1. Crazy If You Mess With The Gods 2. Junior Won’,t Behave 3. T.P.O.S. 4. Any Minor Miracle 5. Powers At Play 6. Ponderlust 7. Rolloway 8. We Came From The U.S.A 9. Pretty Pictures 10. Look Out Charlie 11. Kurt’,s Song 12. Richard 13. Dream 14. Up In The Canyon 15. A Touch Of Morning 16. Revelation 17. Invisible 18. Retribution 19. Above The Ground

#A MASTERPIECE!! (2008-11-18) THUMBING THROUGH THE ROLLING STONE THAT WAS IN MY MAILBOX YESTERDAY, I CAME ACROSS THE ISSUE S MAJOR ARTICLE REGARDING THE GREATEST VOICES IN MUSIC. I DID NOT SEE BURTON CUMMINGS S NAME THERE. EVEN A HACKNEYED PUBLICATION PAST ITS PRIME MUST HAVE SOMEONE THERE WITH EARS. OH, WELL. TO THIS DISC RELEASE, SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THE MAN S VOICE IS BETTER THAN EVER, THE WORDS ARE EXRESSIVE AND CONTEMPLATIVE, AND THE MELODIES PURE AND MOVING. I MUST BUY MORE COPIES AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS AS I DON T SEE A U. S. RELEASE FOR THIS GEM OF MODERN MUSIC. THANKS, BUR...

#Excellent, Amazing, I love that Burton s back! (2008-11-17) I ve been waiting for BC to have a new CD, and this one is fantastic. I ve always been a fan, but every cut on this album is amazing. I think the DVD is great, too, to see the recording process and to get inside the production of each song. This is a must-have for any Burton Cummings fans, Guess Who fans, or those who just like great music. The songs have so much meaning, it s at the top of my collection.

#BC is back! (2008-11-17) I ve been one of the faithful followers of Burton Cummings and his music since his Guess Who days. . . even saw them at age 15 when they played in Boston in between their So Long Bannatyne and Rockin albums. So when the band reunited in 2000 it was a no-brainer to make the trip to Montreal to catch their show. You can imagine how I was looking forward to another studio album after Jukebox (with Randy Bachman). . . this might well be the best solo recording Burton s ever released. The voice is right on the money, the music is contemporary without being trend...

#Well worth the wait - Another Classic Burton Cummings album! (2008-11-13) Wow what an album! You wonder why it took Burton Cummings so long release such a great album after so long but you really shouldn t be surprised how good it is. After all this IS Burton Cummings - the greatest Canadian artist of all time. This album is incredible and right up there with the 70 s and early 80 s releases we know so well. Above The Ground is a far better album that 1990 s Plus Signs and 1984 s Heart . We really haven t seen a new release as good as this since Sweet Sweet . No filler on th...

#Classic Vocals and Writing from Classic Rocker (2008-11-01) The Burton Cummings led Guess Who are staples of classic rock radio with great songs like the rock anthem American Woman and the endearing ballad These Eyes. While many classic rockers are happy to sit in their easy chairs and collect royalties, Burton Cummings has embarked on an ambitious project of all new music with all the songs written by Cummings himself. It has always been known that Cummings possesses one of the finest voices in rock and roll, but Above the Ground also proves that he is one of rocks greatest songwr...

1. Down By The River 2. Cowgirl in the Sand 3. Cinnamon Girl 4. Helpless 5. After the Gold Rush 6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart 7. Southern Man 8. Ohio 9. The Needle And The Damage Done 10. Old Man 11. Heart of Gold 12. Like A Hurricane 13. Comes A Time 14. Hey Hey 15. My My 16. Rockin in The Free World 17. Harvest Moon

One question would be: What took him so long? After all, a contemporary like Van Morrison has sold boatloads of his single-disc best-of set to buyers wary of diving into that deep catalog without a primer to get them started. So three and a half decades into his solo career, Neil Young finally delivers his version of that most modest of albums--the pre-holiday hits overview. What s surprising, coming from such a proud maverick, is its conventionality. Granted, the original master mixes are a boon for fans, but otherwise, there s not much here for loyalists who quite likely already possess the original Like a Hurricane on a couple of albums, as well as a handful of live interpretations scanning the years. Since Young cracked the Top 10 only once (1972 s Heart of Gold), this set is built around concert staples as Cinnamon Girl, Rockin in the Free World, and Hey, Hey, My My rather than chart favorites. Despite Young s honorable standing as a still-vital graybeard, the disc is skewed heav...

