ICE most played/least played: Neil Young

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:11 pm

List your top three and bottom three Neil Young albums.

My most played would probably be:
Buffalo Springfield
Harvest
Rust Never Sleeps

Least played:
Trans
A Letter Home
The Monsanto Years

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Most played:

Harvest
Harvest Moon (how about that)
Silver And Gold

Would include Decade if we add a comp.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Most played is hard; I'll list favs & least liked.

I'm also going to ignore CSNY & Buf Spring; or Deja Vu would be 1, 4 Way Street would be 2, & Woodstock would be 3!

4 favs (this is hard; i couldn't do 3!)

1. After The Goldrush
2. Harvest
3. Live Rust
4. Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere

4 least liked (this is also hard, I could easily do 9 + a couple of the later CSNY's):

1. A Letter Home
2. Arc
3 (Tie) Reactor & Trans

One thing you can say about NY: He's as much of a chameleon as Bowie.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Most played:
Re-ac-tor
Tonight's the Night
Rust Never Sleeps

Least played:
A Letter Home
Arc
Storytone

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Actually "Most Played" for me would be the hi-res version of Archives (other than his early pre Buf Spring groups)

Craig Kaylor · 10 Feb 2007

Most played:
Tonight's the Night
Rust Never Sleeps
Ragged Glory

Least played:
A Letter Home
Living With War
The Monsanto Years

He may be the artist in my personal top 10 with the most records I have little use for; but when he's on he's amazing and I applaud his artistic restlessness.

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

My most played would be
Rust Never Sleeps
Live Rust (as this was when I discovered Neil)
Ragged Glory

Least played (of the ones I own)
Landing on Water
Sleeps with Angels
Broken Arrow

Honorable mention
I probably have listened to Trans more than many others taking this poll

dustydan · 10 May 2009

MOST
(Decade - Side 1 The Buffalo Springfield era)
After the Goldrush
Rust Never Sleeps
Live Rust

LEAST
Arc
A Letter Home
The Monsanto Years

GodsComic wrote:

I probably have listened to Trans more than many others taking this poll

When Trans first came out, I used to play three or four songs from it on the radio. It's not really an album I revisit though. It belongs to about 1983 and should probably stay there.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

most:

after the goldrush
harvest
on the beach

least:

a letter home
greendale
everybody's rockin

an aside:

ya know, from buffalo springfield s/t right up through 'rust never sleeps" i could listen to anyone of those at anytime, anywhere.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3845

Most played:
After The Goldrush
Comes A Time
On The Beach

Least played:
A Letter Home
Monsanto Years
Le Noise

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Renny wrote:

an aside:

ya know, from buffalo springfield s/t right up through 'rust never sleeps" i could listen to anyone of those at anytime, anywhere.

though I'd go one further: Live Rust.

There's a couple good songs on Hawks & Doves (studio album after Rust), I Love Capt. Kennedy. There's also several that are pretty mediocre. After that it's hit & miss for me; though I like the majority of NY from Greendale - Peace Trail. There's 4 in that period I don't like, but it's a higher percentage of "Like" for me than Hawks - Are You Passionate. There's 7 I like & 8 I don't like (counting studio albums only) to varying degrees in that period.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

Most;
Ragged Glory
Neil Young (1969)
Psycadelic Pill
Rust Never Sleeps
Silver & Gold
Sleeps With Angels

Least:

Letter Home
Trans (don't even own it)
Fork In The Road
The Monsanto Years
Landing On Water
Life

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5104

I can't name the top three that I play because all or nearly all are in regular rotation here with the exceptions of the bottom four which would be "Life", "Landing On Water" and "Living With War", I especially despise the last one.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Larry wrote:

I can't name the top three that I play because all or nearly all are in regular rotation here with the exceptions of the bottom four which would be "Life", "Landing On Water" and "Living With War", I especially despise the last one.

you listen to 'a letter home"??????

