Re-Ac-Tor
by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse bestography
Re-Ac-Tor is ranked 31st 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 14,121.
(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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Re-Ac-Tor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Re-Ac-Tor rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1981 | 59/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Neil Young (and related)- Albums ranked | 75/79 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 57 Music Albums of 1981 | 34/57 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Neil Young: So Far.. | 23/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1981 Pt 2 | 9/14 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/18 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 166 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/06/2026 05:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 04:23 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2025 22:16 |  ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.1/100, a mean average of 64.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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I was working in a record store when this first came out. It was brought home along with probably a dozen other lp's and somehow forgotten. To my surprise I found this hidden gem 2 weeks ago and WOW what a rocker. His guitar tone on this album is just great. Although not Mr. Youngs best, it should not be this low!
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I don't know why so many critics completely panned this when it came out, it's an alright record. Not great by any means, but it just sounds like Neil and Crazy Horse doing what they do. I also don't understand why this is labeled as a new wave record. There are synths on like 3 songs, and they're never structural to the song in any way. Shots has this same synth sample every couple seconds, I think it's supposed to simulate gun sounds. Doesn't sound like a gun to me. Most every song on the record is fine, with one exception. T-Bone. It. Is. AWFUL. There's a grand total of two stupid lines throughout the entire song (Got mashed potatoes / Ain't got no T-Bone), which is just the band dickin' around for 9 whole minutes. Do yourself a favor and skip it. Rest of the album is fine, though Shots does get pretty middling at around 4 and a half minutes in.
Very underrated lp. Shots, Southern Pacific and T-Bone are excellent.
Competent garage rock from Neil and co. Not one of his best but enjoyable enough. Not bad.
Not one of NY's masterpieces but still a descent album
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