Harvest (Neil Young album)

Harvest
Studio album by
Neil Young
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1972 (1972-02-15)[1]
RecordedJanuary 30 – September 28, 1971
VenueRoyce Hall, UCLA
Studio
  • Quadrafonic Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)[2]
  • Barking Town Hall (London, UK)
  • Broken Arrow Ranch (Woodside, California)
Genre
  • Folk rock
  • country rock
Length37:10
LabelReprise
Producer
  • Neil Young
  • Elliot Mazer
  • Henry Lewy
  • Jack Nitzsche
Neil Young chronology
After the Gold Rush
(1970) 		Harvest
(1972) 		Journey Through the Past
(1972)
Singles from Harvest
  1. "Heart of Gold" / "Sugar Mountain"
    Released: January 1972
  2. "Old Man" / "The Needle and the Damage Done"
    Released: April 17, 1972

Harvest is the fourth studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on February 15, 1972, by Reprise Records, catalogue number MS 2032. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by guests David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart[3] for two weeks, and spawned two hit singles, "Old Man", which peaked at No. 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and "Heart of Gold", which reached No. 1.[4] It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States.[5]

The album has been described as "[contain[ing] some of the most arresting imagery of Young's career to date". According to The Times' deputy features editor Burhan Wazir, the album "evoked both the dying optimism of San Francisco's counterculture movement and the burgeoning cynicism of the Watergate generation."[6]

The album has since remained Neil Young's signature album as well as his best selling.[7][8] In 2015, Harvest was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[9]

  1. ^ "Harvest: Neil Young" (PDF). Billboard. February 12, 1972. p. 7. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City - Part 4: Artists That Followed". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ Harvest – Neil Young > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  4. ^ Neil Young > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  6. ^ Wazir, Burhan (2005). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 258.
  7. ^ Lynch, Joe (2021-01-13). "The 25 Best Neil Young Songs: Staff Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  8. ^ "Readers' Poll: The Best Neil Young Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  9. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame Letter H". Grammy. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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