
The material was inspired by the unproduced Dean Stockwell- Herb Bermann screenplay After the Gold Rush.Īfter the Gold Rush entered Billboard Top Pop Albums chart on September 19, and peaked at number eight in October. Young's album consists mainly of country folk music along with several rock tracks, including " Southern Man".

It is one of four high-profile solo albums released by the members of folk rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

After the Gold Rush is the third studio album by the Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released in September 1970 on Reprise Records, catalogue number RS 6383.
