Name: Harvest [Vinyl]
Brand: VINYL
SKU: 18440665
Price: 41.63 GBP
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Harvest [Vinyl]

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Album: Harvest [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Out On The Weekend	More Info...
2)	Harvest	More Info...
3)	A Man Needs A Maid	More Info...
4)	Heart Of Gold	More Info...
5)	Are You Ready For The Country?	More Info...
1)	Old Man	More Info...
2)	There's A World	More Info...
3)	Alabama	More Info...
4)	The Needle And The Damage Done	More Info...
5)	Words (Between The Lines Of Age)	More Info...
3)	A Man Needs a Maid	More Info...	0:04
4)	Heart of Gold	More Info...	0:03
5)	Are You Ready for the Country?	More Info...	0:03
6)	Old Man	More Info...	0:03
7)	There's a World	More Info...	0:03
8)	Alabama	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Needle and the Damage Done	More Info...	0:02
10)	Words (Between the Lines of Age)	More Info...	0:06

Album: Harvest [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Out On The Weekend	More Info...
2)	Harvest	More Info...
3)	A Man Needs A Maid	More Info...
4)	Heart Of Gold	More Info...
5)	Are You Ready For The Country?	More Info...
1)	Old Man	More Info...
2)	There's A World	More Info...
3)	Alabama	More Info...
4)	The Needle And The Damage Done	More Info...
5)	Words (Between The Lines Of Age)	More Info...
3)	A Man Needs a Maid	More Info...	0:04
4)	Heart of Gold	More Info...	0:03
5)	Are You Ready for the Country?	More Info...	0:03
6)	Old Man	More Info...	0:03
7)	There's a World	More Info...	0:03
8)	Alabama	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Needle and the Damage Done	More Info...	0:02
10)	Words (Between the Lines of Age)	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Recognized as one of Young's (and hence one of rock & roll's) finest albums, HARVEST put the singer on the mainstream map with the mega-hit "Heart of Gold," which defined a soft folk-rock style frequently revisited by lesser artists throughout the 1970s. It also features some of his darker compositions, like the entropy-obsessed "Old Man" and the junkie eulogy, "The Needle and the Damage Done," one of Young's most haunting and compelling songs.
Deceptively laid-back-sounding country-rock plaints like "Out on the Weekend" and the title cut caress the ear unassumingly, pulling you into the more ominous subtext that is present even in the rollicking "Are You Ready for the Country." As always, Young has an ear for contrasts, laying down heavy rock ("Alabama") beside his balladry, and even employing the London Symphony Orchestra on the excellent confessional "A Man Needs a Maid." Due to back troubles, Young recorded much of this material while wearing a brace, a fact that seems audible in the tension and unease that underlies the friendly, acoustic surface of this superb release.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114) - Ranked #78 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Americana - steel, guitar, slide guitar, banjo - stripped down and rebuilt with every jagged edge exposed..."

Q (7/00, p.141) - Included in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time" - "...The showcase for [his] most affecting artistic devices..."

Mojo (Publisher) (11/01, p.150) - "...If he was laid-back at this time it was simply because spinal surgery had made him literally so..."

NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #60 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #22 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of The '70s.'