Neil Young- On The Beach (4 Viewers)

[mackle]

Anyone else a fan of this album. Been listening to it loads lately and think it might be the best album he ever made. There's not a bad track on it!

 

[I Bleed Black]

Amazing album, probably my favorite of his as well, tho that's a pretty hard choice.

 

[pavlos]

The best

I remember only having it on a gnarly 4th/5th generation taped copy for years before picking it up on vinyl in the states at a fleamarket.

Definitely not a bad song on the whole album

There's a bootleg floating around from around the same time called "Citizen Kane Jr. Blues" (I think) that's deadly, I'd say it's out there on a blog somewhere

Really looking forward to this period when it comes out on the archives

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I think it's his second best after Time Fades Away.

remember when it was really dear here

 

[pavlos]

I think it's his second best after Time Fades Away.

remember when it was really dear here

Yeah, Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonights the Night, Zuma - such a great run of albums!

I remember seeing it in that record shop that was in a basement near the Powerscourt centre (can't remember the name) for mad money around 1996 alright

 

[Wheels]

It's a heartbreaker and a beaut.

 

[magnetize]

my fave ny lp too

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I think it's his second best after Time Fades Away.

remember when it was really dear here

It's probably not a popular choice of best album but I agree, Time Fades Away is the best. It's got beautiful piano songs (The Bridge, Love in Mind, Journey Through The Past), a couple of deranged rock songs which he probably thought at the time were catchy pop tunes (LA, Yonder Stands The Sinner), 2 hypnotically long and chaotic oil slicks (Time Fades Away, Last Dance) and his career thus far in song form (Don't Be Denied), all shot through with a boozy, druggy dread. It's perfect.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I remember seeing it in that record shop that was in a basement near the Powerscourt centre (can't remember the name) for mad money around 1996 alright

Freak Out.
Yeah - £40 was their asking price. Didn't buy it there thankfully.
Secret Book and Secret Store had a similar price tag on a copy a year or two later.

It's probably not a popular choice of best album but I agree, Time Fades Away is the best. It's got beautiful piano songs (The Bridge, Love in Mind, Journey Through The Past), a couple of deranged rock songs which he probably thought at the time were catchy pop tunes (LA, Yonder Stands The Sinner), 2 hypnotically long and chaotic oil slicks (Time Fades Away, Last Dance) and his career thus far in song form (Don't Be Denied), all shot through with a boozy, druggy dread. It's perfect.

Good description CB

 

[Jamesy Yakuza]

I support the pro "On The Beach" agenda...

 

[ernesto]

I support the pro "On The Beach" agenda...

as do i

 

[quasiquasi]

My first NY album (got into him late, after the reissue appeared), and still my favourite.

 

[hugh]

I fully endorse the general sentiments expressed on this thread.

 

[pissypants]

Where are you Evil Bandit??

 

[ratmonkey]

I fully endorse the general sentiments expressed on this thread.

I concur, much like half the cast of Crimson Tide.

 

[cletus_buckley]

Its surprising that they with the powers that be only re-released it on cd for the 1st time in 2003. I would say it's my favourite of his along side the "Unplugged" album which isnt really a proper album but some of the finist versions of great songs.
When On The Beach came out, I never realised that it is quite so downbeat and depressing but then again I was smoking alot of good grass that summer in Galway.

 

[Jasper]

Yep, definitely my favourite Neil Young album as well

 

[I Bleed Black]

Its surprising that they with the powers that be only re-released it on cd for the 1st time in 2003. I would say it's my favourite of his along side the "Unplugged" album which isnt really a proper album but some of the finist versions of great songs.
When On The Beach came out, I never realised that it is quite so downbeat and depressing but then again I was smoking alot of good grass that summer in Galway.

Young himself only gave approval for it around then, and still won't for time fades away.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

This is the only Neil Young album I really 'get'. It's super. I bought the reissue a few years ago in a third attempt to appreciate Neilo, and, while I didn't become a fan in general, this album is superb.
Revolution Blues - 'mazin.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Here's the album covered by various people. I like the Byrds' version of See The Sky About to Rain.

http://covermesongs.blogspot.com/2008/02/full-albums-neil-youngs-on-beach.html