Old Ways (studio album) by Neil Young

Old Ways by Neil Young
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 7,782nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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65/100 (from 87 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1985 (101st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,155th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,782nd)
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Neil Young bestography

Old Ways is ranked 21st best out of 90 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 16,359.

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Old Ways track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 87 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.9/100, a mean average of 63.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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From 12/27/2021 16:38
El disco de Neil Young más cercano a la tradición country. Extraordinario.
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From 06/26/2021 22:19
Old Ways came out at the peak of Neil Young's struggles with Geffen Records in the 1980s. I actually enjoy this album. Young obviously experimented with country on earlier albums, but never on this level. Its definitely not a top tier release for Neil, but there are plenty of enjoyable tracks here. I'm actually surprised that the duet with Willie Nelson Are There Anymore Real Cowboys didn't become a country hit just because of the magnitude of the stars involved. Waylon Jennings also provides backing vocals to several songs and eventually gets a duet in Bound for Glory.
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From 12/23/2020 15:48
Já viveu momentos melhores na carreira.
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From 06/14/2020 02:04
Neil Young dabbles further than he ever has into country, and I have to say Old Ways is just fine. It's a perfectly good country album. He's not breaking any new ground, and the production is very 80s country, but there are actually a couple highlights on this thing (The Wayward Wind, Once an Angel, Misfits). If you have a very strong distaste for country, steer clear of this one, but if you're a longtime fan of Neil Young, you know he has a sort of affinity for the genre. He pulls it off well enough too.
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From 02/12/2015 07:41
He recorded 5 albums for Geffen in the 1980's this IMO is the best. Not a great Young album but better than its current position (40th out of 55) As the title suggests it is a folk/country album. Misfits and Bound for Glory are the best tracks.
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