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The incorporation of Lofgren was a characteristically idiosyncratic decision by Young, as Lofgren had not played keyboards on a regular basis prior to the sessions. Although progress was hampered by the deteriorating health of rhythm guitarist Danny Whitten, the sessions yielded two released tracks, " I Believe In You" and "Oh, Lonesome Me".Įxcept for the track "Birds", recorded on June 30, 1970, at Sound City Studios, the remainder of the album was recorded at various sessions in a makeshift basement studio ("Redwood Studios") in Young's Topanga Canyon home during March and April 1970 with CSNY bassist Greg Reeves, Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina and burgeoning eighteen-year-old musical prodigy Nils Lofgren of the Washington, D.C.-based band Grin on piano. Initial sessions were conducted with backing band Crazy Horse at Sunset Sound Studios in August 1969, shortly before Young embarked on a tour of the US with Crosby Stills Nash & Young that would include their now-famous appearance at Woodstock. In 2014, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Despite a mixed initial reaction, it has since appeared on a number of "greatest albums" lists.
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The album consists mainly of country folk music, along with the rocking " Southern Man", inspired by the unproduced Dean Stockwell- Herb Bermann screenplay After the Gold Rush.Īfter the Gold Rush peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart the two singles taken from the album, " Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and " When You Dance I Can Really Love", made it to number 33 and number 93 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. It is one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each of the members of folk rock collective Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu, along with Stephen Stills ( Stephen Stills, November 1970), If I Could Only Remember My Name ( David Crosby, February 1971) and Songs for Beginners ( Graham Nash, May 1971). After the Gold Rush is the third studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released in September 1970 on Reprise Records, catalogue number RS 6383.