Silver & Gold
by Neil Young
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Rolling Stone
    90
    This record demands a room full of quiet and your undivided attention. Listen to it any other way and you may be disappointed, even bored, by it. And that will be your hard luck, because Silver and Gold is Neil Young at his hushed, acoustic best: simple, romantic, direct.
  2. Checkout.com
    90
    Silver & Gold is as pretty an album as Young's created yet...
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Slight but lovely...
  5. L.A. Weekly
    80
    A wonderfully warm recording, Silver & Gold is country-folk soaked in co-producer Ben Keith's crying pedal steel, Neil's harmonica, fiddles, acoustic guitars and even Emmylou and Linda for good measure on one cut.
  6. Billboard
    80
    A wonderfully subtle, often moving collection of acoustic tunes that illuminates Young's incomparable tunesmithing and a voice that can deliver volumes of emotion and subtext in a simple phrase.
  7. Mojo
    80
    A mellow, tender, easy album...
  8. Wall of Sound
    78
    With hushed arrangements that feature little more than acoustic guitar and piano over bass and drums, plus the occasional steel guitar or pump organ, the album is Young at his simplest and most easygoing.
  9. CDNow
    70
    This one finds him getting almost downright sappy. But it suits him well.
  10. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Gently acoustic, peacefully steeped in nostalgia and remembrance, it generates a warm glow of grace...
  11. Ink Blot Magazine
    70
    Most of the time these low-key meditations on enduring love and friendship ring true...

Awards & Rankings

79
#79 Best Album of 2000
93
#93 Most Discussed Album of 2000
67
#67 Most Shared Album of 2000

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. mrtew
    Jan 2, 2012
    10
    One of my favourite Neil Young albums by far. Razor Love and Without Rings are the best! Not for rockin out of course, but for gettingOne of my favourite Neil Young albums by far. Razor Love and Without Rings are the best! Not for rockin out of course, but for getting mellow it's fantastic!… Full Review »
  2. petbog
    Sep 26, 2006
    9
    The older I am, the better this album sounds. I like live DVD version with some extra songs (taken from Looking Forward CSNY album). Strong The older I am, the better this album sounds. I like live DVD version with some extra songs (taken from Looking Forward CSNY album). Strong melodies. This one is IMHO much better than LwW or Prairie Wind. Better songs than on the other albums.… Full Review »
  3. KennyM
    Oct 4, 2005
    10
    This is Neil Young at his very best. Honestly one of the most amazing albums I have even heard in my entire life. Neil Young stays entirely This is Neil Young at his very best. Honestly one of the most amazing albums I have even heard in my entire life. Neil Young stays entirely away from orchestral arrangements, brass, and electric guitars for the entire album and the result is his most powerful album.… Full Review »
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