Complete List Of Neil Young Albums And Discography

This Complete List Of Neil Young Albums And Songs presents Neil Young studio albums, live releases, compilations, and archival recordings. Neil Young was born on November 12, 1945, and hails from the area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His music has spanned generations, from his first solo recordings through decades of albums with Crazy Horse and other collaborators.

The Neil Young albums below are presented in chronological order within each section. Release information, album covers, and track listings accompany the main studio and live entries. Archival recordings, concert albums, and compilations are included in their own sections.

NEIL YOUNG STUDIO ALBUMS

Neil Young

Released November 12, 1968

Neil Young’s solo debut, first released in 1968, introduced the singer-songwriter after his work with Buffalo Springfield. Songs such as ‘The Loner’ and ‘The Old Laughing Lady’ established the intimate, sometimes orchestral sound of his early solo recordings.

CD Track Listings:

1. The Emperor of Wyoming
2. The Loner
3. If I Could Have Her Tonight
4. I’ve Been Waiting for You
5. The Old Laughing Lady
6. String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill
7. Here We Are in the Years
8. What Did You Do to My Life?
9. I’ve Loved Her So Long
10. The Last Trip to Tulsa

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere with Crazy Horse

Released May 14, 1969

Released in 1969, this was Young’s first album with Crazy Horse and became a major early breakthrough. ‘Cinnamon Girl,’ ‘Down by the River,’ and ‘Cowgirl in the Sand’ introduced the loose, extended guitar interplay that would define their partnership.

CD Track Listings:

1. Cinnamon Girl
2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Round & Round (It Won’t Be Long)
4. Down by the River
5. The Losing End (When You’re On)
6. Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)
7. Cowgirl in the Sand

After the Gold Rush

Released September 19, 1970

This 1970 album reached number eight on the Billboard 200 and became one of Young’s defining releases. Its mix of delicate acoustic songs and powerful rock includes ‘Southern Man,’ ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart,’ and the title track.

CD Track Listings:

1. Tell Me Why
2. After the Gold Rush
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Southern Man
5. Till the Morning Comes
6. Oh, Lonesome Me
7. Don’t Let It Bring You Down
8. Birds
9. When You Dance I Can Really Love
10. I Believe in You
11. Cripple Creek Ferry

Harvest

Released February 14, 1972

Released in 1972, Harvest reached number one on the Billboard 200 and became Young’s biggest commercial album. It includes his only number-one Hot 100 single, ‘Heart of Gold,’ along with ‘Old Man’ and ‘The Needle and the Damage Done.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Out on the Weekend
2. Harvest
3. A Man Needs a Maid
4. Heart of Gold
5. Are You Ready for the Country?
6. Old Man
7. There’s a World
8. Alabama
9. The Needle and the Damage Done
10. Words (Between the Lines of Age)

On the Beach

Released July 19, 1974

Released in 1974, On the Beach offered a darker, more searching follow-up to Young’s commercial success. The title song and ‘Ambulance Blues’ helped make it a favorite among listeners drawn to his more uncompromising work.

CD Track Listings:

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 (for Carrie)
8. Ambulance Blues

Tonight’s the Night

Released June 20, 1975

Released in 1975 after being recorded mainly in 1973, this stark album emerged from Young’s grief over the deaths of Danny Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry. Its rough-edged performances became central to the series of emotionally intense records often called his Ditch Trilogy.

CD Track Listings:

1. Tonight’s the Night
2. Speakin’ Out
3. World on a String
4. Borrowed Tune
5. Come on Baby Let’s Go Downtown
6. Mellow My Mind
7. Roll Another Number (For the Road)
8. Albuquerque
9. New Mama
10. Lookout Joe
11. Tired Eyes
12. Tonight’s the Night

Zuma with Crazy Horse

Released November 10, 1975

Zuma reunited Young with Crazy Horse in 1975 and introduced guitarist Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro to the lineup. Its centerpiece, ‘Cortez the Killer,’ remains one of Young’s most celebrated extended guitar performances.

CD Track Listings:

1. Don’t Cry No Tears
2. Danger Bird
3. Pardon My Heart
4. Lookin’ for a Love
5. Barstool Blues
6. Stupid Girl
7. Drive Back
8. Cortez the Killer
9. Through My Sails

Long May You Run with Stephen Stills

Released September 10, 1976

Released in 1976 under the Stills-Young Band name, this collaboration reunited Young with his former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Stephen Stills. The title song became an enduring concert favorite, even though the accompanying tour ended with Young’s early departure.

CD Track Listings:

1. Long May You Run
2. Make Love to You
3. Midnight on the Bay
4. Black Coral
5. Ocean Girl
6. Let It Shine
7. 12/8 Blues (All the Same)
8. Fontainebleau
9. Guardian Angel

American Stars ‘n Bars

Released June 13, 1977

This 1977 album brought together recordings made in several different sessions, mixing country material with electric rock. Its best-known song is ‘Like a Hurricane,’ one of Young’s signature guitar epics.

