Harvest (Neil Young album)

Harvest
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1972 (1972-02-01)[1]
RecordedJanuary – September 1971
Studio
Genre
Length37:10
LabelReprise
Producer
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 1, 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 since remained Neil Young's signature album as well as his best selling.[6][7] In 2015, Harvest was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[8]

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  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.
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  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. ^ Lynch, Joe (2021-01-13). "The 25 Best Neil Young Songs: Staff Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. ^ "Readers' Poll: The Best Neil Young Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  8. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame Letter H". Grammy. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2021.