Prairie Wind
by Neil Young

Prairie Wind by Neil Young
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-27
Overall rank: 5,475th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 122 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (103rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (946th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,475th)

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Neil Young bestography

Prairie Wind is ranked 27th 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 84 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,268.

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Prairie Wind
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Overall rank: 5,475th | 2000s rank: 946th | 2005 rank: 103rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 122 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.


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From 11/26/2025 15:22 | #311845
Lackluster uninspired release. Not sure if there were any classics associated with the release but I don't think so. Probably won't listen to it again as there are so many other great NY listens.
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From 03/06/2021 12:50 | #267012
Não está entro os melhores, mas passa longe dos piores. Algumas belas pérolas!
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70/100
I agree, it sounds like his well known two acoustic folk albums, though it isn't as brilliant as they were. Best tracks for me are The Painter and Here for You while otheres like the last two I don't like and many are just fine. Still, it's a nice album to listen.
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75/100
An acoustic based album recorded in Nashville has a similar sound to Harvest & Harvest Moon. Best tracks The Painter, Here For You, the title track and Falling.....the final track is both a bit corny and serious at the same time.
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