#Straightforward Collection of Neil Young Classics (2007-04-06) It s not necessarily his 16 best songs, but these are arguably his 16 best-known ones. A casual Neil Young listener myself, I found this collection to be a decent, no-frills sampler of his career, similar in scope to the Bachman-Cummings Songbook cd by touching on various solo & group work. It does focus on his prime 70 s period, so don t expect any 80 s electronica experiments or 90 s Pearl Jam collaborations here (although the 80 s & 90 s are represented by one song each), just the great standards heard every day on cla...

#Very few surprises to be found... (2005-12-31) First off, I reckon Neil Young was pressured into finally coming out wit a single disc anthology. After all, ",Decade", only goes to 1977 and Young has done some amazing work since then, such as ",Rust Never Sleeps",, ",Freedom", and ",Sleeps With Angels. ", So here we finally have it: Neil Young s ",Greatest Hits",. Needless to say, it contains most of what you d expect: ",Cinnamon Girl",, ",Southern Man",, ",Heart Of Gold",, ",Like A Hurricane",, ",Into The B...

#Young Young fan (2005-11-07) Let me start by saying neil young s my hero a true canadian legend now i m only 17 so what do I know right well I am one of the few people my age that can understands there is more to classic rock then led zeppelin and ac/dc and neil is one of them his lyrics are the focal point forsure he s a poet but he has great guitar playing and songs that are both catchey and emotional the only reason I give 4 stars rust never sleeps is my favorite album and i can t believe powder finger and pocohontas didn t make it I love those songs also no alabama but still well ...

#Wonderful..... (2005-10-21) I am a 15 year old kid growing up in a time where music is bad. . . . so I dont t listen to the stuff on TV or nor did i listen to anything early then the 80 s. Myself. . I m into music with amazing lyrics a huge fan of Kurt Cobain, Billy Corgan, and now Neil Young. This cd has made me discover so much more about everything! I m so glad I found this cd and I promise you ll be just as happy to have found this as I am.

#This CD is fantastic (2005-05-31) This is a perfect compilation for people who want the condensed version of Youngs musical catalogue. If you buy one Neil Young CD, this should be it!

1. Early Morning Rain 2. For Lovin Me 3. Go-Go Round 4. Canadian Railroad Trilogy 5. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails 6. Bitter Green 7. If You Could Read My Mind 8. Summer Side of Life 9. Cotton Jenny 10. Beautiful 11. Sundown 12. Carefree Highway 13. Rainy Day People 14. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 15. Race Among the Ruins 16. Daylight Katy 17. The Circle is Small 18. Baby Step Back 19. Stay Loose 20. Restless

Although he rose from the ranks of journeyman 60s folksingers to become a potent and consistent 70s hit-maker, Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot s stock-in-trade was as much hard-eyed, dispassionate observation as it was romance or poetic whimsy. Perhaps that s why his songs have been covered by everyone from Elvis (this sets Early Morning Rain) to Dylan. If there s such a thing as an alpha-male folkie, Lightfoot certainly fits the bill. Spanning the tongue-in-cheek chauvinism of 1965 s For Lovin Me and the cheatin ways of Sundown, to more introspective fare like If You Could Read My Mind and Beautiful, this 20-track collection presents a concise primer on Lightfoot s career and craft. While his career peaked with one of the most unlikely Top Five hits ever, the gloom-laden 1976 narrative The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Lightfoot s production tailed off sharply thereafter, though this anthology s Stay Loose (86) and Restless (93) are testament to his enduring skills as...

#I can t get enough of Gordon and his incredible talent (2005-07-01) This is a wonderful compilation of some of his best-loved songs, and I find it common for me to just play it over and over again,ad nauseum. I was a teenager in the 60 s and didn t really pay much attention to him during those early years, but somehow the truth, magic and wonder of this man s incredible talent grew on me and its clear to see that it just shines through the plethora of artists who have come and gone over the years. His songs such as Stay Loose and Ribbon of Darkness (not on this album) are so power...

#Sad song selection (2004-04-21) I was so diasappointed by the selection of early UA trax on this CD, it now sits in the used CD section of my favorite CD store. What could have been an awesome CD, is only mediocre at best. . . Sorry Thane. Where are his best UA songs, Did She Mention My Name?, I m Not Sayin or Ribbon of Darkness??? Several songs on here are below Lightfoot average -- why Go-Go Round (very amateurish) & Pussywillows (peraps the most boring song ever written). A great opportunity -- lost. . .

#Complete Canadian Class - Terrific (2004-04-03) One of my favourote singers of all time. The is a marvellous collection of classic Lightfoot tracks. All the hits that this very underrated singer-songwriter had, either himself or by others interpretations, are here from ",Early Morning Rain", through ",If You Could Read My Mind", and ",Sundown", on to ",Restless",. OK, there are some obvious omissions which other reviewers have, quite rightly, pointed out. Lightfoot was one of those who had the tag of ",the second Bob Dylan",, which is like ha...

