Rust Never Sleeps

Solid album

Some songs as sharp as steel. Some weak as rust.

Listenable.

Relaxing yeehaw Nice vocals and instrumentals A pleasant listening experience

It’s fine

9.3

A bit mid of an album. Makes me sleepy, wanna get high or needin’ a nap, real bad.

rđa nikad ne spava za razliku od mene dok ovo slušam. na(ne)sreću me budi jangov meket

So good. Powderfinger sounds like proto-MJ Lenderman

Favourite songs: My My Hey Hey, Thrasher, Sail Away, Powderfinger, Hey Hey My My Least favourite songs: Ride My Llama, Welfare Mothers Rating 7.5/10

Really like Neil Young

Neil Young...he just keeps on Neil Younging...and that is a good thing. Hard to find nits in the Youngster. 4/5

if only i have become rust. then i can stay up and exchange information with people on the other side of the earth all night long. i have very bad postures and i'm so ugly. that is ok because so are you. do you want to burn out or fade away? you ask, i keep silent because i am afraid. i don't want to walk out of the blue because i have always been descending into the black. sex pistols broke up. johnny rotten was reborn as john lydon. john lydon formed PiL. the king is dead. long live the king. 4/5

Great album for today. My first Neil Young album was Harvest when I was 13 years old ( because I had a crush on a boy who sang Heart of Gold)…. Yesterday we went to my nephew’s home. He and his wife have 2 young sons. The ambient low soundtrack they played was Neil Young songs.

The first half was incredible. Powderfinger is also fantastic. Didn't rate the second half as much but that's a mood thing for me. A strong 4.

Very mellow music. Solid

Musically it’s a bit generic biddle but I like his voice and it’s very Karl Dilkington ‘song with a story’ lyric

This sounds more like a late career post-grunge renaissance than from the actual real life 70's. Really good

Love this album, precursor for other hard rock. My my hey hey

I love Neil Young and even I'm feeling, "Enough with the Neil young already"

This is such a classic Neil Young and Crazy Horse album. It features two trademark NY ballads in “Pocahontas” and “Powderfinger” that benefit from strong lyrics that leave themselves open to interpretation about their meaning. It has an inscrutably weird song in “Welfare Mothers.” It features excellent guitar crunch and ramshackle Crazy Horse stomp throughout. Then there are the leadoff and closing versions of “Hey Hey, My My,” one accoustic and wistful, sounding like something off of Harvest, the other noisy and fierce, with a beat like a stamping press. Young was simultaneously taking stock of a decade he loomed large over but felt confined by, and pointing toward the future, with tossed-off lyrical references to Johnny Rotten, ominous white boats coming up the river, and the famous line “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Reflective, restless, tender and angry, it’s an incredible capstone to a decade of personal and political upheaval, even if it marked the end of a run in which he could scarcely put a foot wrong.

There's a tic I have when I'm listening to music, it only comes out right before a song gets so bad I have to skip it, I get this feeling, then ask aloud "what the fuck is this?" then skip to the next song. I bring this up because "Ride my llama" ... what the fuck is this?

Docking a point for the offensive Welfare mothers song and all the native American woo woo themes.

nice

Shoutout to the college magician and the guy who hated him. 2/5

The godfather of grunge. Great album.

boring obnoxious snobbery. i forgot about this album while still listening to it. 1.5/5

- (quote discovered and taken from someone else's review:) "You go to a supermarket, and you see a faggot behind the fuckin’ cash register; you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.” - Neil Young. Yeah, you can F off Neil Young. - I'd never heard this album, but it feels nostalgic. - Solid melodies and lyrics. - Definitely feels more live than produced - I'd prefer more studio than live. - Dislike Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery.

Good album haven't listen in a long time

Wonderful album! I really felt it ended on a high with the last couple of songs! I'd give it a 4.5 if possible.

Man I hate his voice

I like how it switches from sad to sadder

è live!?!?!!?!?!

This one’s easy! 5:5. I always mistake this for an early career ‘greatest hits’ album, it’s got so many standards on it. And his live versions are perfect! I learned to play guitar with these songs and (to paraphrase) ‘once they’re your songs, you’ll never give them back’. Neil young just provided me with a thanksgiving parenting affirmation when one of my kids told me that he and his roommate were dressing up in Halloween with the roommate being Neil Young and my son as “a crazy horse”!

This is one of my all timers Neil and crazy Horse were on fire and at their peak. After reading your review Mike I might have to rethink my Halloween costume (French mad if you were wondering).

# Album Name: Rust Never Sleeps # Artist: Neil Young # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Absolute banger. Every single track. Loved this record. # Top Tunes: All of it # Would I listen to it again? Yes

I LOVED the opening track. BUT, beyond that, there were maybe one or two tracks throughout that held my attention before I started to lose it. Neil is a great lyricist, but I feel like his compositions seemed a bit vanilla. I gravitate toward a little more musical interest, and this album just didn't have enough to sustain me throughout. I can appreciate the concept of the blue vs black, start vs ending, but I feel like the execution was just left wanting.

Очень хороший альбом, вокал не выделяется, отличный инструментал кроме губной гормошки на которой то ли играть не научились то ли не поняои как она звучит со всем остальным, есть еще несколько косяков но альбом очень хорош 4.4

Good album with some classic song. I’m not the biggest fan of Young’s vocals but he’s a legend.

pretty good actually although i dont always love NY

Gostei para caralho, muito bom.

Good

Excited for this one out of the gate. I love Neil Young and his annoying voice. My My Hey Hey versions opening and closing...chef's kiss. Didn't love all the tracks but will listen again. Given how prolific Neil was, these aren't his best tracks, but I love the feeling of this album. Better to burn than to rust! Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): My My, Hey Hey ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it. Saved some tracks

A second Neil Young album in a week? You're killing me, Smalls. Or his voice is. Or the boredom. Please stop. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.

