Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Neil Young
1970
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Release: 1970
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Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct.
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart appears in the original eleven-song program of After the Gold Rush. Neil Young's official anniversary edition distinguishes that 1970 album from later bonus outtakes. The screenshot names the parent album, giving a firmer recording context than a greatest-hits title alone.
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Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct.
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