Young 8. After The Gold Rush 9. Mirrorball 10. Ragged Glory
Folks-please be advised, that I rarely watch the news, and had planned on doing this ranking for over 2 weeks, so there is no 'tie in' to whatever is going on with Neil Young in the news this week. Let's keep this all about the music and the albums, and leave all the other b.s. for somewhere else...not here.
Well said Pete.
church and state apart. life free or die. drink like the vikings for tomorrow we sail. One, two three o'clock four o'clock, ROCK AND ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION.
I agree Pete, lets leave politics out of this because that's what all this BS in the news is all about.
@@Sammeep02 We should also leave politics out of sports.
Thank you Pete
For me you passed on one I think is one of his most underrated: "On the Beach".
Yep, one of my favs.
Love the tune Vampire Blues.
Its a thought provoking album cover.
Exactly
His best for me
If you will rank his music currently on Spotify, that would be the shortest SOT show ever!! :))
haha
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Yeah,and Joni Mitchell too.No matter I have most of their cds
Good on Neil and Joni for taking a stand against conspiracy theorist meathead Rogan
Most people who are fans of Neil and Joni have physical media anyway.
Another vote for “Rust Never Sleeps”. One of my favorite Neil Young (Crazy Horse) albums.
Agreed.....love that album. Welfare Mothers....a masterpiece.
Would have sworn tat was his number one. Powderfinger is my favorite NY song ever.
Neil Young, my favourite artist of all time, does whatever he feels like (like heading for the ditch). You can go along for the ride, hop on and off when and however the mood takes. Seen him live with The Horse twice. Thanks for the ranking, Pete!
He's got an interesting discography. I know it all, but in every decade from the 60s til now he's got albums which are brilliant and albums I do not care for... I obviously love his early classics and renowned stuff like Rust never sleeps, Freedom or Ragged Glory, but I particularly love his so called "ditch trilogy", Time fades away, On the beach and Tonight's the night. Zuma is also great. So many stuff! Love this guy.
Hey Pete, I was relieved to hear your explanation on the timing of NY countdown. I look forward to my daily visits to your channel and just focus on music thus escaping the divisive politicking going on. Thx.
Really appreciate the ranking, Pete. Neil Young is one of my favorites artists. The guy has been so diverse throughout his career and never afraid to tackle our social ills. A wealth of great music and lyrics. When I listen to Neil, it gives me hope that we as a species can become better. Perhaps there is hope for tomorrow?
My favorite Neil Young album without a doubt is Pete’s number one Everyone knows that is nowhere, Down by the river is my number one Neil Young song. I don’t pay attention to today’s controversially and just listen to his music now.
Everybody knows this is nowhere, my bad
1. On The Beach
2. Zuma
3. Tonight's The Night
4. After The Gold Rush
5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
6. Comes A Time
7. Rust Never Sleeps
8. Sleeps With Angela
9. Prairie Wind
10. Ragged Glory
Love Neil Young, Zuma is my favorite, when I heard Cortez the Killer my mind was blown. Great ranking. Have to revisit some of these.
With recent events with Neil Young I hope the comments don’t dwell on political stuff, it’s about his music and his music is a timeless.
Well said.
Cortez is definitely killer.
@@MK-gv7qr My favourite song of Neil's entire catalogue.
@@garyh.238 Mine too. Sometimes I'm in the mood for one of his acoustic versions and other times I like the Zuma version. Both are great.👍
@@MK-gv7qr Exactly. The great thing about Neil is he can play acoustic so emotionally, but if the mood takes him, he can play a real mean, gnarly electric version. He is able to switch back and forth between those for many of his songs.
My favourite Neil Young album is one that I rarely see on anybody's list of favourite Neil albums is 'On the Beach'
Today my ten would be….
1 Zuma - Danger Bird blew me away when I first heard it.
2 On the beach- “I need a crowd of people……”
3 American Stars and Bars
4 Live at the Fillmore East 1970 - Sparkling., come on baby let’s go downtown
5 Everybody knows this is nowhere- Cinnamon Girl is timeless rock.
6 Tonight’s the Night - melancholic and moving with the wonderful Nils Lofgren
7 After the Gold Rush - earthy Southern man
8 Greendale - Double E - unique almost lolling guitars and drums
9 Broken Arrow - Again thundering guitars of Loose Change.
10 - Rust Never Sleeps - Welfare mothers make better lovers
Tomorrow of course these will change. Quite like his Americana album and about 60% of Barn!