Цей альбомчик один з небагатьох, що раніше слухав у Янга. Подобаються електронні номери, до акустичних якось серце не лежить.

У Ніла Янга величезна дискографія і з деякими альбомами в мене є конект, а з деякими нема. Ось тут я щось якось послухав, дуже фоново пройшло.

Excellent examples of NY from acoustic to hard rock. An important listen.

Soft folk/country rock. Quite nice really. Lyrical themes of American indigenous peoples. 2nd half is much more rock styled. Prefer the 1st half. Best track - Pocahontas 3 stars, but had potential

Pas mauvais, mais j'ai l'impression de me perdre dans la similarité des tonalités de la voix et des instruments. Pas mauvais en background et j'apprécie la durée concise. 3.5 round down.

La première chanson est magique, après sa dégringole un peu. Y’a mieux et y’a pire

awesome except for the song where he is totally out of tune with his vocal

He’s so good

Classic Neil stuff. I’ve heard most (if not all) of these tunes before. Great stuff. Hey Hey bookends fucking killer.

Here's what I'll say about this album. He sounds very good as a live performer. It's just that I don't like his music.

Niel Young isn't fun or interesting.

This was better than the last Neil Young album. This is like rock and country mixing. His voice still frustrates me, but it seemed to fit better here. Liked Songs: "My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" , "Thrasher" , "Pocahontas" , "Sail Away" , "Welfare Mothers" , "Sedan Delivery" , "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)"

Good variety for a short album 3

Not my usual cup of tea. Its got that old school Beatles kind of feeling that I like. Though it gets a bit boring at times, it's still a pleasant listening experience. I liket it, and even added a song from there to my playlist - therefore it gets a 3/5🎉

When I first heard My My Hey Hey in 8th grade, I knew I had heard it before even though it just came out. It was floating in the ether with the rest of this perfect record. A must hear and I think if you only hear on Neil Young record, you are missing out, but this is the one.

Neil Young sabe lo que se hace. Me ha encantado la apertura y cierre con la misma canción pero distinto color. Abre en acústico y cierra a tope.

Love Neil Young although this album is a mixed bag with some great songs and a few average ones. Still a great listen overall.

not my usual kind of music, not a bad album though.

I quite enjoyed this! I had only heard a few Neil Young songs, but I knew of his reputation. The Godfater of Grunge, and the guy who got dissed in Sweet Home Alabama. Suffice to say, I prefer Neil to Lynyrd Skynyrd. A couple of the songs on this album were a bit samey, but I enjoyed the rest. There was even a kinda punky song on here, which was a bit of a surprise. I also really liked the guitar work. Neil Young's voice is lovely too!

Very relaxing. Beautiful voice on him.

Some beauty here. Some tragic in love with/shocked by the story he's a part of that I found kind of annoying as I encountered it yesterday, but is also an amazing situator into the moment it was created I guess. Weird echos and shadows that feel seen in it. I was a bit reactive to this yesterday, but it's still a bit on the trite side for me.

Realised I don't know that much about Neil Young. Really got in to this, caught me off- guard for sure. Hells yeah, get that fuzz.

Reinforces my comment on previous album. Exceptional guitarist, great song writer, barely mediocre vocalist. I understand vocals are very much down to personal taste so this is just an opinion. Despite the above observations I did enjoy

Not stellar

Nice variety of Neil in one place, good listen, good length before the sound wears me down

Have always liked Neil Young. Voice is not classically the best but the rawness of the melody makes it work well.

From the acoustic opening track "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)", to the closing Punk Rock track "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)", this is great album. Also includes "Thrasher", "Pocahontas", "Powderfinger", and "Welfare Mothers".

If Neil Young actually had a Crazy Horse this would be a 5 Star for sure.

It's got a pretty chill vibe, and I could've stood to hear more about his time with Pocahantas. But I don't know if it has a lot of replayability for me.

Slaps

Raw grunge, a great look into Crazy Horse and Neil Young. Some real classics on here. -Thrasher -Powderfinger

Sorprendentemente me ha gustado. Tengo que profundizar más en la música de Neil Young

Pleasantly surprised at this one. Not a Neil Young fan, but enjoyed this album.

I haven’t had an album below a 4 in so long please give me something awful to enjoy

The least annoying Neil Young album I've listened to. Still, not my bag at all.

This feels like the missing link for me. It's a solid step between the thought out lyric/vocal combo of folk oriented beginnings of rock, and the freedom of amplified electric technology. I'm impressed with what I've heard, and I'm still feeling like I need more listens to digest this properly. My rating may fluctuate with time. My mental image of Neil Young was a variety of Hollywood Neils before today. There's a lot more respect now. 3.6/5

Instrumentation is pretty good, but I can't get into the vocals

Fine! Neil Young is such a classic. Not something I’d reach for but listenable.

I’ve always enjoyed Neil’s songwriting, though I’ve never listened to a full album before and I’m not sure a live album counts. I enjoyed this, and I'm aware he’s got other albums on this list so I look forward to listening when they come up.

My My

I preferred the acoustic first half, but still lots to love in the back half. Great listen.

The songs themselves are fine—moody campfire ballads and scruffy garage-rock. But Neil’s delivery just doesn’t land for me... I'm an anti-Youngite. I found myself wishing for cover versions instead, because the melodies and lyrics are undeniably good, yet his voice and ragged style make the experience feel more like endurance than enjoyment.

