Road Rock Vol. 1

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Road Rock Vol. 1
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Live album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 2000
RecordedAugust 29 – October 1, 2000
VenueVarious
Genre Rock
Length64:28
Label Reprise
Producer
Neil Young chronology
Silver & Gold
(2000)
Road Rock Vol. 1
(2000)
Are You Passionate?
(2002)
Singles from Road Rock Vol. 1
  1. "Fool For Your Love" / "All Along the Watchtower"
    Released: November 2000 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Dotmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [9]
The Village Voice B+ [10]

Road Rock Vol. 1: Friends & Relatives is a live album released in 2000 by Canadian / American musician Neil Young. The "friends and relatives" include Ben Keith, Chrissie Hynde, Duck Dunn, Young's then wife, Pegi, and his sister, Astrid. The album features an unreleased song, "Fool for Your Love", which dates from Young's This Note's for You period, and a Bob Dylan cover, "All Along the Watchtower".

Contents

A companion DVD/VHS video called Red Rocks Live, Neil Young Friends & Relatives was also released to accompany the album, containing footage from Young's concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheater recorded on Sep 19 & 20, 2000. Red Rocks Live was recorded by David Hewitt on Remote Recording Services' Silver Truck.

Track listing

CD

All tracks composed by Neil Young; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cowgirl In The Sand" 18:00
2."Walk On" 4:30
3."Fool For Your Love" 3:06
4."Peace Of Mind" 5:00
5."Words" 11:00
6."Motorcycle Mama" 5:30
7."Tonight's The Night" 10:00
8."All Along The Watchtower" Bob Dylan 7:50

DVD

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Motorcycle Mama"
  3. "Powderfinger"
  4. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
  5. "I Believe In You"
  6. "Unknown Legend"
  7. "Fool For Your Love"
  8. "Buffalo Springfield Again"
  9. "Razor Love"
  10. "Daddy Went Walkin'"
  11. "Peace of Mind"
  12. "Walk On"
  13. "Winterlong"
  14. "Bad Fog of Loneliness"
  15. "Words"
  16. "Harvest Moon"
  17. "World on a String"
  18. "Tonight's The Night"
  19. "Cowgirl In The Sand"
  20. "Credits"
  21. "Mellow My Mind"

Personnel

Additional roles

Charts

Chart performance for Road Rock Vol. 1
Chart (2000–01)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 49
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 37
US Billboard 200 [13] 169

References

  1. "Neil Young singles & EP discography". Discogs. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for Road Rock Volume 1 by Neil Young, Friends & Relatives". Metacritic . Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Road Rock Vol. 1 at AllMusic
  4. King, Chris (27 November 2000). "NEIL YOUNG - 'ROAD ROCK VOL 1' (REPRISE)". Dotmusic . Archived from the original on 8 February 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Perry, Tim (24 November 2000). "The Independent 2000 Album Reviews". The Independent . Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  6. Equal parts tantalising, frustrating, and riveting. [Jan 2001, p.106]
  7. Rolling Stone review
  8. With 35 other albums to choose from, this is hardly a good starting point. But for diehards there's further proof that Young has neither burned out nor faded. [Jan 2001, p.101]
  9. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Neil Young". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  10. Christgau, Robert (January 23, 2001). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on February 15, 2001. Retrieved October 20, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young – Road Rock Vol. 1" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  12. "Norwegiancharts.com – Neil Young – Road Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  13. "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved October 29, 2022.