A new home in the sky
After the Gold Rush was Neil Young's third solo album, released in 1970 through Reprise Records in the wake of the chart-topping Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Déjà Vu. The album was inspired an unfinished screenplay by Dean Stockwell and Herb Berman of the same name, of which the title track and "Cripple Creek Ferry" were specifically written for. It was supported by the singles "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "When You Dance I Can Really Love", and spawned other fan favorites such as the Title Track itself, "Don't Let it Bring You Down" and "Southern Man."
Tracklist
Side One- "Tell Me Why" (2:54)
- "After The Gold Rush" (3:45)
- "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (3:05)
- "Southern Man" (5:31)
- "Till The Morning Comes" (1:17)
Side Two
- "Oh, Lonesome Me" (3:47)
- "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (2:56)
- "Birds" (2:34)
- "When You Dance I Can Really Love" (4:05)
- "I Believe In You" (3:24)
- "Cripple Creek Ferry" (1:34)
"Don't forget what your good tropes said":
- After the End: The subject of the title track.
- Deep South: "Southern Man" is a brutal attack on slavery and other forms of racial oppression.
- The Gambler: Mentioned in "Cripple Creek Ferry".
- Gaia's Lament: "After The Gold Rush""Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s"
- Miniscule Rocking: "Till The Morning Comes" (1:17), "Cripple Creek Ferry" (1:34).
- Non-Appearing Title: "After The Gold Rush", "Birds".
- Perishing Alt-Rock Voice: Neil has been considered the Trope Codifier, if not Trope Maker—this especially shows on the title track.
- Record Producer: Neil Young, David Briggs and Kendall Pacios.
- Silly Love Songs: "When You Dance, I Can Really Love"
- "When I'm Gone" Song: "Birds"
- Where da White Women At?: The second verse of "Southern Man":Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown,
I've seen your black man comin' round,
Swear by God, I'm gonna cut him down!
