The one hundred eighty-sixth album: #186 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
While Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's folk rock went for the more energetic, faster folk rock, Neil Young's album goes to the gentler country rock, not quite producing ballads but creating something simpler, perhaps at times sadder ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart" shows that) as well. There are comparative rockers, like "Southern Man", but even then those would be gentler songs for other bands. Lyrically, the songs are richer, with the aforementioned Southern Man commenting on racism, while After the Gold Rush tells a fairly vivid story. It's nothing fancy, but the album just works so well.