Reviews (page 6 of 7)
This is an album I listened to.
Best Christian album I have ever heard. 7/10
Stills is better in a group with Crosby Nash & Young
Right, I literally don't know who he is. I'm not being stupid or anything, but I physically don't know who Stephen Stills is. He could be the leader of the Special Boat Squadron Service.
Dope
Chill
..Ja fanfaairt soivat..
i’m not sure if this is an album about jesus but i still loved it
Yeah this is okay. Love the One You're With is an all timer, and there's a couple other great moments, but most of this album is unremarkable and forgettable
So many good songs. Good memories. Quintessential late 60’s protest songs.
It was okay. First song was a nice acoustic version, the rest of the album was pleasant but nothing blew me out.
Some great moments, some not-so-great moments, but overall, not bad.
Little more gospel-ey than I was expecting. You can hear the undiluted good and bad he brought to CS&N and Buffalo Springfield.
- Habe mich nie mit den Soloprojekten von CSN&Y befasst. Klingt natürlich ähnlich, es fehlt mir aber irgendwie die kreative Durchschlagskraft, auch wenn Stephen Stills hier, wie viele andere Sänger*innen in ihren Soloprojekten, die Weltmusik ein bisschen ausprobiert. - Im Gesamteindruck etwas zu schleppend und träge. Erster Track der Beste 3/5
Eventuell wiederhole ich mich hier... - entspanntes Album, bei dem mir allerdings nichts besonders im Kopf hängen geblieben ist
This had potential after the first song, but fell off after.
Really enjoyed this
This was pretty solid it had a classic sound with a newer feel. 3.5/5
This was better than I expected. 3.5
Meh
Boring
A lot of highs filled up with a lot of mediocrity. For every 'Go Back Home' there's a 'Sit Yourself Down' and for every 'Cherokee' there's a 'Black Queen.'
This was a fine album to me. Nothing particularly special about it, and even some catchy folk songs on the record. But nothing that I'm particularly eager to revisit any time soon. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on, but it's not 100% for me. Notable Tracks: - Love the One You're With - don't really agree with the message of the song, but it's a good song - Go Back Home - terrific guitar solo - We Are Not Helpless 4/10
Stephen Stills is surprisingly dynamic, it’s not just the soft 70s folk I expected. There is a variation of of styles that blend pretty well, it could use a remaster however. 7.2/10
A strange album, mixed with some good tracks. Not what I expected
Don’t really like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young so I guess by extension this was never going to make it past okay
Favourite songs: Love the One You're With, Church (Pt. Of Someone) Least favourite songs: To a Flame 3/5
Good, varied and a touch indulgent, but still worth knowing. The hit's fine – sort of the ultimate expression or a pithy, justifying maxim for the free love ethos – even if the "rose in a fisted glove/eagle flies with dove" runs quite counter to the practical amatory advice. "Do for Others" and "Church" are strong. "To a Flame" is dreamy, but requires a lot of strings to generate that effect. "Sit Yourself Down" is rock-and-roll self-care / therapy, realistically optimistic and motivationally choral. The rockier tunes are less interesting. The variety is a strength but not all of it is convincing; "Black Queen" and "Go Back Home" seem a reach into funky/bluesy/rootsiness that he can't quite pull off. The gently soaring "We Are Not Helpless" is what SS does best (the latter vaguely predicting of "Colorado" off Manassas and "Southern Cross" all those years hence). Much is made of the appearances of All-Stars but Clapton and Hendrix are one cut each, and the moments are fleeting, though the contributions are solid, if not truly outstanding. Everybody else is just backing vocals – not much to care about there. And why is Mama Cass so far back in the mix if her presence is material? Clearly, this is not as good as Manassas, which is even more indulgent but pays off in being more expansive, too (and has the charming "old fiddle music" side, that's almost believable, almost credible). Still, fine to know if only borderline worthy of being in the mix of this list. This is truly a 3.5 so requires a generous rounding up to get to 4, and it's clearly notch below Manassas, which is dead-on a 4, in one's humble (but reasonably well informed) opinion. He does seem the least rated member of CSNY and claims in lyrics not to care about fame (in at least one song here and at least one on Manassas) which seems like protesting too much and clearly this is best-effort, authentic and earnest music making, delivering at a high level of quality, but perhaps falling short of being truly essential. As to Stills' canonical rating, it is a plausible argument that he is underrated slightly as a solo artist (though rightfully relative to his bandmate Neil Young [to state the obvious]) but given that CSNY has always been slightly overrated, then maybe SS is appropriately rated after all.
Solid album, folk, rock and a couple of funky numbers. Pleasant enough to listen to but I probably won't revisit it
Well now. Another confirmation for me that this list is a delightful use of my time. I absolutely loved this. Funky, rocky gospel nonsense with someone talking to God on a Hammond? just take my money
pretty great even if most of it feels like background music
Today I learned that the lyric isn't "and there's a road with a piss stained glove" so this album just lost at least a star.
I have never listened to this before, and it was about what I was expecting. A nice short record with good quality songwriting and harmonies. Totally reasonable.
At times good, at times less good.
The only album to feature both Clapton and Hendrix, eh? Then why don’t I like it more? Sarcasm aside, this album feels rudderless. There’s talent on display but it’s so unfocused and broad-spectrum that it’s hard to feel a musical theme or direction to the disc. I guess that’s the unfathomable danger of genius - it too quickly becomes unrelatable.
Surprisingly great record. Lots of variety in each track and ventures into blues, rock, and soul territory.
Knew the first song ‘Love the one you’re with’ but this was full of nice tracks. Great mix of styles, it was easy to hold your interest throughout. Hard to choose a favorite song. Pleasantly surprised with this album as I was expecting to have a hard time with it
Stephen Stills is the debut solo album by Stephen Stills, originally released in 1970. This would be the first of a string of extremely successful solo albums released by each member of the prolific supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. This one is definitely one of the stronger solo albums of that era, and probably Stills' best solo effort. This record features some amazing musicians, including Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. The span of genres is also quite surprisingly diverse, spanning from blues to jazz to folk to funk and soul. It does get a bit self-indulgent at times, especially the track "Old Times Good Times" where Stills decides to drown out half of Hendrix's solo with his organ playing (turning it up unnecessarily loud at these portions, mind you). Overall solid record with some bangers. Stills would go on to release some more good solo efforts (particularly Manassas) but never reaches the same heights as this IMO.
