Album · Neil Young
After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
After the Gold Rush is an album by Neil Young, released in 1970. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 74 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Southern Man”, on 48 lists with a best position of #56.
After the Gold Rush, Neil Young's third album, came out on Reprise in 1970, one of four solo records the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young put out in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu. Young produced it himself, working at Sunset Sound and Sound City, and he took his cue from a screenplay by Dean Stockwell and Herb Bermann that never got made.
Mostly it's hushed country folk, with that high, lonesome tenor out front, and the title track floats by like a dream half-remembered. Then "Southern Man" comes crashing through with its electric guitar snarling, proof that Young can still raise a racket when he wants to. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" was the gentle single. The first reviews were mixed, but the record has since settled onto the greatest-albums lists and into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from After the Gold Rush on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Man | 48 | #56 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | After The Gold Rush | 22 | #167 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 3 | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | 3 | #757 | – | 2001–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.