Manassas

aucun favori, mais pas completement nul

A double album of songs ranging from "ignorable" to "actively dislike"? The CSNY extended universe has been tedious for me, lots of 2s and 3s, but this is a 1.5 and I might round down.

I thought I had heard this going; turns out it was Harvest Moon I knew. Still, I knew a couple of songs. It's pure Boomer, which is fine when it's good. This tries to sabotage itself with its Country leanings and Young's often not great vocals, but it remains an indelible slice of 20th Century US culture.

Easygoing stuff. Clear now whose voice led CSN/CSNY.

Heh... Man ass.

Amazing discovery from me. Great music. An introduction to Stephen Stills for me who I had never heard outside CSN&Y

Country/rocky - nice relaxed sound no real grab you standout tracks

Better than expected!

Enjoyable but honestly i really felt the length of the album as a whole. Wish it wasn't so! And maybe if i wasn't playing catch up i'd be less frustrated by that

I listened through this album and then decided to look at everyone else's reviews, which is something I don't typically do. One word that kept sticking out to me was "safe"...and now I don't think there's a word that more perfectly describes this album. It's so safely up-the-middle that it's scary that this was able to be pulled off with such perfection. I have no major objections to this album. It sounds totally fine, it's just so forgettable. You could turn this album on while I'm in the room and I wouldn't have a negative word to say about it, but I doubt I'd sit around and praise it, either.

#434 This started out well and had some great jamming but it veered off into country and bluegrass for a while and then sort of came back round again. Not that any of that is a problem per se, it’s just a bit too sprawling and a bit too long that I lost interest. There’s probably a good album in there, not sure I appreciate the double album ambition. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Listen before you die?❓ Fave track(s): Jet Set (Sigh) Rating: 6/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

huh ik las de reviews terwijl ik eerste lied luisterde en ze waren zo negatief??? ik vond het best leuk.. misschien de country fiddle is iets minder.. maar de rest wel leuk!

dit was echt heel goed???

Det er jo relativt bra, men også kjedelig. Altfor lang plate, og jeg synes Stills er mye mindre interessant enn både Neil Young og David Crosby. Noen burde satt ned foten i studio. Svaaaaaaak 3

Dad Rock vibes

Stills continues this week's absolute heater. 4.5.

The solo albums probably haven't aged as well as the group CSN efforts. Enjoyable discovery. Didn't rock my world.

Pleasant melodies.

74

It's alright, actually. I'd listen again

So so boring.

Been getting a few of the Crossby-Stills-Nash-Young solo efforts, and out of those this is the worst. By no means bad, just played a bit too straight. It got a bit funkier towards the second half, but it's still mostly just guitar plonking. 3

I have to agree with most of the judgements - album is too long, and not that interesting. Some really bright moments but in general, a very average album.

Eh? I got bored as shit

Great music and vibes even if it was like 20 minutes too long

Enough with the fucking apple orchard music

Great CSN style rock right out the gate.

I really vibe with this stuff. Even as a double album I didn’t get bored, but there weren’t any 5* songs. All decent but not incredible 7.5 / 10 best track/s: Anyway, The Treasure, Fallen Eagle, The Love Gangster

aint the shit

nice new find!

Forgot to rate. It was fine I think

ok

needs a relisten

bit long, but solid

2.5/5 but I’m going to round up

Stills is a gem. Feels familiar without ever having heard it before.

Its good, not mind blowing but... nice?

𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴 may have Stephen Stills at the centre, but anyone expecting another 𝘋é𝘫à 𝘝𝘶 should lower their expectations. The album is divided into four separately titled sides, which makes it look more varied on paper than it actually sounds. The shifts between rock, folk, country, and blues are there, but they rarely feel distinct enough to justify the structure. There is plenty of strong musicianship and an easygoing West Coast atmosphere, but at nearly 75 minutes the album simply overstays its welcome. What starts out as warm and inviting gradually turns into one long, pleasant blur. By the end, 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴 feels less like four different musical chapters and more like an extended soundtrack to Laurel Canyon life. Nice place to visit, but I would not want to spend quite this long there.

Standard early-70s country/blues rock. I appreciated the fact that I've managed to avoid being overexposed to this record over the past 50 plus years like I have with some other CSNY-adjacent stuff. The playing is good, though a couple tracks approached a little too closely to soft rock for my taste, and I listened to the bluesy tracks thinking "why listen to this when we have people like Muddy Waters to listen to." But still, it was largely a workable album, for folks who are in the mood for songs like this. "Fallen Eagle" was the most interesting song for me on here, since I was following the lyrics from the perspective of being here in the future where eagles have had federal protection for quite a while and therefore are pretty numerous in places like here near the Potomac River (in Manassas, even), and in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. But maybe it's a metaphor? Or maybe it’s a warning.

Good, even without Crosby and Nash

A great mixture of folk , rock n roll , country , blues and jazz

Pretty dang good

So…boring.

Nothing offensive here, but also nothing particularly special or unique. The first side is rock and roll you could hear at any given bar on any given weekend, while the B side continues with the vanilla rock with some jazz, blues, and bluegrass thrown in. I was leaning toward a 2 due to the overall “meh” nature of this double album, which didn’t really gel for me at all. However, I decided to give it a 3 since I listened to the whole thing without skipping a song.

Alright.

TL;DR: Puts the ass in Manassas. BEFORE: FFS. This rootsy 70s shit is really starting to grind me down. I also see that this is a double album. This is why Boomers shouldn't be allowed to make lists. I'm going to need a death metal power cleanse before I listen to this. AFTER: Threw this on before I went out to grab some lunch. It's just so forgettable and way too long. HIGHLIGHTS: There's an OK bluegrass song in there somewhere - maybe on Side 2? It Doesn't Matter has a bit of an early Eagles vibe that I liked. Bound To Fall is decent - it should have been longer. Move Around isn't good but at least it's weird. The guitar work on Blues Man is very good. I'd rather hear someone try something new and fail than 15 tasteful, boring songs that all sound the same. It took until Side 3 of a double album for anything to stick which isn't great. LOWLIGHTS: Kind of all of it apart from the occasional interesting song. Jesus Gave Love Away For Free was particularly off-putting. The lyrics to Johnny's Garden are shite. I felt genuine dread when the tuneless vocals to The Treasure kicked in and saw that it had 8 minutes to go. VERDICT: My first 1 star. Might have been 2 if there was less filler alongside all the handful of decent songs. Tedious, pointless and Stephen Stills seems like an abject dickhead. I was relieved when it was over. I would like a word with whatever failed hippie decided this list needed so many middling albums from the 60s and 70s. I'm only 33 albums in, which is sobering.