Aboslute Classic. Don't know if I have actualy listened in its entiriety

Somehow avoided this because of it being a live album. Honestly could t even tell, and what great album it is! Great tracks from beginning to end

Oh dear, not another neil young album havent we suffered enough

Started out with my favorite Neil Young song and everything else was ok. His work with Crazy Horse is def his best.

A decent album, better than I expected. This album was a lot more popular in the 70s/80s but for some reason it’s fallen in the ranks in recent years. Is Harvest better than this? I’m not 100% certain it is.

Was already familiar with Young's work. Knew three of these songs already. Clean, well-executed album with lots of lyric creativity on Young's part. What's really fun is listening to the B-side... you can hear grungy guitar licks that seem 15 years ahead of their time. Young and Crazy Horse were always inspirations.

o álbum é muito bonito, gostei de muitas canções, eu sei que é um clássico, mas foi a primeira vez que ouvi Neil young, gostei bastante, mas não se tornou um álbum que vou escutar todos os dias.

I love Neil Young's music but I steered clear of this album until now because I don't usually like live albums and I thought this would be filled with screaming fans. What a mistake! This is fantastic!

Нил Янг никогда не разочаровывает. Отличный альбом, начинающийся с хита, вначале блюзовый и мелодичный, к концу становится бодрым и роковым. Классный, кайфовый, американский альбом, приближающий своим звучанием к земле и природе. Rock'n'Roll will never die.

Neil, es Neil y eso es suficiente

Really good, he has a very nice voice

sympa

Enjoyed listening to this. Really like the contrasting first side acoustic with more heavier flip side. My my, heh heh, perfectedly encapsulates the chasing of the guard after punk. For me, this album does not come near the quality of other classic NY albums. But there is a time and place for everything, and this captures the moment nicely

It's not my favorite Neil Young, but any Neil Young is pretty great.

Just good-ass American music.

Good, very listenable album.

247/1089 - A little less annoying than the Gold Rush one.

Great album. Proto-grunge is a cool name for a genre and can hear the early influences here.

neil.

как же драйвово!!!

Young is a genius at his art and this is a phenomenal record that fuses country and rock seamlessly. Even the songs that don't really resonate with me surely impress me. A great record top-to-bottom.

Better than the first Neil Young album I heard from this list, but the cool parts aren't consistent

Fantastic album front to back. I love when Neil gets a little heavier than normal, I’m so this is one of my favorite albums of his. Not to say that the folk songs on here aren't also fantastically written and played. Favorites- Powderfinger, Sedan Delivery and Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 10/10

A live album that actually rules. Neil is a legend and this is fantastic. A true classic.

Cool album. I enjoy the acoustic and electric halves of it. Is it supposed to be live? I can’t totally tell.

This is my 3rd or 4th Neil Young album so I knew what I was getting coming into this. That being said, surprised by how heavy the second half was. 7/10

gods this is boring. dad rock at its rock bottom

2.2

Boring

Was going to be a 1, but the last few songs saved it. I'm sick of acoustic guitar!

So very much not my thing.

Would've been 4 stars but near the end I could only hear Adam sandlers singing voice and it took me out of it.

Welfare mom's?

Good songs good. Welfare mothers was the nader.

Hey hey

- Oké, zeker niet slecht. - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM

This influenced so much

One of the best albums by one of the best to ever do it. Both the acoustic and the hard rock parts are fantastic — every time I hear the start of Powderfinger I'm instantly transported, one of the most vivid songs ever written.

Great start and finish...the middle not so much. Also Pocahontas was terrible.

This album perfectly showcases the two sides of Neil Young. On the acoustic side, the title track and Pocahontas stand out. The electric side is the heart of the album. The standouts are the electric version of the title track, Powderfinger and Welfare Mothers. I can hear where grunge came from because the guitars throughout the electric side are muddy and dirty, just how I like them.

Seems Neil was passed his peak here

Lovely stuff! Saw a lot of this live, which was tasty. Simpsons: Yes

Solid album.

I didn’t love this but it wasnt awful. Weird one

3 - good album

Beautiful clarity; not for me.

Interesting songs, with “My My, Hey Hey” being the best and most familiar. Some of the recordings started with live cuts, and I sometimes found the sound/audience noise to be a distraction.

I slept through it :) 2 star

Good live music, not a huge Neil young fan, but I can appreciate the talent. 3.3

Decent enough - didn’t really grab me

20.58, hima, sennheiser, qobuz aika turhaa ränkytystä ja monkumista. lämpenin kyllä loppua kohden, vika biisi säröllä oli rokkenroll

blast from the past for me

Really enjoyed it, never heard of the album specifically but knew the first song. Very cohesive, gave my The Who vibes at times. Listened at work so didn't have my full attention... But definitely worth another listen through. Can I come back and edit these reviews later? Testing...

pretty meh vocalistically, didnt really pay much attention to the poetry of it but I caught glimpses of a poetic tendency (lame ass way of not describing precisely what I heard but capturing some vague feeling of it) starting with the pocahontas song. liked the distorted guitar of the first and last song and how they were kind of light and dark versions of each other. that was pretty cool. my my hey hey, hey hey my my. rust never sleeps is a cool title. its always creeping up on you, ready to take over unfeelingly.

Good

Neil has never completely clicked with me, but this is a great record. The last half is better than the first half, and the distortion on the closing track is great.

Not a drive to work jam

I had no idea “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” came from this album. That alone gave it a certain weight going in. I also didn’t realize how fully Neil Young leaned into that off-key, straining wail post-Harvest, and wow, does he commit. 😅 It’s a bit all over the show, but I appreciated the raw edges and the clear roots of grunge planted throughout. A bit messy but undeniably influential.

