On the Beach

On the Beach Artist: Neil Young
Label: Wea International
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 093624852629
EAN: 0093624852629
ASIN: B00009YXAD


Release Date: 2003-08-07

On the Beach


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Tracks:

  1. Walk On
  2. See the Sky About to Rain
  3. Revolution Blues
  4. For the Turnstiles
  5. Vampire Blues
  6. On the Beach
  7. Motion Pictures
  8. Ambulance Blues

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Amazon.com

Sparse, underproduced, and at times downright dour, <I>On the Beach</I> was Neil Young's first studio album after <I>Harvest</I> had transformed him into a mainstream superstar two years before. It was a career move akin to "pissin' in the wind," as the artist himself describes life on one of the album's most famous lines. Young had already recorded the harrowing <I>Tonight's the Night</I>, his indictment of '60s drug culture and the damage done, but his label rejected it as too abrasive. So the artist gave them this instead. Less mournful but still haunting, the album is basically Young's rejection of rock stardom and what had become of the counterculture, covering a range of subjects, including Richard Nixon and Patty Hearst (the epic "Ambulance Blues"), his affair with actress Carrie Snodgrass ("Motion Pictures"), and, most famously, years before it became "chic" to do so, Charles Manson (the rocking "Revolution Blues"). "Vampire Blues," meanwhile, seemed to be about all those topics, as well as Young himself. Full of despair and little hope, <I>On the Beach</I> would nevertheless eventually come to be reappraised as a rock culture masterpiece. <I>--Bill Holdship</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautifully Brilliant.......2007-03-04

I have heard nearly every album Neil has put out in the '70s (Time Fades Away being the exception) and this album is my favorite of them all. A great batch of tunes that cover a spectrum from up tempo rock to incredibly mellow instrospective meanderings. Consistently good from start to finish.

5 out of 5 stars a-typical, but sensational Neil Young product.......2006-02-08

To discover this album was a truly amazing experience. I like the sound of this album, every instrument has it's place and every song has must space left to be filled in by your imagination. Also I like Neil using the complete register of his voice (not so much of the high tones, like "After the goldrush"). The lyrics.....everything is just right and you never seem to catch the full mystery of this album. All reasons to listen to it again and again.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. Mountain Rock ~ Dear Nora
  3. Remix Wars ~ 16 Volt , and Hate Dept.
  4. What Is It? ~ Naturally 7
  5. Wide Awake and Dreaming ~ Wendy Woo
  6. One Night Jammed-Live ~ Ten Years After
  7. Your Tears Are the Warning Signs ~ Red Paintings
  8. Picchio Dal Pozzo
  9. Getting into Sinking ~ AM , and FM
  10. American Dreams ~ Regie Hamm

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The Beginning ~ Jazz at the Philharmonic

You've Changed ~ Dick Meldonian

Relaxin' With Horace ~ Horace Parlan

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