Neil Young - any suggestions?
 

So I never got into Young until last week, when I bought the Weld live album, and it pretty much blew my mind. I've been listening to it non-stop since.

As I understand the man has a really long discography and I'm not into greatest hits things so I would appreciate any suggestion on where to follow, his best works and such.

Tonight's the Night
On the Beach
Zuma
After the Gold Rush
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

time fides away
harvest
rust never sleeps
live at massey hall 1971
american stars n' bars
leet manson shit
re-ac-tor
harvest moon
ragged glory
weld (just to reiterate)

then you wanna get everything else ever except maybe everybodys rockin but i guess you can start with smashingjsj list and mine

the 80's albums

lol

I guess I'll start with smashingjj's ones and then I'll go with these ones. I had already listened to Rust Never Sleeps but I suppose it didn't "click" until I listened to Weld. I don't care much for live albums but god this was awesome.

download Life wihile your at it

massey hall
live rust
on the beach
a treasure

chrome dreams 2
both chrome dreams
landing on water
PRAIRIE WIND - IT'S A DREAM

greendale also

listen to matt valentine instead

I like MV+EE but NNNNOOOOO

he was my first true artist love

i was 12

asked for greendale for christmas :wub:

If you like weld make sure to check out Year of the Horse live 2xCD and of course Live Rust.

Also the crazy horse live at Fillmore archive cd

Studio wise, give time to everything chronologically from Everybody Knows this is Nowhere through Reactor for starters

Make sure to i n c l u d e time fades away Don't worry about Journey through the past. Long may you run, his collab with stills, isn't as essential, but ok.

do you count self titled as before or after everybody knows this is nowhere, chronologically

Then sleeps with angels and broken arrow.

Leave self titled until later

start with the first 3 tracks from sleeps with angels

Half of freedom is good, most of silver and gold is really beautiful. Harvest moon is half pretty, half boring adult contemporary. 'going home' from are you passionate is amazing, the rest of the album is hit n miss.

Once you decide you like him, enjoy greendale, living with war, prairie wind, chrome dreams 2, fork in the road, and Le noise at your leisure, plenty of great moments.

Everything between reactor and freedom is for completists with a few good songs (when your lonely heart breaks)

1969 sugar mountain and 1971 Massey hall are solid early solo sets as well. Any live stuff from the archives is worth listening to really.

Also 'arc' is awesome experimental music

I don't think I missed anything

OH FUCK Ragged Glory and Mirror Ball are 2 of his best, group these with the sleeping with angels/broken arrow post

Ah, unplugged and road rock vol. 1 have some great stuff but not essential.

NOW GET LISTENING

I only have a few of the albums, though I love NY.

Someone should rapidshare some of this stuff. Just sayin'.

Thanks everyone, I guess I have some Neil Young homework to do for a long time now

honestly sleeps with angels is top 5 stuff. every song is gold just about. really really pretty.

ive been a fan of his for a decade and im still doing homework. infinite amount of stuff

download the song War Of Man. get back to me

heard it live during his CSNY tour. woah