My My Hey Hey and vice versa, along with Thrasher, Pocahontas, Sail Away and Powderfinger are great. But I tend to lose focus on the other tracks, making this a 4 star instead of a 5.

Starts off very strong. Based off my limited knowledge of him, this feels like the quintessential Neil Young album. Might grow on me.

not the neil i would reach for

It's fine. I'm sure fans of Neil Young love it. Gave it a 4 last time but for some reason this time didn't grab me as much.

I understand the why and wherefore, but not my favorite Neil Young Album

idk man dude is kinda whiny

One of Neil Young's best, right? What more can be said?

Might just be in my top 10. NY really is one of if not the best. Maybe I’m a soft touch on the ratings. Dishing out 5s for fun. 5/5 Best Song: Powderfinger/Hey Hey

Its an easy 5, its so good. Maybe one of his best albums, you can sill here the influence of this album today. Fair to say no grunge without this album?

Enjoyed the mix up of styles but not a big fan

Killer opener and closer, tracks in the middle are a mixed bag (leaning positive) - unfortunately I just don't like the structure of this and I can't see it higher than a 3, though it is absolutely the best Neil Young this challenge has offered (not that that is a big win!)

Meh

Låt, på låt ikoniska.

The first album this site ever served me was 1990’s Ragged Glory, and it was nearly unlistenable. This album, however, was pretty dang good! Much closer to the Neil Young I enjoy, and a ton of really fun songs on the record. Best Track: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Solid lyrical country music. The beginning of the album is measured, played on a couple of chords and creates the atmosphere that you are sitting in a half-empty pub or taking a minibus to another city. The second half of the album is already with more cheerful motives, apparently so that the listener doesn't get bored completely. I can't recommend it, it didn't catch on, but it wasn't bad either.

Nice stuff. Loved songwriting. Didn't liked structure. Probably would work better if acoustic and electric songs followed each other, not divided by sides. Fav song: Pacahontas.

Powderfinger

I didn't know who Neil Young was until I started hearing the music. I liked this album a lot. Rock and blues, the guitars, the harmonica. It made me feel so good and somehow also melancholic. My favorite one has to be Thrasher. For me it is 4.5/5 mini0n, 04/09/2025

A bit slow for my liking, but he is a Canadian classic.

A solid summer backyard album. I'm not the biggest fan of listening to live recordings, but the live tracks blended in well with the studio recordings.

Solid listen. Not anything groundbreaking

Ik viel al vrij snel in slaap

Well chill, maar niet het beste werk van de man denk ik.

Relaxed album, zonder echte uitblinkers. De live recordings zijn zo opgenomen dat je geen last hebt van het publiek en hij speelt goed.

It was pretty decent. Not something I’d search back out though

Back to "new to me" albums today, or at least "I've been meaning to spin that one" albums. I'm familiar with Neil Young, obviously (both through CSNY and Harvest), but I haven't investigated any of the later stuff, and certainly not anything from the Crazy Horse years. Favorites: Powderfinger, Thrasher, Sedan Delivery. A "sorta live" album - side A is much more acoustic and folk-ish than side B, interesting way to structure the album. Love the bookend tracks in both styles.

Bookended by one of the greatest songs of all time, can't go wrong. The rest isn't jazz is great folk moving toward out there jam rock. Big fan.

This was the first Neil Young album I bought, as I was getting into his music and this was his latest release. I listened to this and “Live Rust” almost non-stop for a while, and then went backward and got more of his records. Some of the songs on here haven’t aged as gracefully as others, but this mix of acoustic and electric perfectly encapsulated both sides of his output. “Powderfinger” is my favorite NY song, so that alone lifts this to top tier for me. And I love enough of the others (especially MMHH and HHMM) to make this an absolute must listen.

Classic Neil Young sticking it to the disco era.

Dürfte ein sehr gutes "Autobahn"-Album sein. Gute Riffs und nie langweilig

My My Hey Hey ist gut, ansonsten maximal durchschnittlich. Mag Neil Young teilweise sehr, teilweise ertrage ich seine Stimme nicht.

Unser erstes Neil Young Album, werden wohl noch einige Folgen. Fand Teile echt gut. Das erste Lied ist wunderschön. Der zweite Teil war weniger gut.

Another one of my favorites

Better than Ragged Glory, but Neil Young still baffles. He is not a good singer, though sometimes almost characterful. He can be nearly poetic – “the aimless blade of science” – before collapsing into bathos – “slashed the pearly gates” – or plain cliché - "There's more to the picture that meets the eye." Thrasher is almost Everybody’s Talkin’. The album and songs sound thrown together, the lyrics hardly crafted, but Young has clearly been thinking long and hard about some of the themes. Still, “better to burn out than to fade away” is hardly an insight, and Young does not seem convinced himself: the acoustic version fades away, the electric one burns out. Which is it? The first sounds like a demo awaiting a decent band, the second like a rehearsal waiting for the band to get out of its own way. Neither is the finished article. Why bother? 2 This is survivable. With Neil’s lyrics - which are always turgid and childlike in some degree, never elegant, never truly poetic - everything he does runs somewhere around a fine line between passable and boring. He gets away with it here through the novelty of presenting an album in two halves - a soft, sweet acoustic half and a fuzzy rock band half. If all was done in one style then the album would be intolerable. Christ that drumming is bad though. And the singing not great, the guitar playing pretty bad and the sweet West Coast backing vocals always misplaced. Who thought the handclaps on Welfare Mothers was a good idea? Or anything on Welfare Mothers? Shite. 2/5

Still struggling to understand how people can like Neil Young. They rave on and on about his influence and you go listen and it's just a guy who sucks. First 2 songs were fine then it just goes straight down to the toilet

I love Neil Young

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Sehr fein.

