Hawks & Doves (studio album)
by Neil Young
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Hawks & Doves is ranked 28th best out of 95 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 14,712.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 11/12/2025 20:34 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 11:09 | steve397 | 462 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2025 13:47 | mattmaster | 432 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2024 14:09 | Philly28 | 879 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2024 02:59 | dhbarrett | 8,201 | 65/100 |
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AAL2014 02/19/2023 18:46 | #294221
Definitely one of the more curious of Neil’s first dozen solo albums. I prefer the more musically subdued, lyrically intricate first half of the album, but the more upbeat, country back half is solid too although it’s not my preference as far as Neil Young goes.
The first side of Hawks & Doves is mostly composed of folky 70s Neil Young outtakes and the second half is a handful of country rock tunes. The two halves don't really come together that well and the first side has stronger songs. The whole thing seems like a funny follow up to a modest success with Rust Never Sleeps, but its easy enough to listen to and is still probably one of the standout albums among Neil's 80s work.
VictorVale 11/30/2020 17:42 | #261682
Eficiente disco de country rock do Neil. vale ouvir algumas vezes.
teague 06/14/2020 02:22 | #253501
The first four songs are very enjoyable and stand up to Neil Young's lesser 70s stuff, but the last half of record is easily forgettable and not really worth a deeper listen. He gets much worse in the 80s though.
It's very underrated. I like this album
The first half is fine albeit a little flat, but for the second half of the album the music descends into a series of strange throwaway country doodles. Without doubt an album of two halves.
I bought Hawks & Doves by Neil Young on 06/03/2004 from on CD for £- The version I have is on the record label Reprise catalogue number 9362-48499-2 It entered the UK charts on 15/11/1980 and got to number 34 spending a total of 3 weeks on the chart.
It's hard to follow up a record as good as "Rust Never Sleeps". Mr. Young produced a solid album with this one, not a classic but a good collection of songs.
Great album for Neil Young fanboys!!! Not a classic but extremely enjoyable and the second half is quite fun.
Graeme2 01/15/2014 08:56 | #100686
Lot of ny fans don't rate this. Not sure why as its not a big departure from his classic sound and there's some great tracks on here. Not a classic by his standards but good solid album. He's made a lot worse.
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