Rust Never Sleeps

all of my other neil young reviews for this site have been like 2-3 stars, but something about this album just stuck with me. I've listened to it like three times now and it's got a spark of something the others don't. one of my favorite things about this album is that it feels much more planned out than a collection of similar songs. the symmetry in things like the front and back sides of the album, the connections in Pocahontas and Welfare Mothers, and the album being bookended with neatly mirrored versions of the same song are quite clever and serve to elevate this album above neil's others. the other dualities at play like live vs. overdubbed studio recordings, neil with and without crazy horse, past and future, etc. all make this a creative and engaging album. the lyric writing here is also top notch. beautiful poetry, symbolism, and emotion flow through these tracks. i never thought ol' acoustic folk sad sack neil young would be capable of writing a song as wild as sedan delivery, but here we are. just great stuff all around. and none of it overstays its welcome, clocking in at only 38 minutes. his voice is still a bit annoying as always but what are ya gonna do? favorites: my my hey hey out of the blue, thrasher, powderfinger, sedan delivery, hey hey my my into the black

An absolute banger

Cool

Love me some Neil Young, but I've mostly only listened to the tracks on his Greatest Hits compilation that my parents have on CD and I now have on vinyl. That means the only song I've heard from this album is the last one. For that reason, I expected this album to be more rockin'. I'm not mad about the folk vibes at the beginning though, they're lovely. I was surprised to hear the first song because I didn't know there was a folkier version of the last. I enjoyed this for the most part, but some moments were a little all over the place. I'd still give it a 9/10 though. Cool that these guys are still rocking to this day. Wikipedia says this album inspired the future creators of grunge music which is very neat.

Really enjoyed this one, hadn't heard most of the songs before. Solid album

This album is incredible. I just got off listening to a Bob Dylan Live album and I've always heard people compare Neil and Bob. It's usually, you either like Neil or you like Bob. Uncle Neil still rocks out and outs out decent records. I'm trying to convinced myself that Bob has a single good record. As you can tell, I'm a Neil fan. Rust Never Sleeps was most recorded live and it's perfect! I love the contrast between the opener and closer on this album. The same song but the first is more acoustic rock and the other that is just dirty filthy grunge. It's the best. Neil Young might be my favourite acoustic guitar player. The way he plays so seemless is just awe inspiring. He makes acoustic playing sound interesting. He was actually one of the reasons why I wanted to start playing guitar. I don't think there is a bad song on this record. Will always listen to this legend.

This is one of personal favourites by Neil Young. I have listened to it so often and it still amazes me.

This one was great. It started off okay and ended incredible. Fell in love with it very quickly. My favorites were Powderfinger, Hey Hey My My, and Ride My Llama

This album is so good. One side is acoustic one side electric. With the second side growing sludgier and louder with each song. My My, Hey Hey, and Hey Hey, My My are perfect bookends. One of the best examples of effective sequencing in an album.

Man - I forgot how good this album is, and Crazy Horse! Really classic Neil rocking it out. Read the notes on Apple Music on the song history. Always loved "Powderfinger" (not sure why it never gets its due). Listened over and over and over..

Welcome back to the stream Neil Young. Rust Never Sleeps.

Lotta nostalgia here

🥃🎶

A mightly album from Neil and a magnificent mix of thoughtful acoustic and Crazy Horse work-outs. Up there with his best releases. Clear evidence, too, that he pretty much invented grunge.

40+ years after first hearing this album the first song seems plaintive, different from my interpretation all those years ago. I guess nostalgia and familiarity plays a big role in my ratings. "It's old but it's good." Pocahontas is just great. This album is filled with quotable lyrics. It is surprisingly mellow considering Crazy Horse. Even Powderfinger, while raggedy at times is slow paced. Things pick up with Welfare Mothers. It both speeds up and slows down with Sedan Delivery. The gruff fuzzy guitar of Hey, Hey , My , My runs it full circle from acoustic to electric. Noisy, fuzzy out of the blue and into the black. 5*

Such a fantastic LP. He is fantastic live!

Fantastic album. Great guitar work, great songs. Young's voice is an acquired taste, but once you get used to it, it really adds to the story-telling in his music.

Some titanic rock and roll here. Trademark Young weirdness, and lots of native american (or for him first nations - but regardless, what about them?) themes. Powderfinger is at a literature level of narrative, with that protogrunge crazy horse backings and solos where neil elevates shit, rather than the bashing that he can sometimes devolve into. Would have been very interesting had skynyrd gotten this one. hey hey my my and vice versa. perhaps the most elegant and fitting bookends of any album. Hard to find a job!

Neil young, and also he came back to Spotify so its a thumbs up

4.5/5 Not a bad track on the album. Probably should be a 5/5

The incredible thing about Neil Young is just how truly flexible he is. This album contains all of his earlier hallmarks, thoughtful folk music with socially conscious and story telling lyrics. However, as the album progresses, it takes on a heavier punk influenced feel that feels like a pre-grunge type sound. The song begins and ends with the same song, however, while the opener is played on an acoustic guitar with harmonica backing, the closer is played on overdriven guitars. This symmetry is thoughtful and striking in its difference.

p439. 1979. 5 stars. Brilliant all-rounder shows how it should be done. There is not a weak track on this. Perfect.

I remember the release. Showed Neil’s range. From the Harvest like folk to the Crazy Horse riffs In my eyes one of those albums that takes an artist from their roots and creates a “second act” Great memories. Will be seeing him again his year

Neil & Crazy Horse…I hadn’t listened in years to this album…My My & Hey Hey never disappoint…hadn’t listened to the in between in years…good ol’ Neil!

Flawless in my opinion. I love Neil.

Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) came up with the album title while he and Young were hanging out on the set of the Human Highway movie. Rust Never Sleeps is almost a perfect album. Knocking 0.5 stars for "Sedan Delivery", Neil's foray into punk. I often skip this track, as it's my least favourite song of his. Just happens to be on one of my favourite overall albums. Having said that, I respect that he embraces the genre, at a time when classic rock and punk were at odds, Uncle Neil just went with the flow. (His relationship with aforementioned Mothersbaugh made him appreciate New Wave as well, which eventually led him into some weird shit in the eighties like Trans, Landing on Water and Life) "Powderfinger" still gives me chills to this day. 4.5/5

About time that Neil makes his place in this list A solid album that entwines his legendary acoustic performances with his electric and iconic sound with crazy horse

One of my favorite albums of all time, I personally would go with Live Rust, but both are fantastic. Into the blue/out of the black, thrasher, and Powederfinger are all some of Neil’s greatest work.

neil young back on spotify yippee!

A classic. Great stuff.

Neil will always get top marks from me.

Great album. Neil is amazing.

Loved listening to these classic Neil Young songs! He's the king of a acoustic folk rock. Still at it too

70s Neil Young is so great. Some of his lyrics are incredibly silly, but I love the simplicity of his music. It's cool how this live set transitions pretty smoothly from solo acoustic into full band. I don't know, man, don't expect me to give less than a 4 on any Neil Young from this era. I'm a sucker.