Thanks for doing this Pete!
Great list man! 44 yr old Huge Neil Young fan from Montreal Canada! Saw him 3 times live and own so many on cd. I'm surprised you didn't put Rust never Sleeps, and On the Beach on your top 11. Those are killer! Love your channel by the way Peace Man!
Awesome! I’m a huge fan of Neil but haven’t heard all of his albums either. That said, even a top 10 is difficult to do! Thanks for a great show as always Pete!
Indeed! I opted to group all of the albums into 5 "buckets", works for me since to me many of his albums ae approximately equal to my ears & only a handful really stand out above the rest
Great channel Pete.
Yes we come here to discuss music nothing else.
Leave the bs to other channels especially those reaction video ones yuck, who feel unless there is a video to watch can't discuss properly.
Seeing Neil and Crazy horse live blew my mind. It transcended music. It was magic.
i only saw neil live twice once on the rust never sleeps tour (amazing of course) and then got to see one of the handful of the stills-young band live shows before neil pulled the plug on that tour. both in philly at the spectrum.
@@malco49 I saw Neil and crazy horse at the alamodome with social distortion and Sonic youth opening. When young and crazy horse got into that power circle and started playing off of each other and building, and building and building... Man, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
GREAT list. Neil's catalog is so deep and high-quality it's mind-boggling, and there's an album for everyone whether it's Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon, Trans, and everything in between.
Agree 100%
Thank you so much! Great to listen to someone else's take on a truly massive library of fantastic music. I should not be surprised at all that my list would look very different from Pete's. But whatever - what's important is that his music is celebrated.
On The Beach is on the shortlist of my favourite albums ever. As is Greendale. Honestly - probably both top 10 albums ever for me.
The fact that those albums are separated by almost 30 years is testament to a remarkable career.
Rock n roll can never die ! Great show from Pete ! Thanks !
Nice ranking Pete. I think I'd have squeezed "Psychedelic Pill" from 2012 in there. Pretty good album with Crazy Horse
Love Psychedelic Pill.
Definitely one of my favorite
Neil Young has so many Great Albums.Every one knows this is nowhere is a great Album.Thanks for the list.
Nice list, Pete. Always enjoy watching and listening to your casts! I've been a lifelong fan of Neil for many years and I'll submit my top 10 list:
10. Silver and Gold- A cool latter day release; love the folky and sparse feel this one has.
9. Freedom- Simply an awesome comeback from his scattered decade of the eighties. Perfect way towards reinvention!
8. Broken Arrow- Agree with you that this was a good/solid album with the Horse. Love the opening first half of jams!
7. On the Beach- Love the haunting, yet melodic and emotional starkness this "ditch" era album evokes. Classic Neil.
6. Harvest- As much as I don't listen to this all that much anymore, there's no denying the classic status this possesses.
5. Zuma- Again, with Crazy Horse and the first with Pancho on guitar, some awesome rockers and beautiful acoustic cuts.
4. Tonight's the Night- Haunting, drunken, bleary and astonishing, this record is simply stunning. Not for the faint hearted.
3. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere- The first with Crazy Horse and Danny Whitten. 'Nuff Said!
2. Rust Never Sleeps- Perfect Blend of Acoustic music with a ripping electric bend. Again with the Horse, Prime Record!
1. After the Gold Rush- This is the record that turned me on to the power and wonder of Mr. Young. All time best release!
@Bookhouse Boy That's a fair point, however, had those not have been included on the "Forward" release, I think the record would've lacked some of the strength those songs displayed, the title cut, notwithstanding.
one of my favorite artists,despite his recent insane venture,lol My top ten;
1.Tonight's the Night
2.Rust Never Sleeps
3.After the Gold Rush
4.Zuma
5.Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
6.Time Fades Away
7.Ragged Glory
8.On the Beach
9.Harvest
10.Re Ac Tor
I do t think it’s insane at all, I think it’s hilarious.