Far too chill for a rock album as far as I'm concerned.

Not bad

The mix of live tracks and studio ones is a bit confusing, but the album overall showcases solid guitar work with Neil Young's signature vocal style. Overall pretty solid, though not world changing.

This is a pleasant and delightful listen.

not a perfect record (sail away is forgettable and welfare mothers regrettable) but it's one of my favourite neil albums

neil young is pretty good

Some interesting lyrics but parts didn’t age well. I enjoy the overall sound of the album but Neil Young’s voice is annoying.

Or you could just make a punk album, that would be a sick genre switch

Powerful live performances. I actually wish it was a longer set.

Thoughts before listening: Neil live album. I both love it and also think it's a little rough around the edges. Of course that's pretty much par for the course with a Neil Young show so it's appropriate. Review: You know what, I think I'm thinking of one of the later Neil live albums. This one is great. First half is acoustic and then he cranks it up for the second half with full on electric Crazy Horse. I was actually prefer the acoustic songs here although it's hard to argue with full on hard rock Neil. This is 5-stars.

I have absolutely no idea what about this works so well for me, but anything other than a 5 star rating feels wrong.

Nice album of the godfather of grunge who shows why he is called like that. If you don't like his voice you will give this a 1 start, otherwise you cannot deny his capability of writing great songs.

Pretty lukewarm on this one. It's a soft 3.

You can never go wrong with a classic. But was I in the mood?

I like the first half of the album with just Niel more than the last half. The last part is interesting but with the clear comparison to the first part I find that the fist part connects more with me Standouts My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) Pocahontas 4/5

Enjoyed this quite a bit

Think I like the acoustic side more than the electric. But it’s all good. Classic Neil. Closer to a 3.5 or 3.75

99/1001. The story of Johnny Rotten: well i just ended up hating P.I.L's Metal Box in the last review. But I don't know about Neil Young, some people claim he's the profet and without him there wouldn't be any grunge and whatnot. For me this is not music to mildly hurt some for. So the same amount of stars as mr. Rotten.

Was a good album, but overall didn't enjoy all of the songs.

Neil Young finally got me tonight. Especially loved the repeating intro and outro tracks. The outro is pleasantly heavy.

Not my favorite Neil Young album. I think Harvest is a much better album.

This was actually quite the surprise and very enjoyable, despite my fears when I took note of this being a mixture of studio and live tracks. The end result is a well-assembled package which sailed by pleasantly in my ears. The stripped back, gentle acoustics combined with infrequent, reflective bursts of harmonica really do provide for some heartstring-tugging moments throughout, with the album coming out of its cave and taking on more optimistic, hard rock tones as it advances. Wikipedia describes Rust Never Sleeps as "proto-grunge", but I'm not sure I'm getting much of that from it (thankfully) - rather, it feels like a precursor to the exploits of bands such as Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Sebadoh et al. The opening track has a veil of darkness shrouded over it in a way quite unlike anything else on the album, probably taking the cake as my highlight. I was also pleasantly surprised by Neil Young as a vocalist - for whatever reason, I was expecting some gravelly, two-pack-a-day smoker groaning, but he has a smoother vocal style much more aligned with vocalists of the 90-00s alt/indie persuasion. Would I put this on again? If the circumstances called for something of this ilk, then yeah, I'd probably reach for it.

La segunda parte del disco tiene una fuerza impresionante. Parece que estés escuchando dos discos de dos artistas distintos. 8/10

I don't think I clicked with this one as much. While the songwriting and instrumentals are fine throughout, nothing on here really wowed me outside of "Powderfinger". I'll at least give the album that it gets much better when it gets more electric on the b-side, but other than that, this one didn't land.

It was cute. Nothing really notable but it was a pleasant listen

Not my favorite Neil album but still a good one. A bit jammy for my tatses

Hey Hey, My My, this album will never die. Yeah this album is pretty damn good. I’d heard Live Rust before, and it was also really good, and also longer than this one. Neil Young really does do some of his best work live. Not only on this album does his music excel, but his lyrics are superb on this album. Songs like Hey Hey, My My(Into The Black) or it’s mirror on the first side of the record, or even songs like Thrasher have really vivid lyrics. The songs are also very musically interesting, with Neil’s harmonica taking center stage in many songs. Crazy Horse also serves as a great backing band, with all of the members supporting Neil in their own ways. The album also has an interesting thesis, “It’s better to burn out ‘cause rust never sleeps”. That’s a sentiment that I’m not sure if I agree with, but it makes for a very interesting theme for the album. Overall, this is a great live album, and a great album in general, now, I’ve got to be headed out, hopefully, into the blue of another good album.

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I'm not sure why we have to listen to this before we die. It's a tight 38 minutes and it's felt long and underwhelming. Neil Young, CSN will drop in popularity as the Boomers kick it. I don't see their appeal. There is so much more interesting music from their contemporaries. It might be my deep dislike of NY's flat, frilly vocals. He's no Thom Yorke or Jeff Buckley.

There's a drum kit on the cover, and the first time you actually notice the drums is over half way in. False advertising.

Just a rock and it's some solid rock

I’ve always wanted to like Neil Young. I’ve got a lot of respect for him but I’ve never really liked listening to his albums past one spin and the wondering why I gave it another try only to try again years later. I also can't help but thinking of that old Dana Carvey bit where he goes "this is every Neil Young song you've ever heard" and then proceeds to do a spot on imitation of every Neil Young song you've ever heard. I was going to give this a 4 based on the respect I have for him but I just can't get into this album until the last 3 songs.

Nice melodies and good background music, but nothing crazy.

