NewCC0041: Neil Young

Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 05/08/2001 - 02:55
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  • Decade (77): *****
  • After the Gold Rush (70): *****
  • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (69): *****
  • Rust Never Sleeps (79): *****
  • Tonight's the Night (75): *****
  • Weld (91): **** 1/2
  • Harvest (72): **** 1/2
  • Zuma (75): **** 1/2
  • Live Rust (79): **** 1/2
  • Ragged Glory (90): **** 1/2
  • On the Beach (74): ****
  • Comes a Time (78): ****
  • Freedom (89): ****
  • Unplugged (93): ****
  • Harvest Moon (92): *** 1/2
  • Time Fades Away (73): *** 1/2
  • American Stars 'N Bars (77): *** 1/2
  • Broken Arrow (96): *** 1/2
  • Silver and Gold (00): *** 1/2
  • Neil Young (69): ***
  • Long May You Run (76): ***
  • Hawks & Doves (80): ***
  • Old Ways (85): ***
  • Life (87): ***
  • This Note's for You (88): ***
  • Sleeps with Angels (94): ***
  • Journey Through the Past (72): ** 1/2
  • Landing on Water (86): ** 1/2
  • Year of the Horse (97): ** 1/2
  • Mirror Ball (95): ** 1/2
  • Everybody's Rockin' (83): ** 1/2
  • Arc (91): **
  • Trans (83): **
  • Road Rock, Vol 1 (00): * 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever