Bringing Down the Horse was issued on vinyl for the first time as a double LP set for the album's 20th anniversary, released by Interscope/Universal Music Group, on May 13, 2016.

[4] Soon after Yanowitz's departure, the Wallflowers were noticed by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Whalley of Interscope Records and the band was signed to the label in 1994.

Those positions were temporarily filled by drummer Matt Chamberlain and a number of guitarists including Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Fred Tackett, Jay Joyce and Michael Ward, who would go on to become a permanent member of the group.

[7] Bringing Down the Horse further explores roots sounds heard on the band's previous self-titled album but used a more refined approach.

During recording sessions, Dylan wrote seven additional songs for the album including "One Headlight", "Bleeders", "Three Marlenas", "The Difference", "Josephine", "Invisible City", and "I Wish I Felt Nothing".

"[10] Dylan later said he wrote "I Wish I Felt Nothing" with the band's pedal steel guitarist Leo LeBlanc in mind, who was battling cancer at the time.

[11] LeBlanc had been playing with the Wallflowers for several years and was prominently featured on several songs on Bringing Down the Horse, including "Invisible City" and "I Wish I Felt Nothing".

In a 2023 review, Madison Bloom of Pitchfork rated Bringing Down the Horse a 7.3 out of 10, declaring that a "stale sense of dissatisfaction" with the recording industry is present in the lyrics and highlighted several tracks that make up minor musical suites that made the album a commercial powerhouse.

[17] All tracks are written by Jakob Dylan except where notedThe Wallflowers (Mario Calire is credited as drummer but does not perform on this album; he joined the band after recording and prior to release.)