 | Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £3.98 The duelling guitars on Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand don't come better than this.
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 | Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £2.97 Close to a pop album. Packed full of catchy rock hits and containing what Lou Reed described as the most beautiful guitar playing he had ever heard on Danger Bird and Cortez the Killer
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 | Tonight's the Night by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £2.97 Drunken stoned improvised masterpiece allegedly recorded more or less live through the night and not originally intended for release
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 | On the Beach by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £6.03 Bluesy and laid back. Not quite as wasted as Tonights the Night, but not as polished as Zuma, somewhere in between. Ambulance Blues is one of his greatest songs.
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 | Mirror Ball by Neil Young
Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £3.50 Recorded with Pearl Jam this has a different sound to Crazy Horse. A powerful album with a cohesion not always present in some of Young's more diverse collections.
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 | After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.15 It's got everything on this one. Acoustic guitar, piano, rock, fragile vocals, 30 second vignettes, and that guitar solo on Southern Man. Not a bad place for the beginner to start.
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 | Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £2.96 Often overlooked but a blistering set of heavy rock that cemented his position as Godfather of Grunge. 10 extended melodic guitar jams
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 | 4 Way Street by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby
Buy new: £15.58 / Used from: £9.16 This was panned by the critics but I think it contains some of Youngs best live recordings, both the solo acoustic numbers and the awesome extended guitar workouts with Stephen Stills.
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 | Hotel California: Singer-songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the L.A. Canyons 1967-1976 by Barney Hoskyns
Buy new: £5.31 / Used from: £2.37 An excellent appraisal of the early 70s LA scene of which Young was a main player
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 | Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.27 A very popular album. One side acoustic and one side electric. Generally I prefer Young with Crazy Horse but here the acoustic side contains some of his most lovely songs eg Thrasher.
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 | Re-Ac-Tor (Reactor) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £3.38 One of the first I owned. Although I don't play it so much now I was struck how different it sounded to anything else in my collection at the time. Characterised by lots of rough repetitive riffs.
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 | Harvest by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £3.00 A bit twee in places this one, but still some lovely songs especially Out on the Weekend and Old Man, and great slow electric playing on Alabama
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 | Live Rust by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £2.88 This is a great live set no doubt but very similar to Rust Never Sleeps which I would go for instead, or check out the acclaimed film of the concert
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 | Hawks & Doves by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £4.56 A little gem this one. Some great acoustic tunes - Old Homestead, Captain Kennedy. And some novel electric items like Union Man.
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 | Neil Young by Neil Young
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £2.80 Some interesting little heard tracks but probably for completists only
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 | Comes a Time by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £2.84 Many people's dark horse favourite this one but too many weak or average acoustic songs. A Harvest of sorts but not as good.
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 | This Note's for You by Neil Young
Buy new: £7.58 / Used from: £3.00 Often overlooked this one is actually quite good fun. It won't change your life but the brass section arrangements make a refreshing change.
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 | Sleeps With Angels by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £1.49 Although critically acclaimed I find this one lacking in cohesion. The pump piano is a bit annoying and acclaim probably due to Kurt Cobain theme. Only Change your Mind hits the heights for me.
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 | Neil Young's "Harvest" (33 1/3) (33 1/3) by Sam Inglis
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £1.15 These little books are great. This one gives a good overview of Young's career either side of Harvest.
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 | Freedom by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £1.67 Again one that is over rated in my opinion. In comparison to some of his weak 80s albums this was a relative return to form but someway off his best despite the anthem Rockin in the Free World.
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![Greendale [CD + DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WE8MKX67L._SL75_.jpg) | Greendale [CD + DVD] by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £4.43 This one's ok. The songs are a bit simple and blues derivative but the drive and power is there. Similar to Broken Arrow or Living with War but better.
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 | Trans by Neil Young
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.47 Critically panned on release the fans could not take this sudden change in direction as Young attempted an electronic album. Consequently there are some unique moments diluted with some standard ones
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 | Harvest Moon by Neil Young
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £2.25 It beats me why this one is so loved. A pale "follow up" to Harvest in my opinion.
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 | Essential Neil Young (Essential Series) by Steve Grant
Buy used from: £3.99 Interesting personal insights into some of his (often less well known) songs
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 | Living with War by Neil Young
Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £3.97 Some Young albums give the impression of being knocked out in a few days without much quality control and this is one. Tonight's the Night being an astounding exception to this generalisation!
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