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Neil Young discography 
Neil Young in Florence on 22 June 2008Releases ↙Studio albums 33 ↙Live albums 8 ↙Compilation albums 3 ↙Singles 59 ↙Soundtracks 4 ↙Tribute and cover albums 3 ↙The Stills-Young Band 1 ↙Archives series 6 Neil Young's discography and filmography contains the albums and films produced by Young. As of 2010, most of Young's work, both solo and group, is under the ownership of Warner Music Group. The only exceptions are his five albums for Geffen Records in the 1980s, which were once distributed by Warner, but are now owned by Universal Music Group.
Contents
Albums
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- See also discographies for Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Buffalo Springfield.
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)CAN AUS NZ
[1]US UK
[2]SWE
[3]1968 Neil Young - Released: November 12, 1968
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
— — — — — — 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[A] - Released: May 14, 1969
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
32 — — 34 — — US: Platinum[4] 1970 After the Gold Rush - Released: August 31, 1970
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
5 13 — 8 7 14 UK: Silver[5]
US: 2x Multi-Platinum[4]1972 Harvest - Released: February 14, 1972
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
1 1 48 1 1 6 UK: 2x Platinum[5]
US: 4x Multi-Platinum[4]1974 On the Beach - Released: July 19, 1974
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
13 34 — 16 42 — UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]1975 Tonight's the Night - Released: June 20, 1975
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
61 42 — 25 48 — AUS: Gold[6] Zuma[A] - Released: November 10, 1975
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
69 44 35 25 44 — UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]1976 Long May You Run[B] - Released: September 10, 1976
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
35 — 17 26 12 — US: Gold[7] 1977 American Stars 'N Bars - Released: May 27, 1977
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
16 21 35 21 17 16 UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]1978 Comes a Time - Released: October 21, 1978
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
4 6 6 7 42 — UK: Gold[5]
US: Gold[4]1980 Hawks & Doves - Released: October 29, 1980
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
50 10 4 30 34 22 1981 Re-ac-tor[A] - Released: October 28, 1981
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
20 27 4 27 69 32 1982 Trans - Released: December 29, 1982
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track (RCV)
10 23 8 19 29 6 1983 Everybody's Rockin'[C] - Released: July 27, 1983
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track (RCV)
22 30 21 46 50 15 1985 Old Ways[D] - Released: August 12, 1985
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track (RCV)
31 30 29 75 39 13 1986 Landing on Water - Released: July 21, 1986
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
40 43 — 46 52 15 1987 Life[A] - Released: June 30, 1987
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
42 — — 75 71 9 1988 This Note's for You[E] - Released: April 12, 1988
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
26 45 36 61 56 22 1989 Eldorado[F] - Released: April 21, 1989
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
— — — — — — Freedom - Released: October 2, 1989
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
16 — — 35 17 21 CAN: Gold[8]
UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]1990 Ragged Glory[A] - Released: September 9, 1990
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
20 — 22 31 15 25 CAN: Gold[8]
UK: Silver[5]1992 Harvest Moon - Released: November 2, 1992
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
4 40 7 16 9 13 AUS: Gold[6]
CAN: 5 x Platinum[8]
UK: Gold[5]
US: 2x Multi-Platinum[4]1994 Sleeps with Angels[A] - Released: August 6, 1994
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
7 23 17 9 2 2 US: Gold 1995 Mirror Ball[G] - Released: August 7, 1995
- Label: Warner Bros
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
6 4 10 5 4 3 UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]1996 Broken Arrow[A] - Released: July 2, 1996
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
26 43 — 31 17 14 2000 Silver & Gold - Released: April 25, 2000
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
5 30 49 22 10 9 2002 Are You Passionate?[H] - Released: April 9, 2002
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
17 41 25 10 24 4 2003 Greendale[A] - Released: August 19, 2003
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
18 48 41 22 24 5 2005 Prairie Wind - Released: September 27, 2005
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
3 — 29 11 22 3 UK: Silver[5]
US: Gold[4]2006 Living with War - Released: May 2, 2006
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
7 41 31 15 14 11 Living with War: "In the Beginning" - Released: December 19, 2006
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
— — — — — — 2007 Chrome Dreams II - Released: October 16, 2007
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
8 38 — 11 14 13 2009 Fork in the Road - Released: April 7, 2009
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
15 37 28 19 22 11 2010 Le Noise - Released: September 28, 2010
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
2 41 35 14 18 2 CAN: Gold[8] "—" denotes releases that did not chart. (RCV = Record Club Version Only).
- A with Crazy Horse
- B with Stephen Stills and the Stills-Young Band
- C with the Shocking Pinks
- D Old Ways also peaked at #24 on Top Country Albums.
- E with the Bluenotes
- F with the Restless
- G featuring Pearl Jam
- H featuring Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Live albums
Neil Young has included material recorded live on many of his albums; listed here are albums consisting completely or primarily of live concert recordings. Time Fades Away and Rust Never Sleeps both consist of previously unreleased material, with the latter also containing two tracks recorded in the studio. Weld and Arc were initially released as a single package, Arc-Weld. See also the Archives Series listed separately below.
