Life (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)

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Life
Studio album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Released	June 30, 1987
Recorded	Recorded at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, Nov. 18-19, 1986 and later at Record One, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	40:40
Label	Geffen
Producer	Neil Young & David Briggs, Jack Nitzsche on track 9
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Neil Young chronology
Landing on Water (1986) Life (1987) This Note's for You (1988)

Life is a 1987 album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Young's first with his erstwhile backing band since 1981's Re-ac-tor.

The first three tracks all handle the topic of world politics, and ponder the role of the United States in the world. "Long Walk Home," for example, empathizes with troops under deployment overseas. Though in response to the foreign policy issues of the time (Beirut, Qaddafi), Young found new meaning in these songs in the context of the war on terror and the occupation of Iraq. During his "Freedom of Speech" tour in support of Living with War, Young posted videos of these three songs on his website, [1]. The "Mideast Vacation" and "Long Walk Home" videos were later released on the DVD included with the album Living with War: In the Beginning. The performances are from his 1986 tour with Crazy Horse and are labeled as being "From Neil Young Archives Volume 3," a highly anticipated but perennially unreleased series of box sets chronicling Young's career.

Most of the album was recorded live in concert at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on November 18 and 19, 1986. "Mideast Vacation", "Around The World" and "When Your Lonely Heart Breaks" were recorded on the 18th, "Inca Queen", "Too Lonely" and "Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll" were recorded on the 19th. "Long Walk Home" is a mix of recordings from both these dates. ^[1]

This was Young's last release on the Geffen label. The title and cover portray Young a prisoner of his own music. The number 5 is scratched into the wall of his jail cell - the very number of albums Young would release under Geffen Records.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young

1. "Mideast Vacation" – 4:21
2. "Long Walk Home" – 4:56
3. "Around the World" – 5:26
4. "Inca Queen" – 7:56
5. "Too Lonely" – 2:48
6. "Prisoners of Rock 'N' Roll" – 3:12
7. "Cryin' Eyes" – 2:52
8. "When Your Lonely Heart Breaks" – 5:16
9. "We Never Danced" – 3:37

[edit] Personnel

• Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, keyboards
• Crazy Horse

  Poncho Sampedro - guitar, keyboards

  Ralph Molina - Ludwig drums

  Billy Talbot - bass

v • d • e Neil Young Crazy Horse • The Stray Gators Discography Studio albums: Neil Young • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere • After the Gold Rush • Harvest • On the Beach • Tonight's the Night • Zuma • American Stars 'N Bars • Comes a Time • Rust Never Sleeps • Hawks & Doves • Re-ac-tor • Trans • Everybody's Rockin' • Old Ways • Landing on Water • Life • This Note's for You • Freedom • Ragged Glory • Harvest Moon • Sleeps with Angels • Mirror Ball • Broken Arrow • Silver & Gold • Are You Passionate? • Greendale • Prairie Wind • Living with War • Living with War: In the Beginning • Chrome Dreams II EPs: Eldorado Live albums: Time Fades Away • Live Rust • Weld • Arc • Unplugged • Year of the Horse • Road Rock Vol. 1 Soundtracks: Journey Through the Past • Where the Buffalo Roam • Philadelphia • Dead Man Compilations: Decade • Lucky Thirteen • Greatest Hits Archive Series: Live at the Fillmore East • Live at Massey Hall 1971 • The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972 Unreleased albums: Homegrown • Human Highway • Chrome Dreams Also see Buffalo Springfield • Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) • The Stills-Young Band

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