Can’t believe I never listened to Neil Young before. Going to have to listen to his other albums now. A Canadian folk rock hero along with Joni Mitchelll

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young is a masterclass in the evolution of sound, seamlessly transitioning from transcendent acoustic melodies to heavy electric riffs as the album unfolds. Each track reflects on the occupation of rock & roll, capturing the essence of burning out while delving into themes of contemporary and historical American violence. Young's raw and honest lyrics resonate deeply, echoing the desire or need to escape the harsh realities of life at times. From the haunting beauty of acoustic ballads to the explosive energy of electrifying anthems, the album's sonic journey mirrors the complexities of the human experience. It's a testament to Young's artistic prowess and his ability to captivate listeners with his emotive storytelling. Rust Never Sleeps remains a timeless classic, offering a poignant exploration of life, love, and the relentless pursuit of freedom amidst the chaos of the world. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 6 STAND OUT TRACK - Trasher

One of my favourite Neil Young albums with great opener and closer and of course great trucks like "Pocahontas". It has the right energy that combines the softer and the harder sounds.

Intimate and lonesome for a live show. Simple but effective melodies throughout and nice jangly guitars. Classic Neil Young.

great album. His voice as always is not great, but the poetry, musicality, and emotion are amazing. Bookended by the brilliant hey hey my my's.

Never listened to this album and was unfamiliar with the backstory—glad to know it now. Thanks.

The A and B side complement each other perfectly. The opening song and the closing song are the perfect bookends to the album. It's got the "typical" Neil Young folk rock sound and the harder rock sound in the second half. This is something I'm going to look for in the record stores.

Tough to pick my favorite Neil Young album but this is an easy contender. Pocahontas is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life.

Love Neil Young. Love this album. Easy 5 stars.

Hey hey, My my, This album can never die.

I can't tell how much I love this one. This is where folk exquisite songs meet proto-grunge guitars. The lyrics, the tones, the back vocals, the delivery, the feeling... Everything is on point.

Neil Young always a classic

I like the spread of acoustic and rock, an album I keep returning to. Best track My, My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) one of my favourites of his.

genius raw rock

Awesome!

Guitars, harmonica and Neil's vocals, one of the best albums by Neil Young & Crazy Horses.

Dynamite

Have had this LP (vinyl) since it came out. LOVE this album and anything Neil Young!

4.7 great album. Finally a great album.

okayy, liked it! neke stvari manje, neke vise, al overall mi se svidja, samo nez jel 4 il 5 da dam :/ jer kao nije *lose* al then again sta ako bude nesto sto mi se puno vise svidja idk. 5 it is me thinks

I love this. I’ve always been a fan of Neil. My favorite album of his is Stars & Bars. I could listen to him all day.

The soundtrack to my freshman year in HS. The light/dark acoustic/electric split of the album is such a brilliant concept. "Powderfinger" remains my favorite song of his.

Stone cold, stoned, cold, classic.

Good album, lots more f good old songs

thought-provoking. wonderfully written. downright... relaxing. damn, half the songs featured here i listened to with my eyes closed, just trying to set a scene with each track. imagining myself sitting in a rusty carriage with neil at the other side, playing his guitar and i'm genuinely just holding my heart and nodding along. i can't say anything else, other than i feel... i feel like this album is so pretty it'll make you tear up. i didn't tear up but i almost wanted to.

great album

I need to learn the harmonica

I’m so sick of reviews on here that go “I hate this music because someone I hate liked it.” It’s such a charmless way to be.

I really loved On the Beach. It was an album that I figured would be hard to top. It was so cozy and simple, and lulled me into a calm sense of security. When I saw the grunge tag for this, I assumed there was no way. But I think it’s important to re-adjust the way you look at grunge music before you listen to this. The progression of this is what makes the album so interesting. The first five tracks on the A-side consist of just solely Neil singing and playing the guitar. I found it funny there were other instruments on the cover, considering it was very much the opposite. And I also found it funny this was called grunge, until the last 4 songs, where Powderfinger completely breaks up the soft sound of the beginning, and then it just gets progressively heavier and heavier. The closing track is a reprise of the opener, but if Neil wasn’t singing, you wouldn’t even be able to tell it’s the same artist. It’s as if the album is actually rusting as it goes along. An album that is really good is one where while each song plays, it becomes my favorite, until eventually by the end I can’t pick a favorite. There isn’t really one bad song. I can see why this is considered Neil’s best, because it is everything that makes his music so good. Rating: 9/10

Neil Young has a prolific career and i know a lot, but previosuly not this album. Love this.

I didn’t listen to this album because it’s not available on Spotify. But I love this album, so I’m going to read it anyway. Next!

I usually object to live albums on this list. This is because, if you attend a random artist’s concert, you’ll get a run down of all their best hits most likely from a number of albums already released, unless it’s their debut tour. So it doesn’t feel like a real album to me. This album is an exception, reading about how it came about - a tour in which he played a lot of new material, none of the tracks were previously released on a studio album (from what I can tell from the Wikipedia page). It’s not a collection of his greatest hits, just played live, but an actual album in its own right. That point being addressed, nothing bugs me more than having to admit to being wrong. A lifetime of mocking Neil Young just to annoy my father (who’s a huge fan), only to find that I do, in fact, enjoy his music. This album was a great listen. “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” and “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” were just incredible to listen to. The weak points of the album for me were probably “Pocahontas” (maybe a bit heavy-handed in its message) and “Welfare Mothers” (just a bit of an odd lyric) but I still thought they were solid tracks. Annoying that this is not on Spotify so I can’t add it to my regular rotation. Is it a 4 is it a 5….. I think it’s a 5 though I reserve the right to change my mind later.

El mejor álbum de Neil Young junto a Crazy Horse. Su concepto que mezcla lo acústico con lo eléctrico, y el "live" con el estudio, fue pionera en la expresión dura del rock, adelantando el grunge con la canción "Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)" y creando un verdadero himno con "Powderfinger". Un indispensable de la música contemporánea.

I used to sing like him.....then after i had enough fruit and vegetables i stopped

4.7/5 Neil = bae Best track: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Always forget how good Neil Young is.

Ooh another favorite! Love how Neil can do stripped down frail acoustic numbers and some of the loudest heaviest songs on the same album. Love Pocahontas, Powderfinger and both versions of My My Hey Hey.

I love me some Neil Young. This is sooo good.

<3

I've heard a lot of criticism of this album throughout the years, especially the crowd noise. The crowd noise, however, is an integral part of what makes this a great album. You can hear the energy that the crowd infuses in Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Most live albums are just concert versions of Greatest Hits albums. Not this one. Instead, many of the songs on this album were new and recorded live. Others are clearly studio recordings. Mixed together, it works wonderfully. Half the album is acoustic and the other half heavy and electric. This is the only album that truly presents all sides of Neil Young - the heavy rocker and the folkie troubadour. Finally, many of the songs are positively iconic, especially My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) and its harder edged flipside Hey Hey My My (Into the Black). While some songs have not aged well (especially the tongue-in-cheek but now cringey Welfare Mothers), it's hard not to love Powerfinger, Thrasher, and Sail Away.

One of my absolute favourites. I get goosebumps on the opening notes of 'My My, Hey Hey'.... and they're still there on the first bars of the last track 'Hey Hey, My My'. Neil Young is an incredible artist. Absolutely unique from soft acoustic country to hard grungy rock. A legend

Wow. No words.

Amazing to hear this again after all the years. I sang pretty much the whole of this on my way to school walking down Worple Road.

