Southern Man (track)
by Neil Young
Southern Man appears on the following album(s) by Neil Young:
- After The Gold Rush (track #4) (this album) (1970)
- Decade (track #15) (compilation) (1977)
- Greatest Hits (track #7) (compilation) (2004)
- Journey Through The Past (track #5) (1972)
- The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 (track #96) (compilation) (2009)
- The Times (track #6) (2020)
- Greatest Hits (1985) (track #8) (compilation) (1985)
- Carnegie Hall 1970 (track #8) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/16/2025 19:39 | machiaj | 8,873 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:18 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 47,915 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 09:49 | platus | 31,651 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 07:19 | zsolti | 6,710 | 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 89.6/100, a mean average of 89.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.1.
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Squonk007 05/22/2024 18:29 | #303654
Good but not brilliant.
Young attempts to compete with "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand"--with a piano riff.
True but he had made better songs of this style in Everybody knows... and made better in On the Beach, still, everything in this album seems overrated compared to the others... each to their own ;)
One of the highlights of the album
Incredible song!
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