Life
by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young & Crazy Horse bestography
Life is ranked 56th best out of 97 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 14,346.
(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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Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 06/04/2026 09:33 | JamesMowbray | 5,509 | 69/100 | |
| 02/28/2026 15:43 |  AAL2014 | 3,927 | 75/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 20:05 | spinout | 3,433 | 81/100 | |
| 06/20/2025 12:28 | davidhuret | 2,035 | 76/100 | |
| 08/09/2024 18:47 | TonySayers61 | 24,803 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.7/100, a mean average of 59.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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Life was released on July 6, 1987. It was Neil Young's final album with Geffen Records and featured the return of Crazy Horse.
The album was born out of frustration and legal battles.
The label Geffen sued Young for making music "not characteristic" of himself; this album was his defiant answer.
Most tracks were recorded live during the Rusted-Out Garage tour to capture a raw, unpolished energy.
In the Cover Young is pictured behind bars, with five marks on the wall representing his five "years" (albums) under contract with Geffen.
VictorVale 01/01/2021 21:53 | #263600
Neil não chegou a lugar algum com esse álbum.
teague 06/14/2020 01:59 | #253496
YAWN. I had to stop listening to this more than once and do a lap around my house to try to shake it off. Absolutely no highlights and nothing going for it, Life is more like death. Please don't listen to this. I've only heard a couple things as bad as this.
sssvnnn 04/05/2019 10:43 | #234528
The album is OK, but it´s among his weakest albums.
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