"Neil Young’s classic fourth studio album, 1972’s Harvest – magical, mystical, tremulous, myth-building...
'Harvest' was America’s best-selling album of 1972, but it was viewed (not least by Young himself) as too ‘safe’. Perhaps it was because, following the dissolution of CSN&Y, Young had put together a band of country session musicians (the Stray ‘Gators) to help record it.
Listening now, the quality and clarity of the songs shines through as they have shone through these past decades; the chilling simplicity of 'The Needle And The Damage Done', the far-reaching future nostalgia of 'Old Man', even the sweetness of the London Symphony Orchestra on the oft reviled 'A Man Needs A Maid' and 'There’s A World'. Even the South-baiting 'Alabama', which inspired the monster Lynyrd Skynyrd answer song 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
Anyone who’s grown up listening to Neil Young can’t elp be moved to tears, by his quaver on 'Out On The Weekend' and 'Harvest', the questioning, yearning guitar on 'Words…', the chart-topping 'Heart Of Gold', for Christ sake! The whole album is near miraculously flawlessly imperfect, from beginning to end. Is 'Harvest' Neil Young’s greatest album? One of them, most certainly." - Classic Rock
Compact Disc pressing
Tracklisting:
1. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Out On The Weekend
2. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Harvest
3. Neil Young With The London Symphony Orchestra– A Man Needs A Maid
4. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Heart Of Gold
5. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Are You Ready For The Country?
6. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Old Man
7. Neil Young With The London Symphony Orchestra– There's A World
8. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Alabama
9. Neil Young– The Needle And The Damage Done
10. Neil Young With The Stray Gators– Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
