Landing On Water
by Neil Young
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Neil Young bestography
Landing On Water is ranked 62nd 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 83 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,058.
(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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Landing On Water track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 68 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Landing On Water rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1986 | 24/29 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | December 2022 (deleting) | 55/99 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1986 | 21/69 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Worst Albums I’ve Listened To | 29/59 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 33 Music Albums of 1986 | 22/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1986 | 55/58 | 0 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Neil Young: So Far.. | 25/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 51 Music Albums of 1986 | 49/51 | 0 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 26/100 | 15 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 49 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/24/2026 20:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,717 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 23:08 | lanadeleswift | 3,819 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 18:38 | spinout | 3,529 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.1/100, a mean average of 56.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 01/29/2021 16:26 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
Repo 11/28/2018 14:15 in Controversial Music Opinions On BEA!Landing On Water comments
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Have I mentioned I'm not normal? I'm the guy that liked this album from the start, grew to love it as time went on.
But with the sound and volume he hung on it, it was almost unprogrammable on the radio for a sort of alternative and americana station. If we'd been playing Boston and Foreigner I think it would have been easy-- but they didn't try either, so maybe I'm wrong... anyway, some of his best material and well presented-- just maybe too distinct and distinguished for its own good.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2019 06:49 | #241570
I could get more behind this if the production was more polished. That might sound strange but he's the that type of guy who will go for the all out 80s sheen but do it his way, which ends up in no man's land. Should have just gone all out production. The drums just sound shit. Maybe I'm not getting the full experience on Spotify. Give me Trans anyday over this.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/14/2020 01:52 | #253494
I have to hand it to Neil Young, for as hair brained an attempt as Trans was, this actually is not that bad. Sure, the songs aren't interesting at all, but at least I can sit through it all at once. I didn't retch a single time listening to this. Will I listen to it again? Probably not.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/10/2016 12:45 | #159264
An album dominated by drums & synthesizer gives it a very 80's sound. Regarded as a bad album by fans, its not great, but listening to it now its not that bad. Hippie Dream, Hard Luck Stories & I Got A Problem sound ok as does the opening & closing tracks.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/29/2022 23:04 | #280282
Gotta say I love this haha. Love 80s synth and this is a fun album. Weird turn for Young but so was Trans but hell I love that one too haha.
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