Silver & Gold

Silver & Gold is the twenty-fifth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 2000. Many of these songs were written in the late 1990s, though the song "Silver & Gold," which by his own estimation, he had been trying to get "the take" for around ten years, was written in 1981.

Musically, the album is a return to the previous country/roots tinged material of earlier records like Harvest and Comes A Time; however, the lyrics suggest an artist becoming more in touch with his familial leanings, growing older, and becoming more complete as a person. Young looks back over his life and career with a warm, nostalgic view, even going so far as to state that he wouldn't mind a Buffalo Springfield reunion - "Like to see those guys again/And give it a shot" he sings wistfully in the song "Buffalo Springfield Again." The tone of the album is quiet and peaceful.

The photograph on the album cover was taken with a Game Boy Camera.^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Neil Young

1. "Good to See You" – 2:49
2. "Silver & Gold" – 3:16
3. "Daddy Went Walkin'" – 4:01
4. "Buffalo Springfield Again" – 3:23
5. "The Great Divide" – 4:34
6. "Horseshoe Man" – 4:00
7. "Red Sun" – 2:48
8. "Distant Camera" – 4:07
9. "Razor Love" – 6:31
10. "Without Rings" – 3:41

Personnel

• Neil Young: guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal
• Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocal
• Spooner Oldham: piano, organ
• Donald "Duck" Dunn: bass
• Jim Keltner: drums
• Oscar Butterworth: drums
• Linda Ronstadt: vocal
• Emmylou Harris: vocal

References