Kompetent blues, gitarrer som påminner om Mark Knopfler ibland. Men det håller inte för en dubbel. Över 20 låtar, nästan en och en halv timme musik ... En trea

Nothing stand out

I like the concept of 4 sides with different styles. I really don’t like the bluegrass songs. Lots of good songs, but also a bit long.

I should be giving Manassas a 1 just for the "blues-rock" thing but I actually found this collection to be very enjoyable despite the genre being way outside my usual taste.

Blues stuff is nice listening, most of the country ish songs are alright as well. Nice peaceful album. Almost got a 2 anyway because it’s got nae business being 1 hour 12 minutes long.

Inoffensive 70's folk/bluegrass.

Is there ever a double album that actually justifies its existence? My feeling is that there’s usually a decent single album that sits somewhere within the bloated confines of a double album release, and this album isn’t challenging my view on that. In fairness though, I at least found this one unusual in its layout. Apparently it was deliberately set out to be thematically different on each side and, for me at least, it really felt it - side 1 was a really strong funky collection of country-rock and blues and side 4 somewhat picked up that same vein, but in between, it dives deep into bluegrass country and struggles to climb back out. Nonetheless, there were a few tracks on side 3 (Move Around, The Love Gangster) that I reckon could have sat well on a less self-indulgent single album. Overall, a bit frustrating as I liked parts of it a lot, but it feels like it would take commitment to revisit the whole thing.

Not as bad as I thought it'd be, but a good chunk of the material still didn't stick. The best side was side 2 The Wilderness.

That's Stephen Stills. He's the talent.

I swear any solo work from anyone once in Crosby, Stills and Nash is never as good as Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It's wild. I mean there are worse albums to listen to but damn this is boring. Like even your uncle that saw him live back in the day fell asleep.

Pretty boring pretty quickly

Terrible

Imagine if the grateful dead was even more boring.

The bluegrass side of Stephen Stills is exemplary.

Albums this made me wonder if I’m missing something. I can tell it’s well-made, it’s certainly not bad, but somehow I feel nothing listening to it. I guess what’s surprising isn’t that albums like that exist, but that I’ve described so many of the ones on this list the same way. I try, but there’s only so much grace you can give in a marathon like this. Oh, okay, there’s something - I liked the fiddle on “Fallen Eagle.” Remember that thing from the Fisherman album a few days ago? Yeah, fiddle can help.

And if I said he’s the best of Crosby stills and Nash what then

Bit too jaunty for my tastes

Stephen Stills's magnum opus double album is good music, but it is overwrought and ultimately doesn't stick the landing. He worked extremely hard and meticulously to craft spontaneous jam sessions which are anything but. It is musical micromanagement at the expense of great music. He is talented, but couldn't get out of his own way.

A solid double LP of rock, folk, blues, and country (and folk-rock, country-rock, etc., etc…). If you know Stills and all of his various bands/ cohorts, you know what you’re getting (and you’ll like it). 4.5 stars

More less.

Вперше бачу, вперше чую. Не подобається, якийсь хіпі-блюзрок без пісень які б чіпляли. Ніби не жахливо, але дослухати до кінця нема сил.

This was vaguely pleasant, especially the Chris Hillman stuff, apart from (1) Stephen Stills’s voice, which I don’t care for, (2) the fact that it is a bloated double album, and (3) the uninspiring lyrics. But there was a lot of cool music being made in 1972, so it seems weird to have this backward looking album of mediocre rock and country in the book. This album did not bother me, but it also didn’t do much for me at all.

Just some nice southern rock with good guitar playing, mostly engaging songs with the total length being the only big issue

OH THANK GOD! I've gone two whole days without a classic rock album! 978 albums into this project, would I set a record with THREE consecutive days? Thank whatever god you worship - I will not.

Forgettable

like the non young contributions to post CSN albums, its ok. Some interesting ideas, some good playing. Interesting how manic he was during production. listened without realizing the sides were themed cause no sides on spotify.

My only complaint with this album is that it is too long. I understand that it is a "double album" with the first and second part having different identities and even genres, but I didn't feel they really separated themselves enough, at least in the way it is presented. That is a flaw with almost all double-albums, so perhaps I will feel differently after coming back to the album a couple times. Overall, though, while I do like it and thing the music is great, I feel that if it was trimmed down a bit, it would be 5 stars.

Fine but completely forgettable

A really dull first half and a few good songs in the back half. I think that nets out to a high 2.

Weirdly boring, every song sounds the same

Too long! Too fucking long!

Nice easy country folk rock. Sometimes feeling a little too easy and middle of the road, sometimes on the edge of something greater. Very listenable.

It would be easy to react to a sprawling double that covers rock, folk, country, blues and psychedelia across 70+ minutes by wishing it was shorter. "What a single LP this could've been!" But sod it, I've enjoyed this from front to back three times in the last two days and there are too many tracks to keep adding them to my playlist that I may as well just accept this is a brilliant album by a supergroup of ridiculous collective talent. The harmonies, the basslines, the guitar work, the variety. It's just a catalogue of goodness and I will now need to find myself a copy.

A musical journey. Sounds phenomenal on the system.

Was this different to the Stephen Stills album I listened to a year ago?

3.7/5 - Was enjoying it at the beginning, but got a bit old quite quickly. Nice to mix some of these songs in with other music, but a whole album worth of this is a bit too much for me personally.

Overall really good.

An okay listen but a bit long, all the songs seemed to merge into one by the end

I wanted to like Manassas more than I did. The opening tracks have this great jam band vibe. But man, it's a long drive. After a while, everything starts sounding the same. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Song of Love - Colorado - Johnny's Garden

It does "convince you of Stills' worth". Not a lot!

This was an okay album. It kept my attention long enough to get through it, but not enough to where I could tell you any of the songs I listened to. Like another reviewer said, it feels like it is missing something.

This was alright. I had just gotten a Buffalo Springfield and David Crosby album on this list not but a few weeks ago. I don't know if these same guys need to be so heavily represented on this list. There had to be other interesting stuff going on in the early 70s that didn't make the cut. I like 'Rock n Roll Crazies / Cuban Bluegrass' for just being some fat 70's riffage like Big Star or something.

A couple of nice songs but boring

Overly long and utterly inessential. Should not be in this list.

