Manassas

1/50 I reckon. Give or take, there’s 20 CSNY albums on here. So for every 49 albums you’re going to get a Byrds album, or something similar. I think that’s too many. This one had a lot of good moments- wah wah guitars and funky organs- but didn’t really seem to have any direction. Pick a genre and and trim it down to 40mins.

Stills naming the band/album Manassas, for some reason to do with the civil war? Then taking the album cover shot there? Was this some kind of slight to Young’s “Southern Man”? I’m not a big fan of “Southern” rock. Some of the tracks felt like they belonged in a Dukes of Hazard scene were Boss Hog is chasing the Duke brothers or when the narrator is telling us what the Duke boys have been up to. Lots of steel guitar (although very well played), but the album does change it up and it’s very well produced & well played. Don’t think Stills is that great of a vocalist & I didn’t find the lyrics very compelling. That being said, I could easily have this album on in the car and enjoy the music, just nothing much stands out.

The best word to describe this one is groovy. It feels like the 70s. The guitar work is excellent, and the album has a really good flow. It's not my favorite music, and I don't think the lyrics are too profound. The songs all have cool parts to them though. I think this is a decent album overall!

Enjoyable if overlong southern rock.

I still prefer Stills to Neil Young, Song of Love is excellent, Colorado is nice, it's solid but unspectacular country-rock stuff.

Started well then became a mosh mash that felt like it would be annoying to listen to on repeat. Loved the bluesy bits.

Cat: I liked it. Rock and rollll

That was pleasant enough. Couple of the more country ones grabbed my attention a bit but don't know name

It's good old fashioned rock. Don't know much more to say about it. Most of the songs are fairly similar.

Excellent blues rock guitar. Most songs would be improved by removing the vocals.

I liked it would listen again

A double album from 1/4 of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Technically Manassas is it's own band, but who's keeping track? There's a nice easiness to the album as Stills gently sings his little songs. Occasionally leans more county than folk. Nothing wrong with that, just an observation. As is the case with double albums, it runs longer than i would usually like and tends to wear me down a bit. That being said, it never feels like the album hits a low point. Every track is a pleasant listen. I also don't remember a single track. It's nice for what it is.

Decent

"Manassas" is the debut double album by blues-rock group Manassas. Manassas was a super group of sorts led by Stephen Stills (vocals, guitars, various instruments) and included Chris Hillman (guitars, vocals) of the Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers and various other session musicians. Each of the four album sides had a name and a different musical style which included rock and Latin, country, folk and blues and rock. The album was critically well received and commercially reached #4 in the US. Amazingly, when the album hit #4, a David Crosby/Graham Nash album and Neil Young's "Harvest" were also in the top 5. Side One is called "The Raven" and features rock and Latin sounds. "Song of Love" starts things off with a slide guitar, organ and congas. A nice guitar solo (plenty of those throughout). He's questioning the Vietnam War. "Melody- Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass" was the second single released. Layered guitars. Lots of going musically. The song takes off and speeds up. The craziness of the musical business. Chris Hillman takes over the lead vocals on "Both of Us (Bound to Lose)." Electric piano, Latin beats. It's dreamy. One of the best songs on the album. Side Two is called "The Wilderness" and is country/bluegrass. A fiddle and harmonizing vocals on "Fallen Eagle." "So Begins the Task" has a steel guitar and rich harmonies. This song reminded me of "Marrakesh Express." Side Three is the folk-rock "Consider." It has the first single "It Doesn't Matter." This is more traditional rock...layered guitars and harmonies. Stills giving some of his opinions on Crosby and Nash. "The Lone Gangster" got my attention with its wah-wah guitar. Side Four "Rock & Roll is Here to Stay" is rock and blues and my favorite of the four sides. "Right Now" is the most rockin' song on the album. It has the fastest pace and sounds urgent. Slide guitar. Piano. I'm thinking hes taking swipes again at Crosby and Nash and former girlfriend Rita Coolidge. The album ends with a slow blues acoustic guitar number in "Blues Man." It's a tribute to Hendrix, Al Wilson and Duane Allman. This is a lot of music and is musically very busy with 7+ instruments going off sometimes simultaneously. There is a variety of styles but the constant for the most part was Stephen Stills' voice. That was kind of getting to me as were the CSN sounding harmonies. No doubt, the mmusicianship and song structure are top notch. The lyrics are strong. If you are Crosby, Stills and Nash fan, you should find this enjoyable.

Some good tracks but nothing great and got me excited to hear the next track. I tink a solid 3 is a perfect rating.

Fun for a bit but not for over an hour, give us a break Stephen.

i came away from manassas with more appreciation for stephen stills. of the supergroup CSNY, stills was the last one to prove their significance to me. i can't say i was wowed by this album, so i'm at a middle-of-the-road 3, but i appreciate his songwriting and music creation now. tied with his buffalo springfield roots, this album does have more of a country and blues tilt. it wasn't easy listening like how yacht rock is, but there was that general ease that comes from blues music. and i say this even with manassas being a double album! the last song acted as a tribute to recently deceased musicians/friends. having "blues man" as the closing track of a supergroup's debut album tugs at the old heartstrings. "such a waste, left such a space."

