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From the delicate opening bars of "Out on the Weekend" till the closing sunrise of "Words", Harvest paints an emotional portrait of the post 60's world as seen through the eyes of Neil Young, godfather of alternative rock and grunge.
Harvest is Neil Young's biggest selling album that still resonates today. It is a must have album for Neil Young fans and fans of alternative music across the world in this post grunge post britpop era. It is an unashamed alternative country album with contributions from notable country singers James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, with further involvement of NY stalwarts David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.
A gentle melancholia fills each song, and is one of the first things which strikes you about this record. Although this may have been due, in part, to the heavy medication which Neil was on at the time of recording. The heavy sense of loss and longing also hangs over this record like a calming breeze, particularly in the Needle and the Damage done, a heart-felt song written about Danny Whitten - guitar player in Neil's part time backing band "Crazy Horse".The line "every junkie's like a setting sun" always stands out in a way that is both timeless, evocative and beautiful.
The other stand out song for me, is Old Man - a yearning and poetic song about an old caretaker who lived in Neil's Broken Arrow farm in California. The words strike a chord with me, particularly how the already wealthy 24 year old Neil Young refuses to be constrained by the trappings of fame and how the dignity of the old man in the song is something which Neil's sees in himself, or what he wants to see in himself. Neil to this today remains an unbowed man who is true to the music and who refuses to do the same thing over and over again.
Other notable inclusions include the title song "Heart of Gold" which is Neil's biggest hit single to date, A Man Needs a Maid - about Neil's then actress wife and Alabama, a re-hashed version of an earlier Neil Young song "Southern Man" where Neil continues wage a war of words against the Southern states. To contrary belief, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama which was written in part as a response to Southern Man and Alabama, was not intended to start a feud between the artists. Neil has often claimed to appreciate being associated with Sweet Home Alabama and Lynyrd Skynyrd have always remained Neil Young fans quashing any rumours of a much speculated rivalry.
This is the first (of many) Neil Young albums which I bought. I would recommend it to anyone who has not heard anything by Neil Young before, but has an interest in introspective singer/songwriters with something different to say about the world.
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