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Tracklisting & More Information
Neil Young's second album yielded several of his most enduring hits and firmly established him as a solo artist of the first rank. Though it's impossible to narrow the catalogue of Young and Crazy Horse down to one representative document, this is about as close as you're likely to get.
This was Young's first collaboration with Crazy Horse, and it's still one of that group's defining recorded moments. As in much of Young's subsequent work, the feeling of despair moves unabated through the album, which runs the emotional gamut from laconically desperate to psychotically desperate. Despite the gloom, the heavy electric riffing is cathartic and invigorating, easily as riveting as the guitar onslaught of anyone from the Stooges to the Velvet Underground.
Young's rootsy, acoustic side comes to the fore on 'Round & Round' and 'Running Dry'. The homespun quality of these songs doesn't leaven the consuming sense of dread that permeates this album, though. Strangely, this expression of angst and emotional disorder became one of Young's most lastingly popular albums.
Condition
The vinyl is beautiful, still retaining a wonderful shine over fifty years on. There are a couple of light cosmetic blemishes visible if held under strong light but nothing that affects play. The vinyl easily achieves an Excellent grade.
The labels are 3-colour steamboat labels with 'Pop Series' text.
The front laminated flipback picture sleeve with 'Seven Arts' credit has beautiful clean crisp undamaged laminate, free from any but the lightest creasing. The spine edge is solid with no shelfwear and clear, legible text. The rear of the sleeve is unlaminated and therefore has discoloured slightly with age, though this album has been carefully stored and the aging is far from excessive, nor does it detract from the overall beauty of this highly desirable UK original.
1. Cinnamon Girl
2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Round And Round
4. Down By The River
5. Losing End (When You're On)
6. Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)
7. Cowgirl In The Sand
LP RECORD
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