Year of the Horse (album)

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Year of the Horse
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 17, 1997 (1997-06-17)
RecordedMay – November 1996
VenueVarious
Genre Rock
Length84:18
Label Reprise
Producer "Horse"
Neil Young chronology
Broken Arrow
(1996)
Year of the Horse
(1997)
Silver & Gold
(2000)
Crazy Horse chronology
Broken Arrow
(1996)
Year of the Horse
(1997)
Greendale
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau’s Consumer Guide B+ [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 3.3/10 [4]
Tom Hull – on the Web B [5]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Year of the Horse is a live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, following the band on their 1996 tour. It accompanies the film of the same name, but has a different track listing from the film.

Contents

It peaked at number 57 on the Billboard 200 chart, [7] as well as number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Young.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."When You Dance I Can Really Love"6:20
2."Barstool Blues"9:02
3."When Your Lonely Heart Breaks"5:04
4."Mr. Soul"5:05
5."Big Time"7:28
6."Pocahontas"4:50
7."Human Highway"4:07
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Slip Away"10:52
2."Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')"4:00
3."Danger Bird"13:34
4."Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll"6:40
5."Sedan Delivery" (not included on the vinyl version)7:16

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Year of the Horse
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 77
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 11
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [12] 75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 51
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 30
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 35
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 36
US Billboard 200 [7] 57

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Year of the Horse - Neil Young, Crazy Horse". AllMusic . Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. Christgau, Robert (5 October 1981). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  3. "The Guardian London, Greater London, England • Page 49". The Guardian . 4 July 1997. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  4. "Neil Young: Year of the Horse: Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Neil Young". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  6. Wyndham, Tom (July 1997). "Mane man". Uncut . No. 2. p. 90.
  7. 1 2 "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 308.
  10. "Austriancharts.at – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  12. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3250". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  14. "Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Year of the Horse (Live)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  16. "Norwegiancharts.com – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  17. "Swedishcharts.com – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse (Live)". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.