Old Man (track)
by Neil Young
Old Man appears on the following album(s) by Neil Young:
- Harvest (track #6) (this album) (1972)
- Decade (track #19) (compilation) (1977)
- Greatest Hits (track #10) (compilation) (2004)
- Live At Massey Hall 1971 (track #3) (2007)
- The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 (track #127) (compilation) (2009)
- Live At The Cellar Door (track #6) (2013)
- Young Shakespeare (track #2) (2021)
- Greatest Hits (1985) (track #2) (compilation) (1985)
- Carnegie Hall 1970 (track #14) (2021)
- Royce Hall 1971 (track #3) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 12:46 | ak1999 | 6 | 90/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 14:54 |  swed | 3,742 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 14:35 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
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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 91.1/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/15/2012 18:25 | #48608
Gets extra points for his strange use of the banjo. A solid song.
In my top 10 songs, simply amazing.
Amazing