CD Track Listings:

1. The Old Country Waltz
2. Saddle Up the Palomino
3. Hey Babe
4. Hold Back the Tears
5. Bite the Bullet
6. Star of Bethlehem
7. Will to Love
8. Like a Hurricane
9. Homegrown

Comes a Time

Released October 21, 1978

Released in 1978, Comes a Time returned Young to melodic country-folk and reached number seven on the Billboard 200. Nicolette Larson’s harmonies feature prominently, especially on ‘Lotta Love’ and the title track.

CD Track Listings:

1. Goin’ Back
2. Comes a Time
3. Look Out for My Love
4. Peace of Mind
5. Lotta Love
6. Human Highway
7. Already One
8. Field of Opportunity
9. Motorcycle Mama
10. Four Strong Winds

Rust Never Sleeps

Released June 22, 1979

Issued in 1979, Rust Never Sleeps pairs an acoustic first side with a loud electric second side recorded with Crazy Horse. The contrasting versions of ‘My My, Hey Hey’ frame an album that reached number eight on the Billboard 200.

CD Track Listings:

1. My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
2. Thrasher
3. Ride My Llama
4. Pocahontas
5. Sail Away
6. Powderfinger
7. Welfare Mothers
8. Sedan Delivery
9. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

Hawks & Doves

Released October 29, 1980

Released in 1980, this short album combines older acoustic recordings with new country-oriented band performances. Its contrasting sides make it one of Young’s more unusual transitional releases.

CD Track Listings:

1. Little Wing
2. The Old Homestead
3. Lost in Space
4. Captain Kennedy
5. Stayin’ Power
6. Coastline
7. Union Man
8. Comin’ Apart at Every Nail
9. Hawks & Doves

Re·ac·tor with Crazy Horse

Released October 28, 1981

Young and Crazy Horse leaned into raw, repetitive electric rock on this 1981 record. Songs such as ‘Southern Pacific’ and ‘Shots’ emphasize the band’s heavy, unpolished attack.

CD Track Listings:

1. Opera Star
2. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
3. T-Bone
4. Get Back on It
5. Southern Pacific
6. Motor City
7. Rapid Transit
8. Shots

Trans

Released December 29, 1982

Released at the end of 1982, Trans startled listeners with synthesizers, electronic rhythms, and processed vocals. Young’s experiments with vocal technology were closely connected to his attempts to communicate with his son Ben.

CD Track Listings:

1. Little Thing Called Love
2. Computer Age
3. We R in Control
4. Transformer Man
5. Computer Cowboy (AKA Syscrusher)
6. Hold On to Your Love
7. Sample and Hold
8. Mr. Soul
9. Like an Inca

Everybody’s Rockin’ with the Shocking Pinks

Released July 27, 1983

Young’s 1983 release with the Shocking Pinks is a deliberately brief excursion into 1950s-style rockabilly. It became one of the most contentious records of his Geffen years because of its sharp departure from his familiar sound.

CD Track Listings:

1. Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes
2. Rainin’ in My Heart
3. Payola Blues
4. Wonderin
5. Kinda Fonda Wanda
6. Jellyroll Man
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Cry, Cry, Cry
9. Mystery Train
10. Everybody’s Rockin

Old Ways

Released August 12, 1985

Old Ways, released in 1985, brought Young’s country-music interests to the foreground. The album features appearances by country stars Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.

CD Track Listings:

1. The Wayward Wind
2. Get Back to the Country
3. Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
4. Once an Angel
5. Misfits
6. California Sunset
7. Old Ways
8. My Boy
9. Bound for Glory
10. Where Is the Highway Tonight?

Landing on Water

Released July 21, 1986

Released in 1986, Landing on Water traded Young’s customary band feel for booming drums, synthesizers, and polished production. ‘Touch the Night’ and ‘Hippie Dream’ are among its better-known tracks.

CD Track Listings:

1. Weight of the World
2. Violent Side
3. Hippie Dream
4. Bad News Beat
5. Touch the Night
6. People on the Street
7. Hard Luck Stories
8. I Got a Problem
9. Pressure
10. Drifter

Life

Released June 30, 1987

Life was recorded with Crazy Horse and released in 1987, with much of the material captured during live performances. Its songs range from the politically charged ‘Mideast Vacation’ to the reflective ‘We Never Danced.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Mideast Vacation
2. Long Walk Home
3. Around the World
4. Inca Queen
5. Too Lonely
6. Prisoners of Rock ‘N’ Roll
7. Cryin’ Eyes
8. When Your Lonely Heart Breaks
9. We Never Danced

This Note’s for You with The Bluenotes

Released April 12, 1988

Young explored horn-driven blues and R&B with the Bluenotes on this 1988 release. The title song’s satirical music video criticized commercial sponsorship and won MTV’s Video of the Year award in 1989.

