Live at the Cellar Door
Live album by
Neil Young
ReleasedDecember 10, 2013
RecordedNovember 30 – December 2, 1970
GenreRock, folk rock
Length45:06
LabelReprise
ProducerNeil Young & Henry Lewy
Neil Young chronology
Psychedelic Pill
(2012) 		Live at the Cellar Door
(2013) 		A Letter Home
(2014)
Archives Performance Series chronology
PS02:
Live at the Fillmore East
(2006) 		PS02.5:
Live at the Cellar Door
(2013) 		PS03:
Live at Massey Hall 1971
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of Sound[3]
Drowned in Sound9/10[4]
The Observer[5]
Pitchfork7.7/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[8]

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.

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.TitleLength
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

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
Position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[12] 23
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[13] 3
US Billboard 200[14] 28
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[15] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[16] 14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[17] 75

References

  1. ^ "Live at the Cellar Door Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Hauser, Henry (November 25, 2013). "Album Review". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Slaughter, Matthew (December 9, 2013). "Neil Young – Live at the Cellar Door". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Hoby, Hermione (December 8, 2013). "Album Review". The Observer. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  6. ^ Mitchum, Rob (December 11, 2013). "Neil Young: Live at the Cellar Door". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  7. ^ Hermes, Will (December 10, 2013). "Neil Young – Live at the Cellar Door". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  8. ^ Hull, Tom (December 2013). "Recycled Goods (#115)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Greene, Andy (October 21, 2013). "Neil Young Opening Up the 'Cellar Door'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Reviewed! Neil Young, "Live at the Cellar Door". Unveiled! Neil Young: The Ultimate Music Guide. – Uncut". Uncut. November 19, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  11. ^ Young, Neil (December 10, 1970). "Flying on the Ground is Wrong". Song. 1:43 Mins. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 1. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  13. ^ "Neil Young Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Neil Young Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Folk Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Top Rock Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard.
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