Neil Young discography and filmography
| Neil Young discography | |
|---|---|
 Neil Young in Florence on 22 June 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 33 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 59 |
| Soundtrack albums | 4 |
| Tribute 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 2012, most of Young's work, both solo and group, is distributed by 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 distributed by Universal Music Group.
Albums
- 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
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1969 | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[A]
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32 | — | — | 34 | — | — | US: Platinum[4] | ||
| 1970 | After the Gold Rush
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5 | 13 | — | 8 | 7 | 14 | UK: 2x Platinum[5] US: 2x Multi-Platinum[4] | ||
| 1972 | Harvest
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1 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 6 | UK: 3x Platinum[5] US: 4x Multi-Platinum[4] | ||
| 1974 | On the Beach
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13 | 34 | — | 16 | 42 | — | UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | ||
| 1975 | Tonight's the Night
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61 | 42 | — | 25 | 48 | — | AUS: Gold[6] | ||
Zuma[A]
|
69 | 44 | 35 | 25 | 44 | — | UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | |||
| 1976 | Long May You Run[B]
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35 | — | 17 | 26 | 12 | — | US: Gold[7] | ||
| 1977 | American Stars 'N Bars
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16 | 21 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 16 | UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | ||
| 1978 | Comes a Time
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4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 42 | — | UK: Gold[5] US: Gold[4] | ||
| 1979 | Rust Never Sleeps[A]
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28 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | UK: Silver[5] US: Platinum[4] | ||
| 1980 | Hawks & Doves
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50 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 22 | |||
| 1981 | Re-ac-tor[A]
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20 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 69 | 32 | |||
| 1982 | Trans
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10 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 6 | |||
| 1983 | Everybody's Rockin'[C]
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22 | 30 | 21 | 46 | 50 | 15 | |||
| 1985 | Old Ways[D]
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31 | 30 | 29 | 75 | 39 | 13 | |||
| 1986 | Landing on Water
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40 | 43 | — | 46 | 52 | 15 | |||
| 1987 | Life[A]
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42 | — | — | 75 | 71 | 9 | |||
| 1988 | This Note's for You[E]
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26 | 45 | 36 | 61 | 56 | 22 | |||
| 1989 | Eldorado[F]
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Freedom
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16 | — | — | 35 | 17 | 21 | CAN: Gold[8] UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | |||
| 1990 | Ragged Glory[A]
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20 | — | 22 | 31 | 15 | 25 | CAN: Gold[8] UK: Silver[5] | ||
| 1992 | Harvest Moon
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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]
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7 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | US: Gold | ||
| 1995 | Mirror Ball[G]
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6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | ||
| 1996 | Broken Arrow[A]
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26 | 43 | — | 31 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 2000 | Silver & Gold
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5 | 30 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2002 | Are You Passionate?[H]
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17 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2003 | Greendale[A]
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18 | 48 | 41 | 22 | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2005 | Prairie Wind
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3 | — | 29 | 11 | 22 | 3 | UK: Silver[5] US: Gold[4] | ||
| 2006 | Living with War
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7 | 41 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 11 | |||
Living with War: "In the Beginning"
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | Chrome Dreams II
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8 | 38 | — | 11 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 2009 | Fork in the Road
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15 | 37 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 11 | |||
| 2010 | Le Noise
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2 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 2 | CAN: Gold[8] | ||
| 2012 | Americana[A]
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2 | 34 | — | 4 | 16 | — | |||
Psychedelic Pill[A]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" 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
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9 | 29 | — | 22 | 20 | 15 | US: Gold[4] | ||||||
| 1979 | Live Rust[A]
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27 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 55 | — | US: Platinum[4] | ||||||
| 1991 | Weld[A]
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58 | — | — | 154 | 20 | 33 | |||||||
Arc[A]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | Unplugged
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10 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 8 | US: Gold[4] | ||||||
| 1997 | Year of the Horse[A]
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75 | — | — | 57 | 36 | 35 | |||||||
| 2000 | Road Rock Vol. 1[B]
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— | — | — | 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
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47 | 21 | 34 | 43 | 46 | — | AUS: Platinum[10] US: Platinum[4] | ||
| 1993 | Lucky Thirteen
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— | — | — | — | 69 | — | |||
| 2004 | Greatest Hits
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21 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 45 | 13 | CAN: Gold[8] AUS: Platinum[11] | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Soundtracks
| Year | Album Information | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | US | UK | ||
| 1972 | Journey Through the Past
|
19 | 39 | 45 | — |
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam
|
— | — | — | — |
| 1994 | Philadelphia
|
— | — | 12 | — |
| 1996 | Dead Man
|
— | — | — | — |
Archives series
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | US | US Rock | UK | SWE | |||||
| 2006 | Live at the Fillmore East[A]
|
— | — | 55 | 18 | 88 | 32 | |||
| 2007 | Live at Massey Hall 1971
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1 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968
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— | — | 40 | 10 | 72 | 47 | |||
| 2009 | The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972
|
— | — | 102 | 37 | — | 50 | |||
Dreamin' Man Live '92
|
— | — | 193 | — | 159 | — | ||||
| 2011 | A Treasure[B]
|
18 | 75 [12] |
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
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— | — | — | — | — | — | AUS: Platinum[11] CAN: Gold US: Gold[4] GER: Gold [13] | ||
| 1994 | Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" 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)
- 2011 - Neil Young Journeys (concert film by Jonathan Demme)
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