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Silver & Gold
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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

Critic Reviews

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...
  4. Ink Blot Magazine
    70
    Most of the time these low-key meditations on enduring love and friendship ring true...
  5. CDNow
    70
    This one finds him getting almost downright sappy. But it suits him well.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Gently acoustic, peacefully steeped in nostalgia and remembrance, it generates a warm glow of grace...
  7. Sonicnet
    40
    Overall, though, this is one of those odd little albums that the ever-prolific Young comes up with periodically -- dotted with a few flashes of inspiration, ultimately sunk by a lot of by-rote artistic adequacy.

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  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!… Expand
  2. 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.… Expand
  4. 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.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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