#Complete Canadian Class - Terrific (2004-04-03) One of my favourote singers of all time. The is a marvellous collection of classic Lightfoot tracks. All the hits that this very underrated singer-songwriter had, either himself or by others interpretations, are here from ",Early Morning Rain", through ",If You Could Read My Mind", and ",Sundown", on to ",Restless",. OK, there are some obvious omissions which other reviewers have, quite rightly, pointed out. Lightfoot was one of those who had the tag of ",the second Bob Dylan",, which is like ha...

#I could play this from sunrise to ",Sundown",. (2004-03-02) Seems like it would be hard to better ",Gord s Gold",, but this did. This collection is perfect for the average fan. 20 tracks including ",Carefree Highway",, ",If You Could Read My Mind",, ",Beautiful",, and the excellent ",Sundown",. Also here is ",The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald",, which other collections miss. Something about ",Gordon Lightfoot", stood out among the other 70 s singer/songwriters. Be it his looks or voice, he was gentle, yet more mascu...

1. On The Way Home 2. Tell Me Why 3. Old Man 4. Journey Through The Past 5. Helpless 6. Love In Mind 7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart of Gold Suite 8. Cowgirl In The Sand 9. Don t Let It Bring You Down 10. There s a World 11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness 12. The Needle And The Damage Done 13. Ohio 14. See The Sky About To Rain 15. Down By The River 16. Dance Dance Dance 17. I Am A Child

I m gonna sing mostly new songs tonight, Neil Young tells the rapt Massey Hall audience, ...I ve written so many new ones that I can t think of anything else to with them other than sing em. He steps to the mic unadorned, distant from CSNY s rippled harmonies or Crazy Horse s yowl, hypnotically nailing 17 tracks on this unreleased 1971 solo set. You hear him tower at vocal heights on the chorus for Old Man (then a debuted, brand-new song) and name-check Canada on Journey to the Past and North Ontario on Helpless, much to the Toronto crowd s delight. The sound is impeccable, and the closeness to Young in this spare setting exhilarates--especially his vocal quavering in the high registers, his intricate guitar work, and an overall vibe that exceeds description. And the DVD: Here you catch Young in tightly framed, starkly-lit shots, flourishing in the early years of an unparalleled rock career. Not only that, you get commentary from 1997, a rare window on how Young thinks, how he speaks,...

#Wow! (2007-10-23) To think that someone sat on these tapes all this time. This set made the hair on the back of my head stand up and misted my eyes too. In the era that this concert occurred there were some pretty bad concerts with terrible sound. This set should have been available years ago. It is one of the finest live recordings by any performer, that I have ever seen or heard.

#Forever Young (2007-08-12) This is the album that should have come out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, (Neil Young). Harvest was my first NY album, then I discovered the gem ATGR. I prefer his classic albums up to the release of Comes a Time. This is a beautiful set with lovely personable commentary in between songs. It s brilliant to hear such Neil Young classics as Old Man being introduced as new songs. The music sounds as fresh as yesterday and Neil s mastery of the guitar and piano is pure quality. Few can make the instruments sound so perfectly complementary to the ...

#Excellent (2007-05-28) This is a remarkable recording. It is Neil Young at his best. A couple of the songs are from the Buffalo Springfield era. It is emotional and actually very tender at certain points. It is composed of simple guitar/vocal/piano renditions with some commentary. My favorites here are Old Man and Don t Let It Bring You Down. I found the performances of Helpless and Down By The River to be of lower callibre than usual, but they are an exception, the music on this recording is superb.

#Neil s voice & guitar are wonderful, the dvd is disappointing (2007-03-19) This cd/dvd has some of the best recordings of Neil s early songs. His voice is pure and moving, and his guitar playing subtle and perfectly in tune with his voice. He was at his best in this concert. The dvd is ok, but with blurry film and half of the performance shots of a reel to reel on a chair facing a mic, you re not much better off just listening to the cd. The moody feel of the video is great for a few songs, but wears thin. Buy this cd for Neil s voice and adept guitar sounds. . . you can t g...

#Indispensable for Neil Young s fans (2007-03-17) I didn t take very long for Neil to release another excellent archive on his Performance Series after the Filmore East concert. This time it s Neil on his own on piano or guitar. The amazing thing about this release is the sound. It s just great, great sound and feeling. The crowd aknowledges old songs and quickly silences to listen to the music and voice of Young. Neil s singing is at its best and the guitars sound very sharp. Most new songs are from the then forthcoming Harvest and Time Fades Away albums. It s quite a strange fe...