"living with war" almost made my list, even when the songs are live with CSN, they just are not very good. FWIW - the 'living with war - in the beginning' is a bit more tolerable to the ears that the released version. i appreciated the effort and the reason for it, but maybe a little more care and time into the songs........

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

Most played:

Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Harvest

Can't get enough of these three. After The Goldrush is right there with them, but I probably play these three the most.

Least played:

Le Noise
Arc
Harvest Moon

I purged Trans, Everybody's Rockin', Landing On Water, and Life from my collection years ago, or they would be contenders for the second list. I put Harvest Moon on there because I know a lot of Neil fans adore it, but I've never liked it at all.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5104

Renny wrote:

Larry wrote:

I can't name the top three that I play because all or nearly all are in regular rotation here with the exceptions of the bottom four which would be "Life", "Landing On Water" and "Living With War", I especially despise the last one.

you listen to 'a letter home"??????

"living with war" almost made my list, even when the songs are live with CSN, they just are not very good. FWIW - the 'living with war - in the beginning' is a bit more tolerable to the ears that the released version. i appreciated the effort and the reason for it, but maybe a little more care and time into the songs........

Yep. I love it. I love the sound of primitive 1920s recordings. This sounds just like that.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Renny wrote:

"living with war" almost made my list, even when the songs are live with CSN, they just are not very good. FWIW - the 'living with war - in the beginning' is a bit more tolerable to the ears that the released version. i appreciated the effort and the reason for it, but maybe a little more care and time into the songs........

I prefer "the Beginning" version also, but I like (not love, like) both.

It's interesting; as I've experienced in the past many of us have different preferences on NY, which doesn't surprise me.

Robert Meagher · 30 Sep 2006

Least played:
A Letter Home
Trans

Most Played
Times Fade Away
Tonite's the Night
American Stars n Bars
This Notes For You
Live cd of This Notes band

banzaibid · 05 Aug 2007

Since almost all the Neil I listen to these days is via homemade comps, I’m gonna go the Geff R. route and list my favorite and least favorite Neil albums. As both Renny and Geff said, I love all Neil albums from the beginning through Live Rust. After that it’s been mostly hit or miss with most of his albums, with the exception of Freedom and Harvest Moon, both of which I like a lot. Very interesting to read all the lists here. Being a Neil fan is not always easy………but looking back over his entire body of work, it is both extremely rewarding and, needless to say, frustrating!!!!

Favorites
After The Goldrush
Harvest
Live Rust
Rust Never Sleeps
Freedom
Harvest Moon

Least Favorite
A Letter Home
Arc
Re-ac-tor
Landing on Water
Life
Sleeps with Angels

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I'm a bit surprised that only banzaibid & I mentioned Arc as least fav. It's very comparable to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

Geff R. wrote:

I'm a bit surprised that only banzaibid & I mentioned Arc as least fav. It's very comparable to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

Oh god no, I don't consider this as a commercial release. Funny story my mum brought Arc as she loves Neil Young, had no idea what was on it. Was struck by what she heard, is this CD faulty? It's all one song just noise!

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

banzaibid wrote:

Since almost all the Neil I listen to these days is via homemade comps, I’m gonna go the Geff R. route and list my favorite and least favorite Neil albums. As both Renny and Geff said, I love all Neil albums from the beginning through Live Rust. After that it’s been mostly hit or miss with most of his albums, with the exception of Freedom and Harvest Moon, both of which I like a lot. Very interesting to read all the lists here. Being a Neil fan is not always easy………but looking back over his entire body of work, it is both extremely rewarding and, needless to say, frustrating!!!!

Favorites
After The Goldrush
Harvest
Live Rust
Rust Never Sleeps
Freedom
Harvest Moon

Least Favorite
A Letter Home
Arc
Re-ac-tor
Landing on Water
Life
Sleeps with Angels

I did the same, I have several compilation CDs I did of Neil Young. 67-72 73-80 88-98 99-2012 and the rest

ICE most played/least played: Neil Young

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