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After the Gold Rush
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Young lived in Topanga Canyon, an artists' community in Southern California, and recorded the album largely in his own studio at home. For months he struggled with writer's block, until the actor Dean Stockwell let him read a screenplay with the same title. It was about an ecological disaster that washes away the hippie community. According to Stockwell, Young then wrote the songs in three weeks. The film never materialised, and only After the Gold Rush and Cripple Creek Ferry really have anything to do with it. Players from Crazy Horse and from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young took part, and Nils Lofgren was heard for the first time.
The album consists mostly of country folk, with a few rock songs such as Southern Man. The first reactions were mixed. Later it earned a place on many lists of the best albums of all time. In 2014 it went into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Listening
Track list
- 1Tell Me Why2:59Apple Music ↗
- 2After the Gold Rush3:47Apple Music ↗
- 3Only Love Can Break Your Heart3:10Apple Music ↗
- 4Southern Man5:31Apple Music ↗
- 5Till the Morning Comes1:28Apple Music ↗
- 6Oh, Lonesome Me3:50Apple Music ↗
- 7Don't Let It Bring You Down2:00Apple Music ↗
- 8Birds2:33Apple Music ↗
- 9When You Dance I Can Really Love3:46Apple Music ↗
- 10I Believe In You3:27Apple Music ↗
- 11Cripple Creek Ferry1:34Apple Music ↗
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