Decade
The first stop for anybody new to Neil Young's music, this 34-song set (originally released in 1977) traces his growth fromBuffalo SpringfieldandCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungtoCrazy Horseto hisHarvestband, the Stray Gators. The album defined Young to rock radio the wayHot Rocksdetermined which Rolling Stones songs would become classics, but this is more than a quickie greatest-hits collection. Rarities and hits--Springfield's "Mr. Soul," CSNY's "Ohio," and Young's "Cinnamon Girl," "Heart of Gold," and the closing "Long May You Run"--develop in thematic and chronological patterns.--Steve Knopper