Very good songs on here, stephen stills is indeed quite a good guitar player
JAMS
Good, I used to listen to this as a kid and still like it
First time I listened to this album. Didn't know that "love the one you're with" was penned by the Stills... then again, I don't know much about the Stills. Enjoyed the album, but I don't believe that I will be listening to it with great frequency.
Not for me but maybe it’s because I’m not 65 or a man
Still one of the best albums of all time. It is incredibly varied with consistent high quality. Stills is a formidable singer, guitarist, songwriter and overall musician.
Вот такой фолк слушать по кайфу, запаха навоза не почувствовал
No. 205/1001 Love the One You're With 4/5 Do for the Others 4/5 Church 4/5 Old Times Good Times 3/5 Go Back Home 3/5 Sit Yourself Down 4/5 To a Flame 4/5 Black Queen 3/5 Cherokee 3/5 We Are Not Hopeless 4/5 Average: 3,6 Nothing groundbreaking. But am enjoyable folk-rock album.
Stephen Stills' first solo outing is made of more ambitious material than anything his Nash & Young bandmates could conjure up (maybe with the exception of Crosby's). Largely pastoral, at times philosophical, daringly outward looking, this brings a bit of the countercultural dream of the 60s into the 70s even when it appeared to not become what it was meant to. Favorites: Love the One You're With, Church (Pt. Of Someone), Old Times Good Times, Sit Yourself Down, Black Queen, Cherokee.
some pretty dodgy lyrics here but i liked it anyway
Liked the breadth of sounds on this album, I checked a few times to see if the album had ended and transitioned to some adjacent Spotify recommendation. Ranking this over the various ensemble work I know of Stills
He cut a wide swath. Paul Simon might not have reached out to Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Ry Cooder might not have gone to Cuba to record Buena Vista Social Club. And, there’s a lot of self indulgent noodling.
It's certainly not bad, but certainly not memorable either. I just had it playing in the background and thought it was pleasant all the while. But then I didn't really notice when the album ended and the automatic playlist of similar songs started. When I did notice, it was because the songs were more engrossing.
Ok guitar music, not sure we need this album on the list though, given the other stills projects are covered
One song is head and shoulders above the rest: Cherokee. The rest is good for the campfire in case you run out of wood
I found many of the CSNY solo records to be severely lacking without the rest of CSNY on them. This one is definitely not severely lacking, only minorly so. Favorite track: Cherokee
Good guitar, overall good except his annoying vocals sometimes. The background gospel choir vocals saved some of the songs. Best song: Go back Home
Love the One You're With is the banger on this album. The rest is petty chill bluesy/psychedelic folk that sounds very much like 1970.
Enjoyable laid back 70s folk rock. Doesn't veer much from the Crosby, Stills and Nash sound, though the female backing vocals fill out the sound well. Best song Love the one you're with. 3/5
Imagine being Stephen Stills. You’re in Buffalo Springfield, responsible for many of their hits, you’re their leader, but there’s high tensions, due in no small part to creative differences between you and Neil Young. So the band breaks up and you start a new band with the guy from the Hollies and the guy from the Byrds that likes to write songs about threesomes. You bust your ass recording a debut album where you play the majority of the instruments: a real tour-de-force showcase for your talents and it is massively successful, a smash hit. What is your next move? To fill out your arrangements live, you, for some reason, invite Neil Young, the guy who tried to take over to your last band, to join the band. There’s no way he’d do it again, right? Young’s arrival brings even more success to the band: the follow up album you record with him goes to number 1, sells 8 million copies…but the recording sessions were full of conflict and you find yourself butting heads with Neil Young once again. There’s no way he’s going to do it again…try and take control from you over *your* band, right? Neil Young: “I’ll fucken do it again” Then, a month after your album is released, May 1970, the Kent State massacre happens. Neil Young walks into the woods and comes up with “Ohio”. You and the boys put some vocal harmonies over his song, which is more aggressive than anything else you’ve ever recorded. Your record company rushes the song out for release at the same time that “Teach your Children Well” is climbing the charts. You go on an extended tour that summer and by July 1970, CSNY is calling it quits. So, you, Stephen Stills, start a solo career and have success, but your old foil, Neil Young is starting to have hit after hit, becoming a massive star. By the time 1974 rolls around and Young agrees to reunite CSNY for a stadium tour, he is the pretty much the main draw and a precedent has been set: CSNY only happens when Neil wants it to happen. The success of the band you started, the band whose career was started by the excellent record you toiled over in the studio, is now fully dependent on Neil Young being around to pull in a big payday and Neil has had no problem pulling the plug on CSNY at a moment’s notice. Sure, CSN can draw a crowd, but CSNY is another story and that’s how it’s going to go for the next 40 years. Now, reader, I’m sure you’re feeling pretty bad for Stephen Stills. What an outcome for the guy who was supposed to be “it”. Don’t feel too bad…for starters, he’s got tons of money. He definitely treated Neil Young pretty poorly - to the extent that a few of his albums after this one have a Neil Young cover on them as a sort of mea culpa, but also…he managed to get one of Jimi Hendrix’s last solos captured on tape for this album (Good Times Old Times) and then proceeded to bury parts of it under his own organ playing (that’s not a euphemism, get your mind out of the gutter). If you’re still feeling bad for Stills after all that, go ahead and listen to his 1978 album, “Thoroughfare Gap”. Any goodwill you still had for the man will evaporate in no time - Seriously, you owe it to yourself, as means of better understanding Stephen Stills, to hear “You Can’t Dance Alone” and especially “Can’t Get No Booty”.
