Broken Arrow (album)

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Broken Arrow
Studio album by Neil Young
Released	1996
Recorded	Mar. 21, 1996-Apr. 17, 1996
Genre	Rock
Length	47:02
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	Neil Young
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Neil Young chronology
Dead Man (1996)	Broken Arrow (1996)	Year of the Horse (1997)

Broken Arrow is a 1996 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. The first three songs are in the form of long, structured jams, evoking the style of previous Crazy Horse collaborations Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Zuma and Ragged Glory. The final track is a live take of a Jimmy Reed song that was recorded on a small audience microphone at a small "secret" gig in California, giving it a bootleg feel. A bonus track, "Interstate," was included on the vinyl record release of the album and the CD single of "Big Time", and is an outtake from the 1990 Ragged Glory sessions. This record would be the last Neil Young album for four years, and the last in a long string of rock albums broken only by Harvest Moon.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Big Time" – 7:24
2. "Loose Change" – 9:10
3. "Slip Away" – 8:36
4. "Changing Highways" – 2:28
5. "Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')" – 4:13
6. "This Town" – 2:59
7. "Music Arcade" – 3:59
8. "Baby What You Want Me To Do" – 8:08
9. "Interstate" (released on LP and "Big Time" CD single only, recorded May 17, 1990)

All songs written by Neil Young except "Baby What You Want Me To Do" written by Jimmy Reed

[edit] Personnel

• Neil Young - guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, harmonica
• Crazy Horse

  Poncho Sampedro - vocals, electric guitar

  Billy Talbot - vocals, bass, tambourine

  Ralph Molina - vocals, drums, percussion