Jeff’s Playlist: Life

Life — Neil Young & Crazy Horse

A quirky col­lec­tion of record­ings by Neil Young, put togeth­er in the late 1980s. If you like him, you’ll like this.

All tracks are writ­ten by Neil Young.

No.      Title    Length
1.         “Mideast Vacation”                                      4:20
2.         “Long Walk Home”                                      4:56
3.         “Around the World”                                      5:25
4.         “Inca Queen”                                                 7:58
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

Personnel

Neil Young – vocals, gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca, key­boards, pro­duc­tion
Crazy Horse
Poncho Sampedro – gui­tar, key­boards, back­ing vocals
Billy Talbot – bass, key­boards, back­ing vocals
Ralph Molina – drums, back­ing vocals

Additional
Jack Nitzsche – entire back­ing track (9)

Technical
David Briggs – pro­duc­tion (1−8)
Jack Nitzsche – pro­duc­tion (9)
Bryan Bell – pro­gram­ming, synth-bank
Michael Hoenig – pro­gram­ming (9)
Niko Bolas – record­ing (1–6, 8, 9), mix­ing (1–4, 9)
Coke Johnson – record­ing (7), mix­ing (5–8)
Tim Mulligan – engi­neer­ing
Richard Landers – engi­neer­ing
Brian Soucy – engi­neer­ing
Chris Bellman – mastering

Released  July 6, 1987
Recorded  November 18–19, 1986, February 11, 1987 (track 9), March 20, 1987 (track 7)
Venue       Universal Amphitheatre (Universal City, California)
Studio       Record One, Los Angeles
Length      40:40
Label        Geffen
Producer  David Briggs & Neil Young, Jack Nitzsche & Neil Young on track 9