Unlike most albums of its time, the last two tracks in particular brought it home for me. A surprisingly solid finish. If there’s one thing I’m learning, it’s that old heads love CSN&Y, and that includes all of their careers individually. Understandable, this was a respectable effort with a tasteful amount of shredding. Hard working 3
I thought I'd enjoy this as a fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. However, I found it rather bland and middle-of-the-road.
this guy is way over-represented, probably his third manifestation in this list. LTWYW is annoying, the rest of it nothing to write home about. Competent, listenable to but nothing to prompt a second listen.
Highlights: Love the One You're With, Church, Sit Yourself Down, Go Back Home. Lowlight: Black Queen. Found this album sonically inconsistent in the wrong way. Not very cohesive, some songs had a clear direction, while others meandered past the point of boring. Will be listening a lot more to Love the One You're With, but I probably won't stick this whole record on again.
Pretty much a “who’s who” of circa 1970 musicians, including Jimi Hendrix. Overall, though, fairly meh.
Dece
Not really my jam, but I didn't hate this.
Solid, if a little bland
Stills sought out to make an album that could not offend anyone and would be listened to by his contemporary white male colleagues. And he succeeded.
Go take a look at the list of musicians appearing on this solo debut. It’s insane.
Very still
stephen stills must be the epitome of mellow, folk music. his vibes and his voice match it perfectly. the harmonies on his songs aren't over the top and are just right. he even experiments in the psychedelia and jazz areas, both of which were popularly combined with rock at this time, but his music is different because of the folk emphasis. the song "we are not helpless" and its lyrics seems to stand out the most, and it tells me a lot about stills as a person--instead of a song written by all members of CSNY. all in all, a good album that i can respect--and even found a lot of respect for--but it was just OK. it can be hard to get excited about music that's so chill as stills', even if he does a lot right.
I thought this album was okay. As I have alluded to in previous reviews, I absolutely adore Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young together, but have struggled with their respective solo careers. Granted, Neil Young has had an illustrious enough career and many of his albums are on this project and have since won me over. But between the lack of harmonies that CSNY can produce and the originality and depth that Neil Young can produce, this Stephen Stills solo album comes off as rather conventional and ordinary. As far as Stills' solo career goes, I even found his work on and with Manassas to be better overall. This was generally enjoyable, but didn't win me over in any kind of significant way.
Pretty good but not blown away.
I’m enjoying this more than I thought I would. Love the bluesy Go Back Home.
A couple good songs
Liked Song Love the One You're With
I couldnt even finish it
Primera vez que escucho a éste artista. De hecho, no recuerdo haber escuchado Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Tal vez, sólo de pasada o en alguna radio: son como bandas que se convierten en música ambiente de tanto sonar y de tan históricas que son. Sonidos sesentosos, hippones, con la voz profunda de Stephen Stills. Muy para fogata con amigos, previa de un asado o de algo que implique compañía frente al fuego. Me gustó. Me recordó al recital de Woodstock y a toda esa generación de rockeras y rockeros.
Niente di particolare
Nice guitar.
Folk rock. Ni fu ni fa.
2.5 stars
this was a lovely surprise
Considered giving a 2, but that felt a bit unfair and perhaps more related to the mood of the day
really enjoyed go back home and black queen.
I went back and took an edible and this album still couldn’t do it for me.
I like that sometimes the rock music is infused with funk.
I had heard "Love the One You're With" and Stephen's work with CSN(Y). I thought this will be a singer-songwriter album. I was pleasantly surprised. Enough so that I considered rounding this up from a 3.5 to 4 stars. But on second listen, with some of the surprise gone, I'm giving it 3 stars. Definitely better than I expected, but it doesn't belong with the 4 star albums on here. I'm glad I listened to it though. Twice even.
Absolutely great - every song was remarkable. I had heard of Stills just from Crosby, Stills & Nash but never actually listened to him separately. Will definitely add to my favourites and listen to it again.
Aftur lendi ég í því að hafa hlustað á grúppu frekar en einstaka meðlim og átta mig á því að ég hef misst af miklu. Þessi plata er mjög ljúf og mun vera spiluð aftur á mínu heimili í réttum aðstæðum. Hugljúf hlustun
Not bad but not as good as Neil Young or CSNY stuff
And if you can't be with the one you love, love the one your with!
Great time listening to this, starts off strong, wavers a bit in the middle but ends strong, I really liked Cherokee
Didn't know this but enjoyed it enough! Classic easy listening
Loved it, I only know him from Crosby, Still & Nash (& Young) fame, so was nice to hear what he was also up to. Good stuff.
A brief look at my summary shows I'm a fan of CSNY, especially the "Y". Admittedly, never really dug into Stills' solo discography, though I've heard "Love The One You're With" through osmosis enough times. The first half of the record is great, but I feel like the back half hits poorly, for different reasons for each song. "To A Flame" is bordering on AM radio gold, easy listening type music. "Black Queen" feels like a jam that doesn't really go anywhere, content to be decent with diminishing returns as the song progresses. That being said, some of these songs really fucking nail it, blending good songwriting with genuine talent. Call it a 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Love The One You're With", "Old Times Good Times", "Do For The Others"
gar nicht mein Geschmack, hat mir nix gegeben, habs nicht fertig gehört
Liked it more than I thought I would, excellent guitar work and thoughtful songwriting
It's your grandad's sing-a-longs
Pleasantly surprised - enjoyed the opening track and the ones with Hendrix and Clapton. Was a lot more blues based rather than country and that is good in my book. Cherokee was a letdown, and I can't listen to a flute without seeing Anchorman jazz flute in my mind. 3 stars, only just though.
3.8 - “Black Queen” is a showstopper. Stills really wails on that acoustic guitar, bending the strings to coax a soulful blues. “Church” is also great. Overall, an uplifting roots rock record.
I didn't get real excited about this album when it came out, but listening to it now I hear several very good songs, some fine guitar, and not much filler. Steve definitely upgraded when he joined Crosby, Nash and then Young, but this is good stuff.
