Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 - Neil Young
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  • Summary: Released as part of the Archive series of rare recordings of concerts from the early days of his career, this album includes songs recorded from a gig in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 9-10, just before the release of his debut solo album.

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
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  1. Uncut
    100
    Sugar Mountain is a fascinating snapshot of Neil Young at a transitory moment in his long career, for which it also provides an indelible template.
  2. Rolling Stone
    80
    Young charges forward here, playing half of the imminent Neil Young in pristine, tremulous-vocal form and reclaiming six of his Buffalo Springfield songs.
  3. Pitchfork
    80
    As a portrait of this ageless artist as a truly young man, Sugar Mountain is an invaluable document--and a pretty compelling one, too.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    However appealing Sugar Mountain may be to some, the storytelling alone will prove too much for others. [Jan 2009, p.127]
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  1. mrtew
    10
    This album gives you the feeling you're actually there and getting to know the performer like no other live album I've ever heard. Plus the music has got to be the most beautiful and honest of his or almost anyone else's career. Truly a young genius at the height of his early years!… Expand

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