Best Neil Young Albums, Ranked

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86 albums · 1968–2025 · average 78.0

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
13	Decade - Neil Young	1977	90.5	87.4	100	91.6	91.6	90	85	88
133	Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Neil Young	2007	87	84.2	85	85.6	91.1	93	82	88
160	Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.7	81.8	98	85	82	88.8	84	87.2
166	On the Beach - Neil Young	1974	86.6	81.6	95	85.1	83	90.8	84	86.6
174	Live Rust - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.5	83	90	85.4	89.9	88.2	81	88
224	After the Gold Rush - Neil Young	1970	86	81.2	92	84.3	81.1	89.6	86	88
277	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1969	85.6	80.6	93	83	82	90	84	86.6
317	Tonight's the Night - Neil Young	1975	85.3	78.6	100	82.7	79.6	89.6	82	84.6
478	Harvest - Neil Young	1972	84.4	79.6	83	84.3	82.7	90.4	85	85.6
745	Zuma - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1975	83.2	78.8	89	82.3	82.5	87.8	80	82
1894	Time Fades Away - Neil Young	1973	80.5	76.6	84	81.2	78.4	84	77	82
1947	Harvest Moon - Neil Young	1992	80.3	75.4	77	81.1	83.2	88.8	79	77.8
2019	Comes a Time - Neil Young	1978	80.2	72.8	95	78.4	78.2	83	78	76
2291	Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1990	79.7	74.4	88	76.1	73.6	87.4	78	80.4
2614	Freedom - Neil Young	1989	79.1	72	95	77	74.3	84.2	77	74
3448	Sleeps with Angels - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1994	77.4	72.6	87	74.6	73	83.4	75	76
4215	Mirror Ball - Neil Young	1995	75.3	69.4	83	72.7	72.2	84.8	73	72
4802	American Stars 'n Bars - Neil Young	1977	72.9	69.8	68	74.3	71.9	80	74	72
5080	Neil Young - Neil Young	1968	71	66.8	65	71.1	69	82.2	73	70
5482	Hawks & Doves - Neil Young	1980	64.8	60.8	62	62.5	61.2	75.8	69	62
5486	Trans - Neil Young	1983	64.7	61.6	66	66	63.4	73.8	64	58
–	Greatest Hits - Neil Young	2004	86.5	84.6	90	88.9	83.3	91.6	83	84
–	Carnegie Hall 1970 - Neil Young	2021	85.2	79.8	81	84.4	89.3	93.8	78	90
–	Neil Young Archives Vol. II: 1972–1976 - Neil Young	2020	85	87.4	88	83.6	71.7	94.4	78	92
–	Young Shakespeare - Neil Young	2021	83.9	78.8	86	82.4	83.4	92.8	76	88
–	Live at the Fillmore East - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2006	83.5	82.2	80	86	78.9	90.2	79	88
–	Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2021	83.4	80.2	82	83.1	77.1	93.4	78	90
–	Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live - Neil Young	2018	81.7	80.8	85	84.5	73.3	91	77	80
–	Live at the Cellar Door - Neil Young	2013	81.6	78.6	81	80	77.5	90	78	86
–	Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2012	76.8	71.6	78	76.1	70	86.6	77	78
–	Oceanside Countryside - Neil Young	2025	74.3	71.4	76	64.1	66	91.6	73	78
–	Prairie Wind - Neil Young	2005	71.5	65.4	69	69.3	74	80.8	74	68
–	Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young	2007	71.2	67.8	73	66.9	65.4	81	74	70
–	Le Noise - Neil Young	2010	71	66.6	74	69.1	64.2	81.4	72	70
–	Silver & Gold - Neil Young	2000	70.4	66.6	66	70.1	70	80.2	74	66
–	Broken Arrow - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1996	67.3	64.6	67	64	62.2	79.4	72	62
–	Lucky Thirteen - Neil Young	1993	64.2	60.8	74	75	48.8	73	62	56
–	Re·ac·tor - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1981	61.7	59	59	58.7	56.8	73.6	65	60
–	Old Ways - Neil Young	1985	55.4	56.4	40	56.5	41.7	75	64	54
–	Neil Young Archives, Vol. I (1963-1972) - Neil Young	2009	86.1	85.4	86	74	82.5	92.6	–	96