Everybody Knows is the best for backup playing and guitar fire . I like On the Beach for grown up views , even tho it's sad .
Great ranking show very entertaining. I would add an overlooked gem in Neil’s catalog. 1994’s Sleeps with Angels give it a listen you won’t be disappointed.
I consider myself a fan but I didn't get into his larger body of work until I was into my late 20s. The exception being "Rust Never Sleeps" and "Live Rust". For whatever reason I really liked those albums since their release (I was a teenager). One of my older brothers brought those discs back from college and I've been listening to them ever since.
(Good thing Pete can't see my Phillies t-shirt that I'm wearing 😁)
....... I also like Neil The rocker Pete!.... Thank you for ranking his albums!...... Long time Neil Young fan throw me a bone 🦴.... Ranking Neil Young's live albums!..... My favorite Neil Young is Neil Young live!
Hey, what about ranking the Studio Albums of "Flotsam and Jetsam"? Great video pete!
I'll say this...the latest by Flotsam is phenomenal
For me personally, I would go with 'After the Goldrush' and 'Rust Never Sleeps'
Good choices. Only one I miss is On The Beach. Great album, the Manson song Revolution Blues is one of my favourite Neil Young tracks ever.
On the Beach is in my top 5 for Neil
I heard Neil play Revolution Blues for the first time with C,S,N,Y in Seattle on the 1974 tour. It's also included on the 1974 box set of that tour. Great haunting song! On The Beach is one of my favorites too.
This could be easily the top 20-30 albums from Neil’s vast catalogue, however a short and crisp presentation covering most of the essential albums. The others which imo are also essential listen are (few could still be left out ) 1. On the beach 2. Freedom, 3. Harvest Moon, 4. NY Unplugged 5. Mirror Ball, 6. Silver and Gold, 7 Chrome dreams, 8. Hitchhiker,9. Barn, 10. Psychedelic pill/fork in the road.
Hitchhiker is great. I can imagine, if it came out as an official release in 76, when it was recorded, a lot of people would put it in their top 5 Neil albums.
Does anyone remember when Neil Young actually wrote songs AGAINST government overreach? Pepperidge Farms remembers....
Good rankings Pete, I’ll just do my top five…very big Neil fan for many years.
1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. After The Gold Rush
3. Harvest
4. Neil Young (self titled debut)
5. Zuma
Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" has entered into the iTunes US Top 50 Chart!
My 3 favourite albums "On The Beach", "Rust Never Sleeps" and "Comes A Time" not ranked. What a pity !
Interesting top 10. Never seen Long May You Run in anyone's top 10. LOL. But Pete...Rust Never Sleeps!! That is his best album. And Freedom is also outstanding.
Well now you have...To me EASILY the pick of the litter & I own about 60 Young albums. It's a really special record in my opinion, especially when factoring in Stephen Stills' 4 tracks. One of the great albums ever, to me anyway. We all hear things differently....
The Freedom album from 1989 is my top pick. Lots of really memorable songs on it.
"Well I hope Neil Young will remember, a Rogan fan don't need him around anyhow"
Rogan Josh is a decent curry.
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Really shocked literally nobody knows about Harvest Moon? That is one of my favorite albums ever even though I am 99% a metal guy. I grew up with that album all over Oregon my parents would play it on the tape deck so maybe I have nostalgia. You can't beat the easy melodies of the title track, try the wistful Hank and Hendrix. War of Man is Neals best anti war anthem secretly.
Great album front to back!
Blue Oyster Cult does a song called ' Harvest Moon ' Neil Young's album is an obvious attempt to do a big seller.
Harvest Moon is definitely in my Top 10..
He did a few songs from it on the Unplugged CD also.. that is fantastic.
my top ten of NY;
1. On The Beach
2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Tonights The Night
4. Harvest
5. After The Goldrush
6. Comes A Time
7. Zuma
8. Neil Young
9. American Stars & Bars
10. Harvest Moon
Thanks for ranking Neil Young. He’s an amazing artist that I love (….and he’s also put out some crap). This is going to be interesting.
His "Trans" album .. what the hell was he thinking?
