Neil Young - Harvest

Not everything that crosses our desks is recommendable for everyone. These Neil Young reissues are! It's just that simple. We've heard the test pressings for these landmark titles, and we can say that without question you'll be blown away!

Higher price of Harvest due to meticulous recreation of original jacket.

A quadruple Platinum No. 1 smash and the best-selling album of 1972, Harvest was Neil Young's fourth solo effort. With the Gold No. 1 "Heart Of Gold," Top 40 "Old Man," powerful "The Needle And The Damage Done," controversial "A Man Needs A Maid" and "Southern Man" companion "Alabama," Harvest won inclusion in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of All Time."

Deceptively laid-back-sounding country-rock plaints like "Out On The Weekend" and the title cut caress the ear unassumingly, pulling you into the more ominous subtext that is present in the rollicking "Are You Ready For The Country." As always, Young has an ear for contrasts, laying down heavy rock ("Alabama") besides his balladry, and even employing the London Symphony Orchestra on the excellent confessional "A Man Needs A Maid." Due to back troubles, Young recorded much of this material while wearing a brace, a fact that seems audible in the tension and unease that underlies the friendly, acoustic surface of this superb release.

1. Out On The Weekend (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

2. Harvest (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

3. A Man Needs A Maid (By Neil Young with The London Symphony Orchestra )

4. Heart Of Gold (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

5. Are You Ready For The Country? (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

6. Old Man (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

7. There's A World (By Neil Young with The London Symphony Orchestra )

8. Alabama (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )

9. The Needle And The Damage Done

10. Words [Between The Lines Of Age] (By Neil Young with The Stray Gators )