Year of the Horse
Neil Young and Crazy Horse · 1997
84 min · 12 tracks
Old songs stretch into ragged eruptions as Crazy Horse turns a concert stage into a place for stubborn repetition and sudden release.
Top tracks — play these first
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When You Dance — The opening performance turns an early Crazy Horse song into a loose, emphatic introduction to the band’s 1996 concert sound.
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Big Time — A Broken Arrow song sits comfortably among the older material, its recurring refrain giving the band room to settle into a heavy, unhurried groove.
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Danger Bird — The Zuma-era song expands beyond thirteen minutes, with slow-burning instrumental passages that make the band’s patience as striking as its volume.
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Prisoners of Rock ’n’ Roll — Its defiant humor and communal delivery make the song a fitting portrait of Crazy Horse as a band determined to play on its own terms.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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Prisoners of Rock ’n’ Roll
A verse names record-company pressure to change the band’s sound, then answers it with a refusal to behave as expected.
The blunt exchange turns an industry complaint into a comic declaration of independence.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 When You Dance 6:19
- 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 2
- 1 Slip Away 10:52
- 2 Scattered 4:00
- 3 Danger Bird 13:34
- 4 Prisoners of Rock ’n’ Roll 6:40
- 5 Sedan Delivery 7:15
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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