@@bizzjoe I think it was matter of filling his obligation to record company, he wasn't happy at the time, he was releasing albums just to complete his contract, probably the worst period of his career.
I've never been a fan of his singing, but I found this informative so thank you
He can't sing. Its obvious on ' Tonight's the Night ' though I like that album.
My favourite and one I always go back to - "Comes A Time" - great songwriting, gorgeous songs - consistently brilliant. I cant find anything to enjoy in Neils music today - its output over quality I'm afraid. I cant remember his last decent album it so long ago lol. Cya
1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. Rust Never Sleeps
3. Freedom
4. Long May You Run
5. Harvest
6. Trans
7. After The Gold Rush
8. Zuma
9. On The Beach
10. Time Fades Away
Someone lent me Psychedelic Pill a while back. I did some chores and popped out to the local shop. That first track was still going when i got back.
I'd put on the beach higher
@@jimgroff6880 And Zuma much higher….Danger Bird is amazing !!!
@@richardbooth6063 yes
Times fades away is a top 5 to me. Just thought about it again
I live in Colorado USA, and I've seen some of the Greatest Live Concerts imaginable. Easily more then 300. + Live shows, and to this day my 2nd or 3rd greatest Concert I've ever seen was Mr. Neil Young Trans . He absolutely Shredded it with some amazing Rock Guitar. He had no Band on stage but he was absolutely Phenominal. 🎼🎼🎼
Do a top 10 of musicians who are pro censorship. Censorship is what all the 60’s hippies were about, right?
Interesting timing. I just sold all my neiL young....except, CSNY Déjà Vu.
1. On the Beach
2. Zuma
3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. After the Gold Rush
5. Harvest
6. Sleeps With Angels
7. Harvest Moon
8. Ragged Glory
9. Freedom
10. Silver & Gold
I must say Sleeps With Angels is quite underrated (or then I'm biased because that's the first Neil Young album I bought). The highlight there is excellent lengthy guitar-rock song 'Change Your Mind'.
1. On the beach
2. Sleeps with angels
3. Zuma
4 Prairie Wind
5. Everybody knows
6. Harvest
7. TNT
8. Ragged Glory
9. After the Goldrush
10. Time fades away
1. Tonight's the Night
2. On the Beach
2. Rust Never Sleeps
4. Ragged Glory
5. Sleeps with Angels
6. Harvest
7. Zuma
8. Eveybody Knows this is Nowhere
9. American Stars and Bars
10. Mirrorball
“On The Beach”, “ Zuma”, “After the Gold Rush” and “Tonight’s The Night” would be my favorite.
On the beach is his best imo
Been a long time Neil Young fan & I like the majority of his music & there are definitely some different styles of music he does in his own way. But here's how I would rank them. I'm going 1st to last though. The 1st two a absolutely love & never get tired of.
1. Harvest
2. After the gold rush
3. Everybody knows this is nowhere
4. Rust never sleeps ( Pete did you forget about this album, couldn't believe it didn't make your top 10)
5. On the beach
6. Zuma
7. Neil Young
8. Hitchhiker
9. Harvest moon
10. Tonight's the night
Hitchhiker is unfortunately overlooked because it's an archive release, but it has some of his very best songs like Pocahontas, Powderfinger or Campaigner. Great album.
My top 10: 10. Rust Never Sleeps, 9. Freedom, 8. Sleeps with Angles , 7. Ragged Glory, 6. Zuma, 5. After the Gold Rush, 4. Everyone Knows this is Nowhere, 3. Harvest, 2.Tonight’s the Night, 1. On the Beach
1 On the beach
2 Tonight's the night
3 Zuma
4 After the Gold Rush
5 EKTIN
6 Harvest
7 Freedom
8 Mirror Ball
9 American Stars n Bars
10 Rust never sleeps
'Trans' has a totally different meaning now, but that's easily in my top 5. They changed the mix of my favorite song Sample and Hold when it was released on CD! Also had a great version of Cinnamon Girl. Bunch of crazy vocoder voice box and programming along with some almost Hawaiian songs. Love the craziness of trying to make something different. Read the wiki page about the album. Wild stuff.