Sound album 😌

Not my favourite but a decent album. Might need a closer listen.

3,5 Я очікувала від цього виконавця кантрі, але насправді, єдине, що поєднало цей альбом з Бобом Діланом - губна гармонія. Чи то мені потрапило в настрій, чи це приклад того, що просте - хороше. Думаю, що якби Ніл Янг все-таки приїхав у Київ, то враження від концерту були б приємні і ностальгійні.

5*

Really cool! Very heavy guitar stuff from Neil Young. My My is a classic, obviously, but I hadn't heard the ret of this record before. Surprisingly fun!

Pas mal aber lowkey klingt jedes Lied gleich 6/10?

Top 10 live record - combines every style of playing and performance that Neil has at his command.

This album highlights what I love best about Neil Young - his ability to excel at crooning like a lonesome cowboy at one moment and then turning around and knocking you back with an absolutely blaring, fuzzy, electric chord the next. Solid from beginning to end - I would have liked a bit more mixing of acoustic and electric, but as an intentional two sides of a band, I get it. Truly one of the greats from one of the greats.

Probably my favorite Neil Young album and that's really saying something. From front to back, this is a stellar example of every style of his and I love how it goes from stark acoustic songs to full-on raucous live guitar onslaught. Lyrically, these songs explore the danger of celebrity ("Hey Hey, My My") and the perils of colonialism ("Pocahontas") and violence ("Powderfinger"). And I love how he goes fully punk on "Sedan Delivery." Just a great album

Probably my favorite live album, i spin this pretty much every month at least once. Showcases the two sides of Neil with some excellent acoustic songwriting on the first side; I love the poetry of Thrasher and the wistfulness of Pocahontas especially. Then flip it over and you've got some incredible proto-grunge, Powderfinger is my favorite Neil Young song from a lyrical and musical standpoint, that chorus riff is just awesome, and it tells such a vivid, great story in so few words. And concluding the show with Hey Hey, My My, raucously inverting the intro in a way that matches the song's message perfectly. Old Neil decided to rust instead of burn out and I'm glad he did, saw his show last month and he's still got it

This is my third Neil Young album, and I just didn't connect at all with the other two. I don't know if it's the live-sounding production, the more rock vibe on side 2, or just the brilliant opening, and closing track, but I really enjoyed this one - it's exactly what I wanted the others to be.

not really my taste, but i know my dad really likes neil young.

I have never listened to Neil Young, this album surprised me. Sorry for the backwards comparisons, but I am from a younger generation. Songs like "Thrasher" remind me of The Mountain Goats, and as crazy as this feels to say, and it is not something I was expecting at the tail-end of this album, "Sedan Delivery" sounds like an early prototype of Pixies. Very Francis Black-esque vocals, and while the instrumentation isn't as "strange" as a Pixies song might be, the tempo changes are there. Really neat album considering the the time period.

either something to cry over or to have a slow dance with either way love it

pretty good if you dont care about the lyrics

I’m not listening to anymore Neil Young. I heard there are like 13 of his albums on here. I tried with one record, hated it. I’ve hated his music all my life, and I’ve actually heard a fair amount of it cause I have a buddy that owns like all 113 records he’s put out. There literally is not single piece I’ve ever heard of his that I’ve enjoyed. Don’t need to hear this record to know it’s a big fat goose egg from me. Fuck you, Neil Young. 0.5/5 He gets a half a point for not writing Destiny’s Child’s Survivor.

Singer's voice sounds like Placebo. Lots of acoustic guitar, not a fan. Powderfinger kinda slaps. Second half of the album is actually rock songs, so much better than the first.

Good

Hey hey, my my is too good

I'm a Neil Young fan, but this live album just falls flat for me. 3/5 #151

I can't believe two albums from this combo made it on this list. This one is better than the other, at least.

Not for me

I didn't really like the last Neil Young I got (Tonight's the Night) but really dig this one for some reason. The ear works in mysterious ways.

One of Young’s best - which is saying a lot, considering the quality of his work. A favourite of mine for years, especially the opening and closing tracks, ‘Pocahontas’ and the outstanding ‘Sedan Delivery’. Solid and essential.

So, only one Neil Young album gets a perfect five. But this is very good: turn on Neil Young, watch Inherent Vice, read Vineland, mourn the 60s

This was my second Neil Young album so far, and this one was so much better than Tonight's the Night. I could actually see listening to this one again if the right mood struck.

No me aburre pero no lo pondría por elección propia

Lo escuche por la mitad y si bien tiene un tinte diferente a otras cosas que escuche, no me termino de convencer. Tambien con una onda yankee campirana con la cual no me identifico, musicalmente esta bastante bien

Ufffff que embole hermano

Much like Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home, Rust Never Sleeps has both an acoustic and an electric side - and it’s all the better for it. The latter even proved formative for the sound of grunge that would blossom in the ’90s. Partly tracked live and later overdubbed, these recordings sound raw and yet fantastic. Plus, the collection features some of Neil Young’s absolute finest songs (Thrasher, Pocahontas, Powderfinger, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)). Man, does he shred on the B-side with his Les Paul. I’m not particularly crazy about Ride My Llama, Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery, as they pale in comparison to the other towering songs on the album. But that’s really just nitpicking. Neil Young reportedly included “rust” in the title of the previous tour as a metaphor to avoid artistic stagnation - however, if you’ve got these songs sitting around, one does wonder what exactly he thought he was rusting into.

One of my top 10 favourite artists. So prolific, so political, so non conformist, sometimes raw and gutsy, sometimes sweet and romantic. Love it.

I did not want to like this but I saved 3 songs haha! That is the album rating system, and I'm sticking to it.

