Album · Neil Young
On the Beach by Neil Young
On the Beach is an album by Neil Young, released in 1974. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “On the Beach”, on 1 list with a best position of #852.
On the Beach, Neil Young's fifth studio album, came out on Reprise in July 1974, and anybody still waiting for Harvest Part Two was in for a long, cold wait. Young produced it himself, following Time Fades Away, and it's the middle panel of what came to be called the Ditch Trilogy, the records he made after Harvest turned into a blockbuster in 1972.
It sounds like a man who got everything he wanted and found it didn't fit: weary, alienated, overexposed and deeply blue, that high tenor drifting over songs that refuse to cheer up for anybody. It's a hard record to love on the first spin and a harder one to shake, and it is now counted among the critically praised albums of his long career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from On the Beach on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the Beach | 1 | #852 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.