First real exposure to Neil Young and I loved all the songs on this album. The acoustic side was beautiful, and the electric side was very grungy, not what I expected to hear in the 70s. Not for nothing was he called the godfather of grunge

I'd give it six stars, if possible. Such incredible music and such evocative but weird lyrics. The band has the perfect mix of practiced precision and sloppy rock vibes.

Classic

One of the best live albums ever made. Fav: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) // Powderfinger

It's better to make bangers like this than to fade away

Fuck yes... This is I think my favourite Neil Young & Crazy Horse album. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) is an awesome song. So is My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue). I liked his stint with Crazy Horse. Some awesome music came out of those years. I forgot how beautiful of a song Thrasher is. Welfare Mothers is a straight up rocker. Super heavy and probably some of the funniest lyrics Neil ever sang: "Welfare Mothers make better lovers". This album is just hit after hit. 5 stars easy. Favourite songs: "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)", "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)", Thrasher, Welfare Mothers, Powderfinger, Sail Away, Sedan Delivery, Pocahontas Least favourite song: if forced to pick, Ride My Llama 5/5

Annissa-first song is very sad. Mark likes the harmonica

Just perfection from start to finish, way ahead of its time and also has one of my all time favourite Neil Young songs on it (Powderfinger) as a bonus. The fuzzed up electric guitar on side 2 is something to behold.

Coming into this album I really knew very little about Neil Young and I personally just due to the fact that he was not on Spotify, my preferred streaming service, I was sort of turned off and hesitated to listen. I was then gifted two of his albums on CD from an older guy who I am friends with. They were "This Note's For You" and this album. I have held on to them for about 10 months never listening and then I was given this album and I decided I really needed to stop putting Neil Young off. So coming into this I could have never expected that this album was this good. I came in assuming I would not love this album and I could not be more wrong. This album was fantastic. From the first track to the last. I loved every track on here and what stood out of me besides his distinct and interesting vocal style was how consistently good the instrumentation on this album was especially the guitar and drum work. Before going into albums I check their Wikipedia articles just to see the genre and if there are any studio musicians I know and when I saw folk rock alongside proto-grunge I had no clue what to expect. What I got was probably the best case scenario of what could have happened. I like grunge alot and hearing this was fascinating because you can hear specific ways that this inspired that genre as you listen again specifically with the guitar work. I think though I preferred the first side of the album. Neil's voice and style fit together with Folk Rock like peanut butter fits together with jelly. "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue", "Thrasher", "Pocahontas", "Ride My Llama" and "Powderfinger" were all immaculate tracks and the second side also was pretty perfect. The only track I did not love was "Sail Away" but even then it was still pretty good. The writing is something that stood out in these songs. Personally I am someone who judges music just on how enjoyable it is to listen to and I usually find lyrics as complementary to the music but this is an album in which they were a star. "Powderfinger" was the best written song and honestly was probably one of the best songs I have ever heard as was the first track on this album. They perfectly blend great storytelling, vocal performance, instrumentation and emotion to make truly lasting impressions when I heard them. I am surprised to say this but this album for me was a 10/10.

Fantastic

Neil Young crushes it

awsome

One I own that I expected to give a solid four, remembering a few filler tracks. Nope, only Sail Away feels minor, but it’s a nice palette cleanser before the distortion comes. Both “Hey Heys” I knew were immortal, and Powderfinger only increases in its power over me as I age. The more nonsensical tracks surprised me today: Young’s lyrical naivety would usually bring from me a carafe of boiling scorn, yet he has this magic trick of wormholing through cringe into a zone of sly bizarreness where he’s imagining sharing a bed with Pocahontas that’s to be cheerfully crashed by Marlon Brandon. Maybe he’s just an incredible verbal acrobat on the hippy salad? The guitar sounds on side two are like the Alps, and I now realise that Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery are not joke songs, but gonzo classics. The woozy change of gears on Sedan Delivery is marvellously queasy.

Now this is prime Neil. Incredible contributions from Crazy Horse and some of his best, cutting lyrics. Cannot recommend it enough. A

sweet and intense love and hate songs

one of the best

Phenomenal. Start to finish

Great Album! 5 stars

Every time a Neil Young album appears I think “another one?!” And I sort of have a negative feeling about it all. Then I play it and more often than not love it. True-to-form, this album is really terrific!

young fills me with a kind of pleasant somnolent dread

You can't argue about this one, you just can't. I've probably said this about many other albums, but I am going to say it again... one of the most iconic album openers ever.

Better to burnout Neil and the horse soar so high Never rocked better

A banger. Some peak Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A mix of light and loud. 5/5

Disco exemplar. Um testemunho duradouro da habilidade de Neil Young em criar composições atemporais e emocionalmente poderosas. Um ciclo perfeito da execução do rock, que é combustão e nunca vai acabar.

Typical, I switched back to Spotify as I wasn't that happy with YouTube Music and the list throws out two Neil Young Albums in a week. Anyway, this is a great album and I wish I could listen to it properly again but I totally understand why he pulled his music.

Neil Young is so good, always a pleasure to listen to one of his albums.

Alku aivan tajuton, loppu lähenee samaa tasoa metalliyllätyksineen. Keskellä puolien taitekohdassa notkahtaa, mielenkiinto ei kuitenkaan katoa. Liveäänitys tuo spontaaniuden tunnelman vaikkei suunnittelmasta poiketa hitustakaan. Hieno.

Shakey shows he's not scared of the punks and puts out one of the greatest albums of his career. Recorded live with the audience turned down, both sides of this record show his dual personalities - miserable folky or pissed off rocker. Both are superb. Best Tracks: My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue); Pochahontas; Powderfinger

Really enjoyed this, definitely one of Neil's best. Some great songwriting and melodies, and I like the transition from acoustic to electric in the middle. Hard to believe it was recorded live; the quality is great! You can really see the influence on grunge music on the second half. 9/10

Favorite Neil Young album, by far. look out mama there's a white boat coming down the river

hasnt youtube had a lot worse shit on it than spotify

guay

This is my favorite Neil of all. Small caveat. My opinion changes over time as to what's at the top, but for the past couple of years, Rust Never Sleeps has held the throne. I always want to belt the last verse of 'Powderfinger' and turn the volume up a little more for 'Hey Hey, My My'. Some really great storytelling with another personal favorite in 'Pocahontas'. My rating comes with bias. Long live Neil. 5

niel er sjeeef! Også ganske fett at ham boikotter Spotify

I'm not a huge Neil fan but this is his best and it rocks. Also, he's a great person.

The godfather of grunge for a reason. Sounds like the stripped down raw music from the 90s only it was ten or so years earlier.

Rife with memories of a time of my life where I was young and living for the night. This album reminded me to carpe diem and get everything out of every day. I still do that. This was one of the albums I took to Colorado one summer very much left to my own devices on a farm near the foothills of the Brazos as a kid with a Walkman. I know every strum of it and I love it. It's hard to revisit in a way because of all the days now gone. I like all the songs, but Sail Away has a lot of meaning to me. I met Neil Young years later once out on a hike in Colorado. I had been out in the wilderness for several weeks and was nearing a town and found him alone in the woods smoking a hand rolled cigarette and wearing a porcupine quill necklace on a blanket. I hadn't smoked in weeks. I asked him if I could have a cigarette and he looked me dead in the eye and said flatly. "Nope." I turned around to walk away and I heard a little giggle and he said, "But you can have two." He gave me a light and I thanked him and walked off. My friends were freaking out and I had not recognized him and they were all like, dude do you know what that was?!! One of the more memorable moments of my life in retrospect. I've seen him live quite a few times. Lifetime fan of one of the greatest living American musicians.

