Le Noise
by Neil Young
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Neil Young bestography
Le Noise is ranked 21st 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 82 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,076.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Le Noise track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Le Noise rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 25 Music Albums of 2010 | 15/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2010 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2010 | 29/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 25 Music Albums of 2010 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 80 Music Albums of 2010 | 79/80 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Blow Up Critics Playlist 2010 | 6/50 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 73 Music Albums of 2010 | 21/73 | 4 |
| 2026 | baz1860 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 82/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 84/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 130 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 384 | |||
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Le Noise ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/04/2026 01:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,823 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 18:27 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,778 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:46 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,155 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Le Noise forum mentions
pedro1976 09/28/2026 18:49 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 09/28/2023 06:46 in What album are you listening to right now?Le Noise comments
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teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/14/2021 23:04 | #273739 | TOP COMMENT
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Neil Young proves his songwriting abilities once again with Le Noise. Assisted only by his guitar and some tasteful production embellishments, Young bellows through 37 minutes of some great noisy, yet folksy material. Namely Hitchhiker, which had gone unreleased until this point, though it had been written and recorded in 1976. Not for everyone, especially those who aren't a fan of Ragged Glory and the likes.
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2013 19:46 | #89112 | TOP COMMENT
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Doesn't contain any instant classics, but what I like about it is how it sounds. It's sparse--just Neil and his electric guitar--but it's so heavy. It's the nastiest guitar sound I've heard on a record in a long time.
Another Neil Young experiment record. Not to everyone's taste but the man has no fear when it comes to music. You have to at least admire that.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/13/2013 18:11 | #97482 | TOP COMMENT
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Can't get into it. Not many do albums with just heavy distortrd electric guitar as backing. There is a reason why.
An interesting albeit not entirely successful collaboration from Young and Lanois. It's okay, but it's all a bit samey, and sometimes you just cry out for some drums and bass to kick in and to just get rocking. Hitchhiker, is a highlight though.
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