On the Beach (Neil Young album)
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LP, CD |
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8th |
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39:40 |
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On the Beach is the fifth studio album by Neil Young , released in 1974 . It was only released on CD in 2003.
General
The album was recorded after Tonight's the Night , but released before Tonight's the Night . Both albums share a depressed mood. After the successful studio album Harvest , this album was a change of direction. Like Tonight's the Night , On the Beach was not a commercial success at the time of its release, but has gained great acclaim over time. The album was deliberately produced simply and unpolished.
Songs
In Walk On Young deals with his critics and in Revolution Blues with Charles Manson , whom he had met years earlier. Vampire Blues is an attack on the oil industry.
On the Beach is a blues about the downside of fame. The song was covered by Radiohead , Golden Smog and others.
Motion Pictures is about his new relationship with Carrie Snodgress .
Ambulance Blues ends the album. Young had inadvertently the tune of Needle of Death of Bert Jansch quoted. The song is about Young's feelings about his critics, Richard Nixon, and the state of CSNY . The line "You all just piss in the wind" was a saying by Young's manager about the inactivity of the quartet.
Track list
All songs were written by Neil Young.
page 1
- "Walk On" - 2.42
- "See the Sky About to Rain" - 5.02
- "Revolution Blues" - 4.03
- "For the Turnstiles" - 3.15
- "Vampire Blues" - 4.14
Page 2
- "On the Beach" - 6.59
- "Motion Pictures" - 4.23
- "Ambulance Blues" - 8.56
Web links
- On the Beach at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview in the French magazine "Guitare & Claviers" from 1992
Studio albums: Neil Young (1968) | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1968) | After the Gold Rush (1970) | Harvest (1972) | On the Beach (1974) | Tonight's the Night (1975) | Zuma (1975) | American Stars' n Bars (1977) | Comes a Time (1978) | Rust Never Sleeps (1979) | Hawks & Doves (1980) | Re-ac-tor (1981) | Trans (1982) | Everybody's Rockin ' (1983) | Old Ways (1985) | Landing on Water (1986) | Life (1987) | This Note's for You (1987) | Freedom (1989) | Ragged Glory (1990) | Harvest Moon (1992) | Sleeps with Angels (1994) | Mirror Ball (1995) | Broken Arrow (1996) | Silver & Gold (2000) | Are You Passionate? (2002) | Greendale (2003) | Prairie Wind (2005) | Living with War (2006) | Chrome Dreams II (2007) | Fork in the Road (2009) | Le Noise (2010) | Americana (2012) | Psychedelic Pill (2012) | A Letter Home (2014) | Storytone (2014) | The Monsanto Years (2015) | Peace Trail (2016) | Hitchhiker (2017) | The Visitor (2017) Colorado (2019)
Live albums: Time Fades Away (1973) | Live Rust (1979) | Weld (1991) | Arc (1991) | Unplugged (1993) | Year of the Horse | (1997) | Road Rock Vol. 1 (2000) | Live at the Fillmore East (2006) | Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007) | Live in San Francisco (2007) | Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968 (2008) | Dreamin 'Man Live '92 (2009) | A Treasure (2011) | Cow Palace 1986 (2012) | Live at the Cellar Door (2013) | Bluenote Café (2015) | Earth (2016)