Ambulance Blues (track)
by Neil Young
Year: 1974
From the album On The Beach (track #8)
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Ambulance Blues appears on the following album(s) by Neil Young:
- On The Beach (track #8) (this album) (1974)
- Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976) (track #62) (compilation) (2020)
- Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (track #4) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 80,807 | 70/100 | |
| 02/02/2026 16:24 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 06:10 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 12/01/2025 09:49 | platus | 32,326 | 76/100 | |
| 10/15/2025 16:57 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.6/100, a mean average of 88.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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So melancholy but gorgeous. As good as anything Dylan ever wrote. One of Neil's best.
I interpret this song to be about the Manson Family
Masterful, possibly his best.
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