Hawks & Doves
by Neil Young
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Neil Young bestography
Hawks & Doves is ranked 29th 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 14,015.
(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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Hawks & Doves track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hawks & Doves rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1980 | 55/73 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1980 | 22/23 | 0 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1980 Pt 2 | 24/29 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 45 Music Albums of 1980 | 32/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Neil Young: So Far.. | 21/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 | 12/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 | 15/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1980 | 25/44 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 91 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 206 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 23:06 | lanadeleswift | 3,791 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 04:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,932 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 01:15 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/26/2010 00:00 | #8620 | TOP COMMENT
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There are so many good Neil Young albums, but for me, this one rings the most true, the themes, arrangements, music, band, all seem to gel so well...my favorites, "Coming apart at every nail", and "Little Wing". Came on the heels of "Rust never sleeps" which was huge...everyone hated this...too populist, I imagine.
Here is "Little Wing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPnQTpElBw (Edited)
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2014 08:56 | #100686 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Great album for Neil Young fanboys!!! Not a classic but extremely enjoyable and the second half is quite fun.
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.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/19/2023 18:46 | #294221 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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