This was good
I really liked this album. It's much better than I thought it would be. Stephen Stills is a great singer-songwriter. There's guest appearances from guitar legends Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Another surprise from someone I've never heard of. I'll give "Self Titled" 4 stars.
Meh Rating: 2.4
Felt like a pretty lightweight album, not very interesting. That said, there was one interesting thing about it, that pink polka-dot giraffe... WTF?! 😂
Before listening: I never listened to Crosby, Stills and Nash but my dad did. Now, most of what my dad listened to I liked, but for whatever reason I could never get into folk. I'm sorry, I just don't get it. I imagine this album will be a folk album, so I'm sure you can understand that I'm not exactly tingling with excitement. After listening: Twas not a folk album. There were maybe two songs that might be considered folk but the rest were not. I keep going on about this, but the context of an albums release must be taken into account. Was Stills, at release, trying to break away from folk? Was this a new direction that everyone loved, or was this a foray into something everyone thought was a misstep. This album had gospel, soul and funk elements, which were things I wouldn't have expected. Overall, this was good. Just good. Not great, but I found I did enjoy myself.
It was ok. Earnest. Sounded like C,S and N off cuts tbh. Also weaker on 2nd half Some murky production..
Simple, harmless folk rock but nothing that hasn’t really been done better by Simon + Garfunkel or similar. 4/10
Strange to have has Stephen Stills on successive weekends and I didn’t get a lot of chance to listen. It was alright so a generous 3* because it wasn’t outstanding.
Rating: 6/10 The first two songs are great, the rest of this album is boring but listenable.
Pleasant album, very much in line with the (better) CSNY Deja Vu album
I was expecting a singer songwriter album from the late 60s and I got that but I also got so much more. This album rocks hard. It has soft beautiful songs but it also has some guitar driven rockers that are very impressive, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised since both Hendrix and Clapton contribute lead work on one song respectively. A really good discovery that, though it is definitely of it's time it still manages to sound fresh today. 4.5 stars
Some of the slower stuff not 100% my jam, they don't seem to really go anywhere, but those choirs are really nice and guitar work is really cool. The faster paced ones I realllyyy liked. This is defintley a HIGH 3 star rating but as an album isn't 4 stars for me. 3.6/5. Fav tracks: old times, good times, black queen.
my bad as a reviewer I didn’t get an opportunity to listen to this in a vacuum and it pretty much just sounded like noise as a result of that
great album i love the acoustic feel mixed with the gospel additions on some of the tracks. lyrics go from so so to really good so they even out. the blues fusion with roots notes is perfect. best songs: church, love the one you’re with, we are not helpless
Decent. Not great, but decent. 3/5
It was alright, nothing exciting. Rather see him with Crosby, Nash and Young.
The guitar solos in some tracks save this otherwise generic but of the era 70s singers songwriters music
Pretty enjoyable — if forgettable — folk rock. I probably won’t seek out more of Stills’ work in the future, but for what it’s worth I thought this album really delivered as far as being an uplifting set of songs that work well when played in succession. A few extended instrumental interludes felt a bit out of place about midway through the album, but it wasn’t a big deal.
this was decent. Kind of bored by the end but I didn't dislike it.
Meh
Alright, I’ll admit I really enjoyed a lot of these songs.
Nothing notable.
This project has intro'd me to the whole Cosby/Stills/Nash/Young thing. Enjoyable album. Highlights: love the one you're with
Wow. Incredible record that's an excellent example of singer-songwriter style of the time. While there may only be a single classic "hit" on the record, every song is an incredibly soulful musical journey.
I like it! Not my fave or anything, but I’ve discovered through this project that this is the type of old people rock I enjoy!!
It's not bad. But definitely not great. Some songs are probably okay, most of them pretty decent but you kinda forget all about them as soon as they are over. So that's the problem. You sure can hear this record before you die, but what's the point if you probably won't remember you ever did?
Stills may still be the most forgettable member of CSNY, but still, I can't help but admire his efforts on this record. Outside a few nonsensical ramblings on tracks like Black Queen, there's a lot of great, pretty powerful music to be found here, including a fantastic closer in We Are Not Helpless.
Stills goes solo tying together soul, funk, and Latin influences with folk, the blues, and an absolutely STACKED featured guest list.
Not my favorite of the CSN(Y) spinoff stuff... but it does have some great guest performances... and overall pretty solid. Going to round up to a 4.
Good album. Consistent Stephen Stills twang. Easy listen. Lyrics and tone work well. Otherwise unremarkable. but a good listen.
Very good
Loved Buffalo Springfield, and Stills is my favorite out of CSNY. I got this for Love The One You're With but played the shit out of this record for the rest back in the day (Church, Sit Yourself Down, Go Back Home, Black Queen). He's an underrated guitar player, love his voice. 8/10
Great solo album after their monster group hit, but not as good as the other members’ albums.
Who knew that Stills was the fun one. :) Just kidding - but this is a pretty funky/rocky album. I didn't realize the star power he had on this one either - Hendrix, Clapton, Ringo - pretty impressive.
Nice...who needs c n or y
perus 1970 sooloalbumi nimetty henkilön nimellä, kitaranpaiskuuttaen ja laulaen luennelloin... alle 40min lyhyt katsastus herran mielimaailmasta, ei kuitenkaan pelkkää akustiikkapaskaa vaan tuo rokki elementtejä joka kiihottaa ja yllyttää.. tekemään RIKOKSIA-.... ei olisi koskaan tälläista perkele saatamanppalvomista elektroniikka demoni DEMONI VIEHÄTYS MASIINA.... SE ELEKTRONIEN KITARA... se on antikristuksen kieltä,, se kirkuminen ei ihmiset ymmärrä normaalit ihmiset, mutta jos osaa soittaa niin luciferi saanut kiinni kurkusta... pakottaa rämpyttäneen old times good times
If you can't listen to album you love, love the album your're currently listening to? The first song is a blockbuster. The others are pretty decent as well. The extended use of organs doesn't really carry very well, though.
