Customer Reviews
Unplugged - By: Spider Monkey, 19 Nov 2006 
There are so many great tracks on this album that this could easily be a best of! The unplugged format is perfect for Neil Young & really shows his songs offin their best light & his voice goes just perfectly with acoustic guitar. This is where I began my love of Neil Young & I really believe it is a great starting pointin his music & style before delving deeper into his other albums. A great album.
Money well spent... - By: nicjaytee, 09 Jan 2004 While there are more than enough individual tracks dotted around his huge number of recordings to justify Neil Young’s major reputation there are only a few albums that, on their own, hold together as satisfyingly complete “works”. And…in the (self imposed) absence of any sensible retrospectives since 1977’s “Decade” (definitely the best place to start for any “casual buyer”) those not “in the know” could bein for some seriously expensive mistakes. So, what’s been worth the money since then? Well…for anyone looking for the mellower side of this brilliantly mercurial but annoyingly erratic artist here’s a few suggestions: “Comes a Time” (1978), “Freedom” (1989), “Harvest Moon” (1992) & “Unplugged” (1995).
“Unplugged”, a review of some of his best tracks from the previous 25 years, takes this often tired format to its highest levels. Opening with “The Old Laughing Lady” (a wonderfully laid-back acoustic re-working of a stand-out track from his first solo album) & followed by a beautifully low-key version of his Buffalo Springfield hit “Mr Soul”, the album just flows from start to finish. And… on the way through you get arguably better versions than the original outings of “Pocahontas”, “Harvest Moon”, “Look Out for My Love” &“Transformer Man”. Played & sung with the sincerity of an artist who wants to deliver a cohesive retrospective of his career, & impressivein that it avoids revisiting many of his better known, more obvious choices, this is mellow music at its very best & an album that leaves you feeling… happy. Money well spent!
Not enough stars available - By: M. Bennett, 02 Jan 2004 for this album which is almost up to the quality of Live Rust. The collection of tracks works well & is a good representation of the extreme highs & lows of his output. It may not feature Cowgirlin the Sand or Cortez but the versions of Helpless, Unknown Legend, Harvest Moon , wellin fact every track, represent excellent versions of these tracks. That is what works so well with Neil Youngs music, acoustic versions sound as good as the more "heavy" versions.
As previously statedin one of the other reviews, the star of this collection is Like a Hurricane. the use of the pump organ was inspired.
If you need to try Neil Young, as everyone should, this album gives you one side of the equation. Try Live Rust for the other.
Pivotal Neil Young... - By: Milt Ingarfield, 13 Mar 2003 The from cover says it all, mad hair & shades.There are few artist's that pull off "The Unplugged" idea as well as "Mr Young".
An hours worth from one of music mavericks, who on this recording outshines even his studio work with unbelievable harmoica playing on the sinster,unfamiliar "Mr Soul" & often accompanying himself on acoustic guitar to great effect, the standout track for me is the pump organ accompanied "Like a Hurricane" which is just heart stoppingin it's beauty & execution.
A must havein any music fan's collection. ESSENTIAL.....
Good, but...... - By: , 22 Nov 2002 
People are probably going to say why did I only give this 3 stars - butin my opinion the 5 star tag is overused.
I really enjoyed this album. The stand out track for me is the re-working of 'Like a Hurricane', it absolutely blew me away when I heard it. Such emotionin Young's voice, you can really feel the words. It's one of the best live tracks I've ever heard. There are other good tracks on this CD, but not enough to warrant a higher star rating. If you are a Neil Younng fan, buy it; but I think he has done better.