Has some of the most moving folk songs Neil Young has ever ever written--"Thrasher", "Pocahontas", "Ride My Llama" and "Sail Away", all gathered on the first side. Plus, the symmetrical structure of the album--folk numbers on side one, rock'n'roll tracks on side two, with the stellar cut "Powderfinger" transitioning between the two--makes this LP a very interesting listen. Of course, said "rockers" on side two might sound a little awkward to more modern ears today. Yet I guess that sort of clumsiness is now part of the charm of Crazy Horse anyway. As many reviewers have already pointed out, Young's bandmates have never been the best musicians in the world, but their straightforward, no-nonsense way to perform his livelier songs bring out what's so idiosyncratic about them. Those rock tracks wear their hearts on their sleeve, in a way. And that's a quality that many supposedly more accomplished musicians sometimes never reach during their careers. Finally, the two versions of "My My, Hey Hey" /"Hey Hey, My My" opening and closing the proceedings on this LP effortlessly display stuff that only rock legends are capable of. It's an infectious earworm, here transcended by the subject matter of its lyrics: it's possible to get old and show empathy for the next generation--all you need is to put yourself in their shoes. Plus, the guitar riff on the electrical version is just *huge*, paving the way for many other indie and "alternative" wonders to come. Released right after punk rock took over the world, *Rust Never Sleeps* is also a historical document to understand the cultural conversation that was going on at the time--one that could actually be translated to more subsequent generations and their own concerns. By itself, it's not a punk album. But it gives an external point of view on the whole thing. It's a point of view that's a little naive, I'll grant you that. Yet it's one that's beautiful, sensitive and a little provocative as well. Speaking of other generations... Yeah, fuck Joe Rogan. The latter only represents a sad pack of reactionary mindfucks that clearly are in the minority in younger populations, as "vocal" as those poor sods supposedly are online. History will not judge those goons well, you can bet your cowboys boots on that. Obviously, Neil Young has become a cantakerous grumbler himself in his old age (many old folks do, after all), and the way he opposed Rogan during that whole Spotify showdown thing was relatively naive as well (not to mention *limited* in its assessment of the whole debate around streaming apps every serious music fan should have right now). Yet I can only applaud Neil for bringing to the fore how greedy and cynical the Spotify executives were, and trying to do something about it at least. It was a matter of "principle". And I'm glad he stood by it until the end. Going back to *Rust Never Sleeps*, it's not the "best" solo record Young has ever released (this title should go to either *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere*, *After The Gold Rush* or *Harvest*). But it still ticks all the boxes of what a truly "essential" album is Artistic concept, execution/performance, songwriting, melodies, lyrics, cultural impact... It's an unmitigated success in each of those areas. 4.5/5, here rounded up to 5. Number of albums left to review: 593 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 194 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 91 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 122

One of my favorite albums from one of my all time favs.

Everything great about Neil in one succinct album. Gentle acoustic songs combined with full out rockers. Thrasher is a personal favorite, one of those great long form Neil songs that you can just get lost in lyrically and musically. "It's better to burn out than to fade away". The older I get the more I disagree with this particular sentiment. Better for who? Certainly not for those that burned out. I don't mean that to come across as crass or insensitive, what I mean is that its better to remain 'forever young' from a marketing perspective but thats about it. As I've said in other places one of the things I love about Neil is catching up with his later albums when my life hits the marker his was at when he made it and it speaks to you that much more. To remain viable as an artist - or keep the rust from forming since 'Rust Never Sleeps' - takes a lot more work and makes for a much more interesting and satisfying journey.

Rust Never Sleeps was my introduction to Neil Young after my dad decided to pick up the record one day when we were out browsing. His voice took some getting used to, but yeah, I really dig this album now! favs: “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”, “Thrasher”, “Welfare Mothers”, “Ride My Llama” least fav: “Sedan Delivery”

I don't think it was really my first exposure to Neil, but this was the first album I owned. Neil being Neil. Introducing some of his best songs through the live setting. Showing off his acoustic chops and being influenced by the punk movement of the day. Great song writing, great playing, great singing, great heart.

I'm not sure which I prefer - this or Live Rust - either way, both worthy of at the very least 5 stars!

Classic Neil Young!

AMAZING! 5/5 90/100

Great stuff

Neil Young! Man, that guy could sing “Happy Talk “and his voice would cut me to the quick. I love everything about this, the voice, the guitars, the harmonica, the songwriting. Beautiful! My, My, Hey,Hey! Yeah Yeah!!

The king is gone, but he's not forgotten. It's interesting how he uses this format of acoustic and abrasive electric again on only a few albums. The other one that comes to mind is one of my favorites, "Freedom." The album has a number of tracks I knew from other places, but it's nice to hear them here, too. "Pocahontas" will always be that acoustic song. I don't think it works electric, for example. The only song that I was never a big fan of is "Welfare Mothers." But it's just because the chorus is sung over and over and over WAY too many times, so it gets a little grating. The idea of seeing the multiple sides of Neil is something that probable could be done more often, but I'm glad he uses it sparingly, so that when he does use it, it's pretty damn effective. Probably one of his best. He's in damn fine form here.

I keep changing my opinion on Neil, and upping my admiration. This is a damn good album. The opener and closer (My My, Hey Hey or vice versa) are some of the best lyrics he's ever written and that's saying a lot because he's an incredible lyricist. Hearing both acoustic and electric versions was very cool. I quite enjoyed that dichotomy on this album. The lyrics on the rest of the album were sometimes very poignant or clever entendre-y (Thrashers, Powderfinger) and then sometimes super strange (Pocahontas, Welfare Mothers). He's trying to tell deep stories but wrapped up in simple contexts. I guess it works sometimes and at other times it sounds a bit weird. Still, I can give that a pass because of the musical depth on display. The acoustic side captures his sad, sullen style so well - real heart-tugging. The electric side shows he and Crazy Horse could play and bring the energy - the boogie in Welfare Mothers is awesome (my favorite track musically) even if the lyrics are head scratching and Sedan Delivery sounds like it could've inspired Soundgarden (think Rusty Cage). Real impressed with this album.

Rust Never Sleeps might be might my favorite Neil Young Album. Lyrically and musically it certainly is one of his best. I also like how he split the album up into an acoustic and electric side like the live tour that some of the material came from. Each song tells such a good story lyrically that you can almost picture it as you’re listening to it. I'm going to finish this review here and then listen to it again!

Uh, this was amazing

Saw this tour live. This was a killer album

Love the harmonica and the live sound. Neil young’s voice is great and unique. Although it’s much more country than I’d normally listed to, I Added the whole thing to my library.

Loved this

Hey hey my my what a fantastic album!

Pretty safe 5 star album and one I've listened to lots and lots. Not only is every track an absolute banger it's got some of his very best lyrics. Weakest track, Welfare Mothers, is still absolutely great.

Great

Helt der oppe! Oppveksten til Lars Magnus

Forgot how good an album this is. Some of Neil’s best work.