For the most part pleasant, though I'm not sure messages like "Love the One You're With" is really that timeless. Tracks like Church and Go Back Home are also pretty strong, good melodies, engaging harmonies and energy. The use of an organ makes it sound dated in places, and by the time we've hit Cherokee and We Are Not Helpless, we've gone pretty much full hippie. Never go full hippie.
People who try too hard on these reviews are annoying. It feels wrong to go less than 3, and this album is just boring enough not to warrant more.
Easy listening. Really like it. The guy is a really good guitar player.
i vibe with these harmonies man. these songs r jus gr8. i FELT that
A unique wide ranging album from stills. Never really listened to his solo stuff but this wasn’t that bad. Little bit of a mix with a lot of genres yet the album felt pretty cohesive. He is clearly talented and knows how to play a lot of instruments. Not sure how much I would revisit it but I enjoyed it. Pretty average stuff to me. 6.3/10
Love the One You’re With is a popular classic, though lyrically it’s kinda cynical. Rather on theme with the hippie lifestyle though. Singing and melodies are nice, unsurprisingly. But it’s a lot of that rich white guy blues that hippies popularized. Dentist rock. The music is fine. But listening to the privileged sing the blues is agitating.
Taki trochę folk, jakieś ballady, rock. 3/5
Hat Spaß gemacht
Album is fine for the first half and tapers off after that.
If this was the first album you ever listened to you’d be forgiven for thinking that the idea of listening to music was somewhat overrated.
Another day, another average album
Some of the deeper cuts are funkier than I would have expected, some of them are boomerism at its most noxious. Can't see myself revisiting it.
Ok
3.5/5. You can kinda tell who wrote which song in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young when you listen to their solo stuff.
Smooth as silk and more soul than a shoe
Ik vind dit net niet lekker en daar erger ik me aan. Het heeft wel een flink aantal elementen waardoor ik het goed zou moeten vinden namelijk. Ik vind z'n stem net niet relaxed (er zit wat Axl Rose in, hekel), de drummer gebruikt regelmatig teveel fills (je kunt maar ergens over zeiken), de instrumenten klinken over het algemeen wat te ver weg in de mix, het gospelachtige koortje is me teveel en het is me net wat te ongeorganiseerd. Het bevalt me gewoon niet echt, met als uitzondering Go Back Home en Black Queen en in iets mindere mate ook Old Times Good Times. Een 3.3.
- some nice folky rocky sounds - sorta enjoyed this more than I thought - gets a little groovy in the middle - 3.5
- easy listening - some really uplifting/joyful moments
Not very remarkable...
Nice
An utter chore of an album to listen to, with music that your dad and grandfather can agree is good, but in a way that isn't a good thing, rather only scares you. It bores me to tears at most points, and is only saved by some good instrumentation and a decent down tempo track at the halfway point, that reeled in me just enough to not despise my time here. I respect if you like this, because you must see something I don't, as all I hear is music that is too safe musically, and often times questionable lyrically.
Yet another album that’s not my style.
Not sure why, but I really like this album cover.
quality, not all that interesting. Stills is good but this record won't be on repeat
Really? I never had to listen to this and I would have been infinitely happier.
Great album
Nice enough, like a bland Neil Young.
3 / 5
• Ser kallt ut + en förklädd giraff? • ”Svängigt” tycker Kajsa • Mer gospelkör än väntat • Lyssnade inte så noga, men det låter som om han sjunger bra saker om livet Betyg: 3/5
Snart har vi samlat in hela bandet Crosby Stills Nash Mysigt Gamaml country är en vibe ändå
boring not terrible but no thanks
Old Times Good Times featuring Hendrix was my favourite track. Very 70s cruisy album.
Plays it a little too safe for most of the album, but finishes strong, and of course featuring Jimi on "Old Times Good Times" is always worth an extra star. Might be the best of the massive CSNY record heap this list gives us.
Enjoyed the two listens. Couple of good tracks. It’s definitely got CrosbyStillsNashYoung vibes. 3/5.
Me había dejado este atrás yyyy error. Tiene cosas muy buenas, muy modernas estilo Fleet Foxes (copiones) y otras menos interesantes. Suena muy bien, me sobra el sitar que hay en algunos temas. Me guardo Love the one you're with, Do for the others y Go back home y puede que Cherokee (si no fuera por el sitar).
Fine Stephen Stills album, which was new to me.
Nice songs tending to pointlessness.
Solid. Not a big CSNY fan but this I enjoyed.
Love the One You're With is kinda annoying but the rest of the album is surprisingly good!
Basic folk album. Nothing i would return to but he has talent. They all sound so samey to me though lol
Very dad rock. Not my thing, but it wasn't awful.
Very iconic sound from 70's. As long as he stays away from that wanker Neil Young he is awesome
good
Ein wenig Gospel, etwas Hippie alla „Hair“ und durch gemixt mit etwas Beatclub und wir haben haben 70er Jahre Mainstream. Nicht schlecht aber nicht besonders.
3.5+3+3+4.5+4+3+3+3.5+3.5+4 3.5 3/5 Well put together but not much was really great, go back home and good times old times made the album for me.
Some of the songs were lovely but the others I really didn’t like … very dichotomous
Damn! A lot of stills, nash, crosby, & young joint and solo projects on here. Id complain but i like pretty much all of them. This is not an exception
It's impressive that Stills played all of the primary instruments for this album himself, but the music itself doesn't really stand out. '70s UK had plenty of guitar + electric organ-based bands, and the best ones had much more memorable songs and vocals than the ones on this record. The tracks that are closer to his usual folk-rock style are actually the best. The guitar solo in "Go Back Home" is another highlight.
easy rock. never heard of before
Love the one you're with is a fantastic song. Great lyrics bonded to great guitar work. This is generally a uplifting album without being saccharin. A melding of an acoustic folk and blues sound with electric and rock sensibilities. Actual singing is important rather than just a style of vocal delivery. The opening to Black Queen is straight blues styling and some excellent playing. I don't think the singing on it is quite perfect but it is pretty good. I'd love to hear it re-interpreted by some modern bands.
