The Needle And The Damage Done (track)
by Neil Young
The Needle And The Damage Done appears on the following album(s) by Neil Young:
- Harvest (track #9) (this album) (1972)
- Decade (track #24) (compilation) (1977)
- Greatest Hits (track #9) (compilation) (2004)
- Live At Massey Hall 1971 (track #12) (2007)
- The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 (track #125) (compilation) (2009)
- Songs For Judy (track #21) (2018)
- Young Shakespeare (track #3) (2021)
- Royce Hall 1971 (track #12) (2022)
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (track #11) (2022)
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 (track #11) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 08:12 | zsolti | 7,323 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 03:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,454 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 20:43 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 17:03 | Deckard | 423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 12:01 | Juneof44 | 4,704 | 73/100 |
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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 88.7/100, a mean average of 88.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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Even as a Neil Young fan, although not a fanatic, I still think this one of the most overrated songs of all time.
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