CD Track Listings:

1. Ten Men Workin
2. This Note’s for You
3. Coupe de Ville
4. Life in the City
5. Twilight
6. Married Man
7. Sunny Inside
8. Can’t Believe Your Lyin
9. Hey Hey
10. One Thing

Eldorado (Extended Play)

Released April 17, 1989

Originally issued in Japan and Australia in 1989, this five-song EP introduced several songs that would reappear on Freedom. Its gritty electric sound helped signal Young’s return to harder rock.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Cocaine Eyes” – 4:24
2. “Don’t Cry” – 5:00
3. “Heavy Love” – 5:09
4. “On Broadway” – 4:57
5. “Eldorado” – 6:03

Freedom

Released October 2, 1989

Freedom arrived in 1989 as a strong return to Young’s rock-and-folk roots after a decade of stylistic experiments. It begins and ends with contrasting performances of ‘Rockin’ in the Free World.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Rockin’ in the Free World
2. Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)
3. Don’t Cry
4. Hangin’ on a Limb
5. Eldorado
6. The Ways of Love
7. Someday
8. On Broadway
9. Wrecking Ball
10. No More
11. Too Far Gone
12. Rockin’ in the Free World

Ragged Glory (with Crazy Horse)

Released September 9, 1990

Released in 1990, Ragged Glory reunited Young and Crazy Horse for an album built around lengthy, feedback-rich guitar workouts. ‘Mansion on the Hill’ and ‘Love and Only Love’ helped establish its reputation as a major late-career high point.

CD Track Listings:

1. Country Home
2. White Line
3. F**kin’ Up
4. Over and Over
5. Love to Burn
6. Farmer John
7. Mansion on the Hill
8. Days That Used to Be
9. Love and Only Love
10. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)

Harvest Moon

Released November 2, 1992

Young revisited the warm acoustic atmosphere of Harvest on this 1992 album, which reached number 16 on the Billboard 200. The title track became one of his most beloved songs, and several musicians from the earlier Harvest sessions returned.

CD Track Listings:

1. Unknown Legend
2. From Hank to Hendrix
3. You and Me
4. Harvest Moon
5. War of Man
6. One of These Days
7. Such a Woman
8. Old King
9. Dreamin’ Man
10. Natural Beauty

Sleeps with Angels (with Crazy Horse)

Released August 6, 1994

Released in 1994 with Crazy Horse, Sleeps with Angels reached number nine on the Billboard 200. Its dark mood and restrained playing were widely associated with Young’s reflections on Kurt Cobain’s death.

CD Track Listings:

1. My Heart
2. Prime of Life
3. Driveby
4. Sleeps with Angels
5. Western Hero
6. Change Your Mind
7. Blue Eden
8. Safeway Cart
9. Train of Love
10. Trans Am
11. Piece of Crap
12. A Dream That Can Last

Mirror Ball (with Pearl Jam)

Released June 27, 1995

Recorded with Pearl Jam and released in 1995, Mirror Ball reached number five on the Billboard 200. Its spontaneous sessions connect Young’s guitar-driven rock with the alternative-rock musicians who had embraced him.

CD Track Listings:

1. Song X
2. Act of Love
3. I’m the Ocean
4. Big Green Country
5. Truth Be Known
6. Downtown
7. What Happened Yesterday
8. Peace and Love
9. Throw Your Hatred Down
10. Scenery
11. Fallen Angel

Broken Arrow (with Crazy Horse)

Released July 2, 1996

Broken Arrow arrived in 1996 and leaned heavily on the loose, extended jams of Young and Crazy Horse. The closing track, ‘Baby What You Want Me to Do,’ was recorded live at a small California club.

CD Track Listings:

1. Big Time
2. Loose Change
3. Slip Away
4. Changing Highways
5. Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)
6. This Town
7. Music Arcade
8. Baby What You Want Me to Do

Silver & Gold

Released April 25, 2000

Released in 2000, Silver & Gold returned to intimate acoustic songs about family, memory, and growing older. The album’s restrained arrangements make it a quieter counterpart to Young’s louder Crazy Horse records.

CD Track Listings:

1. Good to See You
2. Silver & Gold
3. Daddy Went Walkin
4. Buffalo Springfield Again
5. The Great Divide
6. Horseshoe Man
7. Red Sun
8. Distant Camera
9. Razor Love
10. Without Rings

Are You Passionate? with Booker T. & the M.G.’s

Released April 9, 2002

Released in 2002, this album found Young working with members of Booker T. & the M.G.’s on soul-influenced material. The record also includes ‘Let’s Roll,’ inspired by the September 11 attacks, and a version of ‘Goin’ Home’ with Crazy Horse.

CD Track Listings:

1. You’re My Girl
2. Mr. Disappointment
3. Differently
4. Quit (Don’t Say You Love Me)
5. Let’s Roll
6. Are You Passionate?
7. Goin’ Home
8. When I Hold You in My Arms
9. Be With You
10. Two Old Friends
11. She’s a Healer

Greendale with Crazy Horse

Released August 19, 2003

Greendale, released in 2003, is an ambitious concept album about the fictional Green family and their California community. Young extended its environmental and political storyline into a concert production, film, and other media.