You know what you're getting with Stills. This is more of the same. Plus a bit of syrup.
Engaging and fun. Great album… Stephen jumped up to my top rated artists.
Amazing, wasn't expecting much from the cover and the album name but it was a pleasant surprise.
Good
Really lovely, great stuff, American treasure. 4 stars.
Too much blues and electric guitar.
3 de 5
BL: I've heard the name Steven Stills be mentioned a few times but never really got the chance to dig into him in any particular way so will be excited to hear this record. AL: I loved this record a lot. The perfect mix between emotional ballads and more traditionally upbeat story writing. Highly worth the listen, stylistically nothing mindblowing especially for the time. But the musicianship and lyricism was highly worth the listen. Also a special mention to a very cool (but very 70s) cover art FT: "Love the One You're With", "Church", "To a Flame", "We Are Not Helpless" 5/5
I like the folkier tracks, they're not all winners though - 3 stars
viagem gostosa! a simpatia da capa se confirmou... ps. embarquei tanto que acabou o álbum e fiquei um tempão ouvindo músicas recomendadas sem perceber kkkkkkk
Meio entediante. Os melhores momentos do álbum são o Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton e outros participantes! Tem algumas músicas que parecem gospel.... Not for me.
The man had good friends. Great guitar solos going on. Sounded like church music at some points.
Actually was alright. The back half wasn't as inspired and the production falls flat, but the musical direction is memorable enough to still hold up. Its interesting to look at each member of CSNY and try and figure out why I don't like them as a band. Young's solo stuff is alright (thank god because there's tons of it), and so is this it turns out.
Slow and beautiful
Not for me
I starten troede jeg virkelig det ville være noget kedeligt akustisk plirelir, men så kom der kor og bluesy ting og andre fede ting. Fangede mig ikke 100, men bestemt ikke elendigt!
Go back home
Definitely a classic. Great driving/background music.
great
* to a flame * Love the one you're with
Wish him and Young had done more just the two of them, with more emphasis on Youngs songwriting and Stills as a frontman and guitarist. But what do I know
This was a complete surprise. I knew Love the One You’re With and I thought the rest would just be him noodling. This whole record maintains the heights of its first track. This is great 70s blues and keep an amazing momentum throughout
1- Stars (1/15)
I liked the first song. Doesn’t sound like rock though
Soup for the soul.
Better than I was expecting, had no idea this was Stills from CSNY
01) Love The One You're With - 8,5 02) Do for the Others - 8,0 03) Church (Part of Someone) - 8,5 04) Old Times Good Times - 7,5 05) Go Back Home - 8,0 06) Sit Yourself Down - 8,5 07) To a Flame - 7,0 08) Black Queen - 7,0 09) Cherokee - 7,0 10) We Are Not Helpless - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,75 (78/100) Nice music, it has everything you expect of the 70's... It even has Hendrix, Clapton, Ringo Starr and Cass Elliot. What more could you wish for.
Corny boomer music 2.3
Ei lähtenyt lentoon ja yksikään biisi ei kolahtanut.
Hyvä paketti. Vaikkei suuria tunteita herättäny, nii tasaisen laadukas
This was great! I mainly enjoyed Manassas when that came up earlier but it was a bit too long and inconsistent because of that. This was a much more concise and on the whole stronger set of songs and just a good old time
2.5/5
Hmm. I don’t much care for Stills without his pals Crosby, Nash, and Young. It’s not a complex or nuanced album, it’s just basic soft rock. I’ve always low key hated “Love the One You’re With” too, the only song from this album I’d been familiar with previously. It’s not a great song, and it’s an even worse sentiment or suggestion. This listening experience was neither net positive or net negative to my musical expansion. Neutral.
It was ok.
A very good album that doesn't need CN&Y to stand up on its own.
cheesy. idk if i listened to it all but i listened to enough.
My First «play on repeat»-album! Right up my alley, and this will be a stater in my collection. Awesome songwriting, great musicianship, and a whole album I enjoyed from start to end.
Quite mellow, a solid 3
Rätt tandlöst varför är det med
Apart from this being the only album to feature Hendrix and Clapton I didnt hear anything special. Commendable that Stills plays all those instruments though. Boston's debut too is just one dude playing the whole thing.
Country ligero con buena voz y con buenas melodías. No aporta nada especial al género y se deja escuchar.
There's no reason this album is in this book. Just because CSN&Y were big, doesn't mean every first solo album by a member of the band should be heard too. Sure, it's not a bad album and is very pleasant. But if I died without hearing this album, my life would be no different musically.
Enjoyed the album. Added quite a few songs to my likes. 3.75-4/5.
3.5/5 it had potential! I'll have to relisten though
Strong upper 4. Lots of love for this album, almost a 5 but not quite. Insane personnel, Hendrix, Clapton, Booker T., Ringo, etc. Live recordings of a number of these songs sit in my all time favorites, but the production does no favors. Great but not the best Stills has done.
It was alright. I recognized a couple of songs. I am not sure I would willfully choose to listen to it again. Relatively short. I will round up.
4/5
Aika kova. Ei ihan kympin kokonaisuus, mut kai tää silti viiteen tähteen pyöristyy. Folkkia, countria, bluesia, gospelia.. kaikki 70-luvun saundeilla ja menolla.
Of all the CSNY guys, S is for sure my fav. Just really appreciate the songs he writes.
Started strong but faded, 3.4/5
Liked this wayyyy more than I thought I would, thought it'd just be cool songwriting but the amount of different styles and themes across this album while still remaining super cohesive is fantastic. Cool asf
This album is alright but nothing outstanding in my opinion. I really love Neil Young and through that have grown to enjoy CSNY but Stills has never been my favorite songwriter of the group. All in all it's a pretty decent album, I just find a lot of it to sound like CSN(Y) B-sides except for the standouts. That being said, I'm pretty blown away by the musicians he got on this album. Jimi Hendrix, Booker T., Mama Cass and Ringo Starr as well as many others. I just don't hear that level of artistry making it through into the final cut. Standout Tracks: Love the One You're With, Old Times Good Times, Sit Yourself Down, We Are Not Helpless
7/10. Not bad at all, little over-dramatic. If this truly is my final album on this list from the CSNY extended universe, goodbye, it was an okay time.