I get that this was probably a phenomenon back when it was released, but I don't think it's aged well - there's so much other music in this style that's simply better. It's long too - trim that fat and this would be a 4, but 3 is probably generous

I can’t ever stop thinking about the review of the other Stills album that assigned a Super Mario character to each of the CSNY guys and Stills was Toad… so true. The best thing about this album is the guitar and blues-y sensibilities, which is good because there’s a lot of it.

Inoffensive and pleasant. Did I need 21 songs of this, no, but I didn’t hate it in the background. Likes: Jet Set; Fallen Eagle; Colorado

Good, no-frills, bluesy folk album. I kind of wish it had some frills. I can now say I’ve listened to a Stills solo record.

just good solid southern country blues rock coming out of the 70's. I know there's tons of it but whew this hits just right. I'm picturing myself at a smoke filled bar in the 70's getting through another week of bullshit but at least the music's good.

Stephen Stills is at his best when he’s making southern rock with a Mexican twang and not just boring folk music. Also this album is literally called Man Asses and cowboys butts drive me nuts!

Stills was such a narcissistic ass. It makes it hard to admit that I love his work as a producer - his sound is super easy to float in. I also love War (the band) and the Doobie Bros' Toulouse St., so I particularly enjoy Stills' aping of those sounds on Side 1. But his songwriting is so-so and his lyrics seem to bounce back and forth between (1) smug lectures from a condescending fool and (2) self-pity at having driven away a woman. After Side 1 you have to wade through a lot of mud to find the spring water. And it just goes on and on and on. So how many stars is that? I'll close my eyes and throw a dart.

Nice, long, but nice.

Long

Not his best stuff

3.5

Apparently in the minority here, but damn I loved this. Almost every single song is a total win for me, and I disagree with the take that there's no variety here. Lots of different genres mastered and put together with excellent harmonies, beautiful lyrics, great riffs, and effortlessly rollicking energy. Mr. Stills does it again. Bob Dylan eat your heart out.

What?

Eeeeeehhhh, one cool solo. Okay record.

Gross. I don't like a man's butt.

Pleasantly surprised with the sound here. Length and samey-ness bring it down a bit.

too long and not enough interesting things happening

Old-timey, dated hippie music that holds very little interest for me personally. Side 1 - The Raven: 3.25 stars Side 2 - Wilderness: 1.5 stars Side 3 - Consider: 1.5 stars Consider finding a theme yourself ’cause there ain't one here. Side 4 - Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay: No rating (lost interest) The whole thing is way too twangy and noodley and southern 70s for me. And that hard turn to bluegrass and country on Side 2? No thank you. The best thing about Stephen Stills going solo from CSN(&Y) is there are no Graham Nash songs to suffer through.

Overall a fine album. Not sure I would listen to the full album again. It wasn't leading me anywhere. Liked the cuban and latin rhythm songs.

Meh. Well played, "meh" - but still meh...

Any variation of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and/or Young has always been boring to me. Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't do anything for me.

Too long, but really quite a lot of fun times. Fave Track: The Treasure (Take One) 3.8/5

first half was insane. second half was good not fantastic

8.6

I don't hate it, but there's a little too much, and it's very similar despite some slight genre shifts. A little folk, a little soft rock, a little country, but all still very much Stephen Stills. If it's on in the background, I certainly won't be annoyed, but only a song or two really stood out, like The Love Gangster or Anyway.

very middle of the road for what it is and also too long

Brilliant.

A typical sounding early 70s album from an icon of the industry. A good listen but certainly not something I would consider a classic or a must have on this list.

Well, it’s fine but doesn’t really justify the length

Hey Stephen, get an editor. Somewhere buried underneath all the mediocre is a good songwriter, I’m sure, but I can’t get over the mediocrity of it all, especially given his well known ego. I made it to song 7 before I even looked at the track listing. This album is over an hour?! Just a big ugh.

Decent, with some good tracks. Not sure I'll go back. Not the most standout of the many good projects he or any of Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young were involved with. 3/5

I like the 70s California sound that Stills (along side Crosby & Nash) was a big part of. This one didn't fully get me though. The double album goes on far too long (a lot of filler - could have made a much better single album), and the Nashville overtones don't mix well with his Laurel Canyon sound. Not a bad album, but not a great one, either. 2 1/2 stars

Too long man ... too long

Nice guitar and vocals. Could do without all the fiddle.

Pretty good stuff - I always enjoy this kind of west coast driving music - but there are a few too many songs with that terrible country twang. The rest is great

Anything bearing the name of one of the CSNY members is an automatic 5-star rating.

This album went on for longer than necessary, but was fine.

Country rocky folky too long blegh

I’ll need to revisit this one some time, but on first listen I liked it a lot more than Stills’ first solo album, which I found highly overrated and hippy-dippy in the worst way. This one seems to showcase his guitar and singing chops a lot more, and has some interesting synths on some tracks that I found interesting. I wish it wasn’t so long, but it’s one I’d like to pick up on vinyl sometime.

I really liked this album - I would rate it as one of Steven Stills best efforts. I realize that some critics didn't like it because of the several different styles associated with the album but it really has some powerful tunes. I especially like "Bound to Fall" which I believe was written by Chris Hillman. These are also great songs - "It Doesn't Matter","Johnny's Garden", "Move Around", "Both of Us (Bound to Lose)", "Colorado", "Anyway". The musicians are top notch and there is so much music that if you don't like some of the songs , there are others that will please you. I wish I could have seen them live because it must have been a powerful experience.

Het probleem met teveel (goede) muzikanten laten meespelen op je nummers is dat ze zo vakkundig alles plamuren en polijsten, dat je niet meer doorhebt dat je nummers eigenlijk maar bagger en formulatisch zijn.

matig

nog maar is een vergetelijke 70's rock band. Helemaal niet mijn ding, maar ergens diep Texas zijn er sowieso rednecks die hier helemaal geil van worden.

A double album. I’m not sure why these CSN guys get so much time on this list it all kind of sounds the same.

Alright 70's rock

I am in the mountains for a wedding. This rips man. Just perfect vibe for this, driving to a disc golf course throwing up and down a mountain and this is what’s playing, 10/10 experience. Musically, wonderful, nothing I’m ever going to come back to, but this hit on the correct day at the correct time.