Really enjoyed this

Did not listen because not on spotify. I have heard this album before ND love it

Every damned note

5 The best way to know Neil and his Crazy Horse: tiny and trembling voice, long instrumental jams, unforgettable lyrics: \"Better to burn out than to fade away\". The sleepy riff in \"Powderfinger\" isnone of the highlights in the whole rock n'roll history; Simply perfect.

sonzao

Perfect rock, great source of inspiration for later songs

Loved this. I’ve been a fan of Neil You g for a while, but I’m a bit wary of live albums as I think sometimes you just had to be there. Anyway, turns out that I’m an idiot, because this is great.

Peak Neil & Crazy Horse. So many classic songs on here. Powderfinger is one for the ages.

Haven’t listened to this in years - great revisit

I still think Neil Young projects may be over represented, but this definitely feels worthy, interesting live new material, change in his style, rockin and rad. Five stars easy.

One of Neil Young's top three best albums I reckon.

guay

Why did I have to like Neil Young as soon as he puts his music off Spotify (which I understand his argument but free music under a parent account is a bit hard to justify ditching). At least it's on YouTube. Feel like this album and other works of his would be perfect for my ever-growing vinyl collection. Its a pretty flawless album with Powderfinger, Sail Away, and the opening and closing tracks (variations of Hey Hey, My My) being my highlights. The only track I didn't overly like was Sedan Delivery. Also appreciate how its split with an acoustic first half and an electric second.

A classic rock triumph.

Immaculate moody live album that gradually builds from sparse acoustic numbers to a destructive nihilistic rage. Better to burn out than fade away.

The lyrics are very thought through, and there is a good balance between acoustic songs and ones with electric guitars.

Very cool old school feeling.

Neil Young can outwrite, outsing, outplay, outthink, outfeel anyone in my mind. This album was,is and will always be stunning. Dividing the record into half acoustic/half electric is marvellous. From "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (repeated in an electric version at the album's end as "Hey Hey, My My [Into the Black]" with its altered lyrics, and everything in-between this is just an album of substance and the work of a man at the top of his game.

Countless reverent plusses in this album. I love the bookended first and last tracks, and have always like the track ‘Powderfinger’

Amei <3 Muito gostosinho de ouvir, porém não tem mais no spotify!

Neil Young and the various incarnations of Crazy Horse had been playing together for more than a decade, but this is certainly one of the best expressions of the musical simpatico that these musicians have with each other. A less noisy affair than many other NY & CH efforts, it's no less powerful in the ease with which these tunes are rendered. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" addresses the rise of punk in the late 70s, and its sound is closely associated with what most fans think of as the sound of the lineup. Ruse Never Sleeps, indeed.

that was actually a really sweet, short album I really liked that, 10/10 I can usually be pretty harsh on this country stuff but it was actually done really well here great album

I don't typically like live albums but this one is an exception. I suppose it's technically a hybrid of live recordings and studio overdubs, which is maybe what makes the difference for me. Neil is so emotive, whether it's on a delicate ballad or a sing-along rocker. Great performances here. I find "Thrasher" to be especially moving. I consider this his last truly great 5 star album before he fell into the morass of the 80s. Like so many other musicians that came up in the 60s and 70s, he had a hard time adjusting.

I've seen Neil Young live a couple of times so obvs I at least appreciate his music. I've never listened to this album before though. It's great

Classic, beautiful, Neil

"It's better to burn out than to fade away"

Perfekte Mischung aus den singer Songwriting und den Grunge rock Ansätzen von Neil Young . Wahnsinnig viele wahnsinnig gute lieder

Yes. And yes again.

Great live album. Energetic. Hear the Godfather of Grunge.

Much, much, MUCH more of this please. Neil Young's solo stuff (at least on this list) has been a bit more hit and miss for me, but any time Crazy Horse is in the mix it is a great time. Hard to pick a favorite track.

Real good, yep

I like the acoustic vs electric set format, especially when applied to the bookends. I love the nod to punk and the punky feel of songs, especially Sedan Delivery, like he’s saying, I’ve been playing this stuff all along and don’t plan to slow down. I love his idea of capturing these songs live without overdubs and remixes and studio BS. I think Powederfinger is my favourite Neil Young song. I can never listen to it just once. Such heavy lyrics.

First songs were amazing. Really loved this album, Neil Young is an amazing composer, I´m really trying to going more deep into his music and discography.

I have this on vinyl, love it.

This is an excellent album, full of classic Neil Young, utilizing both the softer and grittier aspects of his sound. I think the mixture of live and studio tracks is unexpected and gives you a really full feeling of what Young was all about better than any studio album could. You can feel Young's style evolve into something edgier and rowdier as the album progresses, the stuff that made him such a touchstone for alternative musicians who would follow. Fave songs: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black), Thrasher, Sail Away

Great, both first and last tracks amazing.

Love this album. Acoustic first half and rock 2nd half. Though I would not like the rock songs but actually really enjoyed them. Must investigate Neil Young further.

Very good Album

Absolutely magical. The opening and closing tracks in particular are mind-blowing!

В начале был немного скептично настроен, мол очередной батя-рок. Но альбом то отличный. Довольно оригинальный, искренний, мелодичный и местами залипательный. Места эти - первый и последний треки, но остальное вполне держит планку. Разве что Welfare Mothers не зашла. Наверное, рад, что акустическая половина альбома вышла больше, звучит удачнее. В целом звук очень располагает, партии довольно лаконичные, внятные, каждая на своём месте. Более всего внимания притягивает всё же вокал, яркий и честный, хз, чё там Нил Янг про Джонни Роттена заливает, но я ему верю. Невольно вспоминается эпитет "true", вот он здесь прям уместен. Балдёж.

So schön, konnte man gut hören an einem verregneten Samstag

Muito bom, bem melhor q o anterior. Ganhou pontos adicionais por ser um ao vivo bem executado.

Great

No es mi favorito del tito pero si es top. Me gusta más su primera parte acústica con esas 3 joyas iniciales, pero la eléctrica con Sedan Delivery tampoco baja el nivel.

I liked it very much

Neil is cool every now and then.

Perfect.

An absolute killer.

classic. real good vibes. on da playlist

My My Hey Hey!

Neil Young has a whiney voice. But his songwriting is without par, his guitar-- whether folk or rock-- is top notch and I can't forget his characters. I want to hate him, but I love him too much. 4/5

Pior que amei a primeira música "My my, Hey hey". Ótimo.

good live album, neil rules

At this point I can't remember which Neil Young albums I have and haven't heard. I honestly thought I had heard this before. but as the first song contains that now famous (to Nirvana fans) lyric of _"It's better to burn out than to fade away"_, I know that I haven't From just one listen each (except _Harvest_ which I own), I'm finding it hard to measure NY albums against each other but the quality here is high and merits revisits.

The goatskiiiii NEIL YOU GOD. The Grunge Sage

Solid collection of tracks bookended with hey hey my my. An enjoyable listen with some pre grunge sounds on side 2.

"It's better to burn out than to fade way" 4/5

It might be a little slow going at first and some of the writing feels OK, but this has a cool feel. I enjoy the blend of live and studio which is a nice concept. This definitely feels like a precursor to a lot of grunge and 90's indie rock.

