Album
On The Beach
1974 · Rock
73 collectors on Gatefold own this
On The Beach is a Country album by Neil Young, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 136 pressings tracked, owned by 73 collectors.
About
The final entry in Neil Young’s legendary “doom trilogy,” which includes the masterful <i>Tonight’s the Night</i> and <i>Time Fades Away</i>, <i>On the Beach</i> plays as a soundtrack to the hushed and troubled aftermath of <i>Tonight’s the Night</i>’s noisy catharsis. Having paid due tribute to his departed friends, and having reclaimed his status as a musical outsider, <i>On the Beach</i> finds Young ready to pick up the pieces and move on. The funk-inflected survivor’s anthem “Walk On” sets the tone, viewing the mistakes of the past through a lens that is part hazy nostalgia, part dread and doubt. Young still sounds haunted, but the harrowing “Ambulance Blues” and the paranoid dread of the title track sound like the work of a man who is coming to terms with his demons. On “Revolution Blues,” Young bids farewell to the dissolute Laurel Canyon folk scene in a hail of imaginary bullets, aided by solid backing from members of the Band, while the slyly ironic “Vampire Blues” finds him imagining himself as a vengeful destroyer of worlds. <i>On the Beach</i> is an album of paradoxes; it spins beauty out of desolation and hope out of fear and paranoia. It is among Neil Young’s finest accomplishments.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Walk On2:40
- A2See The Sky About To Rain5:03
- A3Revolution Blues4:02
- A4For The Turnstiles3:13
- A5Vampire Blues4:11
Side B
- B1On The Beach7:04
- B2Motion Pictures4:20
- B3Ambulance Blues8:57
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- raw
- brooding
- desert
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben KeithVOCALS, GUITAR, DOBRO, PIANO, ORGAN, PERCUSSION, BASS VOCALS, GUITAR, DOBRO, PIANO, ORGAN, PERCUSSION, BASS, SLIDE GUITAR, STEEL GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN, PERCUSSION, BASS, DOBRO
- Joe YankeeHARMONICA , TAMBOURINE HARP, TAMBOURINE TAMBOURINE
- Neil YoungVOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, BANJO, HARMONICA VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, BANJO, HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY
- Ralph MolinaDRUMS, VOCALS DRUM DRUMS
- Tim DrummondBASS, PERCUSSION BASS PERCUSSION
- Billy TalbotBASS
- David CrosbyFEATURING RHYTHM GUITAR
- George WhitsellGUITAR
- Graham NashELECTRIC PIANO FEATURING PIANO
- Levon HelmDRUMS FEATURING
- Rick DankoBASS FEATURING
- Rusty KershawFEATURING FIDDLE SLIDE GUITAR
73 collectors on Gatefold own this · 136 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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