How was I ignorant of this album? Great Americana

Some music is for the ages, some is for the moment. This album feels like it was a good fit for the moment. Stephen has a host of credits that are high in the stratosphere, some even locked into the musical firmament. This just feels like a fun jam. Fun to listen to, a sweet treat and then quickly forgotten. On second listen, this sounds like Stephen Stills taking a stab at Americana music in the vein of The Band. It does not stand up well in that comparison, however. Don't Look at My Shadow feels like a parody of Americana, perhaps that is intentional and I'm just not seeing the wink and the nod. Perhaps they should have cut this down from a double album to a standard album and lost some of the "just ok" songs.

This was fine but I listened to the entire thing and nothing really stood out.

Man kan sagtens mærke hvor vigtig han er for lyden i Crosby Stills and Nash, som jeg elsker, men det her var sgu et maraton

Der var et par helt fine numre men den var dælme lang!

Some good songs in a sea of abundance.

This one was perfectly nice, but nothing groundbreaking for me. I love a lot of his stuff with CSN&Y but this one wasn't a standout

I really enjoyed this. I wish some of the tracks were longer... I also wish some of the tracks didn't feel like I was sitting in the waiting room at the dentist. The songs Bound to Fall and The Treasure stood out to me.

Stills y Hillman acompañados de otros grandes músicos, que ya habían tocado en el disco de Stills y que se separaron cuando se reunieron Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young apenas un año después. Tras la salida al mercado del «Dejá Vu» Stills contacta con Chris Hilman (ex Byrds y Flying Burrito Brothers) y le propone la formación de un grupo y la grabación de un disco. Chris se lleva a Al Perkins que tocaba la steel guitar en los Flying Burrito Brothers. Stills por su parte recupera el batería Dallas Taylor del disco «Deja Vu» y el bajo Fuzzy Samuels que había trabajado con Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young . El grupo lo completarían el organista Paul Harris (músico de BB King) y el percusionista Joe Lala (Blues Image y Pacific Gas and Electric) que tocaba las congas. Además del productor Tom Dowd, el mismo que un año antes había producido el disco de Derek and the Domino’s Layla. Un disco con 4 caras: La primera THE RAVEN, muy rockera y con algo de aires latinos en la percusión. Recrodemos que Stephen Stills, hijo de militar pasó una temporada en Panamá, lo que se nota aquí, sin ir más lejos en R´R Crazies/ Cuban bluegrass: "Musica latina es cubanbluegrass" Song of love, con retazos del mejor sock sureño, es una gran entrada. Jet Set es la palanca que cogieron los Black Crowes. Both of us es más simplona, típica de los 70. La cara B es THE WILDERNESS, country exquisito. Solo por esta cara. merece la pena el disco entero. Fallen Eagle es country más acelerado, pero el violín le sienta bien Colorado es una joya, suena a los Byrds, a The Band, a los Flying Burrito (Chris Hillman... algo sabía de esto) suena a lo mejor de los 70. So begins the task este tema lo grabaría en 1968 cuando acompañaba a Judy Collins. Jesus give love away for free está la nivel del The Christian life del Sweetheart of the rodeo de los Byrds. Don´t look at my shadow es claramente, bluegrass. No es lo mejor del disco. Seguimos con CONSIDER. La Tercera cara del disco, de un sonido rock y folk muy de Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, aunque aquí meten moog syntetizer. Comienza con It doesn´t matter, sonando a lo que serán los Eagles... En esta cara hay un invitado sorpresa, Bill Wyman que toca el bajo en The love gangster. También toca Jerry García en el disco, aunque sin acreditar dónde. La última cara es la más floja del disco, pero no es en absoluto mala. The Treasure es una jam, con guitarra wah-wah. La verdad es que el disco es completísimo. Puede uno ahorrarse más, esto resume los 70. Blues man, dedicada a Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix y Al Wilson (Canned Heat). No se entiende el escaso interés de Atlantic en Manassas, salvo por el desmedido intento de que CSN&Y garabaran otro disco (lo harían en los 80 y sería obviamente, penoso). Stills no es un cualquiera: capaz de haber hecho tocar en el mismo disco (su primer disco en solitario) a Clapton y a Hendrix o tocar él mismo en la Superssesion con Al Kooper.

Some decent folksy music, exactly what I'd expect for Stephen Stills. I found the story behind this to be interesting, how Stills was so invested in the recording process that he logged 100+ hours straight in the studio at some point and would call his band in at 4am to bounce ideas off. I don't think the result was *that* groundbreaking, but I can tell it's a high-quality recording. Standout track: Bound To Fall. Love the highly compressed acoustic guitar used throughout.

No tässähän oli blue, folk ja country vaikutteita. Näin nopeasti laskettuna. Onko liika liikaa?

Мені подобаються рок-пісні на альбомі. Мені, скоріше, не подобаються кантрі-пісні на альбомі. І відверто він задовгий, та й зайві пісні тут теж є. Все одно загалом приємні враження від альбому.

Другий альбом Стівена Стіллза у цьому списку. І хоча перший мені не дуже сподобався, цей виявився ще гірше, бо тут дофіга кантрі (такого як я не люблю) + йде він більше години.

Better than Coldplay

Serviceable country folk-rock album

Very nice! Not usually a country fan, but fantastic harmonies

Dober

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Började läsa några recensioner innan jag började lyssna och var beredd på ett jobbigt album. Det visade sig att förväntningen var fel, jag uppskattade faktiskt albumet. Det var inte alls som CSN, mer rock, sväng och framförallt varierat med inslag från olika genres som latin, country, blues och framförallt rockigare. Visst albumet är kanske för långt och det är väl inte direkt mycket hitlåtar men jag lyssnade igenom albumet ganska många gånger och tyckte det var ett soft att ha på så det blir en 4a. Bäst är Song of love, Colorado, Johnny's garden

I likes a couple of tracks, but not my thing really.

Oof. Who'd have thunk that 1/3 of CSN and sometimes Y would be this meh? Did this get on the list just due to its pedigree? 2 stars at best. And that's only because I'd probably not say much if one of my older friends put it on to enjoy for themselves. Just let it happen.

I’m rating this 4/5 for being a solid album in a genre I really enjoy, but for the record this is a 10/10 album to look out a train window to.

Blues rock fibre just rips straight through me, leaving no lasting impression positive or negative. Stephen Stills had the gaul to put his name on the cover twice but not enough discernment to create a record with truly captivating songs. Boring!

Stephen steals your time with this polished yet very dull work

Dit is echt alles wat ik wil van een (country) rock album

I found this quite an enjoyable listen

Very good record.

