Silver & Gold - Neil Young
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73 out of 100

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9.4 out of 10

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
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  1. Checkout.com
    90
    Silver & Gold is as pretty an album as Young's created yet...
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  2. Mojo
    80
    A mellow, tender, easy album...
  3. 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.
  4. All Music Guide
    60
    A pleasant sound, to be sure, but not exactly what Young followers were expecting.

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  1. mrtew
    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 getting mellow it's fantastic!… Expand
  2. KennyM
    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 away from orchestral arrangements, brass, and electric guitars for the entire album and the result is his most powerful album.… Expand
  3. petbog
    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 melodies. This one is IMHO much better than LwW or Prairie Wind. Better songs than on the other albums.… Collapse

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