This album starts out really strong with My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue), then confused me with a weird blend of Rock, Country and Folk and in the end ruins all the rapport that it built with My, My, Hey, Hey (Into the Black). At least gotta respect the album's flexibility. 2.5/5

Having now finally listened to all 9 albums featuring Neil Young in this challenge, I remain deepy confused about what I think of him. I've rated his albums between 5 stars and 2 stars. The prospect of getting a live album by him definitely filled me with some slight dread. Most of his album struck me as among his more boring material, if I'm being honest. Ok, I get that there was some controversy around the central concept: "It's better to burn out than fade away". Multiple other artists weighed in and Kurt Cobain quoted it in his suicide note. So yeah, that's pretty heavy. But what else do we get aside from one extreme lyric. Most of the songs were fairly forgettable. But... I absolutely love both parts of the album's bookends, "Hey Hey, My My". Both songs work incredibly well on their own and compliment one another perfectly. Neil Young was said to have had a big influence on grunge music, but I never heard anything other than an aging folk singer trying to cash in a teenage trend. But there's definitely a real grunge intensity to that closing track. But once again, I just don't know how to rate it. On the power of that great two part song, I'm tempted to go up to 4 stars, knowing that I might one day come to appreciate the rest of the album. But if I'm being honest, two great songs among some filler is only 3 stars. Apologies to Neil Young fans, but he's just got a very mixed track record for me. When he's great, he's great, but I don't love it all the same.

Meh. I kinda like Neil Young when he does country-rock, but this album is just 90 % country. Worse, it’s (very) slow country. I really can’t relate, sorry. There’s only so much harmonica and soft guitar I can take in a day, and I reached my limit about halfway through the album. This must be a North-American thing. Something about pick-up trucks and long boring drives. I tried to find reasons to give it a 2*, but there’s really nothing that stands out, it just sounds like every country album ever. Neil Young has done much better albums, why include this one ? Do we really need half his discography on this list ?

🗯 Starts on the porch, ends in the garage — both sides glorious. I’ve seen this around heaps, but was never excited by Young so didn’t bother. Joke’s on me! Side A is acoustic and intimate, Neil in storyteller mode with the kind of songs that feel timeless. Side B? He straps in with Crazy Horse and basically sketches the blueprint for grunge a decade early. ‘Powderfinger’ is a scorcher and one of his finest ever — and the namesake for the Aussie band — while ‘My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)’ drops that immortal line: “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Here’s the kicker — most of it was recorded live on tour, but with the crowd noise stripped out, making it feel like a studio album with an untamed edge. I enjoyed this way more than I expected — raw, fearless, and bloody excellent from start to finish. Proof that Neil could be delicate and devastating in the same breath. This album fucking slaps!!

I’m really not a fan of his voice, in fact it reminds me of Kermit but worse. This album strangely grew on me over a few listens though. A surprising 4 stars

An all-time great album with songs that will be played forever.

This is a fairly easy going album, it gently rises and peaks towards the end. It’s good but not great.

A fair chunk of what would become the defining music of the 20th century’s last quarter exists between My My, Hey Hey and its antipodal point, Hey Hey, My My. And, as it happens, so too does what will in all likelihood be my favourite album of this year, the last of the 21st century’s first quarter. First things first, that line. “It’s better to burn out than fade away” was so excruciatingly prescient a lament that it took someone as gifted in running a feeling to its absolute limits as Kurt Cobain to really claim it. Tragically, but that’s Kurt Cobain for you. In its original context, you feel Neil feeling suddenly, perhaps for the first time, less than young. And there’s ample evidence of that perspective shift happening across the record – the biographical ramblings of “Thresher” (symbolism fans: a machine for harvesting); the humble aspirations of “Ride My Llama”; the tragedy of a life cut short for nought in “Powderfinger”; even the resourceful horniness of “Welfare Mothers” and Bukowski-baiting “Sedan Delivery” feel like they’re coming from a place of some sort of hard-fought streetwise wisdom. This album has entirely captivated me. And while it’s because it’s 1) full of absolutely sublime songs and 2) so pivotal a piece in the big old jigsaw of music I love … it’s also because I also feel less than young today. And while the feeling that something’s behind you might be a jarring one, it’s also an invitation to reflect on the privilege that is having something to look back on. As momento mori moments go, this is surely one of the most stirring and inspiring ever articulated. (I mean, it literally invented grunge!) In short, it’s proof if you needed it that burning out or fading away was only ever a false choice. It’s always been neither, and it’s always been both. My my, hey hey.

Realmente no me esperaba este final. Empieza super country y luego evoluciona mas al rock, las ultimas canciones me gustaria volver a escucharlas otra vez

Not a big Neil Young fan tbh but was better than I expected

A collection of 7 skippable songs bookended by 2 decent ones

The 1980 pressing of this that I have is from across the iron curtain in Yugoslavia, where Young seems to be sped up slightly, despite the clear 33rpm labels. I guess it shows just how big he’d gotten in the ~10 years since his debut to be distributed and (probably) well-received across the blue/red divide. Well, a slightly pitched-up version of him anyway. The main stories about this album need no introduction - the acoustic A side and the electric B side, the sort of hybrid live/studio feel, and of course the infamy that now besets My My, Hey Hey - Kurt Cobain’s suicide note. On the acoustic A side you’ll find the crushing opener of My My, Hey Hey to lend itself well into the subsequent, almost as impactful Thrasher, through seldom talked about Ride My Llama, and into the more bright and optimistic double feature of Pocahontas and Sail Away. The electric B side does everything the A side did so brilliantly and then some - from the cascading riff of Powderfinger through to the bookending abrasive sign-out of Hey Hey, My My, not letting up in energy or indeed quality once. That’s right, there isn’t a dull moment on either side, despite what you may hear about Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery, it’s better to really appreciate these two rather than just waiting for the gap between the more popular tracks 6 and 9 to end. That is the beauty of the album format after all. Rust Never Sleeps sees Young round out the 1970s with an unabashed reaffirmation of his songwriting genius, and Crazy Horse provide the engaging backing to propel it into deserved “greatest of all time” discussions, which I still refuse to partake in. You may have had marginally less time to focus on Young’s lyricism if you were living in Sarajevo at the time of its release, but that needn’t matter when you can just flip your record over and start again, right back out of the blue.

