100 Greatest Neil Young Songs (Rolling Stone)

One of the most popular Spotirama posts is about the Top 50 Neil Young songs compiled by british magazine Mojo in 2011. Now it's time to double it, literally. Last january Rolling Stone published a Neil Young Special Collector's Edition issue, including a Top 100 of his songs. Here it comes, in all its Spotify splendour.

Some trivia, before pushing the play button:

• In the top 20 the two charts are quite similar: even if in different positions, 15 songs are the same. 
• Both include Buffalo Springfield and CSNY songs. 
• While After the Gold Rush album is the most present album in the Mojo chart, in Rolling Stone's Top 100 it stops at #3 (6 songs in the playlist), after Harvest and Tonight's the Night (both with 7 songs).

Enjoy!

Previously on the one-man-show side of Spotirama:

100 Greatest Bruce Springsteen Songs (Rolling Stone)

100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs (Mojo)

50 Best Pharrell Williams Tracks (Fact)

100 GREATEST NEIL YOUNG SONGS

(Rolling Stone, 2014, from #1 to #10)

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Full list

Strikethrough songs (3/100) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Powderfinger (from Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
2. Heart of Gold (Harvest, 1972)
3. Cortez the Killer (Zuma, 1975)
4. Down By The River (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
5. Tonight's the Night (Tonight's The Night, 1975)
6. Helpless (CSN&Y, Déjà Vu, 1970)
7. Cinnamon Girl (Everybody Knows This Is Nowehere, 1970)
8. After the Gold Rush (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
9. Ohio (CSN&Y single, 1970)
10. Like a Hurricane (American Stars 'n Bars, 1977)
11. Old Man (Harvest, 1972)
12. Hey Hey, My My - Into the Black (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
13. The Needle and the Damage Done (Harvest, 1972)
14. Sugar Mountain (b-side single, 1968)
15. Expecting To Fly (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967)
16. Rockin' in the Free World (Freedom, 1989)
17. Cowgirl in the Sand (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
18. Tired Eyes (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
19. Southern Man (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
20. From Hank to Hendrix (Harvest Moon, 1992)
21. Don't Cry No Tears (Zuma, 1975)
22. Out on the Weekend (Harvest, 1972)
23. Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967)
24. Danger Bird (Zuma, 1975)
25. Pocahontas (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
26. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
27. Human Highway (Comes a Time, 1978)
28. Goin' Home (Are You Passionate?, 2002)
29. Revolution Blues (On the Beach, 1974)
30. Sedan Delivery (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
31. I'm the Ocean (Mirror Ball, 1995)
32. Long May You Run (Long May You Run, 1976)
33. Ambulance Blues (On the Beach, 1974)
34. Don't Let It Bring You Down (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
35. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967)
36. F*!#in' Up (Ragged Glory, 1990)
37. Harvest Moon (Harvest Moon, 1992)
38. Don't Be Denied (live album Time Fades Away, 1973)
39. Albuquerque (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
40. Change Your Mind (Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
41. The Loner (Neil Young, 1968)
42. This Note's For You (This Note's For You, 1988)
43. On the Beach (On the Beach, 1974)
44. Barstool Blues (Zuma, 1975)
45. Winterlong (compilation Decade, 1977)
46. On the Way Home (Buffalo Springfield, Last Time Around, 1968)
47. Ramada Inn (Psychedelic Pill, 2012)
48. Too Far Gone (Freedom, 1989)
49. Sample and Hold (Trans, 1982)
50. Be the Rain (Greendale, 2003)
51. Comes a Time (Comes a Time, 1978)
52. Stringman (Unplugged, 1993)
53. Campaigner (Decade, 1977)
54. Roll Another Number (For the Road) (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
55. Look Out For My Love (Comes a Time, 1978)
56. Thrasher (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
57. Harvest (Harvest, 1972)
58. Borrowed Tune (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
59. Opera Star (Re-ac-tor, 1981)
60. Razor Love (Silver and Gold, 2000)
61. Pushed It Over the End (unreleased)
62. A Man Needs a Maid (Harvest, 1972)
63. The Old Laughing Lady (Neil Young, 1968)
64. Words (Between the Lines of Age) (Harvest, 1972)
65. World on a String (Tonight's The Night, 1975)
66. Journey Through the Past (Archives, 2009)
67. Over and Over (Ragged Glory, 1990)
68. Will to Love (American Stars 'n Bars, 1977)
69. Mellow My Mind (Tonight's The Night, 1975)
70. Flying on the Ground Is Wrong (Archives, 2009)
71. See the Sky About to Rain (On the Beach, 1974)
72. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
73. Last Trip to Tulsa (Neil Young, 1968)
74. LA (Time Fades Away, 1973)
75. Tell Me Why (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
76. Drive Back (Zuma, 1975)
77. Hitchhiker (Le Noise, 2010)
78. Silver & Gold (Silver & Gold, 2000)
79. Ordinary People (Chrome Dreams II, 2000)
80. It's a Dream (Prairie Wind, 2005)
81. Bandit (Greendale, 2003)
82. Crime in the City (Freedom, 1989)
83. When You Dance I Can Really Love (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
84. Roger and Out (Living With War, 2006)
85. Out of Control (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Looking Forward, 1999)
86. Slip Away (Broken Arrow, 1996)
87. Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll (Life, 1987)
88. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze (Re-ac-tor, 1981)
89. Eldorado (Freedom, 1989)
90. Piece of Crap (Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
91 Love to Burn (Ragged Glory, 1990)
92 Throw Your Hatred Down (Mirror Ball, 1995)
93 Computer Age (Trans, 1982)
94 The Restless Consumer (Living With War, 2006)
95 Old King (Harvest Moon, 1992)
96 Someday (Freedom, 1989)
97 When God Made Me (Prairie Wind, 2005)
98 He Was the King (Prairie Wind, 2005)
99 Walk Like a Giant (Psychedelic Pill, 2012)
100 Homegrown (American Stars 'n Bars version, 1977)

