Live At Massey Hall 1971
by Neil Young
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Live At Massey Hall 1971 is ranked 18th 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 14,431.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 03/23/2026 20:20 | Devilwoac | 1,209 | 97/100 | |
| 02/28/2026 00:09 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 02/22/2026 16:42 | Jantje | 663 | 75/100 | |
| 01/16/2026 10:06 | Leginlists | 3,404 | 83/100 | |
| 12/11/2025 16:38 |  AAL2014 | 3,788 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Captures Young on the cusp of becoming a megastar. He’s beautifully unpolished on this record with his acoustic guitar playing a lot of early Harvest cuts.
Essential for Neil Young fans.
Fantastic documentation of a young genius at work.
Criminally underrated on this site.
Massey Hall is near and dear to my heart. I fell in love with Neil Young's music through this album. His voice is not to be believed.
One of those concerts you wish you were there... Such an intimate, powerful live album
This album kinda ruined Harvest for me (in a good way). The live setting's just more Neil's speed than the (at times) orchestrated, well-rehearsed studio versions. Many of the songs are from Harvest, but I just prefer these stripped back renditions of them.
sszwalbenest 01/18/2014 03:25 | #100905
Superb live album. Much more polished than Live at the Cellar Door. A Man Needs a Maid/ Heart of Gold was my favorite track.
junodog4 11/01/2012 15:07 | #53934
It's a brilliant venue - you can hear the heritage, the intimacy, and the 'hometown' crowd familiar with the artist. And it has great acoustics. A brilliant album that sells Neil Young as well as it sells Massey Hall.
This is a must have for Neil Young fans and for those on the fence about this great artist. All his early stuff is here and he delivers superb renditions of his classics solo/unaccompanied by any other musician. This was instantly a favorite of mine and his best release in years.
Romanelli 12/04/2011 18:46 | #31986
This album was released in 2007, not 1971.
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