352/1001 Neil Young & Crazy Horse Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ Enjoyed this a lot. The combination of live tracks and studio feels seemlees together. I like Young when he embraces a darker tone and this certainly has it in abundance.

Have never given Neil Young enough attention, thinking he was all backwaters and native Americana. Some indie leanings. Thrasher's melody, lyrics and delivery could easily be a Coner Oberst number.

Such a wild American feel! Even though Neil Young is Canadian. I love the spirit. I guess we are both American-Canadian. So, yee-haw, hoser. This summer feels like a great time to delve into the country-folk and coastal-surf music which makes me feel so nostalgic, as well as quite calm and dreamy. This album is great for the country feeling, y'know, without being on the nose about it and overly twangy. I say this as a zoomer. This is just real and not trying to be anything in particular too much, while retaining a distinct and intentional flavor of exactly what it is....

His voice is maybe the worst here of any Neil Young. Hey Hey/My My are both bangers, Powderfinger is also very good, and then there's also a song called Ride My Llama, which could feasibly have been a mid-2000s meme.

Love song #1 and #2 so far. very folk

I've come to realise I like country albums a lot. Neil Yong is definitelt snarky to his ex-bandmates. But he did find success by himself so I guess I can't complain. Solid 8/10.

A really interesting album, I guess. Has a couple of really nice folksy gems, most notably “My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue),” “Thrasher,” and “Pocahontas,” and also sports some insane fucking rock numbers, those being “Powderfinger” and “Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black).” All the songs I just listed are among the best of all time, and the sequencing is PERFECT, going from this folk vibe to this incredibly noisy, almost grungy vibe across the album, which probably symbolizes… something. Sadly, the songs that I didn’t mention are… just okay. “Ride My Llama” is SUUPER underwhelming, and so is “Welfare Mothers.” “Sail Away” and “Sedan Delivery” are on the other hand pretty good, but unmemorable, and only seem to exist to fill time in the album. So, while this album has some incredible songs on it, it also has some lesser songs on it. It is still an amazing album, but it could have been much better. 9.2/10

I’m particular to Neil’s folkier stuff (“Harvest”, et al), but this one features some of his best revved-up, raw and rockin’ music, or “proto-grunge”, as some like to label it. 4.5 stars

Passionate and great guitar work

Super interesting to listen to since I didn't know what to expect. Lots of really cool songs here, some of them really raw and dirty.

Really great, Neil Young doing his thing.

Más variado de lo que esperaba, me agradó, 20/10 los nombres jajaja

It really asks me to try listening to it again

There's some incredible lyricism and instrumentation in here. What a great songwriter! Not sure how I feel about this album being so sonically split down the middle, but I can definitely hear its influence; Powderfinger almost sounds like an MJ Lenderman song. Favorites: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), Sail Away, Powderfinger

In my continuing journey to like Neil, I'm realizing I like rocker Neil more than acoustic Neil. So I loved side two of this record, and side one was more of a pleasant nod. Of course, Powderfinger is a fantastic song, and the rest of side two is not far behind.

3.75

Yea this is a goodie. Totally a classic

When I saw this pop up, my memory said 5. But there’s definitely Neil’s records I like more than this. And this song concentrates tunes fantasizing about old native life, I think teepees are mentioned at least three times.

Great album, shows Neil Young's proto grunge side as well as his pattened folk rock side. "Pocahontos" and "PowderFinger" were the two best songs on the album. 4/5

Great album. Neil is more talented than I ever gave credit for.

It’s records like these that really make me question my taste On one hand, it’s folk rock, which I’ve gone on the record saying is one of my least favorite genres multiple times. However, despite having all the hallmarks, something about the way Young delivers just makes it more appealing in my mind. Maybe it’s the vocals, which sound pretty unlike anything else in the genre. Either way, the last 3 or so song surprised me in the best way, went from the most mellow folk out there with harmonica and all that to some genuine rock with distorted guitars; I genuinely thought that was awesome There’s still some slow moments in this one, which is to be expected from the genre. Harmonica is an instrument I can take about 30 seconds of before I lose my mind and I’m pretty sure that threshold was exceeded here. Don’t think any song in particular was bad but some of the heavier more acoustic songs were just not my thing It’s just interesting to think how I liked this one so much more than the first Neil Young album we got, where even though it’s still technically the same genre it really doesn’t feel like it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t gain a little respect for the genre in the first half, though I think the last few harder songs still blew the mellow stuff out of the water

I have listened to this album for years. It has always been a go-to for me. Thrasher one of those songs that just resonates with me. My My, Hey Hey and Hey Hey, My My (acoustic and electric versions) classics. Ride My Llama and Pocahontas incredible, and Powderfinger stands alone. LOOK OUT, MAMA, THERE'S A WHITE BOAT COMING UP THE RIVER. Tells a great story. Great writing, great recording. Place it at about a 4 1/2. Just shy of 5, in my opinion.

The vibe I got from listening to this album was that it was meant to be a more experimental album for him, particularly in how varied the lyricism can get. Some songs are statements he made in relation to his career and the lasting legacy of rock and roll music, like with the songs “My, My, Hey, Hey” and “Hey, Hey, My, My” as well as “Thrasher”. Other songs tell stories like “Pochahontas” and “Powderfinger”. Then there’s “Ride the Llama” which is about travelling in space and rocking out with aliens. Needless to say, this album gets wild in places. Add to all that, Rust Never Sleeps is split between acoustic pieces on side A, and the electric on side B. Side B in particular has been cited as influential to the grunge movement of the early 90s. For as much as I appreciate the variation in songwriting and volume, I don’t think this album is his best. Not every experiment is a success if songs like “Ride the Llama” and “Sedan Delivery” are to go by. Also not helping matters is the inconsistent production quality given that some songs were recorded live and others were overdubbed. It is rather noticeable on the ears. Still for what’s it worth, I had a fun time with Rust Never Sleeps as this album gets a solid recommendation.

This is a fantastic album starts typical Neil Young his voice croaking through with lovely guitar work on an acoustic very sedate folk then errupts later in the album to Rock N Roll with rral energy a fan of this one

I think you probably have to like Neil Young generally to like this album, but I do and I did.

That was surprisingly great. I was kinda disappointed this morning when I rolled my fourth Neil Young album so far on this list. Before going into it I honestly wished I had gotten anything else, but that instantly changed as soon as the first song started playing. A delightful piece of americana, improved greatly by the live setting. It's authentic, loud and grounded. Filled with memorable guitar phrases, interesting lyrical moments and relatable themes. Love how the way the "Hey/My" duo of songs bookend the album. Love the energy and drive the band brings to the song, and I'm genuinely impressed by Neil Young's ability to bring the lyrics to life. My favourite album by him so far, makes me want to revisit some of his other work. Great. 4.5/5

Between 3 and 4

Honestly liked this better than most of the other Neil Young albums so far. Heavier than I was expecting. Listened to some of it with my 14 year old, her reaction: I like it but I have no idea what he’s singing about

Really like this! Bit of an American road trip kind of album!