CD Track Listings:

1. Falling from Above
2. Double E
3. Devil’s Sidewalk
4. Leave the Driving
5. Carmichael
6. Bandit
7. Grandpa’s Interview
8. Bringin’ Down Dinner
9. Sun Green
10. Be the Rain

Prairie Wind

Released September 27, 2005

Released in 2005 after Young underwent treatment for a brain aneurysm, Prairie Wind reflects on mortality, family, and his musical roots. The album received Grammy nominations and was performed in concert for the film Heart of Gold.

CD Track Listings:

1. The Painter
2. No Wonder
3. Falling Off the Face of the Earth
4. Far From Home
5. It’s a Dream
6. Prairie Wind
7. Here for You
8. This Old Guitar
9. He Was the King
10. When God Made Me
11. An Interview with Neil Young (bonus interview on some editions)

Living With War

Released May 2, 2006

Living with War arrived in 2006 as a direct protest album responding to the Iraq War and the political climate of the time. ‘Let’s Impeach the President’ and ‘Lookin’ for a Leader’ are among its bluntest statements.

CD Track Listings:

1. After the Garden
2. Living with War
3. The Restless Consumer
4. Shock and Awe
5. Families
6. Flags of Freedom
7. Let’s Impeach the President
8. Lookin’ for a Leader
9. Roger and Out
10. America the Beautiful

Chrome Dreams II

Released October 16, 2007

Released in 2007, Chrome Dreams II combines newly recorded material with songs Young had been developing for years. Its centerpiece is the lengthy, horn-driven ‘Ordinary People,’ originally recorded in the late 1980s.

CD Track Listings:

1. Beautiful Bluebird
2. Boxcar
3. Ordinary People
4. Shining Light
5. The Believer
6. Spirit Road
7. Dirty Old Man
8. Ever After
9. No Hidden Path
10. The Way

Fork In The Road

Released April 7, 2009

Young’s 2009 album was inspired by his LincVolt project to convert a vintage Lincoln Continental to alternative energy. The songs pair environmental concerns with playful car imagery and rough-edged rock.

CD Track Listings:

1. When Worlds Collide
2. Fuel Line
3. Just Singing a Song
4. Johnny Magic
5. Cough Up the Bucks
6. Get Behind the Wheel
7. Off the Road
8. Hit the Road
9. Light a Candle
10. Fork in the Road

Le Noise

Released September 28, 2010

Released in 2010, Le Noise places Young’s solo guitar and voice inside the atmospheric production of Daniel Lanois. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for ‘Angry World.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Walk with Me
2. Sign of Love
3. Someone’s Gonna Rescue You
4. Love and War
5. Angry World
6. Hitchhiker
7. Peaceful Valley Boulevard
8. Rumblin’

Americana (with Crazy Horse)

Released June 5, 2012

Young and Crazy Horse reconvened in 2012 to reinterpret traditional American songs and familiar standards. Their heavy, sometimes distorted versions of ‘Oh Susannah’ and ‘This Land Is Your Land’ give the material an unexpected edge.

CD Track Listings:

1. Oh Susannah
2. Clementine
3. Tom Dula
4. Gallows Pole
5. Get a Job
6. Travel On
7. High Flyin’ Bird
8. Jesus’ Chariot (She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain)
9. This Land Is Your Land
10. Wayfarin’ Stranger
11. God Save the Queen

Psychedelic Pill (with Crazy Horse)

Released October 30, 2012

Released in 2012, this double album is notable for sprawling performances, including the nearly half-hour ‘Driftin’ Back.’ It became one of Young and Crazy Horse’s most expansive studio collaborations.

CD Track Listings:

1. Driftin’ Back
2. Psychedelic Pill
3. Ramada Inn
4. Born in Ontario
5. Twisted Road
6. She’s Always Dancing
7. For the Love of Man
8. Walk like a Giant
9. Psychedelic Pill

A Letter Home

Released April 18, 2014

Released in 2014, A Letter Home features stripped-down cover songs recorded in Jack White’s antique Voice-o-Graph recording booth. Its intentionally rough, old-fashioned sound suits selections by Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, and others.

CD Track Listings:

1. A Letter Home Intro
2. Changes
3. Girl from the North Country
4. Needle of Death
5. Early Morning Rain
6. Crazy
7. Reason to Believe
8. On the Road Again
9. If You Could Read My Mind
10. Since I Met You Baby
11. My Hometown
12. I Wonder If I Care as Much

Storytone

Released November 4, 2014

Young’s second 2014 album pairs new songs with elaborate orchestral and big-band arrangements. An alternate version presents the same material in more intimate solo performances.

CD Track Listings:

1. Plastic Flowers
2. Who’s Gonna Stand Up?
3. I Want to Drive My Car
4. Glimmer
5. Say Hello to Chicago
6. Tumbleweed
7. Like You Used to Do
8. I’m Glad I Found You
9. When I Watch You Sleeping
10. All Those Dreams

The Monsanto Years with Promise of the Real

Released June 29, 2015

Released in 2015, The Monsanto Years marked Young’s first full album with Lukas Nelson’s Promise of the Real. Its lyrics criticize corporate agriculture and focus on environmental and consumer concerns.

