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Harvest

by Neil Young

Harvest is a 1972 rock album by Neil Young. It runs 10 tracks across 38 minutes on Reprise Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.4/5 from 7 ratings.

Rock · Folk Rock · Country Rock

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3.4 /5
7 ratings
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7 critics
10
Tracks
38 min
Runtime
116 bpm
Tempo
D minor
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7 ratings · avg 3.4

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  • Pitchfork9.3/10
  • AllMusic4.5/5
  • Christgaus Record GuideB+
  • MusicHound Rock4/5
  • Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
  • The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
  • Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10

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Harvest album cover

Harvest album cover

The Harvest cover was designed by Tom Wilkes and photographed by Joel Bernstein.

Design
Tom Wilkes
Photography
Joel Bernstein

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10 tracks · 38 min

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  • Harvest (2009 Remaster)Remaster · 1977
  • Harvest (50th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 1972 · 27 tracks
    1. 1Out on the Weekend
    2. 2Harvest
    3. 3A Man Needs a Maid
    4. 4Heart of Gold
    5. 5Are You Ready for the Country?
    6. 6Old Man
    7. 7There's a World
    8. 8Alabama
    9. 9The Needle and the Damage Done
    10. 10Words (Between the Lines of Age)
    11. 11Out on the Weekend (Live)
    12. 12Old Man (Intro) [Live]
    13. 13Old Man (Live)
    14. 14Journey Through the Past (Intro) [Live]
    15. 15Journey Through the Past (Live)
    16. 16Heart of Gold (Intro) [Live]
    17. 17Heart of Gold (Live)
    18. 18Don't Let It Bring You Down (Intro) [Live]
    19. 19Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live)
    20. 20A Man Needs a Maid (Intro) [Live]
    21. 21A Man Needs a Maid (Live)
    22. 22Love in Mind (Intro) [Live]
    23. 23Love in Mind (Live)
    24. 24Dance Dance Dance (Live)
    25. 25Bad Fog of Loneliness (Outtake)
    26. 26Journey Through the Past (Outtake)
    27. 27Dance Dance Dance (Outtake)

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About

Harvest is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on February 14, 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue MS 2032. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks, while noted guests David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor contributed vocals. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks, and spawned two hit singles, "Old Man", which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Heart of Gold", which peaked at #1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States.

In brief

Is Harvest good?
Riffiter listeners rate Harvest 3.4/5 from 7 ratings.
When was Harvest released?
Harvest was released in 1972 on Reprise Records.
How many tracks are on Harvest?
Harvest has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 38 minutes.
What genre is Harvest?
Harvest is catalogued under Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock.
What BPM is Harvest?
Harvest runs at a median tempo of 116 BPM across its tracks, most often in D minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Harvest?
Listeners of Harvest also rate Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan, The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.
Who produced Harvest?
Harvest was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Jack Nitzsche and Henry Lewy. Neil Young produced 8 of them.

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Tim DrummondAndy McMahonJohn HarrisTeddy Irwin

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