–	Weld - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1991	84	81.4	82	85.7	–	89.8	77	88
–	Chrome Dreams - Neil Young	2023	81.6	78.8	81	78.7	–	90.8	79	81.2
–	Hitchhiker - Neil Young	2017	80.4	–	82	78	80	89.2	79	74
–	Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 - Neil Young	2008	78.5	–	80	74	72.2	86.8	78	80
–	Homegrown - Neil Young	2020	78.2	–	83	74	74.4	87.2	75	75.4
–	Toast - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2022	76.6	–	78	68.1	75.2	88.2	74	76
–	Unplugged - Neil Young	1993	75.7	74.8	60	81.3	–	86.2	76	76
–	Dreamin' Man Live '92 - Neil Young	2009	75.2	–	73	79.8	70.7	85.4	70	72
–	Colorado - Neil Young	2019	71.5	–	75	68.4	63.4	83.4	71	68
–	Living With War - Neil Young	2006	68.8	–	75	67.2	58.4	76	70	66
–	Greendale - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2003	68.5	–	63	63.4	66	78.8	70	70
–	Americana - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2012	66.5	–	67	63.2	61.3	77.6	68	62
–	Living with War: "In the Beginning" - Neil Young	2006	65.2	65.6	–	64.7	55.5	80.4	63	62
–	A Letter Home - Neil Young	2014	64	–	64	58.8	57	76	68	60
–	The Monsanto Years - Neil Young	2015	62.5	–	65	56.3	56.7	77.8	67	52
–	Peace Trail - Neil Young	2016	61.9	–	57	57	55.6	81	69	52
–	Storytone - Neil Young	2014	60.8	–	60	55.4	50	78.2	67	54
–	Fork In The Road - Neil Young	2009	58.7	–	58	54.5	48.1	73.6	66	52
–	Landing on Water - Neil Young	1986	50.7	–	45	39.9	49.7	67.6	58	44
–	Arc-Weld - Neil Young	1991	85.3	76	–	97	–	90.4	73	90
–	A Treasure - Neil Young	2011	75.3	–	74	73	–	81.6	72	76
–	Dead Man - Neil Young	1996	73.4	–	64	73.8	–	86.2	71	72
–	Barn - Neil Young	2021	71.9	–	75	65.8	–	84.6	70	64
–	The Visitor - Neil Young	2017	65.5	–	68	57.5	–	78.2	70	54
–	Are You Passionate? - Neil Young	2002	61.2	–	59	52.9	–	75	65	54
–	Journey Through the Past - Neil Young	1972	60.6	–	40	62.7	–	73.2	63	64
–	Arc - Neil Young	1991	59.8	–	40	70.5	–	70.4	64	54
–	Life - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1987	59.7	–	60	48.1	–	73.6	61	56
–	Dume - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2024	88.3	86.2	90	81	–	96	–	–
–	Road Rock Vol. 1: Friends & Relatives - Neil Young	2000	66	–	64	66.1	–	–	68	66
–	Neil Young Official Release Series Discs 1-4 - Neil Young	2009	90.8	86.8	–	–	–	94.8	–	–
–	Somewhere Under the Rainbow 1973 - Neil Young	2023	86.5	–	–	–	–	–	73	100
–	Return to Greendale - Neil Young	2020	80	–	–	–	–	–	72	88
–	Neil Young Archives Vol. III: 1976-1987 - Neil Young	2024	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	90
–	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 - Neil Young	2022	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
–	Fuckin' Up - Neil Young	2024	86	–	–	–	–	–	–	86
–	Song For Judy - Neil Young	2018	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	78
–	Year of the Horse - Neil Young	1997	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
–	Early Daze - Neil Young	2024	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
–	World Record - Neil Young	2022	68	–	–	–	–	–	–	68
–	Before and After - Neil Young	2023	68	–	–	–	–	–	–	68
–	Talkin to the Trees - Neil Young	2025	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
–	Earth - Neil Young	2016	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
–	Coastal - Neil Young	2025	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
–	Live at the Riverboat 1969 - Neil Young	2009	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	60
–	The Times - Neil Young	2020	58	–	–	–	–	–	–	58

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