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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Reprise Records
Salesrank: 927
Released: July 14, 2009 |
| Our Price: $7.31 |
| Used Price: $7.59 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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After the Gold Rush Track Listing:
1. Tell Me Why
2. After the Gold Rush
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Southern Man
5. Till the Morning Comes
6. Oh, Lonesome Me
7. Don't Let It Bring You Down
8. Birds
9. When You Dance You Can Really Love
10. I Believe in You
11. Cripple Creek Ferry
Editorial Review:
Neil Young's third solo album followed his Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young masterpiece Déjà Vu. Top 10 and double platinum, with the Top 40 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and his condemnation of racism in 'Southern Man,' 1970's After The Gold Rush has been ranked among the '100 Greatest Albums Of All Time' by both Rolling Stone and Time magazine.
After the Gold Rush Reviews:
A Stellar Performance 
2009-11-30 - To the average listener, Neil Young is probably best known for his 1972 hit album Harvest and its #1 hit single, Heart Of Gold, but After The Goldrush, the record he released prior to Harvest, is arguably his best album. Virtually every song on here is a gem and taken as a whole are representative of the many, shifting styles of Neil's work. Rock songs like Southern Man and When You Dance are placed side by side with acoustic gems like Only Love Can Break Your Heart and the soaring Tell Me Why. But the most effective songs on here, the achingly beautiful Birds and the haunting title track, were recorded with a simple piano arrangement which only served to highlight the lyrics. The remastered version is as close as one can come to the original vinyl edition and well worth the price. If you don't have this CD, buy it. If you already have the original CD, replace it with this one. Either way, you won't be disappointed.
Overdue Remaster of an Important Album
2009-11-06 - After The Gold Rush is the second remastered CD I have bought from the Neil Young Archives series. The first, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere I bought because I didn't yet own it on CD. This one I bought to compare with the old Reprise label release that I already own. After listening to both of them many times, it seems that the benefits of the remastering accrue much more to the former album than to this one. As one reviewer noted, the remastering done thus far for the Archival Series is more apparent on the electric pieces.
As far as the music goes, After The Gold Rush is one of the most important albums of the last half of the 20th century. And while a remaster is long overdue, I have to strain my ears to notice any appreciable improvements on most songs. The benefits of the remaster are most apparent on the smug, preachy yet still powerful Southern Man. Elsewhere the benefits are quite underwhelming.
Like the Reprise issue, this CD is accompanied by an attractive booklet containing lyrics, pictures, and important album information. If you already own this on CD, whether an upgrade is worth the added expense depends on the quality of your sound system. But then, this remaster is so inexpensive it will be hard to resist. I look forward to further releases in the series.
NEIL'S GOLD
2009-10-25 - EVERY SINGLE SONG on this album is pure GOLD. Neil is truly OUTSTANDING in these gems. No song is tired nor can a music lover grow tired of them. Brilliance and folk-rock pay dirt here. If I died tomorrow, I'd do it with a smile while listening to this master piece...je
Classic Rock
2009-10-24 - One of my "FIRST" albums (Yes, ALBUMS! i grew up in the 60's-70's), THIS Album IS Solid THROUGHOUT. Best Wishes, NEIL !!!
Remastered Gold
2009-09-12 - A lot of musical obelisks from the early years of recording are being remastered with amazing results. This CD is one of those. If you like Neil Yong and don't have this disc, buy it. If you love Neil Yong and have the original CD-recording, this is the opportunity to hear the music hove it was meant to sound.
