Neil Young's Harvest is one of those strange albums that has achieved lasting success without ever winning the full approval of rock critics or hardcore fans.

Even Young himself has been equivocal, describing it in one breath as his "finest" album, dismissing it in the next as an MOR aberration. Here, Sam Inglis explores the circumstances of the album's creation and asks who got it right: the critics, or the millions who have bought Harvest in the 30 years since its release?

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Author: Sam Inglis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 127pp
Size: 5 x 6.5
Notes: paperback
Release Date: October 1, 2003
ISBN: 978-0826414953