Too long for what it is. There are some good songs on here, mixed in with less remarkable ones. Half of this could have been trimmed to make this album more succinct and cohesive.

Overall an enjoyable listen. But a bit too much twang and fiddle for me on a few tracks.

This is a hard one to rate. I like a lot of the tone and vibe. But, there was a lot of filler in this album. It definitely felt too long. 7/10

Long, but filled with bangers. Enjoyed the listen through. Will be returning.

Pretty solid, nothing major 3/5

3,5

I loved it!

Eh maybe an ok song near the end. Very background music

Very much enjoyed this, and eventually got a new album recommendation from this site for an album I really liked. So much better than the pop and rap pish I've been subjected to. I'll send this album out again and see what else they have put there. My faith in the 1001 albums project has been restored.

Enjoyable country rock

Good album. Too twangy at times

Pretty long but a great listen

Call me country but I thought this was rootin tootin

Did enjoy all the talk about Colorado

Good and LONG!

Man asses? I don't see any man asses here! Maybe they're on the back cover. This album's good. Stephen Stills is one of the lesser discussed members of Crosby, Stills and Nash, but he's still got some talent to his name. This album of his is proof of that. However, it's not amazing. I have issues with this album. For one, it's too long. 70 minutes can work for some albums, but this album isn't one of them. The songs are a bit too similar for the runtime to feel warranted. On top of that, while I enjoyed every song on the album, none of them felt like masterpieces. You'd expect an album with 21 songs to have at least one all-time classic, but there really aren't any on this album. Stephen Stills is a good songwriter, but I do think that I prefer the songwriting of people like Neil Young. I also think the singing is just alright. I did enjoy my time with this album a good deal, but I also found it a bit too similar to a lot of the other Laurel Canyon Scene albums for the 70 minutes to really feel worth it. There's some good stuff on this album, but none of it amazes. It's a good effort, but I guess Stills was just better with Crosby and Nash (and Young sometimes) than he was with his Manassas crew. Good album, but not one that I think will stick with me much beyond today. High 3/5.

Holy fucking double album SNOOZE FEST. There was maybe 5 total minutes of this hour plus slog-a-palooza that my ears found interesting at all. I never want to hear this again.

I was dreading a double album of Steve after his previous effort, but to my surprise this absolutely slapped. Dudes Rock. Very good sunny day in the garden album.

It’s pleasant. Not ground breaking.

It was pretty awful Americana. He made a conscious effort to jump between genres, yet it all felt pretty half-hearted. I don't think it really stood the test of time.

This album is like sitting down for a bourbon after a long day working the land. It was a tough day, because the night before you and the farmhands had gone out for a couple of drinks that had let to a lot more drinks. Jerry, the ex-con with a chip on his shoulder, had mouthed off to a couple of fellers at the bar and a fight broke out. Thinks got pretty sideways and after being kicked out, you were faced with the choice of going home, or finding a new bar. Foolishly, you went to the strip club down the road. After a few hours of cheap rum and cheaper lap dances, you head home for a couple of nights sleep before your alarm goes off. It is hot as Hades outside, your head is thumping and you're running off two and a half hours of disjointed sleep. But that doesn't matter because a bull has broken through the fence on the top paddock and you've got loose animals to wrangle. Finally at the end of the day, you're settling down with a long-awaited straightening bourbon to cap off the day. It is a tough life, but not everyone is made for it. You should go and get some rest, but you'll have one more drink at look at the stars.

Fairly dull music that seems to be uninspired despite all the clear effort that has gone in.

I was very much enjoying this long streak free of early 70's Blues-y Folk Rock. But alas, all good things come to an end. I just can't with this Laurel Canyon scene or whatever you want to call it. They all sound the same! This time we got one of the less important of the Corsby, Stills, Nash & Young crew with a double(!) album. Lord have mercy! Key tracks: Fallen Eagle

3.5

After sitting through 72 minutes of Eminem, I get 71 minutes of early-70s country-rock. The first 5 tracks are mediocre blues-rock, followed by a few tracks of mediocre country, then going into a set of pop ballads before going back to the blues-rock style. They don't exactly nail any of these styles, instead doing all of them in such a way that they don't really leave a mark on the listener. Instead, you just get an overlong dad rock record with no real significance at all. Lyrics are just as mediocre as the music itself, so it doesn't even have that. It's just a boring time-waster of a record, despite not being bad per se.

Look, I love Stephen Stills in CSNY where he has C, N, and Y to act as a buffer between his songs—many of which are favorites of mine! I think a double album of just his songwriting is a little too much, especially when none of the songs particularly stand out to me. Was Manassas a skilled band? No doubt. But country rock is already a little outside my interests, and this just doesn't capture my attention the way many records on this list do.

Prima rustig niet geweldig

Fine album.

After what felt like an eternity of listening to the first track, i decided to check how long it was. I discovered that i was already listening to track 3. This album felt like a studio jam sesh, but each song felt so much like the same that they blended too well into eachother

Not bad not amazing! Listened easily 3/5

Stephen Stills is an incredible writer. "Jet Jet (Sigh)" sounds exactly like something that would come off Derek and the Dominos' only album, which hooked me instantly. I'm a massive sucker for slide guitar and this entire album is absolutely chock-full of it.Tracks like "Both of Us (Bound To Lose)" and "So Begins the Task" are fantastic because they seamlessly continue that classic CSN and CSNY sound. Stills really managed to pull off an absolute beast of a double album here by blending those familiar harmonies with a ton of great roots-rock and blues energy. It's an underrated 70s masterpiece that holds up incredibly well. Favorite song: “Jet Jet (Sigh)”

Highlights: Songs of Love, Colorado, Johnny’s Garden, It Doesn’t Matter and So Begins The Task. 3.8

i enjoyed it! it was cool listening to this right after buck owens bc i could hear the lineage of that genre over time. just seven years had passed between the albums and the genre had already evolved so much / spawned new sub-genres. Fav tracks: Fallen Eagle; Colorado

eh. I do remember being really into this album for a minute during a short Stephen Still obsession but I don;t hear what I heard then. It's good, much like all the supergroupish things in the CSNY universe, but it doesn;t touch on the vulnerability of his better solo work

This is a well-conceived, arranged and played double album of blues and country-rock that sounds perfectly fit for the AM radio of its era. There are some good songs, but nothing about it particularly excites me, either. Fairly or unfairly, I think I associate Stills with being a backing singer more than a bandleader.

like a Marvel film, almost anything in the CSNY Universe is 1) overly long 2) fine for while I'm engaging with it 3) largely forgotten, except for a few small well done bits, the next day.

