Greatest Hits

by

Neil Young

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It's hard to argue with the tracks included on this single disc collection, and it's really pointless to kvetch about which of your favorite Neil Young tracks got left off. Odds are you have them all anyway. I know I do. My only question is who was this CD compiled for? Obvioulsy his fans already have these songs. And with the most recent song on this disc dating from 1992 ("Harvest Moon"), it's unlikely that the casual fan was waiting twelve years for this to get released.

Longtime fans who bought 1977's DECADE already have all but five of these songs. You know what I'm waiting for? Where's DECADE II and III? [In fact, Young is only three years away from being able to release DECADE IV.]

And shouldn't this have been titled BEST OF instead of GREATEST HITS? Sure, it includes all three of his early-seventies top 40 hits, but it omits other singles that charted in the hot 100 like "When You Dance I Can Really Love," "Walk On" and "Four Strong Winds," among others.

Bottom line, this is a terrific collection of songs with some of Young's most powerful anthems. Five stars for the music, but I would think this is going to have limited appeal for anyone but the neophyte fan.

O.k., I love Neil Young, but we already have a "Greatest Hits," it was called Decade. O.k., I'm sure this sounds better than Decade, but if you just want an overview of ole Neil, get Decade, and maybe Rust Never Sleeps.

I understand that Journey Through the Past will probably never see a release on CD. That's o.k., I suppose. But man, we gotta see Time Fades Away on CD sometime, it's a great CD. And what about the faded Archive series we were suppose to see, 15 years ago?

Before he put out a best of, there are other things that should see the light of day first.