I love Tonight's the Night for exactly the qualities you described. Pete, you grasp the emotonal feel of that record perfectly! Because of the depth in some of the lyrics, it has always been special for me.
I love Neil . I've seen him 4 times but not at all in the past 39 years. Guess we're both pretty old now . LOL
Try out Sleeps With Angels and I think you'd like Psychedelic Pill Pete ( some very long jam tunes)- right up your alley. Also a few newer releases of some 70's albums that were planned for release but held back at the time: Hitchiker, Homegrown. Freedom, Harvest Moon, Silver and Gold, On The Beach are real good too, if you haven't heard them.
Nice list, my rank of my top 20 (studio only)... I'm a fan of all eras
1- EveryBody Knows This is Nowhere
2- Ragged Glory
3- Sleeps With Angels
4- On the Beach
5- After the Gold Rush
6- Harvest
7- Zuma
8- Psychedelic Pill
9- First Album
10- Hitchhiker
11- Broken Arrow
12- Freedom
13- Tonight’s The Night
14- HomeGrown
15- Mirror Ball
16- Harvest Moon
17- Le Noise
18- Chrome Dreams II (Chrome Dreams I would knock one off this list when it's released)
19- American Stars n' Bars
20- Trans
Politics aside, Young's discography is one I haven't investigated yet so this show is very helpful to begin.
Very pleased to hear your opinion of Ragged Glory. My key listened to Neil over the last decade hand down. Also one of the most appropriately named albums ever. Sleeps With Angels is another goodie. Like his folkier stuff more than you. A weak spot for Hawks and Doves - may be too short to be a top album, but love every track.
Love Neil!! Another underrated one is on the Beach. Give his box sets a chance. Especially the early years like the unreleased springfield and early daze of Crazy Horse. Cant believe he didn’t release alot of that stuff. 70’s Neil is King for me.
1975 Neil might be the best Neil. So much good Neil.
One of my favourites.
1) After The Gold Rush
2) Rust Never Sleeps..... Though recorded live they were all new songs, so I'm including it.
3) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4) Ragged Glory
5) Tonight's The Night
6) On The Beach
7) Zuma
8) Havest
9) Harvest Moon
10) Time Fades Away.... Again recorded live but all unreleased prior to this.
rust never sleeps to this day is considered as one more album in his discography and is usually distanced from live records, since as you say, everything is new material, and in fact, for many it is his best album
NY the rocker, I agree Pete. Your #1 is my favorite studio album too, but "Rust Never Sleeps" ranks higher. I also really like "Le Noise" from 2010.
What a task. What a catalogue. To my ears Neil has had two golden runs - anything from EKTIN up to Tonight's the Night , and then everything from Freedom to Mirrorball. The only 21st century album I really like is Living with War.
My top ten ( I think)
1. After the Goldrush
2. On the Beach
3. Sleeps with Angels
4. Harvest
5. Everybody knows...
6. Ragged Glory
7. Mirror Ball
8. Rust Never Sleeps
9. Freedom
10. Living with War.
Good list. Freedom to Broken Arrow is my favourite era of Neil.
I just went to check some of these out on Spotify but couldn't find any so I listened to some Joe Rogan podcasts instead....
The great thing about Neil Young is you get a thousand fans and their top ten lists would not be the same because he is so varied. Great Rocker Great Folk Artist Great Country Greater Country Rocker.......
Exactly, very versatile artist.
Thanks Pete! Nice video! I've been a big Neil Young fan since the mid 70s. And I will always be a big fan! I have most of Neil Young's albums on CD and a few on vinyl. I also have several of his DVDs. And as far as Spotify goes, I have never been to it and probably never will. I would much rather have the CD or vinyl record.
Hey Pete nice review!
Here is mine
1. Everybody knows this is nowhere
2. After the gold rush
3. Rust never sleeps
4. American stars and bars
5. Ragged glory
6. Harvest
7. Zuma
8. Comes a time
9. Chrome dreams
1o. Psychedelic pill
Honorable mentions - freedom, on the beach, harvest moon
Stinkers - everybody Rockin, Trans, landing on water
Everybody's Rocking was a V sign to Geffen I believe. I bought it from Woolies for a quid !
