Does Anyone Know Neil Young albums in order of sales?*

As I recall Harvest Moon and Unplugged was where NY really came back to the mainstream and mainstream radio again. Freedom and Ragged Glory got good reviews but he was still swimming upstream a bit after the commercial and critical damage caused by the 80s output.
It's easy to forget, but in Europe at least, he was a cult artist/has-been by the mid/late 80s. Some dates on the 1987 Euro tour with Crazy Horse were cancelled or moved to smaller halls due to low ticket sales.

 

Check this out, gang.

Neil Young discography and filmography - Wikipedia

 

Time Fades Away and Sleeps with Angels (the second one was written in full above).

 

I think 4.3 Mil of Harvest in 1972 would equate to about 10 Mil now. Enabling him to drive right into that ditch that was so much more interesting...

 

I love Harvest but have never connected with Harvest Moon for some reason.

 

I think 4.3 Mil of Harvest in 1972 would equate to about 5000 now. Barely anybody (outside of this Forum) buys anything now.

 

I agree with those who say Harvest Moon is a sequel in name only.

For me it's a pleasant listen, but nowhere near deserving top-five NY sales figures!

 

Metal Machine Music?

 

we need more accurate sales numbers

 

I meant numbers in terms of inflation. But yes I agree, no way it would actually sell that many today

 

As a Neil-Head since I was 9 in 1981, I have owned Harvest on cassette, CD (80s press. and HDCD reissue), the reissue vinyl (Bellman cut), and about 10 pressings ranging from 1st pressing to late-70s.
And it's not my favorite Neil album by a long shot. Damn thing won't go away!!

HELP!!!!!

 

Yes, I understand.

 

I bought ArcWeld. The Weld CD has sat in the CD Drawer since the day I bought it (probably release day) and never come out. So mark me down as one of the 17.

Neil has a very loyal following, but I don't think it does much for sales records. "Harvest" came out at the peak of CSN&Y mania, and it was a good album, so it logically has become the classic.

 

Where is the guy with the sales figures blog when we need him? Please help us @MJD !!

 

I agree that Harvest is far from his best. But it is probably in his top 30 albums, so keep going you are almost there.

 

I built that list many, many years ago. Since then, I learned many things so I can't confirm this is 100% accurate, but the ballparks / the order wouldn't change much anyway:

(I include CSN&Y in case of someone is interested)

1 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu 14,300,000
2 Neil Young Harvest 12,800,000
3 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young So Far 10,200,000
4 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Four Way Street 8,700,000
5 Neil Young After the Goldrush 6,200,000
6 Neil Young Decade 5,000,000
7 Neil Young Harvest Moon 3,900,000
8 Neil Young Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 3,700,000
9 Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps 3,500,000
10 Neil Young Comes A Time 3,100,000
11 Neil Young Live Rust 3,000,000
12 Neil Young On the Beach 2,600,000
13 Neil Young American Stars n Bars 2,200,000
14 Neil Young Unplugged 2,200,000
15 Neil Young Freedom 2,100,000
16 Neil Young Greatest Hits 2,100,000
17 Neil Young Neil Young 2,000,000
18 Neil Young Mirror Ball 1,800,000
19 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young American Dream 1,800,000
20 Neil Young Time Fades Away 1,600,000
21 Neil Young Zuma 1,600,000
22 Neil Young Long May You Run 1,500,000
23 Neil Young Ragged Glory 1,500,000
24 Neil Young Sleeps With Angels 1,500,000
25 Neil Young Tonight's the Night 1,400,000
26 Neil Young Hawks & Doves 1,100,000
27 Neil Young Silver and Gold 1,100,000
28 Neil Young Reactor 1,000,000
29 Neil Young Trans 1,000,000
30 Neil Young Prairie Wind 1,000,000
31 Neil Young Everybody's Rockin' 900,000
32 Neil Young Landing On Water 800,000
33 Neil Young Journey Through the Past 700,000
34 Neil Young Old Ways 700,000
35 Neil Young Broken Arrow 700,000
36 Neil Young Are You Passionate 600,000
37 Neil Young Greendale 600,000
38 Neil Young Living With the War 600,000
39 Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 600,000
40 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Looking Forward 600,000
41 Neil Young This Note's For You 500,000
42 Neil Young Weld 500,000
43 Neil Young Chrome Dreams II 500,000
44 Neil Young Life 400,000
45 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Carry On 400,000
46 Neil Young Year of the Horse 300,000
47 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Replay 300,000
48 Neil Young Lucky Thirteen 200,000
49 Neil Young Road Rock Vol 1 200,000
50 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young CSN Box 150,000

 

are those worldwide sales?

 

Wonderful. Where did you find the data?

 

I have had a copy of that in the past! I think I exchanged Arc for Heroes.

 

Shipped Platinum, sold Rust

 

I think that record was lousy, myself, just didn't keep my interest at all. Comes A Time was a thousand times better. Even Silver and Gold was better.

 

The whole thing just sucked huh? Lucky for Young, 3 mil did not agree.

 

I think these numbers are roughly correct. They show how he has a fan base that pushes him over 500,000 units consistently.

But I would bet many of these did not hit these numbers until the CD explosion.

I also wonder how the missing six could do as well as they did when OOP for many years? Unless they caught up in sales when reissued which I doubt.

Btw Neil was well represented in the cutout bins from 1973 to 1984 both LPs and 8-tracks. His albums were over-pressed every time by Reprise.

 

I remember when I bought my copy, the guy behind the counter checked his journal to see how many copies that made (that he'd sold). This was 1996, so it had been out for a few years, and I believe the number was in the single digits. Which is also probably the number of times I've listened to my copy. It does have a great cover.

 

well just cause they bought it, you can't assume that. I bought it too. but admittedly, I kept it, unlike Old Ways, where I just taped Misfits and sent it on its way.