Live Rust
by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse bestography
Live Rust is ranked 10th best out of 98 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 14,038.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Live Rust on YouTube
Live Rust track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Live Rust rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 301-400 | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 31 America Canada | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1979 | 24/71 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 47 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/47 | 4 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | junodog4 | Best 100 of Canada | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 100 / 100 songs | 29/72 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 235 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,215 | |||
Live Rust collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 209 members
Live Rust ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 358 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 4 days ago | Steppenwolf666 | 10,023 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 17:49 | conallmalone | 1,743 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:24 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
Live Rust favourites
Showing latest 10 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 57 members
Live Rust forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4 BestEverAlbums 09/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5433): By Johnnyo BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5360): By hoyquarlowLive Rust comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/27/2011 14:37 | #19643 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
(Edited)
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 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/24/2012 17:09 | #45294 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
hoyquarlow 11/16/2015 18:24 | #153020 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
99/100. Exellent guitarmusic.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