Could be my favorite out of all the CSNY-adjacent albums on the list. Or I’ve developed Stockholm Syndrome from having to listen to so many CSNY-adjacent albums (17 and counting!). 8/10
This is an easy to listen to, mostly upbeat, folk rock album. At first, it gives cultural appropriation, but within this hodgepodge is real talent. The variety in this album is probably the most surprising. While some tracks have absolutely ripping guitar and great beats, other songs are almost akin to dirges. Overwhelming chorus and then suddenly snoozers with unappreciable lyrics. This album almost feels like a shuffle of a couple different albums of highly different quality. The reviews for this album are astronomical and are only topped by the celebrity backing including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr... and Crosby and Nash... Many of the components of legendary music are here, but it does feel like something is missing.
A nice album from an incredible songwriter. I wish he had more songs to make this album a little longer, though. 4.7/5 Favorite: “Sit Yourself Down” Least Favorite: “Cherokee”
This was a good album and one I wouldn't have discovered, probably. The songs are good - and well delivered (not surprising considering the guest stars: Hendrix, Clapton, Ringo Starr). Worth a listen and I might listen again in future, occasionally. Not life-changing, but a good album.
Hendrix and Clapton as features on the same record is pretty incredible. Then you’re gonna flute it up another notch on Cherokee? Get out of town
Didn't really care for his collab work with Bing Crosby and Ogden Nash, but this album kinda slaps.
Riding off the success of CSN, every member released their own solo, and the public ate them all up. I'm a fan of Stills. His songwriting in Buffalo Springfield was second to Young, and Manassas is a roots rock masterpiece that grew on me slowly. And here, he churns out folk rock pop tunes the whole family could enjoy. It's good but a tad bit commercial and uninspired. Yes, Stills is still a strong songwriter here. It's produced well. But very little coming together well. "Do for the Others" sounds like an empty CSNY song. Bet it'd sound better with the others contributing. "Church" and "Sit Yourself Down" are boring gospel tracks. The choir is no substitute for the CSNY harmonies, and nothing else really sticks out to me. Pretty forgettable. Jimi Hendrix steals "Old Times Good Times" with a sick ass guitar solo, and Stills' vocals are lovely and catchy (my favorite on the record). Solid song but Hendrix does feel like he's doing his own thing. "Go Back Home" is a similar example, with Clapton carrying the song with his bluesy guitar, but Stills' vocals, the punchy drums, and groovy bassline all support the jam vibe that warrants its 6-minute length, justifying it as the strongest track on the record. (But I wouldn't say that beats the energy and catchiness of "Love the One You're With".) "To A Flame" is a standout to me, a psychedelic folk tune with strange lush instrumentation and mysterious vocals, in the same vein as Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name or Tim Buckley's Happy Sad. It sounds like a demo tape though, incomplete and slightly messy. But it did peak my interest nevertheless. "Black Queen" sounds like a swamp blues demo, also incomplete and drags on but cool on the surface with the muddy guitar (dirty yet fluid). "Cherokee" is one of my favorites, an extravagant psychedelic rock piece featuring all sorts of cool and distinct instruments with a groovy vibe. A bit messy, especially with the sudden closer, but otherwise fantastic. "We Are Not Helpless" is a complete and thoughtful closer, tying in the themes of the record with well-divided sections and a satisfying conclusion. Still not a fan of the gospel choir though.
Of the legacy CSNY members, I wish Stills was the one who boycotted Spotify. There are some decent, albeit dated sounding, tunes on this and some excellent guitar work by the special guests that keeps the rating from falling further.
Poor Steve, you know when the members of CSNY all issue solo albums they will all get compared to each other, but good ol' Neil can't but help standing waaay above the others. This was a bit too Country for me, but you say "heck Neil is Country too!" And I agree, but Neil somehow makes Country and Folk work for me. No such luck for Stevie I'm afraid.
Pleasant
YEs I like this 3.5 rounded to 3.
I still like Love the One You're With, but the rest of the album was pretty mediocre. I am also suffering from late 60s/early 70s fatigue.
I was familiar with "Love the One You're With", but not the rest. The album was fine as background music. Nothing pulled me in particular.
Waffled between a 3 and 4 star on this. Overall a 4 star album with a couple of 2 or 3 star songs. But, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
I mean, I guess.
I think it’s one of those albums that resonated more in the 70’s and rode the wave of the band’s (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) commercial success. Excellent guitar work by Stephen Stills, as one would expect. Not an album I’d play again. Overall: 3/10
Not into it. All songs sounded the same
Even Jimi Hendrix can’t elevate this beyond a ‘Meh’. Started off with potential as I recognised and enjoyed the gospel banger Love The One You’re With, but it steadily declined into disappointment from there. I’m really sick of the CSNY axis of boring now.
Another early 70s slogfest. Very competently made album that just happens to bore the hell out of me.
Temu Paul Simon. I'd give 2.5 but can't so I'm afraid it's 2.
Was it fine? I suppose. Will I ever choose to listen to it again? Absolutely not.
Enjoyed this. The opening track sounds exactly like Moving On Up by Primal Scream.
Didn't hate it.
Pleasant enough listening but ultimately mostly unmemorable stuff. Cherokee probably the best of the bunch. Didn't really like Black Queen.
11/22/23. Some standout songs but thought this was an average, acoustic driven album. May revisit again down the road, perhaps might learn one or two on guitar.
While listening to each one of these songs I keep reminding that this was released in 1970 - before Sticky Fingers, before before Springsteen’s albums and before most of Zeppelin’s work. It is impressive the swing, versatility, power this album has. I came with low expectations and was surprised. Definitely will come back to this album.