CD Track Listings:

1. A New Day for Love
2. Wolf Moon
3. People Want to Hear About Love
4. Big Box
5. A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop
6. Workin’ Man
7. Rules of Change
8. Monsanto Years
9. If I Don’t Know

Peace Trail

Released December 9, 2016

Released in 2016, Peace Trail features a stripped-down trio with drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Paul Bushnell. Its lyrics address protests, environmental issues, and contemporary political concerns.

CD Track Listings:

1. Peace Trail
2. Can’t Stop Workin’
3. Indian Givers
4. Show Me
5. Texas Rangers
6. Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders
7. John Oaks
8. My Pledge
9. Glass Accident
10. My New Robot

The Visitor with Promise of the Real

Released December 1, 2017

Young reunited with Promise of the Real for this 2017 album, mixing pointed social commentary with gentler acoustic passages. Songs such as ‘Already Great’ and ‘Children of Destiny’ reflect its political urgency.

CD Track Listings:

1. Already Great
2. Fly by Night Deal
3. Almost Always
4. Stand Tall
5. Change of Heart
6. Carnival
7. Diggin’ a Hole
8. Children of Destiny
9. When Bad Got Good
10. Forever

Colorado with Crazy Horse

Released October 25, 2019

Colorado, released in 2019, brought Crazy Horse back with Nils Lofgren on guitar after the retirement of Frank Sampedro. Recorded in the Rocky Mountains, it includes the long, exploratory ‘She Showed Me Love.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Think of Me
2. She Showed Me Love
3. Olden Days
4. Help Me Lose My Mind
5. Green Is Blue
6. Shut It Down
7. Milky Way
8. Eternity
9. Rainbow of Colors
10. I Do

The Times ( Extended Play)

Released September 18, 2020

Released in 2020, this EP collects intimate solo performances made for Young’s Fireside Sessions during the pandemic. It includes protest songs from across his career and a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Alabama” – 3:00
2. “Campaigner” – 3:28
3. “Ohio” – 2:49
4. “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (Bob Dylan) – 5:01
5. “Lookin’ for a Leader” – 4:11
6. “Southern Man” – 3:32
7. “Little Wing” – 4:45

Barn with Crazy Horse

Released December 10, 2021

Young and Crazy Horse recorded Barn in a restored barn in Colorado and released it in 2021. The album combines reflective acoustic songs with the band’s familiar rugged electric performances.

CD Track Listings:

1. Song of the Seasons
2. Heading West
3. Change Ain’t Never Gonna
4. Canerican
5. Shape of You
6. They Might Be Lost
7. Human Race
8. Tumblin’ Thru the Years
9. Welcome Back
10. Don’t Forget Love

World Record with Crazy Horse

Released November 18, 2022

Released in 2022, World Record was produced by Young and Rick Rubin and recorded with Crazy Horse. Its environmental themes culminate in the extended guitar piece ‘Chevrolet.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Love Earth
2. Overhead
3. I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)
4. This Old Planet (Changing Days)
5. The World (Is in Trouble Now)
6. Break the Chain
7. The Long Day Before
8. Walkin’ on the Road (To the Future)
9. The Wonder Won’t Wait
10. Chevrolet
11. This Old Planet (Reprise)

Talkin to the Trees (2025) with the Chrome Hearts

Released June 13, 2025.

Young introduced his new band, the Chrome Hearts, on this ten-song album recorded at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu. Its mix of personal reflections and social commentary includes ‘Big Change’ and ‘Let’s Roll Again.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Family Life
2. Dark Mirage
3. First Fire of Winter
4. Silver Eagle
5. Let’s Roll Again
6. Big Change
7. Talkin to the Trees
8. Movin Ahead
9. Bottle of Love
10. Thankful

Second Song (2026) with the Chrome Hearts

Released September 18, 2026.

The second Chrome Hearts studio album mixes five newly written songs with new versions of two compositions dating from Young’s earliest years. Its largely acoustic approach features the extended title track and ‘Soon I Might Be Going.’

CD Track Listings:

1. The Foggy Edge of Time
2. Day after Day
3. Earth Girl
4. Second Song
5. Casting Me Away from You
6. Soon I Might Be Going
7. I’ll Love You Forever

NEIL YOUNG LIVE ALBUMS

Time Fades Away

Released October 15, 1973

Released in 1973, Time Fades Away was drawn from Young’s difficult post-Harvest tour rather than a studio session. Its previously unreleased songs and strained live energy make it one of his most distinctive records.

CD Track Listings:

1. Time Fades Away
2. Journey Through the Past
3. Yonder Stands the Sinner
4. L.A.
5. Love in Mind
6. Don’t Be Denied
7. The Bridge
8. Last Dance

Live Rust

Released November 19, 1979

This 1979 double live album captures Young’s Rust Never Sleeps tour, moving from acoustic performances into full electric Crazy Horse power. It became a major concert document and reached number 15 on the Billboard 200.

