3 Classic Neil Young Albums?

Every single one of my favorite Neil Young songs come from a weird album (that's otherwise arguably hit-n-miss), and/or from an album with weird origins. Just a few examples, off the top of my head:

• "Sample and Hold" and "Computer Age" from Trans -- but *especially* the various LIVE versions of those tunes (all from the 80's).
• "Ordinary People" from Chrome Dreams II
• "Grey Riders" from A Treasure.
• A song or two from Re·ac·tor.
• Two or three songs from Landing on Water.
• A song or two from Life.

And certainly a bunch from Freedom, Ragged Glory, Sleeps With Angels -- though great as those 3 albums are, few of those tunes quite reach the heights of the four (4) that I specifically mentioned above.

And I've never gotten too deeply into any Neil pre-Re·ac·tor, if you can imagine.

So with an interest in Neil as outlined above, I'm really not sure how to answer an "album-centric" question, such as the OP posed in this thread.

 

Reactor
Hawks and Doves
P Pill

 

Zuma
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After the Goldrush

 

Rust Never Sleeps
On The Beach
Tonight's The Night .


10 years ago this would have been a lot different!!!!

 

I love this tune as well... the first version I ever heard was a bootleg, late at night on a radio station in San Luis Obispo. I have no idea if the performance I heard is the one that got released on Chrome Dreams II or not!!

 

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
After the Goldrush
Rust Never Sleeps

 

After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Sleeps With Angels

 

This.

 

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Tonight's The Night
Zuma

oh, this is impossible! Can I have 15?!

Those ones are as good as any.

 

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Harvest
Comes A Time

 

Buffalo Springfield (2LP)
Decade (3LP)
Rust Never Sleeps

 

Tonight’s The Night
Harvest
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

 

The three classics:

Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After The Goldrush
Harvest
Time Fades Away
On The Beach
Tonight’s The Night
Zuma
American Stars-n-Bars
Comes A Time
Rust Never Sleeps
Live Rust
Hawks and Doves
Reactor
Trans
This Note’s For You
Eldorado
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Weld
Harvest Moon
Sleeps With Angels
Mirror Ball
Broken Arrow
Greendale
Americana
Psychedelic Pill

 

Rust Never Sleeps
Harvest
After the Gold Rush

 

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
On The Beach
Trans

 

After The Gold Rush - excellent early effort with his most consistent set of songs.
On The Beach - my favourite of the ditch trilogy - chilled out resignation on the second side, 'See The Sky About To Rain' is beautiful and 'Revolution Blues' rocks.
Rust Never Sleeps - great bookend to the 1970s, with a reaction to punk and a lovely acoustic half.

 

Hey! Where’s Everybody’s Rockin’ and Old Ways!

Landing on Water, though...

 

Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After The Goldrush

 

You nailed it!

 

like that mix best!

 

Rust Never Sleeps
Trans
Harvest Moon

 

BIG LIFE CHANGING ALBUMS....still muse over them today.

 

Impossible.

We need at least 6 choices.

 

After the Goldrush
Harvest
Rust Never Sleeps

 

me too...and to be honest I always considered the first FOUR Neil albums masterpieces...