Muy retro y tal pero se hace un poco pesado. Muy igual todo el rato, muy monótono

Standard Stephen Stills. Sounds great, production is ok. Songs are fine.

This is a whole lot of easy listening. I don't need that much.

Long one, but split into four distinct parts. Side 1 (The Raven) was solid. Blues and rock with some latin rhythm mixed in here and there. Side 2 (The Wilderness) was awful. Country and bluegrass just isn't my thing. Side 3 (Consider) is also pretty good. A lot of smoother light-rock, some experimentation (nice MOOG work). Starting to enter jam-band territory on some tracks but not in a bad way. Side 4 (Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay) starts off with some southern rock then slides FIRMLY into jam-band territory. All-in-all, it's not a bad release and I'd probably listen to it (at least three sides) again, but it's not going to be in my regular rotation.

Was alright but had enough long before the album finally ended

Not objectionable in anyway but really did nothing for me at all

It's...fine. Very 70s country-rock, with some bluesier and even some bluegrass stuff thrown in. Some songs I quite liked, a lot passed me by and one or two caused me to raise an eyebrow. Not sure why it's really necessary for me to have heard this before I expire, but...I guess I have now.

It took me about 10 tries and 3 days to finally get through this album. Way too honky tonk country at times. Boring at other times. I'm not a huge CSNY fan, and thus I'm probably not the target audience for a Stills solo album, even if it's technically a band with a self titled album. No.

A bit lengthy, but each song had its own charm so I didn’t mind that much. A real solid collection of songs.

Virginia is for singers?

Bloated pap. I couldn't care less for more than half of these songs. As always, Less Stills is better Stills. And as others have mentioned, he's no Neil. 3 "lukewarm mediocrity" stars.

Another great album from Stills. It’s exactly what I imagine from folky rock. I think all of the songs are more than listenable. Album is a bit long, but other than that it’s good

Not listened

Like Stephen

Not for me

3.5/4

Eh, this was fine.

It's... fine. If it had been a single album, I might have gone to 'a pleasant but not that memorable' three stars but it had no business being this long.

Impossible to rate this in a single day given how deep, varied, and dense this album is, but after being disappointed in like 3 albums in a row by CSNY alums, I have finally found one that I am in LOVE with. Almost every song on this thing is incredible. The only weak section would be Fallen Eagle into Jesus Gave Love Away For Free, which are two pretty off the rack innoffensive country songs that are nothing close to bad, but are just simply outclassed by the rest of the album, mostly because they kind of cuck the rhythm section, who are carrying the majority of the rest of the album. Standout Tracks: Everything but the aforementioned two 4.2

Album was fine. Just not my tune. 2.5/5

Notable Textzeile: From reality it seems I've strayed Tired of all the silly games I play Just as everythings going fine Ich glaub ein Kriterium das ich bei mir entdeckt habe ist: es gibt Alben bei denen ich Pause mache wenn ich länger als 20 Sekunden das Zimmer verlasse weil ich denke ich werde was verpassen (was auch immer – was lustiges, was bescheuertes, was interessantes). Und es gibt Alben bei denen das nicht der Fall ist weil ich nach 2 Songs eine Ahnung habe dass die Songs von Anfang bis Ende ähnlich sein werden. Dies ist ein Album der zweiten Kategorie. Auch davon gibt es welche die mir sehr gut gefallen, wenn das Grundrezept interessant genug ist. Das ist hier nicht der Fall. Das ist viel zu lang und langweilig. Immerhin aber auch nicht nervig.

Also, wenn ich das live beim Day drinking in einer Bar irgendwo in den Staaten hören würde, fände ich das nicht schlecht - da spielt eine Band schönen folkigen Americana Rock, der nach 70s und CSNY klingt. Brauche ich das sonst? Nö. Bin ich gerade Day drinking. Auch nö. Deshalb

1001 Album das man hören muss, bevor man mit einem Grashalm in den Sonnenuntergang reitet.

Yeah, no.

Listened to it twice and nothing stuck with me.

It's time for yet another album from the CSN(Y) verse. The CSN(Y) albums themselves are all pretty good, but I have some mixed mileage with the solo stuff. Let's get the easy one out of the way, I don't really count Neil Young's stuff in this conversation, he has kind of eclipsed all of it. But the other stuff has been pretty decent, but not especially interesting. So I'm not especially enthusiastic to hear Stephen Stills' 71 minute opus. Fascinatingly enough, this album is very transparently trying to reach for a more eclectic, adventurous sound, but does not end up *much* more interesting than the other Stephen Stills album I've listened to. Although, that does imply that this *is* at least a little more interesting, and I'd agree with that. Each side of this album is very rigidly themed and titled. Side A (The Raven) is kind of slightly, vaguely inspired by Latin music. Side B (The Wilderness) is Americana. Side C W(Consider) is slightly experimental, but mostly it just has some synths and a psychedelic vibe. And Side D (Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay) is pretty straightforward, internally consistent rock music. Even if these sides aren't *radically* different, there is enough going on that it makes this a fairly engaging 71 minutes. Side C is probably my least favorite, for as much as it kind of plays itself up to be unexpected and daring, but just kind of ends up feeling whatever; it also has the weakest identity of all the sides. Side A is my second least favorite, it also wears it's identity kind of weakly, but it's songs flow well, and are generally pretty good compositions. Side D is my second favorite, featuring a rock and blues sound that Stills is comfortable in, and a couple of the best songs here, like Blues Man and The Treasure. And Side B is my favorite, Country is another setting that Stills is very comfortable with, and the songs all present a unique take on the genre. Fallen Eagle, Jesus Gave Love Away For Free, and Colarado are all very different, fantastic country songs. The real downsides to the structure here are that Manassas feels a bit bloated, and Stills doesn't really manage to pull it all together into a coherent statement. But there is enough quality here to keep me engaged, and much like the other stuff I have heard from Stills, Manassas ends up fine.

אלבום מעולה

Yawn, another CS&N contribution selected by the fanboy. Its OK, but nothing more than that. Meh.

It might not be fair to pick this particular review for this whinge - however... Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - and their many other projects - are way too dominant on this list. So far I've counted 18 albums that feature 1 or more members. Nearly 2% of the list is these guys - which may not sound like that much, but I think that at least 1% of that could have been opened up to some other artists/genres. I'm pretty tired of this bland folky rock - I get it was influential and important at the time, we get it, 18 albums though? Shut up.