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1

1. Sugar Mountain
2. I Am A Child
3. Comes A Time
4. After The Gold Rush
5. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
6. When You Dance I Can Really Love
7. The Loner
8. The Needle And The Damage Done
9. Lotta Love
10. Sedan Delivery

Disc 2

1. Powderfinger
2. Cortez The Killer
3. Cinnamon Girl
4. Like A Hurricane
5. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
6. Tonight’s The Night

Weld

Released October 23, 1991

Released in 1991, Weld captures Young and Crazy Horse at full volume during the Ragged Glory tour. The performances include fierce versions of ‘Cortez the Killer’ and ‘Rockin’ in the Free World.’

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1

1. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
2. Crime in the City
3. Blowin’ in the Wind
4. Welfare Mothers
5. Love to Burn
6. Cinnamon Girl
7. Mansion on the Hill
8. F*!#in’ Up

Disc 2

1. Cortez the Killer
2. Powderfinger
3. Love and Only Love
4. Rockin’ in the Free World
5. Like a Hurricane
6. Farmer John
7. Tonight’s the Night
8. Roll Another Number

Arc

Released October 23, 1991

Issued alongside Weld in 1991, Arc is a single extended collage of guitar noise, feedback, and fragments from live Crazy Horse performances. It is among Young’s most experimental official releases.

CD Track Listings:

1. Arc (one track cd)

Unplugged

Released June 8, 1993

Released in 1993, Unplugged presents an acoustic-focused MTV performance with songs drawn from across Young’s catalog. The program includes an unusual harmonium-based interpretation of ‘Like a Hurricane.’

CD Track Listings:

1. The Old Laughing Lady
2. Mr. Soul
3. World on a String
4. Pocahontas
5. Stringman
6. Like a Hurricane
7. The Needle and the Damage Done
8. Helpless
9. Harvest Moon
10. Transformer Man
11. Unknown Legend
12. Look Out for My Love
13. Long May You Run
14. From Hank to Hendrix

Year of the Horse

Released June 17, 1997

This 1997 live album features Young and Crazy Horse on tour in 1996. Its raw performances accompany the Jim Jarmusch concert documentary of the same name.

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1

1. When You Dance
2. Barstool Blues
3. When Your Lonely Heart Breaks
4. Mr. Soul
5. Big Time
6. Pocahontas
7. Human Highway

Disc 2

1. Slip Away
2. Scattered
3. Danger Bird
4. Prisoners of Rock ‘n’ Roll
5. Sedan Delivery

Road Rock Vol. 1

Released December 5, 2000

Released in 2000, Road Rock Vol. 1 documents Young’s touring band with longtime collaborators including Ben Keith and Spooner Oldham. It includes an extended performance of ‘All Along the Watchtower’ with Chrissie Hynde.

CD Track Listings:

1. Cowgirl in the Sand
2. Walk On
3. Fool for Your Love
4. Peace of Mind
5. Words (Between the Lines of Age)
6. Motorcycle Mama
7. Tonight’s the Night
8. All Along the Watchtower

Earth

Released June 24, 2016

Released in 2016 with Promise of the Real, Earth is assembled from live performances and incorporates animal sounds into the mix. It reinforces the environmental themes that dominated much of Young’s mid-2010s work.

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1

1. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
2. Seed Justice
3. My Country Home
4. The Monsanto Years
5. Western Hero
6. Vampire Blues
7. Hippie Dream
8. After The Gold Rush
9. Human Highway

Disc 2

1. Big Box
2. People Want To Hear About Love
3. Wolf Moon
4. Love And Only Love

Before and After (2023)

Released December 8, 2023.

Before and After features fresh, mostly solo acoustic versions of songs drawn from across Young’s career, joined into one continuous listening experience. The 13-track album includes the previously unreleased ‘If You Got Love.’

CD Track Listings:

1. I’m the Ocean
2. Homefires
3. Burned
4. On the Way Home
5. If You Got Love
6. A Dream That Can Last
7. Birds
8. My Heart
9. When I Hold You in My Arms
10. Mother Earth
11. Mr. Soul
12. Comes a Time
13. Don’t Forget Love

FU##IN’ UP (2024) with Crazy Horse

Released April 26, 2024.

Recorded at a private 2023 show, this live album revisits most of Ragged Glory with Young and Crazy Horse stretching out their familiar songs. Several performances have alternate titles while retaining the original compositions.

CD Track Listings:

1. City Life
2. Feels Like a Railroad (River of Pride)
3. Heart of Steel
4. Broken Circle
5. Valley of Hearts
6. Farmer John
7. Walkin’ in My Place (Road of Tears)
8. To Follow One’s Own Dream
9. Chance on Love

Coastal: The Soundtrack (2025)

Released April 18, 2025.

This soundtrack accompanies Daryl Hannah’s documentary about Young’s 2023 solo tour. It includes intimate live performances of ‘Vampire Blues,’ ‘Expecting to Fly,’ and other songs from throughout his career.

