The Monsanto Years
by Neil Young And Promise Of The Real
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Neil Young And Promise Of The Real bestography
The Monsanto Years is ranked 49th 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 14,029.
(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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The Monsanto Years track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Monsanto Years 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 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2015 | 54/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2015 | 73/86 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 92 Music Albums of 2015 | 83/92 | 1 |
| 2025 | platus | Top 22 Music Albums of 2015 | 6/22 | 4 |
| 2025 | baz1860 | Top 35 Music Albums of the 2010s | 29/35 | 4 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Ranking: Neil Young's albums | 39/48 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Neil Young incl.w/Crazy Horse (CAN) & collabs - Ranked | 80/95 | - |
| 2025 | henrygreen0203 | Top 53 Music Albums of 2015 | 18/53 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 89 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/13/2026 10:37 | Leschoses | 123 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 00:51 | Skerns | 5,213 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 09:36 | platus | 5,891 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.8/100, a mean average of 65.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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neilgee 07/10/2020 04:54 in What album are you listening to right now? Graeme2 03/13/2017 13:20 in Album of the day (#2294): After The Gold Rush by Neil YoungThe Monsanto Years comments
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Sandrof1969 02/24/2018 08:32 | #209434
A settant'anni nessuno può licenziare uno dei propri dischi migliori, ma "The Monsanto years" dice del suo autore molto di più di tanti altri suoi dischi del passato, nel bene ( belle melodie, cavalcate elettriche, canzoni riuscite ) e nel male ( sbavature, alti e bassi ).
VictorVale 04/16/2021 14:46 | #268602
O rock salva o álbum, mas achei forçado!
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