Live at the Cellar Door
2013 live album by Neil Young
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Live at the Cellar Door is a live album by Neil Young, featuring performances from his six 1970 concerts in Washington D.C.[9] It was released on December 10, 2013. The album is volume 02.5 in Young's Archives Performance Series.[10] The album features songs from both Young's early albums and Buffalo Springfield albums, including After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, On the Beach, Buffalo Springfield and Buffalo Springfield Again.
- Rock
- folk rock
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| Released | December 10, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | November 30 – December 2, 1970 | |||
| Venues | The Cellar Door, Washington, D.C. | |||
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| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound |  [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[4] |
| The Observer | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[8] |
Additionally, the album features the only known recording of Young performing his song "Cinnamon Girl" on piano. As stated by his comment on the disc "That's the first time I've ever performed that song on piano!"
The album closes with "Flying on the Ground is Wrong" in which Young quips: "I had it put in my contracts that I would only play on a nine-foot Steinway grand piano, just for a little eccentricity."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tell Me Why" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "After the Gold Rush" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Expecting to Fly" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Bad Fog of Loneliness" | 2:00 |
| 6. | "Old Man" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Birds" | 2:19 |
| 8. | "Don't Let It Bring You Down" | 2:38 |
| 9. | "See the Sky About to Rain" | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Cinnamon Girl" | 3:29 |
| 11. | "I Am a Child" | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Down by the River" | 4:24 |
| 13. | "Flying on the Ground Is Wrong" | 7:11 |
Personnel
- Neil Young – vocal (all), acoustic guitar (1–2, 5–6, 8, 11–12), piano (3–4, 7, 9–10, 13), production
Additional roles
- Henry Lewy – production
- Gary Burden – art direction and design, inside photography
- Jenice Heo – art direction and design
- George Mason – cover photography
- John Nowland – mixing, analog to digital transferring
- Tim Mulligan – mixing, mastering
Charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 61 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 61 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 156 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] | 35 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[16] | 120 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] | 45 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] | 23 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 38 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 77 |
| US Billboard 200[21] | 28 |
| US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[22] | 1 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] | 3 |
| US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[24] | 26 |
| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[25] | 2 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[26] | 1 |