CD Track Listings:

1. I’m the Ocean
2. Comes a Time
3. Love Earth
4. Prime of Life
5. Throw Your Hatred Down
6. Vampire Blues
7. When I Hold You in My Arms
8. Expecting to Fly
9. Song X
10. I Am a Child
11. Don’t Forget Love

As Time Explodes: The Live Album (2026) with the Chrome Hearts

Released May 29, 2026.

Recorded on Young’s 2025 tour, this album brings his new Chrome Hearts lineup to songs from several decades. The thirteen tracks include concert favorites and the newer protest song ‘Big Crime.’

CD Track Listings:

1. Daddy Went Walking
2. Looking Forward
3. Harvest Moon
4. Ohio
5. Name of Love
6. Be the Rain
7. Big Crime
8. Long Walk Home
9. Vampire Blues
10. Cortez the Killer
11. After the Gold Rush
12. Like a Hurricane
13. Silver Eagle

NEIL YOUNG COMPILATION ALBUMS

Decade

Released October 28, 1977

First released in 1977, Decade traces Young’s recordings from Buffalo Springfield through his mid-1970s solo work. The three-LP collection also introduced previously unreleased songs including ‘Winterlong’ and ‘Deep Forbidden Lake.’

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1

1. Down to the Wire – Buffalo Springfield
2. Burned – Buffalo Springfield
3. Mr. Soul – Buffalo Springfield
4. Broken Arrow – Buffalo Springfield
5. Expecting to Fly – Buffalo Springfield
6. Sugar Mountain
7. I Am a Child
8. The Loner
9. The Old Laughing Lady
10. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
11. Down by the River – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
12. Cowgirl in the Sand – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
13. I Believe in You – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
14. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
15. Southern Man – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
16. Helpless – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Disc 2

1. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2. Soldier
3. Old Man
4. A Man Needs a Maid
5. Harvest
6. Heart of Gold
7. Star of Bethlehem
8. The Needle and the Damage Done
9. Tonight’s the Night, Part 1 – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
10. Tired Eyes – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
11. Walk On
12. For the Turnstiles
13. Winterlong
14. Deep Forbidden Lake
15. Like a Hurricane
16. Love Is a Rose
17. Cortez the Killer – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
18. Campaigner – The Stills–Young Band
19. Long May You Run – The Stills–Young Band

Lucky Thirteen

Released January 6, 1993

Released in 1993, Lucky Thirteen gathers material from Young’s eclectic Geffen Records years. It includes live recordings and otherwise hard-to-find versions alongside album tracks.

CD Track Listings:

1. Sample and Hold
2. Transformer Man
3. Depression Blues
4. Get Gone (live) – Neil Young; The Shocking Pinks
5. Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me (live) – Neil Young; The Shocking Pinks
6. Once an Angel
7. Where Is the Highway Tonight?
8. Hippie Dream
9. Pressure
10. Around the World – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
11. Mideast Vacation – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
12. Ain’t It the Truth (live) – Neil Young & The Bluenotes
13. This Note’s for You (live) – Neil Young & The Bluenotes

Greatest Hits

Released November 2004

This 2004 collection concentrates on 16 of Young’s best-known songs from 1969 through 1992. It offers a more compact overview than the sprawling Decade compilation.

CD Track Listings:

1. Down by the River – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
2. Cowgirl in the Sand – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
3. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
4. Helpless – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5. After the Gold Rush
6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
7. Southern Man
8. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. The Needle and the Damage Done
10. Old Man – Neil Young; The Stray Gators
11. Heart of Gold
12. Like a Hurricane
13. Comes a Time
14. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) – Neil Young; Crazy Horse
15. Rockin’ in the Free World
16. Harvest Moon

NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES SERIES

Live at the Fillmore East

Issued in 2006, this archival release captures Young and Crazy Horse performing in New York in March 1970. It documents the original lineup with guitarist Danny Whitten, including extended versions of ‘Down by the River’ and ‘Cowgirl in the Sand.’

Live at Massey Hall 1971

Released in 2007, this solo acoustic concert was recorded in Toronto in January 1971. Its intimate early performances of songs later heard on Harvest made it a standout archival release.

Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968

Released in 2008, this recording documents Young’s solo acoustic performances at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor in November 1968. His between-song stories offer an unusually close look at the beginning of his solo career.

The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972

Issued in 2009, the first Archives box set covers Young’s beginnings with the Squires, Buffalo Springfield, and his early solo records. The extensive collection includes studio recordings, live performances, and unreleased material.

Live at the Riverboat 1969

Released as part of the 2009 Archives project, this Toronto club recording captures Young in a small acoustic setting. It features songs from his first solo period and early versions of later favorites.

Dreamin’ Man Live ’92

This 2009 archival release presents solo acoustic performances recorded during Young’s 1992 tour. Its set consists of the songs from Harvest Moon in a different sequence, without the album’s studio arrangements.

A Treasure

Released in 2011, A Treasure documents Young’s 1984 and 1985 country tours with the International Harvesters. It includes familiar material and performances that had never previously appeared on a regular album.