Mojo's The 50 Greatest Neil Young Songs

Mojo #207 has a big feature about Neil Young: 25 pages of articles, interviews, anecdotes, stories. Plus: a playlist of the 50 greatest Neil Young songs according to an all-star panel including Paul McCartney, David Crosby, Chrissie Hynde, Metallica, Midlake, MGMT, Cardigans, Pixies, Giant Sand, Swans, R.E.M and many more. Here you find the spotiplaylist. To know who picked individual songs and why, go and buy the magazine. Enjoy! 

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THE PLAYLIST
(49 songs out of 50, 98%, about 4 hours)

50. Music Arcade (Broken Arrow, 1996)
49. I Am a Child (Live Rust, 1979)
48. Ambulance Blues (On the Beach, 1974)
47. Old King (Harvest Moon, 1992)
46. Winterlong (Decade, 1977)
45. Thrasher (Rust Never Sleeps. 1979)
44. Here We Are in the Years (Neil Young, 1968)
43. It's a Dream (Prairie Wind, 2005)
42. Sleeps With Angels (Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
41. Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967 / greatest hits version)
40. See the Sky About To Rain (On the Beach, 1974)
39. Will To Love (American Stars 'n Bars, 1977)
38. Goin' Back (Comes A Time, 1978)
37. Transformer Man (Trans, 1982)
36. F*!#in' Up (Ragged Glory, 1990)
35. Don't Let It Bring You Down (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
34. Don't Be Denied (Times Fades Away, 1973)
33. Revolution Blues (On the Beach, 1974)
32. Words (Between the Lines of Age) (Harvest, 1972)
31. Rockin' in the Free World (Freedom, 1989)
30. I Believe In You (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
29. Mellow My Mind (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
28. For the Turnstiles (On the Beach, 1974)
27. Cowgirl in the Sand (CSNY - 4 Way Street, 1971... on Spotify I found this live version from Neil Young Archives; originally the track is from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
26. Sugar Mountain (single, 1968)
25. Pocahontas (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
24. Harvest Moon (Harvest Moon, 1992)
23. Philadelphia (Philadelphia OST, 1993)
22. On the Beach (On the Beach, 1974)
21. Tired Eyes (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
20. A Man Needs a Maid (Live at Massey Hall 1971, 2007; originally from Harvest, 1972)
19. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
18. Old Man (Harvest, 1972)
17. Expecting To Fly (Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967)
16. Tell Me Why (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
15. Southern Man (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
14. Cortez the Killer (Zuma, 1975)
13. Ohio (Decade, 1977)
12. Powderfinger (Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
11. Tonight's the Night (Tonight's the Night, 1975)
10. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
9. The Needle and the Damage Done (Harvest, 1972)
8. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967)
7. Down By The River (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
6. Helpless (Live at Massey Hall 1971, 2007)
5. Like a Hurricane (Weld, 1991)
4. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (After the Gold Rush, 1970)
3. Heart of Gold (Harvest, 1972)
2. Cinnamon Girl (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
1. After the Gold Rush (After the Gold Rush, 1970)


Albums chart:
6 songs from After the Gold Rush
5 songs from Harvest and On the Beach
4 songs from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Rust Never Sleeps
3 songs from Tonight's The Night