'HARVEST' BY NEIL YOUNG

“Harvest” was Young's fourth album but his mainstream breakthrough, unexpectedly selling millions around the world, propelled by singles “Heart of Gold” and “Old Man”.

After years on the freakier fringes of folkpop, the success worried Young: he later said that he purposefully “headed for the ditch” on his next albums to escape the middle of the road.

But there was darkness on “Harvest”, too, especially in the form of “The Needle and the Damage Done”, a harrowing song about drug addiction that foreshadowed the imminent death of two close friends.