Time Fades Away (live album) by Neil Young

Time Fades Away by Neil Young
(Live album)
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 4,157th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 188 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1973 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (713th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,157th)
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Neil Young bestography

Time Fades Away is ranked 13th best out of 94 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 15,091.

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77/100 (from 188 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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From 11/01/2023 23:46
I don't know when people started talking about a "Ditch Trilogy," but those are three very different albums. And they're no more ditch-y than Zuma or Stars and Bars or even Rust Never Sleeps, for that matter. It's not disparaging this album, which does have a certain something (I remember back in the day, in a very very altered state, thinking it was speaking right to me...I'm not reacting to my first or second or twentieth listen), to state the plain fact that it isn't anywhere near the same level as the other two that it's getting lumped in with, one of which is an actual masterpiece. I think of Don't Be Denied as a low point, just not my taste at all, but some of the other tracks like the opener, LA, and of course Last Dance are some pretty good loosey-goosey Neil to my ears. But only pretty good, there is a lot better to be found elsewhere. I'll take this over Harvest any day, but it's not a great album by any stretch.
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80/100
From 06/21/2020 01:43
The beginning of the famed Ditch Trilogy. Time Fades Away is definitely the weakest link in the chain. It’s not the worst thing ever like Neil Young seemed to think (he pretty much denies the existence of this album), it just doesn’t work as well as the other entries in the trilogy.
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From 03/21/2020 14:30
I consider this to be a pretty ballsy record for Neil Young. He rebounded after a commercial smash with a live album of new material. I know its not one of Neil's personal favorites and its probably the weakest of the "Ditch trilogy" but its still a great album.
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55/100
From 04/07/2019 10:56
A live album of new material that documents a time whereby N.Y was at war with his band as well as his audience who wanted 'Harvest' and instead got .... this

A third of the Ditch trilogy and an essential album for rock fans
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From 02/29/2016 13:07
A great record a true Neil Young classic.
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From 09/26/2014 10:22
An all time classic, as well as the beginning of the so-called "Ditch Trilogy" along with On The Beach, and Tonight's The Night, which are classics also. All are HIGHLY recommended.
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From 11/30/2010 01:58
Needs a proper release. Great album.
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From 05/25/2009 22:35
the only neil young album not on CD........raw, unfiltered young. one of the genre's best-ever autobiographical songs is "don't be denied."
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1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
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