Comes a Time

Bought this CD a long while ago and used to listen to it in my car lots. New car, NO CD PLAYER, WTH?! I missed it so a friend put it on a flash drive. Once again it is Me and Neil, baby.

I ordered it came in good order and I'm enjoying it

Though record companies probably hate it, Neil Young's unpredictability remains one of his greatest strengths. Over a vast career his sound has varied from the grungiest sandpaper against concrete distorted and passionate rocking dirges to shockingly beautiful slow ballads. Fans seem to accept the persistent swings in energy, sound and approach. And though Young occasionally drops a dud, his far more prevalent strong material makes up for any slips. "Comes A Time" is definitely no dud. It features Young sounding mostly introspective and longing as acoustic guitars, fiddles, banjo and other electric sounds create a relaxing leaning on a chair on the porch feeling. Sometimes the music evokes images of tree-filled landscapes in full bloom. The album overall feels like a walk through a quiet green meadow. The opening track, "Goin' Back," sets this mood with delicate guitar, strings and some electric buzzing instrument that, though somewhat bizarre, also works incredibly well for emphasis. The chorus, "I feel like goin' back, back where there's no where to stay" sounds both cryptic and familiar. The mellow music and abstract lyrics combine in a surrealistically gorgeous way that stays somewhat ineffable even after numerous listens. Though the words do suggest a melancholy desire to return to life in a pre-industrial state. Most of the album preserves this irresistible mood. "Comes A Time" suggests the miraculous inevitability of day to day existence: "This old world keeps turning round / It's a wonder tall tree ain't layin' down" and "that's how we kept what we gave away." A surprising appearance of distorted electric guitar at one point mimicking windshield wipers, doesn't alter the mood at all during "Look Out For My Love." If anything, it intensifies it. Even "Lotta Love," which some strangely consider one of Young's weaker songs, keeps the mood going with its sparse arrangement of guitar, bass, piano and drums. Many likely heard also this song in its far more orchestrated and upbeat Nicolette Larson permutation that climbed the charts in 1978 and 1979. Lap steel and strings beautifully undergird "Peace of Mind." This atmospheric song almost creates a sensation of floating on one's back in a placid pool. "Human Highway" explodes with folk and country of a Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie type. "How can people get so unkind" reverberates endlessly even after the first listen. "Already One" brings the album back to the mood of "Goin' Back" and "Peace of Mind" before "Field Of Opportunity" rosins the fiddle bows for a redux of "Comes A Time" and "Human Highway." Then the strange and somewhat incongruous "Motorcycle Mama" gurgles into the serene landscape. Here Young once again becomes unpredictable within an otherwise consistent collection of songs. This one definitely stands out with its defiant stuck in the dirt imagery and churning electric guitar. And Nicolette Larson, who covered "Lotta Love," takes a few verses. The fiddles and electric guitar work surprisingly well together here. Then the album returns to mountains, trees and greenery and some melancholy with "Four Strong Winds," a rare Young cover song by Canadian singer Ian Tyson. "Comes A Time" often gets compared to Young's highly acclaimed "Harvest" album, but the comparison really doesn't stand. This album more resembles the later "Old Ways," though it's much stronger overall and not quite as doused in mainstream country sounds. Those looking for rocking grungy Neil, side two of "Rust Never Sleeps," will not find it here at all, with the slight exception of "Motorcycle Mama," but that's even relatively toned down. But those seeking the more mellow and ruminating Neil, side one of "Rust Never Sleeps," need look no further. Put it on and head for the hills.

Just as described near new condition.

Neil Young is a long time favorite of mine. His albums are easy go-to picks when I need to put something on and don't want to spend a long time choosing. Comes a Time is easily my favorite of his. I love his rough and messed up electric albums, but I love the easy acoustic feel of this one. Adding Nicolette Larson on vocals really sets this album aside from his other work. She adds a great touch. One sign of what a great album this is, is when I have my library set on shuffle and one of these tracks comes up (especially Look Out For My Love), I have to turn off the shuffle and set it to play the whole album from start to finish. The other sign of how awesome this album is, is that you can't help but sing along to most of it. It's a great album for driving at night, because you keep yourself awake singing every track (no matter how bad your voice is). This album is evidence of how amazing the early 70s were. We all focus on the stupid parts of the 70s, but this album goes to show just how much great art was being produced in those days. Shame on you, 90s! :) Good stuff.