Wouldn't buy

Awesome

I don't love Neil Young and I don't love live albums. However, this hits some kind of sweet spot, the recording is great, and what's included comprises a set that is varied and succinct enough to give you a good sense of the multi-faceted Neil Young without it feeling like it's hitting you over the head being overly long. I quite enjoyed this.

Good music

Mmmmm el bodriazo de la semana. Nota: 2.5

3,5

Neil Young is always a good listen and I never knew there were 2 versions of my, my, hey, hey (or hey, hey, my, my).

עצם העובדה שהוא הופך צאלבום פולק לאלבום גראנג' באמצע גורמת לאלבום הזה להיות,בלתי נשכח אלבום מדהים, אין בו דילוגים, מצוין. שיר מועדף - Hey hey, my my (into the black)

Not bad, but also not very exiting. I’m also not sure what to think of Neil Young’s voice.

This is #day358 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's been 3 or 4 days since I last got a Neil Young & Crazy Horse album. While I rated that one a 2, I thought I couldn't follow suit with this record, at least because there's "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)," which I like. So be it. This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day359.

Cool country vibes. Will deffo listen again

Love it!

“My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” is one of the great treatises on the rock star life. This is sort of a Frankenalbum, half live, half in the studio, but it’s up there with Neil’s best. Also, Fuck Joe Rogan.

Oh how I wish I was born during the great harmonica boom of the 70s and 80s Starts as great folk rock but becomes meh rock towards the end and it’s a bit repetitive, Neil young also says some crazy shit unprompted on this album

i liked it more than i thought i would. slightly goated?

Kindof a weird album. I enjoyed it but some of the lyrics and themes are questionable. Good sound weird context.

Very chill listen, but nothing really caught my attention very strongly

Eh? Like it wasn’t terrible but I didn’t jive with a lot of it

😩😩😩 I just love neil young so much he’s my goat.

Honestamente, me aburrio, no le preste casi anda de atencion al album. Siento que en un futuro me puede gustar mas.

Not perfect but pretty darn close. Thrasher all the way.

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My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) 4 Thrasher 3.8 Ride My Llama 3.4 Pocahontas 3.5 Sail Away 3.6 Powderfinger 4 Welfare Mothers 3.8 Sedan Delivery 4 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 4.2 Score: 3.811111111

Sleepy, too mellow for me. Listened while cooking

One known song from this album, it’s experimental as usual. Some great harmonica passages. Nothing terrible but nothing notable.

Ok muziek, Maar ik hou niet van Neil Young zijn stem. Jammer

It's okay. Great storytelling and the instrumentals are great in parts.

Grew on me as it went through the album, might listen again

Not my favourite Neil my a long stretch but still a great Neil. Probably rounded down a bit.

Cool

Neil Young just ain't the most interesting artist for me, last half was good though for sure

I feel this deserves to be better but it ends up being repetitive and for what is not that long of an album feeling long. But the music is enjoyable in spots.

I really like Neil Young’s voice. It was a pleasant listen. I only knew My My Hey Hey.

The album is kinda all over the map. Solid listen--like that it opens with the smooth acoustic My My, Hey Hey and ends with the gritty electric Hey Hey, My My. Clear there's a lot going on in the album, but even when not listening intently to the lyrics, I still enjoyed listening to it.

In another world I may have liked Neil Young and this album. It's a bit weak in the middle, but overall it's a pretty solid piece of music. One that I listened to everyday for years, as it was the tape in my buddies car, and he either didn't want to change it or couldn't so everywhere we went it was to the soundtrack of this album.

Believe it or not, I thought this album was pretty bland. There’s nothing really here that makes me think this should be a good album.

Previously rated: Harvest (2/5) After the Gold Rush (3/5) Tonight's the Night (3/5) Ragged Glory (3/5) On The Beach (3/5) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (4/5) ********************************************* I just had Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere three albums ago. I didn't really want another Neil Young so soon, but random is random. At some point between that album and this one, Neil developed that awful whiny, nasally singing voice that I can't stand. That ruins anything good that might be here, like the last track Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) which almost sounds metal. I think this is one they could have definitely left off the list. That's seven albums from this guy (not counting any CSNY). We are done with him now, right?

Range of 70s styles from acoustic, rock to punk. Excellent audio mix. Great intro and outro to classic live album.

Contains some of Neil Young's best-written and most lyrically rich songs, such as "Pocahontas" and "Powderfinger". I just wish this weren't a live album that was overdubbed. Tracks like "Thrasher" have that ugly acoustic-electric guitar sound that just takes me out of it. The first half which is basically all acoustic, could have been better with more polished studio work. The second half is more raw and electric, but the recording quality is still flawed, a little flat. The album progresses in chaos from the gentle acoustic version of "Hey Hey My My (Out of the Blue)" to the absurdly gritty version "(Into the Black)", which is interesting. I understand the raw and improvisational sound throughout is probably what was intended, but I just can't help but wonder how much better some songs could have been as studio recordings.

Just not my type of music.

Great voice and good guitar playing. No one song really pulled me in though.