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The Greatest Hits is the definitive collection of Neil Young's most-loved songs including 'Cinnamon Girl', 'The Needle And The Damage Done', 'Heart Of Gold', 'Rockin' In The Free World' and 'Harvest Moon'. The album also features Young's best work with Crosby, Stills and Nash in the form of 'Helpless' and 'Ohio'. The Greatest Hits documents the finest work from an artist who has not only sold in excess of 45-million albums, but whose influence can be heard on countless major bands since, such as Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and Wilco.
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88 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Too little, too late?...,
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Cd Only) (Audio CD)
So what have we here? Well, as a 5 star selection of Neil Young tracks there's little to fault this album - every one is top notch and together they cover a very fair cross-section of his often complex wanderings between folk, country and hard-rock.
Job well done then? Well not really. First off the selection itself is too limited, with only four tracks covering the last 25 years and with none after 1992. The man's had his ups & downs but his career is much broader than represented here and his post 1977 work includes a much larger number of truly excellent tracks than this compilation, with its heavy weighting to pre-1977, suggests. Odd... not least because, with only a small number of genuine single/album "hits" to his name, it's not as though there's any particular reason to limit it in this way through a "Greatest Hits" title. Secondly, its sequencing, while strictly chronological, is bizarre. Do people who want to be introduced to an artist (as those at who it's directed at will be) really want to start off with "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand" - two excellent but distinctly similar and lengthy hard rock work-outs. Sitting here as its first two tracks, they provide a less than helpful 20 minute opening for someone who probably only knows "Heart of Gold" and maybe a couple of other of Neil Young's more MOR outings. Finally, 11 of the 16 tracks are already available on the only other sensible retrospective currently available, the excellent two CD "Decade" from 1977, which provides a much more comprehensive & interesting overview of the first 10 years of his 30 year plus career. Result? If "Decade" is the only Neil Young album you own then you're paying a lot for just five more tracks and if you buy this album first and then buy "Decade", as new recruits may well do... well, you're starting to understand the problem. Someone needs to get on top of it because it's increasingly clear that Neil Young, who undoubtedly exerts rigid control over his releases, seems to have "missed the point" when it comes to overviews of his career. As a previous reviewer said, why didn't he give the whole lot to Rhino and let them get on with producing a more comprehensive and better sequenced effort. A 30 track double CD would have done it, leaving both his fans and his new recruits much, much happier. Brilliant though it is, "Greatest Hits" makes the chances of this even more remote, which is a great shame because his best work covers much more than what's on offer here and, as such, deserves much better treatment. A case of too little, too late?
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ASTOUNDING SOUNDING!,
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Cd Only) (Audio CD)
Having just been reading the other informative reviews there is one point missing so far. This c.d. has been mixed from the master tapes and the sound is truly superb. A slight hissing can be heard at the start of certain tracks but the instruments and vocals really come out crystal clear.
Due to his prolific output some studio albums would no doubt be too much for alot of people but this c.d. does not have a duff track on it. The guitar work is superb and varies between being very rocky and showcasing delicate acoustic songs still managing to rock. The vocals, although not to every ones idea of mainstream, stretch every emotion from the songs. You always feel that every word is heartfelt. As noted in another review it is a brave decision to put two almost ten minute tracks at the start, but if you like this style of music they do not drag on like some long tracks can seem to. One of my favourite albums, you won't play it lots maybe but when you do you will wonder why you don't !!
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comes a time...,
By Edward Barry "Out of the ordinary comes..?" (Suffolk, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Greatest Hits (Cd Only) (Audio CD)
...when you need an overview of this great man on one disc. This is it. Every track counts. It's fascinating to note, particularly as the tracks are arranged chronologically, how Young had a style distinct from the start. The purity of voice and the consistency of treatment, be it as a solo artist or collaborator.His triple album Decade is a comprehensive slice of just one phase of his career - this album judiciously covers well over a quarter of a century. I can't fault the selection, so good to have the studio versions of 'Comes a time' 'Like a Hurricane' 'Hey hey' which possibly are more famous as live tracks. Shame they couldn't fit in 'Cortez the Killer'. Most importantly the compilers have bravely skirted around Young's more eccentric experiments, the album 'Trans' for example. Neil is guilty of as many misses as hits but this album most definitely contains hits and only hits.
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