Ragged Glory

Perfect soundtrack for a bus ride across Ireland.

Ye, it's okay

I love Neil and i had a good time with this one, but I don’t think it belongs on the list.

An absolute slog that felt like being trapped at a rehearsal for a bar band that doesn't know when to quit. While some people call this "garage rock," it honestly just sounds like a group of guys who have known each other too long noodling around without any sense of restraint or editing. The songs are incredibly repetitive, with some stretching out to ten minutes of aimless guitar jams that offer zero dynamics and quickly become boring. It feels less like a professional studio album and more like a half-assed attempt to milk a raw sound that just ends up sounding sloppy and uninspired.

The words “extended guitar jams” in the Wikipedia description chilled my blood, but this wasn’t the slog I was expecting it to be. Grungy Neil Young - turns out I like it.

Neil Young sounds incredibly modern on this 1990 LP. Given I was only familiar with albums from his “classic” era and albums where he performs without Crazy Horse, the amped up and rocky nature of this record took me by great surprise. Young fares well as a rollicking, tough frontman of a band. As an artist I sometimes find that he needs a bit more bite, and Ragged Glory has plenty of bite. I have to give a special shout out for just how unhinged he sounds on Farmer John, willing to get a little loose and experimental with his vocals.

This is REM if they had nasty good instrumentals.

This was a fine album. I wouldn’t have thought I’d like Neil Young’s music so much, but it’s better than I thought. Each album I’ve listened to has something interesting and engaging for me. There were parts where the vocals were a little rough, but I guess that’s part of the charm. 3.5/5

My second Neil Young this week and 5th overall, not counting CSN&Y or any of his other bands. Surely I have to be getting to the end of his albums? I was kind of surprised that this album is on the list, it didn't seem like it was particularly great or important from what I can recall. Maybe because this is him like 30 years into his career and it just interesting to compare? The cover is hilariously 90s.
If you don't like Neil Young, particularly his voice, you'll hate this album. I generally like NY, but this was not his best effort. It starts off a little too country rock for me. Sort of continues that way but has it's ups and downs. The guitars on this record are great - tone is amazing, great playing, really raw and gritty. That was the highlight of the album for me. There are a few songs on this record I really like and I feel like it gets better as it goes until the very end.
As with a couple others of his, this one gets a 3.5/5 but rounding down to 3 because it's just not good enough to round up. I'm not gonna run out and buy this one as soon as I see it.

This was the definition of "meh". Absolutely nothing offensive about it whatsoever, but there was nothing that stuck in my mind about it at all, and at 62 minutes in length, it's about 20 longer than it needed to be. Really disappointing to go from Rust Never Sleeps to this.

the king arrives. we going in reverse chronological order?

I didn't find his vocals as grating on this one

Quite enjoyed the music, it was good

4 ⭐️

At times I thought I was a Neil Young fan. This album proved me wrong. I didn't like it. Too much country. 2/5

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse is a powerful blast of raw rock and roll, released right at the heart of the grunge era. It's loud, loose, and full of energy — a reminder that rock doesn't need to be polished to hit hard.

This is Neil Young’s 18th studio album and the sixth with Crazy Horse, and it’s remarkable how fresh and urgent it sounds after so many years together. It’s rare to hear a band with this much history still sound so alive, inspired, and genuinely loud.

The guitars are absolutely massive — drenched in distortion and unafraid to sprawl out into long jams. Unlike some critics, I actually really like Neil Young’s voice, especially in this heavier, more aggressive setting. It adds an authenticity and edge that suits the music perfectly.

This is an album I’ll be returning to again and again. It was the perfect soundtrack for a sunny Monday morning, turned up loud.

Favorite Tracks: Love to Burn, Over and Over, F!@ing Up
Least Favorite: Honestly, not a single bad song here.
Album Artwork: Simple but cool — it fits the music.

Neil Young's voice is so annoying. Otherwise solid rock and roll

3.3

It’s whatever. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it. It’s fine.

I have Neil Young fatigue so I wasn't looking forward to this one but it was better than expected. Still nothing amazing though. Best song was probably Over and Over which has a video on Spotify so I'm assuming that's probably the lead single. It's nothing special but it stands out from the rest. I still can't give it more than a 3 though as it was over an hour and felt like a slog to get through the entire thing.

I consider myself a Neil Young fan, but this is an album I had no experience with. God DAMN is it a banger. Classic Neil with Crazy Horse sound.

I don't like Neil Young's voice and I think his music is boring. This is the exception. The band overcame his vocal limitations and his lack of metaphor was sidestepped by fun for once.