Nice episode Pete. Neil has a vast catalogue. Very hard to narrow them down. Great video
Thank you Pete. It's a hard to do Neil
1) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2) Harvest
3) After the Gold Rush
4) Zuma
5) Ragged Glory
6) Freedom
7) On the Beach
8) Tonight's the Night
9) Rust Never Sleeps
10) Long May You Run (The Stills-Young Band)
11) American Stars 'n Bars
12) Harvest Moon
13) Comes a Time
14) Homegrown
15) Neil Young
16) Psychedelic Pill
17) Living With War
18) The Monsanto Years
19) The Visitor
20) Broken Arrow
21) Mirror Ball
22) Re·ac·tor
23) Chrome Dreams II
24) Sleeps with Angels
25) Prairie Wind
26) Greendale
27) Fork in the Road
28) Barn
29) Landing on Water
30) This Note's for You
31) Silver & Gold
32) Storytone
33) Colorado
34) Dead Man
35) Paradox
36) Peace Trail
37) Le Noise
38) Hawks & Doves
39) Old Ways
40) Americana
41) Are You Passionate?
42) Trans
43) Everybody's Rockin'
As a Neil superfan my favorite 5 listens (right now)
Sleeps with Angels
On the Beach
Broken Arrow
Le Noise
Psychedelic Pill
My TOP 5
1. Joe stole my bike
2. Sensor Ship Sellout
3. Lynyrd said bad things bout me
4. Fight the establishment, the pod casters!
5. Where am I??? oh yeah, Rogan is literally Hitler (In key of B flat minor)
Not a big fan of Neil Young but to be fair I will say love the album Deja Vu by CSNY.
The Deja Vu ablum is a great album. I love this album
1 - After the Gold Rush
2 - Rust never sleep
3 - Harvest
4 Everybody knows this is nowhere
5 - Tonight s the Night
6 - Ragged Glory
7 - On the Beach
8 - Zuma
9 - Unglugged
10 - Harvest Moon
Cool to see Broken Arrow on there. I love it but think it's overlooked. Big Time is one of Young's best tunes. Le Noise is another one that doesn't get enough love. I'd say it's Young's best album since Broken Arrow.
Nailed it
Ragged Glory is a great album. I bought it on cassette when it first came out and this was the only time I got to see Neil Young in concert.
A bold choice. Neil Young´s catalogue is extensive and varied. I have six of his albums, and have probably barely scratched the surface, yet will not be adding more of his output to my collection. Over and out.
1. Rust Never Sleeps
2. On the Beach
3. Zuma
4. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
5. Harvest
6. Tonight's the Night
7. After the Gold Rush
8. Time Fades Away
9. Ragged Glory/Harvest Moon (can't decide!)
10. Sleeps With Angels
Timely episode sir. I’d go with
1. After the Gold Rush
2. Everybody Knows
3. On the Beach
4. Harvest
5. Tonight’s the Night
I’m primarily a fan of Neil the rocker too, and I love Ragged Glory. My list would include Rust Never Sleeps and Freedom.
'On The Beach' is an amazing album
I've left out a few, but this is my top 30:
1. Harvest (1972)
2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
3. After The Gold Rush (1970)
4. On The Beach (1974)
5. Re-ac-tor (1981)
6. Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
7. Ragged Glory (1990)
8. Tonight's The Night (1975)
9. Freedom (1989)
10. Trans (1982)
11. American Stars 'N Bars (1977)
12. Zuma (1975)
13. Comes A Time (1978)
14. Neil Young (1968)
15. Everybody's Rockin' (1983)
16. Mirror Ball (1995) (With Pearl Jam)
17. Harvest Moon (1992)
18. Are You Passionate (2002)
19. Sleeps With Angels (1994)
20. Old Ways (1985)
21. Hawks & Doves (1980)
22. Chrome Dreams II (2007)
23. Psychedelic Pill (2012)
24. Broken Arrow (1996)
25. Dead Man OST (1996)
26. Silver & Gold (2000)
27. Long May You Run (1976)
28. Greendale (2003)
29. Landing On Water (1986)
30. This Note's For You (1988)
1) Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 2)After The Goldrush 3) Reactor 4) Freedom 5) Rust Never Sleeps 6) Ragged Glory 7) Harvest 8) Tonights The Night 9) Comes A Time 10) Prarie Wind
I rather gave up on Neil after the mid '90s, so my top ten goes up until then.
