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7.6

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  • Summary: The latest archive release from the Canadian rock artist is the live recording from November 13, 1990 at a bar in Santa Cruz, California, where they played some songs from 1990's Ragged Glory for the first time live.
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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
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  1. Jan 4, 2022
    90
    This long-lost document may be the most important live offering there is of Neil Young and Crazy Horse—or at least the most important Young has shared with us.
  2. Feb 25, 2021
    90
    This one-night-only piece marks a point where creativity transcends commerce, further preserving what’s unarguably one of the pinnacles in Neil Young’s artistic history.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 26, 2021
    90
    It features a stellar setlist built around tracks from that album, liberally peppered with Horse classics and deep cuts. In all this, the Horse prove themselves dependably elastic. [Apr 2021, p.49]
  4. Mar 1, 2021
    80
    Way Down in the Rust Bucket isn't one of the more revelatory items to emerge from Neil Young's archives since he began major excavation in the mid-2000s. However, for those who consider the joyous stomp of Neil Young & Crazy Horse rock & roll comfort food at its best, this is a feast to savor, a long and rollicking celebration of the pleasures of turning up the amps and inviting in the spirit.
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Apr 1, 2021
    80
    An exhilarating, blustery document. [May 2021, p.84]
  6. Mar 30, 2021
    80
    Aside from a few unusual performances, Way Down In The Rust Bucket might tell us anything we didn't know, but it provides plenty of excellent music from the right band at the right time.
  7. Feb 25, 2021
    70
    As on Weld, Way Down in the Rust Bucket showcases a reconvened band that sounds newly motivated after increasingly sluggish and creaky shows in the Eighties. They’re not yet the smooth-galloping machine they would become on the full-blown tour, though. What we’re hearing is the musicians feeling their way.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. Mar 19, 2021
    10
    Shows the power of Neil & The Horse in all their Ragged Glory. Very early stages in the lives of the Ragged Glory songs but you can tell thatShows the power of Neil & The Horse in all their Ragged Glory. Very early stages in the lives of the Ragged Glory songs but you can tell that the band is having a great time playing these for the first time, plus a few earlier gems (particular good to hear the Re-Act-or songs played live. Essential purchase for any Neil fan! Expand
  2. Jun 5, 2022
    10
    Neil and the horse at their ragged best. Great songs and musicianship within the band. A classic and must buy for any Crazy Horse fan,