Not his best solo album. Another weird pick for the list

I wasn't expecting much from this album, but it was surprisingly decent. A bit samey and overlong. Still just about good enough for a four though.

This album washes over you, which to different people will be a positive or a negative. When I saw the length and clocked it was country in the first few songs I was quite worried; country is very hit or miss for me and in my experience with their longer albums I’ve tended to feel a country artist will slap any and all songs they have prepared onto the album without considering cutting or leaving some songs for every artist’s inevitable “Rarities and B-sides” compilation. This album does work however. The seamless transitions between song and the fact most sound quite alike means this feels like a very dense long song, and so the runtime is less of a concern. I could definitely sleep to this album, which I see as a good thing but I can’t imagine it would be seen as such by Mr. Stills. I’d listen to it again, which several 3 starers definitely wouldn’t get.

Some parts of Manassas work better than others. I particularly enjoyed the rootsy Side Two (“The Wilderness”) and the folk-y Side Three (“Consider”), but Side One (“The Raven”) left me flat. None of the songs really worked its way into my head.

No. 402/1001 Song of Love 4/5 Rock and Roll Crazies 3/5 Jet Set 4/5 Anyway 3/5 Both of Us 4/5 Fallen Eagle 3/5 Jesus Gave Love Away 3/5 Colorado 4/5 So Begins the Task 5/5 Hide It so Deep 3/5 Don't Look at My Shadow 3/5 It Doesn't Matter 4/5 Johnny's Garden 4/5 Bound to Fall 3/5 How Far 3/5 Move Around 4/5 The Love Gangster 3/5 What to Do 3/5 Right Now 3/5 The Treasure 3/5 Blues Man 3/5 Average: 3,43 Pretty good record. Could have been better with a little bit of trimming.

didnt really like it that much

Rather too rambling and unstructured to actually be all that good. But there are decent songs and I tend to enjoy this sort of style of music. So it's another 3.

Nothing new here. Another late-60s-to-early-70s Laurel Canyon County-Folk-Rock album, just like all the others that we've reviewed already. Minus one half-star because it's too long.

Неплохой альбом. Отдельно могу выделить инструментал, ведь он отлично дополняет сам альбом: небольшие пассажи интересные аккорды - все это украшает альбом. Однако альбом остаётся обычным, без каких либо весомый отличительных черт.

Hot damn, there's a lot going on here. Having known "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young" as a collective, this one gets me to understand the potential of the other names in that group. At this point I haven't heard any David Crosby, and this is my first go-round with Stills. I initially balked at the runtime of this album, but it doesn't overstay. In fact, it impressed me with its stylistic diversity and forward momentum in the jam sections. A+ engineering to boot. I could listen to this for as long as it would run. Can't say I condone the country tracks popping up after the album establishes itself pretty firmly as a blues release, but since the mix, arrangements, and instrumentation remains constant, it didn't completely break the level of immersion I achieved from the outset. I think I gotta go 5 on this one. It really surprised me.

Quite a long meandering double country rock album at around an hour and a quarter long. No real standout tracks for me, it was fine but don't think I'll be rushing back to listen again.

Songs flow well but it's quite a mixed bag of similar country, folk, and blues rock. It's like an amalgamation of all the styles that were really popular in the late sixties and early seventies: CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, CCR, and the like. I'm at that point in this challenge where I'm noticing how similar a lot of these albums sound. Manassas is an example made worse through it being a double album.

Bangers but I'm a sucker for soft 1970's rock. Gives Eagles but more folksy. I'm a sucker for this type of music 4/5. Fave songs: So Begins the Task, Johnny's garden

There are plenty of good songs on here, but the album is far too long as much of this feels like filler. The album as a whole suffers from this as much of the material is fairly forgettable.

Considering how much CS&N and CSN&Y I've listened to over the years, I'm surprised I've never listened to this album. It's got strong bluegrass and blues roots, and I really REALLY like it. So sometimes this 1001 albums list does find me a gem.

This album didn’t jump out at me, sounded like others I have heard

A family tedious mostly blues rock album that is about as beige of a 70s blues rock album as there is. When it does explore other sub-genres, it does a fairly mediocre job of it. Played in the pocket, but no genius movements forward in any of the sub-genres. Occasional moments of groove, like on the track "The Love Gangster". Exceptional instrumental performances. The band lives in the pocket, but bland, and the lyrics might be good or bad, but as they are completely indistinguishable from anything else that is going on, who cares? I think you've probably got to a be a big blues rock / country rock fan or an axe head to truly enjoy this. A double album length is also asking a bit too much patience from the average listener. I'm not convinced that this is an essential album for a list like this. Far too much representation by the various arrangements of CSNY on this list already. A rating of 2 for the engineering, production, and in the pocket performance, but nothing more. Since everyone else is afraid to say it, I'll say what no one else will. The only thing that was peak in the 70s was the divorce and drug use. It certainly wasn't the peak of music and I would argue it wasn't the peak of film or tv either. The whole decade is a bit overrated.

Toooo long and bland. 2/5

Probably, the best mix of country and rock I've heared so far. Probably should have give it an 5

Cool and familiar. Great vibes throughout. Groovy, rocking and melodic.

Rating: 4.4/5 Short Review: Loose, warm, and all over the place in a good way. Feels like a group of great musicians just following whatever direction feels right. Not tightly focused, but the vibe carries it. Favorite Track: “Johnny’s Garden.” Calm, reflective, and quietly beautiful. Feels like stepping away from everything for a bit.

Honestly really enjoyable! A bit long though.

Surprisingly solid album. Not that I didn't think Stephen Stills had it in him. Just that without his C, N, & sometimes Y bandmates I just thought this might be a little one dimensional. But nope. Thoroughly good album start to finish. 4/5

A display of good musicianship but frankly a little bit unmemorable in my opinion. Might bump it later though

A sampler of early 70s rock, bit done well

This album is drunk. Such a weird collection of styles on one album which may work for some artists but didn't work for me on this one. Maybe he needed the entire CSN&Y to focus and pull it together

Much better than I expected! Gentle but full of life. Reminds me of the Byrds; it’s not quite country because it’s too good to be country. Perfect for a slow, humid spring morning with my wife and daughter.

I liked this so much more than I thought I would. Really nice morning music, with several songs I found truly beautiful.