I've seen the album cover before and thought "oh, that's going to be the noisy and thrashy and raw proto-grunge Neil Young", and given it a miss. I was not expecting a laid back country folk album, much more in the style of Harvest or his work with CSNY. Side 1 (acoustic) My My, Hey Hey - a Dylanesque song about rock and roll that embraces rock and roll style lyrics while rejecting rock and roll instrumentation. Thrasher - has a beautiful flow to the words. Ride My Lama - is a strange little extraterrestrial tale. Pocahontas - one of my favourite Neil Young songs, but honestly I prefer the version on Unplugged. Sail away - very laid back Side 2 (electric) Powderfinger - eases us gently into the electric stuff; almost country rock, but with slide guitar substituting for pedal steel - shades of Rhinestone Cowboy in the bassline Welfare mothers - country rock but with prog progressions Sedan delivery - half punk, half psychedlia, half proto-grunge, all elbowing one another to fit into the space Hey Hey, My My - and here the album forms a neat cycle - going back to the start, but with the song now evolved into an electric heavy-bassed version

Excellent. Highlights: My My, Hey Hey, Pocahontas and especially Powderfinger

Neil Young = Great Rust Never Sleeps = Great, but not a essential listen

Didn't sound oppressively like Neil Young, which is good, considering it was a Neil Young album

There are several great albums that have markedly different first and second halves, like ‘Hounds of Love’ by Kate Bush or ‘Low’ by David Bowie. This is another one of those. The album is bookended by two very different versions of ‘My My, Hey Hey’ which are demonstrative of the different styles. One very acoustic and plaintive, the other backed by the distorted and proto-grunge guitars that are present through the second half of the album. The switch from acoustic to the harder, rockier sound on side two could be quite jarring but on this album it feels like a logical progression.

Really solid. Chill first half (9/10), more rock-focused second half (7/10).

Borderline fetishistic toward American Indians, but I feel comfortable with it. It is the good obscure dad rock album

La voz de Neil me echaba para atrás, pero sus canciones cada día me gustan más. Qué buen disco.

it was good, but not a standout

Banger!

Beautiful, well crafted. Stirring to the soul.

I love Neil Young which is probably why this is going to get a four instead of a three. Critical listening tells me that the first half of this album is much stronger than the second half. If the second half stood up to the same standards as the first, this would be an easy five. Neil has better albums than this, but nostalgia and bias pushed me to a four

An odd hybrid of live acts and studio work but it works.

Neil Young remains very cool. Sometimes this album veers a little too much into folksy territory but overall this is an enjoyable listen.

"Live" album with two different sides. Side 1 you get classic Neil acoustic americana folk music, solid songwriting. Then flip the album and you get the birth of grunge, super fuzzy distorted guitars. Opens with the awesome Powderfinger and ends with the great Hey Hey My My. Neil isn't the greatest singer but he writes great lyrics and has good emotion. And you should check out the video of this concert it is a pretty cool show

I love Neil Young. This live album is fine but not his best. Can't give him less than a 4 though!

Classic neil young

good albnumn

Great album. Nice to hear a good range of acoustic and electric Neil Young. Minus one star just because I don't like the last song. I had a painful procedure at the doctor's office today, so I'm in harsh critic mode.

Fun album but certainly not for me. Enjoyed his voice and how the album opened and closed. Wouldn’t revisit but happy for anyone who enjoys this.

Very emotional. I enjoyed this.

The album is fine. There are some songs that are very nice, others just ok. 3,5/5.

Neil Young shows off his best songwriting on this album. The heartfelt songs about love, loss, misery, and despair, particularly as it relates to the colonialism that destroyed the native peoples of North America. His anger and distress is felt in each track. If only he had learned to sing…

Always liked Neil Young, but before this project, I only really knew Harvest along with a few other songs. But what this project is doing is really cementing how fucking good Neil Young is. And while I never was big on his more country tinged stuff, it works really well on this album. Sail Away was a pretty nice surprise. Its funny because going into it, I was thinking Harvest was gonna be my favorite of his due to my familiarity with it. At this point, it might honestly be the weakest albums of his I've gotten so far (still great though). And of course, the monumental My My, Hey Hey (Into the Blue), one of my favorite songs all time. Just a damn good record.

Great opener. Sedan Delivery rips. Great closer. Nothing bad in between. Hard to beat that.

What struck me most about this album was its underlying sense of aging and decline beneath the raw rock sound. The contrast between My My, Hey Hey and Hey Hey, My My feels especially powerful, as if the same ideas return in a darker and more distorted form. Lines like “It’s better to burn out ’cause rust never sleeps” no longer sound simply rebellious to me, but deeply tied to the fear of fading, aging, and losing something essential over time.

Wenz: Chill, a bit of lay back, the music parts without lyrics also quite catchy! Quite good! Shermz: Powderfinger kind of sounds like Sound of silence to me…

Really great! Loved the combo of live and studio.

I actually really enjoyed this! It was rewarding to experience it's crescendo from a soft folky and acoustic sound to one that's louder, rougher and more daring. I'm giving it an extra star just for that. Not the fondest of early rock n' roll but this transitional state between musical decades pleasantly surprised me. I don't care much for "Pocahontas", mainly because of some of its distasteful lyrics. "Powderfinger" is also a great song, but I don't particularly get its overwhelming hype.

I really like this. I've never been a huge Neil Young fan. Didn't hate him, but his voice never super appealed to me. This album is just a solid rocker, with grunge-y dark elements.

Curti o álbum todo, um clássico estilo que gosto muito, me faz refletir a vida. Uma pena ser ao vivo esse álbum, não curto muito, mas fiz questão de adicionar umas buscando no Spotify. Curti bastante o estilo tranquilinho, voz num estilo country pensativo, me imagino tocando as músicas no violão. 4*

Such a fascinating concept for an album. A live album that’s also a studio album. A studio album that’s also a live album. All new songs. Half acoustic/half electric with a central song that’s done both ways. Oriented around a philosophy of always moving forward, never stagnating, never rusting. Beyond that, this album contains some seriously poetic, almost Dylan-esque compositions that I’m still unpacking - ‘Pocahontas’, ‘Powderfinger’ and ‘Thrasher’ in particular.

Liked the old feeling

Love it. Own it.

i liked - really cozy and i think it would be graet for mornings :)

Interesting album on a number of levels. Neil explicitly set out to challenge himself and his band by recording many of these tunes live (audience noise can be heard on multiple tracks, though this is not considered a live album) and then working on them further in the studio, ostensibly to forestall the “rust“ from setting in. Of course, anyone who has paid even passing attention to Neil Young knows that many things in Neil Young‘s career are done specifically to keep Neil Young interested in his career. I think this is no exception. The album is effectively bookended by “Hey Hey My My”, his meditation on fame, neatly juxtaposing the massive flameout of the Sex Pistols with the sad denouement of Elvis. Side 1 continues in mostly an acoustic country vein, with jangly guitar and western imagery. Side 2 concerns more modern topics and goes electric, with at times a punky and sometimes grunged-out sound, especially on the album closing reprise of “Hey Hey My My”. For me, it all hangs together surprisingly well, and is a satisfying and cohesive album.

Очень мило, комфортно, хочется немного подвигаться. Даже добавила себе пару треков.

