The Year of the Leopard is an album by James Yorkston.

Released on 25 September 2006 in the UK, The Year of the Leopard is the third studio album by Yorkston, though the first to be credited without his band The Athletes.

The album was released on double 10" vinyl and on CD, initial copies of the CD came with a 6 track CD of demo recordings.

The album was released in the USA on 23 January 2007.