Neil Young

As the introduction of Crazy Horse, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere stands as a seminal album. But when you think about the impact the record's triptych of hits ("Cinnamon Girl," "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand") represent, it gets damn near scary. In 1969, who wasn't influenced by these songs? The title track and "Losing End" are just as good.

After the Buffalo Springfield imploded, Neil Young recorded his first, eponymous solo
album, an elaborately overdubbed affair that cast him in the role of brooding
singer-songwriter. But soon after that record was released, in January 1969, Young began
jamming in Los Angeles with a band called the Rockets, redubbed Crazy Horse, and started
a relationship that would change guitar rock forever and form the foundation of... More >