release date: May 14, 1969
format: cd (2009 hdcd remaster)
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,28]
producer: Neil Young, David Briggs
label: Reprise Records - nationality: Canada
Tracklist: 1. "Cinnamon Girl" (5 / 5) - 2. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (4,5 / 5) - 3. "Round And Round (It Won't Be Long)" (4 / 5) - 4. "Down by the River" (4 / 5) - 5. "The Losing End (When You're On)" - 6. "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" - 7. "Cowgirl in the Sand" (4,5 / 5)
2nd studio album by Neil Young released as Neil Young & Crazy Horse. This is the first real collaboration work with Crazy Horse consisting of Danny Whitten on guitar and harmony vocals (co-lead on "Cinnamon Girl"), Billy Talbot on bass and with Ralph Molina on drums and harmony vocals. Neil wrote all lyrics and music, which is why the album figures as a mere solo album. This is his first major / essential album, and it brought him to the super league of folk rock - it's the first time he really shines through. The style is more electrified blues rock as all his later albums made with Crazy Horse.
The album is enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". My older brother had the original vinyl lp, and it's the first entire album that I heard with Neil Young. I liked it then - I was only 12-14yo, but later I understood how good it really is, and that's like really great. I think it's one of his top 3 best albums and as such: a must have.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone Music Guide 5 / 5 stars ]
1969 Favourite releases: 1. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 2. The Band The Band - 3. Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poorboys
