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Neil Young’s greatest albums ranked and reviewed! 1968-1975 | Part 1

From his pristine eponymous debut through to the first post-’ditch’ record, Zuma, 1968-1975 forms the first great era of Neil Young’s discography. Read the first part of our ranking, from No. 8 - No. 5.

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