With COMES A TIME, Neil Young delivers his mellowest album since HARVEST, but this album is much, much better than its 1972 counterpart. Whereas the earlier album was mostly sentimental jingles (with the exception of the anti-racism "Alabama" and the cautionary "The Needle And The Damage Done", which in its studio version, and even more so in the live recording on LIVE RUST, made me realize I should look at pictures of pretty actresses before making certain decisions regarding food and drink), COMES A TIME seems to be an album of reflection on past mistakes, and speaks of a need for personal change. For example, "Goin' Back" (an original, not the Goffin-King song) and the title song describe, for me, why I let my hope of looking good for the young women from TV's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, as well as several other pretty actresses, lead to me skipping food-related functions at my old school. Even "Lotta Love" (later unctuously covered by Nicolette Larson) has more of a feeling of urgency than most of HARVEST. The fact that Young, like most rockers of his generation, believes that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia on drug-smuggling charges was wrongfully convicted makes this CD/cassette an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

Neil the country singer comes out, and the result is one of his greatest, if not his best albums. Two tracks with Crazy Horse somewhat edge this toward a rougher sound, but most of this album is lush with strings, steel guitar licks, and wonderful harmony vocals from Nicolette Larson. This Album may not be as deep as "After the Goldrush", "Harvest", or "Tonight's the Night", but it has just as many great songs and is almost easier to digest musically. If your looking for a great CD to add to your collection I would certainly pick this up. Any fan of Neil's softer side or just folky country music in general will find this enjoyable.

Comes a Time (1978) is in my top 5 Neil Young albums of all time. This album exemplifies Neil's folk roots, and even sounds a bit country at times. There isn't a bad track on this release, and the real standouts are GOIN' BACK, LOTTA LOVE, PEACE OF MIND, HUMAN HIGHWAY, and FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY. This album has top-notch production, and is so relaxing to listen to. Neil didn't try to do anything over the top, and the result is a perfect album that's definitive of folk, and most importantly, Neil Young. Neil manages to appeal to a broad array of fans, with releases that cover every part of the musical spectrum. For those who love Neil's folksy music, this album fits the bill. I've found that a lot of Neil Young fans love ALL of his material, because they seem to appreciate his diversified approach and versatility. This album is pure, refined, artistic, and expertly produced. Buy this often overlooked release, and you'll be amazed at how good it is all of these years later.

Very pleased with the quality and condition of this vinyl

I have had this recording for a few decades on tape cassete, and have been intending to replace that copy with CD, which I have just done. This to me has always been one of Neil Young's better albums, and he does have very many great ones out there. The overall feel is of country rock with a slant towards folk and whilst I really love it when he rocks out with Crazy Horse, it is the songs such as those on Comes A Time that I tend to come back to first. This recording I would class as being in the style of Harvest, Harvest Moon, After The Gold Rush, and Prairie Wind to name a few. A relaxing listen that provides a feeling of warmth. All the tracks are good, but Comes A Time / Look Out For My Love / Human Highway / Goin' Back and the cover of Four Strong Winds are for me the outstanding songs. Of these, Four Strong Winds would possibly be the best known tack here. (On the Prairie Wind DVD, before singing Four Strong Winds, NY explains that he would play this song, written by Ian Tyson, regularly on the juke box when he was growing up in Canada) A great and very under-rated CD well worth a listen.

This is a great piece of work. It brings back memories of autumn on Alberta’s foothills. I just love the song “Going back “ the guitar chords seem to pass right through me, How wordsmiths like Neil Young , Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Peart could arrange words. True Canadian craftsmanship… But oh, how we miss Gordon and Neil,..Me-ow

Il disco è bellissimo e il venditore è sinonimo di qualità e cortesia!

Oh Kanada! Gerade atmet man die klare Luft ein und geniesst den Anblick der unglaublich schönen Landschaft, da steht auf einmal sie da - aufgedonnert, laut und vulgär - und versaut die ganze Stimmung: Motorcycle Mama. Wie ich Dich hasse! Neil Young gilt ja bei vielen als eher düsterer, grüblerischer Kauz. Aber der Mann hat wirklich sehr viel Humor! Das dürfte auch die Erklärung dafür sein, warum Song 9 auf dem Album ist. Von diesem seltsamen Rocksong abgesehen, ist Comes a time eines der homogensten, stimmigsten Neil Young Alben überhaupt. Noch schöner klingt nur noch Harvest und das paradoxerweise, obwohl es eine Mischung aus Rock, Country, Folk und Beiträgen von einem Symphonieorchester ist. Motorcycle Mama will sich aber, auch nach wiederholten Hören und gutem Willen, auf Biegen und Brechen einfach nicht in die harmonischen Country- und Folksongs von Comes a time einfinden. Nach dem Ärger über diesen Song, einem der schlechtesten von Young überhaupt, legt sich die Aufregung aber schnell und das Album endet so schön, wie es mit Goin` Back begonnen hat, und zwar mit einem Cover eines der Lieblingssongs aus Neils Kindheit: Four Strong Winds. Ein kanadischer Klassiker von Ian Tyson, passenderweise von 1963, dem Jahr in dem die erste Single von Neil Young erschien (The Squires: The Sultan / Aurora). Look out for my love und Lotta Love wurden mit Crazy Horse eingespielt. Human Highway sollte eigentlich das Titelstück eines CSN&Y Albums werden, aber die Vier kamen zur damaligen Zeit nicht recht miteinander aus. Comes a time ist ein textlich sehr reifes, optimistisches Album, musikalisch ist es makellos. Zusammen mit Time fades away und Prairie Wind das kanadischste seiner Alben. Eines der besten seiner Karrriere! Anspieltipps: Comes a time, Look out for my love, Peace of mind