Year of the Horse

This article is about the film. For the year in the Chinese zodiac, see Horse (zodiac).

Year of the Horse
Directed by	Jim Jarmusch
Written by	Jim Jarmusch
Produced by	L. A. Johnson
Starring	Neil Young
Edited by	Jay Rabinowitz
Release date	May 9, 1997 (1997-05-09)
Running time	106 min.
Language	English

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Year of the Horse is a 1997 documentary directed by Jim Jarmusch following Neil Young and Crazy Horse on their 1996 tour.

Eponymous album

Year of the Horse is also a live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse released in 1997. It offers a different track list than the film.

This live album, in many ways could be seen as an epitaph for longtime Neil Young producer David Briggs who died in 1995 from lung cancer. This is reflected by the song choices which (outside of recent album cuts like "Scattered" and "Big Time") were among Briggs' favorites.

Track listing

All songs were written by Neil Young.

Disc one

1. "When You Dance" – 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

1. "Slip Away" – 10:52
2. "Scattered" – 4:00
3. "Danger Bird" – 13:34
4. "Prisoners" – 6:40
5. "Sedan Delivery" – 7:16 (omitted on LP)

Personnel

• Neil Young: guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal
• Poncho Sampedro: guitar, keyboards, vocal
• Billy Talbot: bass, vocal
• Ralph Molina: drums, percussion, vocal

Reception

It currently holds a 50% "rotten" rating on the critical review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert called it the worst movie of 1997.

External links

• Year of the Horse at IMDb
• Interview with Jim Jarmusch and Larry A. Johnson