It's good album but nothing special
First track amazing Album closer is incredible Everything in between is pretty great 4/5
Middle of the road but nice background music 2.8
So I guess they split the talent of Stephen Stills between the 3 of them after Neil left. Choir goes crazy
I can confirm this album is as boring as Stills' other solo album I received here, as well as the other 2 albums where he's part of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young gang.
Love the One You're With, Go Back Home, Black Queen. Especially Black Queen - jammy acoustic tune.
This was pretty all right. I don't have much to say. It felt very mid, but not in a bad way. Just a calm, fine album. Fav tracks: Go Back Home, Black Queen, Cherokee
I feel like this was more of an obligatory inclusion due to the other letters of CSNY getting some love too.
Good sounds, nothing flashy.
Stephen Stills? Stephen Stills what? Oh STILLS! Like him off of Crosby and Nash! I have already established I know nothing of their work and the album that has appeared so far wasn’t great. I had zero expectations. The album cover doesn’t give anything away. A random dude freezing his bollocks off, sitting on a bench that is covered in about 12 inches of snow. Obviously he’s playing a guitar. And obviously there is a small wooden pink giraffe stood next to him. Of course there is. None of that gives any indication to the whole bunch of tracks that are absolutely dripping in orchestral gospel warmth. Like if Primal Scream had done a whole album like Moving On Up … but better. I thought this was great. I’m really starting to worry that I’m turning into a dad from US sitcom in the 90s.
Boooring
I wanted to like this but not for me
3.5 Some hits and good tracks, some filler
ну это норм альбом. не противно, но и не вау
4- если что
Good but kind of samey and boring
Pretty good :) I liked love the one you’re with the best
It was okay, I liked love the one you’re with, go back home, and black queen because I always support black queens
Stephen Stills' Stephen Stills hung out with me on my drives to and from my first day of work on this continent, amiably addled company on the way in, something of a guardian angel through the scary rainstorm coming home. Just a very easy album to get on with, hang-out yacht rock. The tunes are laid back, as are the jams - long enough to get absorbed in, short enough to swerve tedium. It's more a vehicle for eyes-closed emotional vibes than for melodies. Earnest, sincere and hopeful, this is music I would once have despised, mistaking doomed idealism for complacency. What the heck is the percussion doing on the opening Bucks Fizz song? Whatever it is, I like it! ‘Love the One You’re With’, I can imagine Clapton hiding behind his heroin beard when Stills was playing that back to him. This list always leads me back to Clapton, my Anti-Mecca. And Neil Young, my hairy Vatican. With one eye to Si's review, this is not as good as 'After the Gold Rush', but better than Young's songs on 'Deja Vu'. On that subject, this record has inspired an idea to reenact the making of Robert Altman’s “The Big Sleep”, with Stephen Stills as Philip Marlowe/Elliott Gould, Graham Nash as gangster Marty Augustine, David Crosby as Sterling Hayden/Roger Wade/Hemingway, Rita Coolidge as Eileen, John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Robert Altman, and special guest star Eric Clapton as Terry Lennox, whom will be shot by Stills at the climax. Neil Young will play the naked hippy girls living across from Stills. As too many of the cast are already dead, this will have to be a written exercise. The twist ending is a final shot of Crosby/Hayden rising back out of the night sea, eyes black, described in Hemingway barks.
A timely companion to After The Gold Rush earlier in the week. Went into this with low expectations, as I have thought Love The One You're With to be a weird and terrible song since I saw Bucks Fizz perform it at Thorpe Park randomly over 35 years ago (disappointingly instead of their current hit at the time which was a real banger, even without any ripped skirts). But I digress: LTOYW is awful here too, the rest isn't as bad although run-of-the-mill, '70s singer/songwriter stuff. Go Back Home is pretty good. Stills seems to be the least interesting of the CSNY set, but I've heard worse solo albums. Yawn
A lot more varied than expected. Good songs nicely produced with some deft contributions from various glitterati.
Pleasant sounds for a morning commute. Classics are classics for a reason.
Did not expect to like this as much as I did. There's an abundance of CSNY and their associated work on this list so I wasn't looking forward to it. I was pretty happy with this. I didn't know he was responsible for "Love The One Your With" I always thought it was some one hit wonder
This gets 4 stars for Cherokee
Country, correcto.
I usually don't like folksie/Americana stuff and would just be like "ugh, I have to listen to this?" Stephen Stills album was better than expected. While its no 4 star, its a solid "better than I expected" surprise. 3 stars!
Decent music, I mostly liked the folk/gospel direction. I never realized Love the One You're With had a message that I strongly disagree with, but hey now I do. What an unfortunate (to me) message for such a catchy song.
On a bright sunny Friday I found this album pretty annoying. Listening again the next day, a rainy, grim, lazy weekend morning, I love it.
Really enjoyed that album and there are definitely some songs, i will enjoy further on. Never heard of Stephen Stills before, but his lyrics and guitar skills are outstanding and top class. I am really glad now, having joined this 1001 gen app. My top 3 in a particular order are: 1) Do for the Others 2) Go Back Home (awesome song concerning the sequences of e guitar, bass and piano. Outstanding e guitar solo btw) 3) Black Queen (really enjoyed the country style guitar parts) 4.8
Rating: ** 4+ ** Notes: Really nice Album. Listended to it during work and got little bit unfocused.... but was nice to work to :) loved the choire. Have to listen it again... maybe its a 5 then. Songs which stood out in no particular order (credits to Uncle Gue for the idea): "Love the One You're With" ------------------------------------------------------------- Rating Scale: 1- very bad 2- bad 3- neutral 4-good 5-very good additonaly -/+ sign if necessary
Significant contributer to the rock genre. I‘m loving the blues and rock combinations in the songs. Knew him already from CSN(&Y). Love their songs too. Personal Top3 in no order: Old Times Good Times Go Back Home Black Queen
Gefällt mir! 7.5/10
Standouts: Love The One You're With, Church (Part of Someone), Go Back Home, Sit Yourself Down, To a Flame, We Are Not Helpless. 3.5/5