Live Rust (live album)
by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young & Crazy Horse bestography
Live Rust is ranked 10th best out of 94 albums by Neil Young on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Young is After The Gold Rush which is ranked number 83 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,783.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 45 hours ago | Leginlists | 370 | 82/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | matterhornrider | 4,748 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 19:56 | Johnnyo | 9,517 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:23 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 14:30 | Skerns | 4,978 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.6/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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A perfect live collection of Many of Young´s greatest son gs. You lovce him, then you will love the release. He is one of those artists who is even better live than on vinyl.
This has a track score of 90 and is placed at 25th in my overall chart. It has a rating of 100
VictorVale 02/15/2021 15:58 | #266338
Neil Young tem muito mais força no palco, principalmente acompanhado da Crazy Horse.
An excellent live album with a good variety of acoustic numbers and some hard rocking jams with Crazy Horse. The tracks range from early stuff to tunes off the recently released Rust Never Sleeps. The album even kicks it up a notch on the back half.
Key tracks: Like a Hurricane, Cortez the Killer and Tonight's the Night
I bought this album many years ago, possible late 70". Right away i really like it. Most of the live version are better than studio versions. Neil and Crazy Horse really show that they could rock with the best of them. Still think that the live Zeppelin albums are better.
99/100. Exellent guitarmusic.
hoyquarlow 11/16/2015 18:24 | #153020
Along with Nirvana's MTV unplugged this is the best LIVE album I've ever listened. Most of the songs here sounds even better than on the original album.
I loved this record upon first listen some 32 years ago. I love the acoustic half equally with the electric half. "Powderfinger" being the absolute highlight. "The Loner" & "Like a Hurricane" rival it though. Least fav track "Sedan Delivery". What an album! It will always hold a special place and I return to it often. Best of both Neils acoustic & electric & I really love Live albums & live music. Highly reccommended! MEZ
junodog4 06/24/2012 17:09 | #45294
What a live performance. Neil Young shows the world that he can rock with the best of them. I don't usually like live albums, but when I do, I prefer Live Rust.
Romanelli 03/27/2011 14:37 | #19643
Released 5 months after Rust Never Sleeps, an almost live album with studio overdubs and removed crowd noise, Young released the fully live Live Rust. Starting off with Young playing solo, he is joined by Carzy Horse and turns in a rocking performance. The song selection is key, and it's mostly great here (although "Lotta Love" sounds out of place). From "Sedan Delivery" on, it's all rock. "Powderfinger" (maybe Neil's best song) is awesome as always, and following that with "Cortez The Killer", Cinnamon Girl", and "Like A Hurricane"...how could you not enjoy this album? Even asking for the crowds help to stop a rainstorm at the end of "The Loner" is priceless.
There is a concert film of this somewhere, directed byYoung under the name Bernard Shakey. Also of note...the guitar solo on "Cortez The Killer" was cut short because of time limitations for CD.
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