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)CAN AUS NZ
[1]US UK
[2]SWE
[3]1973 Time Fades Away - Released: October 15, 1973
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, cassette, 8 track
9 29 — 22 20 15 US: Gold[4] 1979 Rust Never Sleeps[A] - Released: June 22, 1979
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
28 8 7 8 13 9 UK: Silver[5]
US: Platinum[4]Live Rust[A] - Released: November 14, 1979
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
27 21 1 15 55 — US: Platinum[4] 1991 Weld[A] - Released: October 23, 1991
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
58 — — 154 20 33 Arc[A] - Released: October 23, 1991
- Label: Reprise
- Format: CD
— — — — — — 1993 Unplugged - Released: June 8, 1993
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
10 19 16 23 4 8 US: Gold[4] 1997 Year of the Horse[A] - Released: June 17, 1997
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
75 — — 57 36 35 2000 Road Rock Vol. 1[B] - Released: December 5, 2000
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, Cassette
— — — 169 103 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart. - A with Crazy Horse
- B with friends
Compilations
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)CAN AUS NZ
[1]US UK
[2]SWE
[3]1977 Decade - Released: October 28, 1977
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8 track
47 21 34 43 46 — AUS: Platinum[9]
US: Platinum[4]1993 Lucky Thirteen - Released: January 6, 1993
- Label: Geffen
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
— — — — 69 — 2004 Greatest Hits - Released: November 16, 2004
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: LP, CD
21 25 3 27 45 13 CAN: Gold[8]
AUS: Platinum[10]"—" denotes releases that did not chart. Soundtracks
Year Album Information Peak chart positions CAN AUS US UK 1972 Journey Through the Past - Release: November 7, 1972
- Format: LP, cassette, 8 track
19 39 45 — 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam - Release: March 1, 1980
- Format: LP, cassette
— — — — 1994 Philadelphia - Release: January 4, 1994
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
— — 12 — 1996 Dead Man - Release: February 27, 1996
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
— — — — Archives series
Main article: Neil Young ArchivesYear Album details Peak chart positions CAN AUS US US Rock UK SWE 2006 Live at the Fillmore East[A] - Released: November 14, 2006
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
— — 55 18 88 32 2007 Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Released: March 13, 2007
- Label: Reprise/WEA
- Format: LP, CD
1 34 6 2 30 5 2008 Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968 - Released: November 25, 2008
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
— — 40 10 72 47 2009 The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 - Released: June 2, 2009
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Format: CD, DVD-A, Blu-ray
— — 102 37 — 50 Dreamin' Man Live '92 - Released: December 8, 2009
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD
— — 193 — 159 — 2011 A Treasure[B] - Released: June 7, 2011
- Label: Reprise
- Format: LP, CD, Blu-ray
18 75
[11]29 7 38 19 "—" denotes releases that did not chart. - A with Crazy Horse
- B with The International Harvesters
Tribute albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)CAN AUS NZ
[1]US UK
[2]SWE
[3]1989 The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young - Released: July 28, 1989
- Label: Caroline
- Format: LP, CD, cassette
— — — — — — AUS: Platinum[10]
CAN: Gold
US: Gold[4]
GER: Gold [12]1994 Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young - Released: August 2, 1994
- Label: Universal Canada
- Format: LP, CD
— — — — — — 2007 Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young - Released: November 6, 2007
- Label: Universal Canada
- Format: LP, CD
— — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart. Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album CAN CAN AC CAN Country US US Rock UK
[2]1969 "The Loner" — — — — — — Neil Young 1970 "Cinnamon Girl" 25 — — 55 — — Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 16 — — 33 — — After the Gold Rush 1971 "Oh Lonesome Me" 58 — — — — — "When You Dance I Can Really Love" 54 — — 93 — — 1972 "Heart of Gold" 1 — — 1 — 10 Harvest "Old Man" 4 — — 31 — — "War Song" (with Graham Nash) 40 — — 61 — — single only 1973 "Time Fades Away" — — — 109 — — Time Fades Away 1974 "Walk On" — — — 69 — — On the Beach 1975 "Lookin' for a Love" 48 — — — — — Zuma "Drive Back" — — — — — — 1976 "Long May You Run" — — — — — — Long May You Run "Midnight On The Bay" — — — 105 — — 1977 "Hey Babe" — — — — — — American Stars 'n Bars "Like a Hurricane" — — — — — — 1978 "Comes a Time" — — — — — — Comes a Time "Four Strong Winds"