"Alright Robert, we need a list of the best/most influential albums of all time. What do you have for us?" "I found this album called Man Asses" "Good enough let's put it in there"

Dreadfully long and despite covering a fair amount of stylistic ground not that interesting to me. Being a third of CSN seems to temper his less pleasant musical tendencies and is quite enough for me, thanks.

It was cool but nothing really grabbed me

The musical quality is good throughout, and I was enjoying it when it first started. But it’s SO long and everything started blending together and sounding the same.

Some nice blues but in the end...steel guitar...who wants that?

Interesting mix of styles and genres on this album, blues, country, folk, rock. All decent songs but nothing that just screams I have to listen to this again.

great musicianship, too too long

Bland but listenable.

Song of Love - 3.5/5 Rock and Roll Crazies/ Cuban Bluegrass - 3/5 Jet Set (Sigh) - 3.5/5 Anyway - 4/5 Both of Us (Bound to Lose) - 3/5 Fallen Eagle - 3/5 Jesus Gave Love Away for Free - 2.5/5 Colorado - 3/5 So Begins the Task - 3/5 Hide It so Deep - 2.5/5 Don't Look at My Shadow - 4.5/5 It Doesn't Matter - 3/5 Johnny's Garden - 2.5/5 Bound to Fall - 2/5 How Far - 2/5 Move Around - 2/5 The Love Gangster - 2.5/5 What to Do - 3/5 Right Now - 3/5 The Treasure - Take One - 3/5 Blues Man - 2.5/5

6/10

A wonderful album - liked it very much.

This was way too long and every soung sounded fine.

Didn't see this one coming. I love Stills voice, have heard a few songs off this album but never would have considered it a Top 1001 album. I read that it's lauded as "roots rock landmark album". It's a good rock and roll album, I enjoyed a good portion of it. At the start, it has a bit more muscle than his CSN stuff, which I appreciate. The albume lacks a single song still played on the radio over the last 55 yrs. "Colorado" was the most memorable track but "It Doesn't Matter" was the only 1972 single that came close to the Top 40 (peaked at #61). Interesting Fact:The album was certified Gold on May 30, 1972, just over a month after being released.[2] Stills has stated the album did not receive the recognition it deserved due to Atlantic Records and Ahmet Ertegun (head of Atlantic Records) wanting him back in the "goldmine" that was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Stills said that as soon as the album shipped gold, Ertegun pulled it, and people could not find it in stores. While it was good, it wasn't great nor memorable, and it was entirely too long to lack hits or game changing songs. 3 stars tops.

Very impressed. Not much to say. This is new to me and i like it.

Pretty good, though it feels kinda samey.

Stephen Stills debut solo album. Folk/Country/Country rock. Nothing stands out. Not sure why this album is on the list other than it's Stephen Stills' debut solo album post Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Lots of people love it, but not me. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

FAVS (top 3): both of us, so begins the task, it doesnt matter mençoes honrosas: song of love, jet set (so high), anyway, dont look at my shadow, what to do gente é um bom album? é. tem boas musicas? tem? mas sinceramente? achei nada de mais nao, ele é bom nao da pra negar mas tipo i mean what the hell sure! nota final: 3.5/5

14/04/2026 Happy enough with this. It's nice to listen to a pioneer craft his work. Spotify listeners: 359.6k

good album that i like

Some songs are OK, but it borders on folk, gospel and country, where some of the songs really don't work for me.

Plodding.

This is way too long but a pleasant enough listen

I enjoyed this so much more than the CS&N album we had. So Begins The Task is a lovely song

Actually wasn't too bad for soundtracking a long walk. Nice mood to it. I've listened to much worse 70s albums on here so far.

Unfeasibly even less listenable than CSN, not to mention Elton John, Cat Stevens and Deep Purple - towards the rock bottom of the one stars albeit that “Colorado” keeps it above AC/DC, Alanis, Tears For Fears et al…

Too sprawling and inconsistent

This album was not necessarily bad, but it just kept going and wasn't for me. There is some really good stuff here, but it is a little too country for me. Liked Songs: "Song of Love" , "Rock and Roll Crazies / Cuban Bluegrass" , "Jet Set (Sigh)" , "Anyway" , "Don't Look at My Shadow" , "It Doesn't Matter" , "How Far" , "The Love Gangster" , "What to Do" , "Right Now"

Groovy, old fuzzy blues music. Lots of slide guitar and harmonicas and the like.

the problem with CSNY wasn't that it needed to be bluesier.

A bit of a pleasant surprise but barely. Better than Crosby I guess. That must count for something.

The sound of a guy who knows how to play a guitar, but doesn't know what to play.

This album started off a lot better than I thought it was going to be...I was bracing myself for a CSN repeat but was surprised that it was good, swampy southern rock. Somewhere between the Allmans and CCR. Then the middle came and it strayed from what was making it so great to begin with, it got into more folk stuff, more stuff that was closer to CSN. And then I realized it was a double album...it finished fairly strong but the first 4-5 songs were bangers.

Ya rather good, feel like there is just so much music like this from this time. And ya I can dig it but can't find a 4 here with how much of this existed. Blues vibes kinda great for a chill work day. 3+

Did not like this at all - but enjoyed the use of cowbells. How far was a song I enjoyed but that was literally it out of the whole thing

Decent. But I didn't get fully drawn in for quite a long album

Love Crosby Stills and Nash, was cool to hear his solo work

Really did not like this.

Really enjoyable album. Was expecting some early 70s folk, but this is banging, bluegrasses, and folky. High 3s.

there could be so much more substance to this

Chill pasiklausymas.

great!!!

Had a blast listening to this. Its long but really didn't feel like it. There's not a single bad song on here. I really enjoyed it. Great vocals. Great music.

Too much country sound

It is a style of music I like, but I don't feel like this is executed very well, or at least others do it better. 2.5

So Stephen Sills makes five appearances on this 1001 albums list. No question his first album with Crosby and Nash is deserving, and that trio gets even better when they add Neil Young for their second album. His earlier work with Young in Buffalo Springfield is also absolutely deserving on inclusion. An argument can even be made that his self-titled solo debut might squeak in, if only on the strength of "Love the One You're With." But there's no "Love the One Your With" on THIS mess of a double album. Trim this back to 10 tracks and make it a single album, and I'd almost certainly rate it one star higher than this. But I'm still not convinced I'd include it on ANY list of albums people MUST hear before they die.