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For other albums named Decade, see decade (disambiguation).
Decade is a triple album compilation by Neil Young, released in 1977, now available on two compact discs. It contains thirty-five of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. It peaked at #43 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

Compiled by Young himself, with his hand-written notes about each track, representing every album from his career and various affiliations through 1977 with the exception of Four Way Street and Time Fades Away. Of the previously unreleased songs, "Down to the Wire" features the New Orleans pianist Dr. John with Buffalo Springfield on an item from their shelved Stampede album; "Love Is A Rose" was a minor hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975; "Winterlong" received a cover by The Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, ; and "Campaigner" presented yet another Young love letter to Richard Nixon.

The album has been lauded in many quarters as one of the best examples of a career retrospective for a rock and roll artist. However, in the original article on Young from the first edition of the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, critic Dave Marsh used this album to accuse Young of deliberately manufacturing a self-mythology, arguing that while his highlights could be seen to place him on a level with other greats from his generation like Bob Dylan or The Beatles, the particulars of his catalogue did not bear this out. The magazine has since excised the article from subsequent editions; a somewhat messy transcription of it can be found at the link below.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and performed by Neil Young except where noted.

Disc One

  1. "Down to the Wire" – 2:25 Performed by Buffalo Springfield & Dr. John, previously unreleased.
  2. "Burned" – 2:14 Performed by Buffalo Springfield, the first Neil Young vocal ever recorded, circa late 1966.
  3. "Mr. Soul" – 2:41 Performed by Buffalo Springfield, recorded live in New York City.
  4. "Broken Arrow" – 6:13 Performed by Buffalo Springfield.
  5. "Expecting to Fly" – 3:44 Performed by Buffalo Springfield.
  6. "Sugar Mountain" – 5:43 Home recording made shortly after Young left Buffalo Springfield.
  7. "I Am a Child" – 2:17
  8. "The Loner" – 3:50
  9. "The Old Laughing Lady" – 5:35
  10. "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:59
  11. "Down by the River" – 8:58
  12. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:01
  13. "I Believe in You" – 3:27
  14. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:45
  15. "Southern Man" – 5:31
  16. "Helpless" – 3:34 Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Disc Two

  1. "Ohio" – 2:56 Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  2. "Soldier" – 2:28
  3. "Old Man" – 3:21
  4. "A Man Needs a Maid" – 3:58
  5. "Harvest" – 3:08
  6. "Heart of Gold" – 3:06
  7. "Star of Bethlehem" – 2:46
  8. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 2:02
  9. "Tonight's the Night, Part 1" – 4:41
  10. "Tired Eyes" – 4:33
  11. "Walk On" – 2:40
  12. "For the Turnstiles" – 3:01
  13. "Winterlong" – 3:05 previously unreleased
  14. "Deep Forbidden Lake" – 3:39 previously unreleased
  15. "Like A Hurricane" – 8:16
  16. "Love Is A Rose" – 2:16 previously unreleased
  17. "Cortez the Killer" – 7:29
  18. "Campaigner" – 3:30 previously unreleased
  19. "Long May You Run" – 3:48

External link

Charts

Album - Billboard
Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 43

 

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