Live at the Cellar Door

Issued in 2013, this intimate Washington, D.C., performance dates from 1970. Young accompanies himself on guitar and piano, including an early piano version of ‘Cinnamon Girl.’

Bluenote Café

Released in 2015, this two-disc collection documents Young’s 1987 and 1988 performances with the horn-heavy Bluenotes. It provides a deeper view of the blues and R&B approach heard on This Note’s for You.

Hitchhiker

Officially released in 2017, Hitchhiker comes from a largely solo recording session in Malibu in August 1976. It includes early performances of songs that later appeared on other albums, along with previously unreleased material.

Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live

Released in 2018, this concert recording captures Young and the Santa Monica Flyers performing at the Roxy in 1973. The shows presented Tonight’s the Night material before the studio album reached stores.

Songs for Judy

Released in 2018, Songs for Judy assembles solo acoustic performances from Young’s November 1976 tour. The varied set lists capture both famous songs and less frequently performed material.

Tuscaloosa

Released in 2019, Tuscaloosa documents a 1973 show by Young and the Stray Gators in Alabama. The performance draws heavily on Harvest while also introducing songs from his more troubled early-1970s period.

Homegrown

Recorded mainly in 1974 and 1975 but first released in 2020, Homegrown is a deeply personal album Young had shelved for decades. Its songs examine a painful relationship and bridge the sound of Harvest with his darker mid-1970s work.

Return to Greendale

Released in 2020, this set captures a 2003 Young and Crazy Horse performance of the complete Greendale story. The songs are presented in concert sequence, returning to the characters and environmental themes of the original album.

Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976

Released in 2020, this second large Archives box explores Young’s exceptionally productive and turbulent middle-1970s period. It includes previously unreleased live and studio material alongside performances connected to Homegrown and Tonight’s the Night.

Way Down in the Rust Bucket

Released in 2021, this live collection comes from a small-club Young and Crazy Horse show in Santa Cruz in November 1990. Its sprawling set captures the band just before the Ragged Glory tour.

Young Shakespeare

Released in 2021, Young Shakespeare presents a January 1971 solo acoustic concert recorded in Stratford, Connecticut. It features early performances of songs that soon became staples of his catalog.

Carnegie Hall 1970

Issued in 2021 as the first Official Bootleg Series title, this album captures a December 1970 solo show in New York. The concert preserves Young’s acoustic arrangements and between-song introductions.

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971

Released in 2022, this Official Bootleg Series concert was recorded in Los Angeles in February 1971. It draws on Young’s solo acoustic repertoire shortly before Harvest was released.

Royce Hall 1971

Issued in 2022, Royce Hall 1971 captures another solo acoustic concert from Young’s early-1971 tour. The University of California, Los Angeles performance includes songs that had not yet appeared on studio albums.

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues

Released in 2022, this Official Bootleg Series album documents a May 1974 solo performance at New York’s Bottom Line. The informal show includes unreleased songs and material Young was still developing.

Toast

Recorded with Crazy Horse in 2001 but shelved until 2022, Toast documents a darker direction before Young moved on to Are You Passionate?. Several songs were subsequently reworked for that 2002 album.

Noise & Flowers

Released in 2022, Noise & Flowers captures performances from Young’s 2019 European tour with Promise of the Real. The tour took place shortly after the death of his longtime manager Elliot Roberts.

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

Issued in 2023, this Official Bootleg Series release preserves a 1973 London concert with the Santa Monica Flyers. Its rough, atmospheric sound reflects the intense performances surrounding Tonight’s the Night.

High Flyin’ (2023)

Released in 2023, High Flyin’ captures Young’s short-lived 1977 band the Ducks performing at California clubs. It offers a rare look at his collaborative playing outside his usual solo and Crazy Horse settings.

Chrome Dreams (2023)

Officially released in 2023, this reconstructed album draws on a sequence of recordings Young assembled in 1977 but never issued at the time. Many songs subsequently appeared on other albums, sometimes in different versions.

Odeon Budokan (2023)

Released separately in 2023, this archival set combines 1976 concert recordings from London and Tokyo. Its acoustic and electric performances document a pivotal Young and Crazy Horse tour.

Dume (2024)

Issued in 2024, Dume expands on the 1975 sessions that produced Zuma. The collection includes alternate takes and unreleased recordings from Young’s early work with the reunited Crazy Horse.

Early Daze (2024)

Released in 2024, Early Daze gathers recordings from Young and Crazy Horse’s first 1969 sessions. It offers alternate performances and songs from the period surrounding Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

Neil Young Archives Volume III: 1976–1987 (2024)

The third major Archives box set arrived in 2024 and covers Young’s varied work from 1976 through 1987. Its extensive unreleased studio and concert material traces his shifts between country, hard rock, and electronic experimentation.

Oceanside Countryside (2025)

Recorded in 1977 and officially released in 2025, Oceanside Countryside presents a shelved collection that preceded Comes a Time. The album combines intimate solo recordings with Nashville-based country sessions.

Updated October 29, 2026

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