• Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Sep 28, 2010
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Negative: 1 out of 17
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Wire
    Dec 22, 2010
    70
    The songwriting is at times patchy....But the noise of Le Noise sets it above Young's last few albums. [Nov 2010, p.62]
  2. Dec 22, 2010
    86
    Young's sandblasting electric guitar sits handsomely alone before eerie rumbling atmospheres.
  3. 80
    There are no enduring classics here like the songs on 2007's Live At Massey Hall, or anything to rival the material that helped define late '70s AOR from, say, American Stars 'n Bars or Rust Never Sleeps. But this is a record well worth having, and it's a blessing that we still have enduring artists like Neil Young creating such vital music.