American Stars 'N Bars (studio album) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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American Stars 'N Bars is ranked 9th best out of 26 albums by Neil Young & Crazy Horse on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse is Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere which is ranked number 196 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,372.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 03/30/2024 22:26 | matterhornrider | | 82/100 |
70/100 | 01/28/2024 10:46 |  doombringer | | 77/100 |
70/100 | 01/21/2024 23:53 | colinmacD33 | | 80/100 |
55/100 | 12/05/2023 12:58 | fabm0 | | 59/100 |
75/100 | 07/17/2023 11:21 | JamesMowbray | | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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OldToad 07/20/2022 04:08
It's true this album was assembled from parts, so to speak, but I think it's actually very coherent, and I think it cuts very deep. There's a drunken randiness and meanness to the first side, with a stormy climax. Then you flip the record (you don't have to listen to vinyl, but this was the lp era, and the two-side arc was something they worked with), and it deepens from alcohol to acid, he takes you on a trip, and then he ends with a message: friend, grow your own trip. This is a thoughtful and deeply felt record, is what it sounds like to me, but I guess that's just me.
American Stars n' Bars is a record compiled from several sessions over 3 years, so the result is a record that is a bit of a sample of some of Neil Young's styles. There is some folk, rock, country. A lot of this record has a fun element to it and it sounds fairly raw at times. Will to Love and Like a Hurricane are the essential tracks on this one.
VictorVale 11/14/2020 13:44
Belo álbum, consistente... O back vocal e o violão de corda de metal agregaram bastante.
A very mixed album in terms of quality. 'Will To Love' and 'Like A Hurricane' are a fine pair of tracks, but the rest of the album doesn't really come close.
teague 06/14/2020 02:20
His worst of the 70s. Still a fine record. Like a Hurricane is the obvious highlight. Hold Back the Tears, Bite the Bullet, and Will to Love being less obvious, but still great in their own right.
ExTeaSea 09/01/2018 21:33
I think it's a great Neil Young album, easily one of my top five favorites of his. Don't know why it's ranked this low.
Not one of Neil Young's best albums but certainly a case could be made for it being underrated and overlooked. American stars'n' bars is possibly Young's least essential album of the seventies(maybe, Comes a time), but there is some good stuff here. Will to love, Hold back the tears, and of course, Like a hurricane, are standouts and the rest of the album is fine too. ASNB is a good record, just not a great one.
If you like some country music, then you should like this album. Neil was always trying something different, and it is quiet niece album. My favourite tracks are Star of Bethlehem,Will to love and Like a Hurricane
Not his best record and certainly not his worst. It's worth a listen.
Best Track: Like a Hurricane
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