Decade - Neil Young

Advantages: good selection of tracks
Disadvantages: not very imaginative in its choices

...1. Down By The River - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 2. Cowgirl In The Sand - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 3. Cinnamon Girl - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 4. Helpless - Crosby Stills Nash & Young 5. After The Goldrush 6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart 7. Southern Man 8. Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young 9. Needle And The Damage Done 10. Old Man 11. Heart Of Gold 12. Like A Hurricane - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 13. Comes A Time 14. Hey Hey My My (Into The Black) - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 15. Rockin' In The Free World 16. Harvest Moon This album serves as a decent intro into the world of Neil Young but considering how there is little from later albums like Sleeps With Angels, Broken Arrow, This Notes For You or Life I would recommend the double disc of Decade which features more songs and spans his time with Buffalo Springfield... Read review

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Advantages: Fine for a casual Neil Young listener
Disadvantages: Only tells part of the story

...Well for anyone wanting an easy (if possible) introduction into Neil Young this is not really the place to start. For that i'd head straight for the recently released Greatest Hits or older collection Decade (great early career overview) or better still any number of 'classic' Neil albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, Tonight's The Night, Rust Never Sleeps etc. This collects in a rather random way a couple of tracks from most of Neil's albums which were a result of his failed association with Geffen Records in the 80's. Trans is represented by Sample And Hold and Transformer Man where Neil experimented with the use of vocoders to try and come up with a kind of hybrid Kraftwerk sound with mixed results. Old Ways - a much more languid country album has a couple of good tracks showcased here, Once An Angel... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: energy, rock, commitment, tracks
Disadvantages: sound level, distortion

...Recorded at the Cow Palace, San Francisco in the early 90's Neil Young and Crazy Horse are at the peak of their profession. Weld opens with a most powerful rendition of ''hey,hey,my, my,'' then almost slides into ''crime in the city'' but with the same distorted gibson les paul he plays throughout the show as opposed to a more subdued version on Youngs energy is contagious - Sampedro, Talbot and Molina are in awe, not to mention the audience. This double dvd is a must - electric and not an acoustic string in the house - with tracks such as cinnamon girl, rockin' in the freeworld and love to burn this is actually a journey or as Mr Young would say - ''it's all one song''... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful