On the Beach
Neil Young
Available in 176.4 kHz / 24-bit, 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Walk On
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2:40 | |||
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1.2
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See the Sky About to Rain
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5:03 | |||
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1.3
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Revolution Blues
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4:02 | |||
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1.4
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For the Turnstiles
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3:13 | |||
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1.5
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Vampire Blues
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4:11 | |||
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1.6
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On the Beach
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6:59 | |||
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1.7
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Motion Pictures (For Carrie)
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4:20 | |||
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1.8
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Ambulance Blues
Neil Young |
8:57 |
On the Beach is the fifth studio album by Neil Young, released in July 1974.
Recorded after (but released before) Tonight's the Night, On the Beach shares some of that album's bleakness and crude production—which came as a shock to fans and critics alike, as this was the long-awaited studio follow-up to the commercially and critically successful Harvest—but also included hints pointing towards a more subtle outlook, particularly on the opener, "Walk On".
While the original Rolling Stone review described it as "One of the most despairing albums of the decade", later critics such as Allmusic’s William Ruhlmann used the benefit of hindsight to conclude that Young "[w]as saying goodbye to despair, not being overwhelmed by it".
Throughout the recording of the album, Young and his fellow musicians consumed a homemade concoction dubbed "Honey Slides", a goop of sauteed marijuana and honey that "felt like heroin". This may account for the mellow mood of the album, particularly the second half of the LP. Young has said of it "Good album. One side of it particularly—the side with 'Ambulance Blues', 'Motion Pictures' and 'On the Beach'—it's out there. It's a great take."
176.4 kHz / 24-bit, 88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Reprise Studio Masters
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.17 -3.58 to -0.28 | -20.57 -25.15 to -16.97 | -18.03 -21.30 to -14.40 | 12 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | Walk On | -1.87 | -17.45 | -14.4 | 10 |
| 2 | See the Sky About to Rain | -1.71 | -21.02 | -18.9 | 13 |
| 3 | Revolution Blues | -0.28 | -16.97 | -14.4 | 12 |
| 4 | For the Turnstiles | -3.38 | -25.15 | -21.3 | 14 |
| 5 | Vampire Blues | -3.33 | -22.52 | -20.0 | 13 |
| 6 | On the Beach | -1.71 | -18.44 | -16.3 | 11 |
| 7 | Motion Pictures (For Carrie) | -3.58 | -22.94 | -20.9 | 13 |
| 8 | Ambulance Blues | -1.51 | -20.07 | -18.0 | 13 |