1. *On the Beach*
2. *Tonight's the Night*
3. *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere*
4. *Comes a Time*
5. *After the Goldrush*
6. *Zuma*
7. *Rust Never Sleeps*
8. *Harvest*
9. *Ragged Glory*
10. *Harvest Moon*
Quite a pleasant surprise to find a Neil Young ranking to enjoy. And foolish me…I never thought about any politics, I thought it might be related to the best of ‘’72 daily shows this month and that Harvest was released that year. My off and on fondness for Neil probably changes as often as he switches musical styles but there are certain albums cherished and enjoyed. Ten of them, with no ranking, are listed.
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Harvest
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Tonight’s The Night
After the Gold Rush
On The Beach
Prairie Wind
Zumba
Comes A Timr
Many, many thanks, Pete, for this ranking show.
I love from "Sleep With Angels" ( 1994 ) song - " Change your Mind " . Kurt's last words in letter ...sad and glorious .
Neil Young has some great albums ! I agree with you Pete as I also gravitate toward the harder Rockin records with Crazy Horse. One album you didn’t mention that I love is On The Beach. It was part of his doom trilogy. But the songs have such an edge to them. And unlike Tonight’s the Night, there is some hope here.
But overall I have nearly the same listing. I rate Zuma much higher because that record helped keep me sane when I was on a ship in the US Navy back in the ‘70’s.
1 Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
2 Zuma
3 After the Gold Rush
4 Tonight’s the Night
5 On the Beach
6 Ragged Glory
7 Harvest
8 Long May You Run
9 Neil Young (1968)
10a American Stars and Bars
10b Freedom
10c Mirror Ball
10d Broken Arrow
10e Psychedelic Pill
[cause it’s hard to pick just 10]
Sat down on a garbage bag, in the rain, under a tree, and saw these guys at ACL Fest some years ago. One of my favorite moments.
"I enjoyed listening to you Neil. You will be missed." - Jordan Peterson
I'm not interested in bs or politics, just basic morality.
"I thought I had this, I'll have to rectify that...Maybe I had it on cassette at one time? Yeah, I'm not a big Neil Young fan ..." Pete Pardo LOL
I know Pete really dislikes Bob Dylan. Pete did a top 10 songs on Neil Young a while ago so I knew he sort of liked Neil.
@@jimmycampbell78 Yeah, it just struck me funny. If you need to think back to the days of cassettes to remember when you last owned a record, you're probably not that big of a fan...LOL
Harvest is #1 on my list of his albums. The opening track, Out on the Weekend, holds a special place for me.
"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" is easily Neil Young's best album, but I would cheat and just go with "Decade", I know it's a compilation, but the choices are all tip top. As for albums left off your list, I do like "Freedom" quite a bit and HaHa what no "Trans"? Well I guess I'll forgive you that one. Doing Neil's live albums might be a real fun segment.
Great episode Pete! And great call on Broken Arrow which on another day would be in my Top 10. Neil has a great catalog and I actually dig his musical detours which speaks for my #1 choice.
1. This Note's for You
2. On the Beach
3. Ragged Glory
4. Tonight's the Night
5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
6. Rust Never Sleeps
7. Harvest
8. Greendale
9. Time Fades Away
10. Sleeps with Angels
Good ranking all great. I like all of those albums and harvest moon. I do enjoy a lot of his live albums especially with crazy horse. Pete I know you said later albums are not ones to you like. Of the later ones I do like freedom sleeps with angels, broken arrow, ragged glory, psychedelic pill, Colorado and Barn all with crazy horse.
On The Beach would be in my top 5.
For me:
1. Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere
2. Harvest
3. Harvest Moon
4. Rust Never Sleeps
5. Sleeps With Angels
6. Tonight's The Night
7. Neil Young
8. After The Gold Rush
9. Mirrorball
10. Ragged Glory
Nice list, I like Live Rust and Hawks and Doves. My favorite song by him is Cortez the killer.