(US B-side: Human Highway, UK B-side: Motorcycle Mama)61 18 48 61 — 57 1979 "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" — — — 79 — — Rust Never Sleeps 1980 "The Loner" (live) — — — — — — Live Rust "Stayin' Power" — — — — — — Hawks & Doves 1981 "Opera Star" — — — — — — Re-ac-tor "Southern Pacific" — — — 70 22 — "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" — — — — 56 — 1982 "Little Thing Called Love" — — — 71 12 — Trans "Sample and Hold" — — — — — — 1983 "Mr. Soul" — — — — 14 — "We R in Control" — — — — 42 — "Wonderin'" — — — — — — Everybody's Rockin' "Cry, Cry, Cry" — — — — — — 1985 "Get Back to the Country"[A] — — 32 — — — Old Ways 1986 "Touch the Night" — — — — 8 — Landing on Water "Weight of the World" — — — — 33 — 1987 "Long Walk Home" — — — — 14 — Life "Mideast Vacation" — — — — — — 1988 "This Note's for You" 80 — — — 19 — This Note's for You "Ten Men Workin'" — — — — 6 — 1989 "Rockin' in the Free World" 39 — — — 2 — Freedom "No More" — — — — 7 — 1990 "Mansion on the Hill" — — — — 3 — Ragged Glory "Over and Over" — — — — 33 — "Crime in the City" (live) — — — — 34 — Weld 1992 "War of Man" — — — — 7 — Harvest Moon 1993 "Harvest Moon" 5 11 — — — 36 "Unknown Legend" — — — — 38 — "The Needle and the Damage Done" (live) — — — — — 75 Unplugged "Long May You Run" (live) 28 — — — 34 71 1994 "Rockin' in the Free World" (UK re-release) — — — — — 90 Freedom "Philadelphia" — — — — — 62 Philadelphia "Change Your Mind" — — — — 18 107 Sleeps with Angels 1995 "Downtown" (featuring Pearl Jam) — — — — 6 113 Mirror Ball "Peace and Love" (featuring Pearl Jam) — — — — 34 — "I Got Id"[B] — — — 7 2 25 Merkin Ball EP 1996 "Big Time" — — — — 35 — Broken Arrow 2002 "Let's Roll" — — — — 32 — Are You Passionate? 2006 "Let's Impeach the President" — — — — — — Living With War 2011 "Grey Riders" — — — — — — A Treasure "—" denotes releases that did not chart. - A Peaked at #33 on U.S. Hot Country Songs chart
- B Credited to Pearl Jam featuring Neil Young
Guest singles
Year Single Artist CAN Country Album 1985 "Are There Any More Real Cowboys" Willie Nelson 37 Half Nelson 2007 "Walking to New Orleans" Fats Domino — Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino Unreleased albums
- 1974 – Human Highway
- 1974 – Mediterranean
- 1975 – Homegrown
- 1977 – Chrome Dreams
- 1978 – Comes a Time (Solo Version)
- 1982 – Island in the Sun
- 1983 – Old Ways I
- 1987 – Meadow Dusk
- 1988 – Blue Note Cafe
- 1989 – Times Square
- 2000 - Toast
Other tribute albums
- 1999 - This Note's for You Too!: A Tribute to Neil Young, Inbetweens Records
- 2001 – Everybody Knows This Is Norway: A Norwegian Tribute to Neil Young]], Switch Off Records
- 2002 – Rusted Moon: String Quartet Tribute To Neil Young, Vitamin Records
- 2006 – Headed for the Ditch: a Michigan tribute to Neil Young, Lower Peninsula Records
- 2007 – Like A Hurricane (16 track tribute album provided with the December 2007 issue of Uncut Magazine)
- 2009 - The Loner: Nils Sings Neil (solo acoustic tribute by Nils Lofgren)
Filmography
- 1972 – Journey Through the Past - director
- 1978 – The Last Waltz ("Helpless" with The Band)
- 1979 – Rust Never Sleeps (concert film) - director
- 1982 – Human Highway - director
- 1983 – Neil Young in Berlin (concert film by Michael Lindsay-Hogg)
- 1984 – Solo Trans
- 1985 – Live Aid (solo and with Crosby Stills & Nash)
- 1989 – Freedom: A Live Acoustic Concert (filmed at Jones Beach and The Palladium, New York, September 5–6, 1989)
- 1990 – Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory (collection of Ragged Glory music videos)
- 1991 – Weld (concert film)
- 1993 – Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration ("Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "All Along the Watchtower", "My Back Pages")
- 1993 – Neil Young Unplugged
- 1994 – Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (directed by Jonathan Demme)
- 1997 – Year of the Horse (documentary by Jim Jarmusch)
- 2000 – Neil Young: Silver and Gold (solo acoustic performance)
- 2000 – Neil Young: Red Rocks Live
- 2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes ("Imagine")
- 2003 – Greendale (musical film) - director
- 2005 – Live 8 ("Four Strong Winds", "When God Made Me", "Rockin' In The Free World")
- 2006 – Neil Young: Heart of Gold (concert film by Jonathan Demme)
- 2008 - CSNY Déjà Vu - director
- 2009 – Neil Young: Trunk Show (concert film by Jonathan Demme)
- 2011 - Pearl Jam Twenty (documentary film by Cameron Crowe)
References
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