Can I just say, the low res concert photo album cover is making me enjoy this already. My my hey hey was a decent opener to this album. It is quite slow, but eh, that’s what I expected. Some good acoustic guitar, some good harmonica! Thrasher was a really good track! Ride my llama was another enjoyable track. Pocahontas and Sail Away were both super good and pushed the album on. I loved that powderfinger pushed the tempo a bit, and had some electric guitar. Welfare mothers, apart from the subject matter, was a bop. Sedan Delivery definitely had its good moments and to close off, hey hey my my part 2 (not blue) was a delight. I thought this album had a wonderful way of growing in intensity throughout. 3.5/5 ⭐️ 115/1089

album lgl, um rock bem barulhento e senti em algumas musica meio country (mas deve ser coisa da cabeça)

Listened in the car. It's Neil Young so I'm going to love it. That being said, it being a partial live album knocks it down a bit for me. I didn't love Sedan Delivery and having a song on there twice (even if it's an amazing one) is certainly a choice. I do have to say after listening to Bob Dylan's droning, uninspired harmonica playing on his "Royal Albert Hall" live recording earlier this month I forgot how beautiful that instrument can be until I heard it on this album. Great record held down by a couple things.

Very good.

Alexis Petridis? More like Awrongis Petridis. This is not Youngs best album. Iconic but I can’t give it a 5

This is the Neil that I'm most familiar with because it was always on as a kid. "Hey Hey My My" is one of the most played songs in my parents house, both recordings of and anyone who is fiddling around on a guitar. I highly encourage everyone to listen to or watch the concert film for this album and then 'Live Rust,' especially if you enjoyed today's album -- both are incredible. The Jawas freaked me out as a kid, though.

Rock bom

Was ready to hate this but some of these songs are great

it was good, powderfinger was my favorite song on it.

My My, Hey Hey Powderfinger Welfare Mothers Sedan Delivery Hey Hey, My My

My, My, Hey, Hey Ride My Llama Sail Away Welfare Mothers Sedan Delivery Hey, Hey, My, My

It's a Neil Young album. No surprises here.

This is my first time listening to this but I am pre-disposed to like Neil Young. This album is One side pretty acoustic stuff; one side pre-grunge rock. I dig it!

Great!

Love this album and the transition from acoustic to electric. Favorite songs: Sedan Delivery, Pocahontas, My, My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

the best neil young album in my opinion, amazing riffs. solid 9/10 First Tracklist Listening Ranking: 1. Powderfinger 2. Hey Hey, My, My 3. Sedan Delivery 4. My My, Hey Hey 5. Welfare Mothers 6. Thrasher 7. Sail Away 8. Pocahontas 9. Ride My Llama

Assez différent de l'album de la dernière fois. Je m'attendais à pas aimer vu que c'était live + Neil Young et finalement j'ai passé un bon moment !

Good folk songs about rock and vice versa. 3.8

Emotionally packed, great lyrics, great atmosfere. Overall, a great album.

Pretty good.

Neil may no longer be young but this album is still incredible. Guy’s voice remains polarizing as ever but it’s utterly unique, and the songwriting is top notch across the record. The distorted guitars on the closing track came completely out of nowhere for me, and I was all about it

I really enjoyed that I must say I enjoyed the chiller part of the album more, wasn’t much of a fan of welfare mother or sedan delivery but that didn’t take away too much I also liked the 2 versions of hey hey my my seemed like a good tie together

remind me to listen again I forgot

Very good!

Adore Neil Young, don’t have this one, really liked it, great songs and live performance.

I like it but not his best. Seems like the songs don't all fit together. Some really good and some blah

Today’s album is Rust Never Sleeps, and once again, I really enjoyed it. This one feels heavier and more rock-driven than some of his earlier work. There’s a rawness and edge to it, especially on the electric tracks, that gives the album a bit more bite and energy. It’s an interesting mix as well, moving from acoustic, almost gentle moments into full-on distorted rock. That contrast works really well and keeps the album engaging all the way through. Favourite tracks: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) is superb. I’ve loved it ever since seeing Noel Gallagher cover it at Wembley. It’s a brilliant song and I do prefer the original. I also really enjoyed Sedan Delivery, which adds to the heavier feel of the album. Least favourite tracks: Every track earns its place, nothing I’d skip. Album artwork: Cool album cover, very much fits the raw, live energy of the record.

Honestly goes kinda hard. Plus his harmonica usage is way less jarring than Bob Dylan's.

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I think ik like it even more than harvest it head 1 really good song but I just enjoy the rest

Awesome record. 4.5, but rounding don because I’m grading this on the Neil scale and he’s got a few 5s coming. Powderfinger, Pocahontas, Hey Hey My My, etc, all vital listening. Neil’s soft and heavy sides are displayed beautifully.

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My third Neil Young album, and it is definetly the best so far. The songs are good, and they are well performed. They could have skipped the final song, «Hey, Hey, My, My (Into The Black). Favourite Songs: Trasher, My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of The Blue).

Not my favorite Neil Young, but Rust Never Sleeps has several of my favorite Neil Young songs. I pretty much think that My My, Hey Hey(Out Of The Blue), Thrasher, Ride My Llama, Sedan Delivery, and Hey Hey, My My(Into The Black) are perfect. Thrasher is a chorus-less, Dylan-esque sprawl with some incredibly striking lyrics ("It was then that I knew I'd had enough Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand"). Ride My Llama is a surreal folk masterpiece. Sedan Delivery is an ultra dynamic, poetic take on straight up punk. And Out Of The Blue and Into The Black bookend the album in one of the smartest moves in rock history. Rust Never Sleeps slowly gradiates from the haunted hush of the former, to the blistered, scorched, sand-blasted latter. Collectively, they capture the album's two furthest extremes and are, in my opinion, the defining songs here. I will say though, while the remaining songs are good, I have yet to learn to love them the same way. I'm pretty close with Sail Away, which is ultimately a gorgeous folk rock song. I'm also pretty close with Powderfinger, which captures the unique slow decay of rural America in a really interesting way. For the remaining songs, time will tell. Welfare Mothers rocks pretty hard, but sometimes it's kind of a slog, but I do ultimately kind of like it. And Pocahontas is a great folk song, but the lyrical approach shows a little age. It isn't the most egregious of the songs about Native Americans like it, but it definitely carries some imperfections in the way it handles things. That being said, the last verse drags things into the present and gives it some additional depth. And honestly, the way it re-frames the song is pretty interesting, but I haven't listened enough to put my finger on exactly how to explain it. Rust Never Sleeps has a mix of perfect songs and ones I may yet learn to love. And I really wish I could give it a 4.5, but for now a 4 will do. I do intend to keep this one in my rotation, so if this grows on me, I will change this review.

As a young classic rock kid I always thought Hey Hey My My was corny. And was actually raised to hate Neil Young. But years later hearing the distortion and feedback from that opening riff after everything leading up to it (Thrasher, Sail Away, Powderfinger, SEDAN DELIVERY?!) it all makes so much sense.

I love this. I listened to it 4 times. Thrasher, powderfinger, sail away, the opening and closing tracks, it was all so well done. I definitely was not ready for Neil young even a year ago but I just connected with this for some reason now.

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It’s definitely a good album. That’s why I put it 4 stars. But is Neil Young for me? I’ve decided that I’m not a Neil Young dude. I can recognize when something is good and potentially influenced the grunge scene. But yeah Neil Young just doesn’t do it for me. I can’t explain why. But good on you for loving him.

8/10 I'll found the album a bit relaxing, also remember me the first time i listened Led Zeppelin

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