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Reviews: Adrian's Album Reviews Christgau Consumer Guide Don Ignacio Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Personnel: Neil Young (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica, lead vocals); Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar); Jack Nitzsche (piano, lap steel guitar, arrangements on A Man Needs A Maid and There's A World); Tim Drummond (bass); Kenny Buttrey (drums); Teddy Irwin (second acoustic guitar on Heart of Gold); John Harris (piano on Harvest); James McMahon (piano on Old Man); James Taylor (banjo guitar, backing vocals on Heart of Gold and Old Man); Linda Ronstadt (backing vocals on Heart of Gold and Old Man); David Crosby (backing vocals on Are You Ready for the Country? and Alabama); Stephen Stills (backing vocals on Alabama and Words); Graham Nash (backing vocals on Are You Ready for the Country? and Words); London Symphony Orchestra (orchestrations on A Man Needs A Maid and There's A World)