Here I was thinking Manassas was just the name of the album, but it is actually the name of the band too, fronted by Stephen Stills! I had never heard of this Stills project before, so I was certainly intrigued. I was not surprised to hear the folk, country, blues, and rock influences on this album. What I was surprised to hear was the touch of Latin sounds permeating this album! Speaking of the Latin sounds, Side A on this double album was dedicated heavily to that sound, I noticed, with other sides focusing in other areas. It was a neat way to organize the album by themes, and yet even when considered as a whole the double album sounded altogether cohesive, too. I can see where this album was incredibly influential, too. Arriving in 1971, nearly all of the genres on display here seemed to be in incredibly "mature" forms...all of this sounds like music from much later in the 1970s. It's wild to think that this multi-genre album was likely influencing the future of ALL of the multiple genres represented here. There are a lot of band members here, and they're all great representatives of their particular role in the band. This is a full-sounding, well done album. I'd rate it higher than a 3 for sure, but not quite high enough for a 4.

Good collection. Not so keen on the Byrds twangy country section, but the rest is high class CSN&Y. 3.5

A supremely talented musician and songwriter, and this is a fine album.

3.5

Good drivin’ music.

Yeah, man. Just yeah. Gimme all the generic white dude 70s rock. I’ve been in such a rut with this project, but this could be an uptick. It’s a bit too long, too many noodling tracks at the end, but it’s Saturday so whatever. You go, Stills, you go.

3-4

Waaaaay too long! You can’t listen to this album and be grumpy at the same time. It’s hard to be mad at it. It just feels good all the way through. It is upstaged quite a bit by the songwriting genius of both CSN and Harvest which came out the same year, but I don’t think it’s totally fair to compare them. This is a different vision of that sound. I just was always waiting for the song to appear, but they rarely materialized. I thought the playing was terrific. Wild reading the harrowing stories of making this album and working under a cocaine-addled Stephen Stills for 100 hours a session! I liked it. 3/5

A great advert for double albums that might have made decent single albums. Sprawling, at times repetitive within each of the genres and could have done with a bit of sorting and editing. As a result the good points are diluted in a lot of so so tracks.

S'écoute bien, fait souvent penser à du Steely Dan. Ça fait un son vraiment carefree, idéal pour l'été. C'est un peu long par contre. 6/10

Sounds familiar, I guess I've been listening to a lot of this era music on the 1001.

This was a pretty fun listen - very repetitive, and I'm kind of done with the early-70s country-folk-blues-rock by white guys schtick - but it was done well. Colorado was a lovely song.

I don’t know SS from any of his solo work, and barely know him from his supergroup work with CSNY, but I enjoyed the first half of this album. I liked the song Jet Set a lot. Good intro to SS.

Stretches on a bit long, but he's a hell of a bluesy guitar player. 3/5

Some very nice tunes. Growly guitar, I like that. Jesus, always good. Slide guitar. It's a little bit country, it's a little bit rock and roll. 3 / 5 stars.

It was okay, but nothing special. Just some good folk rock.

missing CNY

I liked this album more than I thought I might, much better than Neil Young. (although what isn’t). I think that the album was a little long, but overall it was pretty good.

Hearing Stephen Stills' voice with a warm early 70s analog mix instantly turns me back into a 5yr old at the whim of dad's record player or AM radio in the station wagon. Problems with this (double) album are more than just that it's long; it more-than-occasionally threatens my tolerance for rootsy American rock (e.g. I don't like any of the country-tinged tracks on side 2 ("The Wilderness") of 4 - everything from track 6-11 is totally skippable for me). It's better on vinyl since you (I) can easily never put on side 2. Side 3 ("Consider") is so CSN in that apparently Stills almost actually named it "CSN" - I like 1 and 3 best; 4 is a little too clichéd early 70s rock. Obviously such a mixed bag, I could probably cut this down to a selective 8 song album to make it a high 4 but the bloat is way too much. 5/10 3 stars

Pretty good for boomer music

A lot of range on this album. I liked some of the bluegrass inspired tunes and songs that were a little more proggy, but there was some other stuff that kind of fell flat. Not bad overall.

super mid album. I would have given it a 3, but it's 21 songs for no good reason. 2.5/5

Some really good stuff! Enjoyed the variety of blues, bluegrass, and vocals.

I've now had Stephen Stills' ambitious project "Manassas" on my list to review for a number of months. I've listened to it a few times in that period, and each time it has passed by perfectly pleasantly, like a summer's afternoon or an episode of Bake Off. The problem is this: Stephen Stills and his various folk-rock entourages have about as many albums in the 1001 club as there are summer afternoons or episodes of Bake Off. After so many, a bright blue sky is just air, a gorgeously presented gateau is just sugar, and a Stephen Stills-featuring album is just nice. The most interesting thing about "Manassas" (named after Stills' latest band, formed with restless ex-Byrd and Burrito Brother Chris Hillman) is that its loose structure allows a little more genre experimentation than Stills had done in the past, complimented by his ever-expanding ensemble and broadening horizons. The album is split into four sides: the first a homage to rock and Latin, while the second goes country/bluegrass, the third goes folk and the fourth opts for blues jams. My favourites were probably the middle two-sides, which seemed to have the giddiest, most care-free energy. "Colorado" and "So Begins the Task" are both standouts on the country end: breezy, lilting, highway-in-California-with-the-roof-down kind of songs. "Don't Look at My Shadow" is a buoyant, cartoonish bluegrass to send us skipping merrily into sunset. On the third side, "Johnny's Garden" and "How Far" are commendable folk-ish cuts. There are a handful of other highlights across the rest of the record: "Both of Us (Bound to Lose)" begins in plain beige dad-rock colours, before an explosion of Latin percussion and piano rhythms brings the song to a dazzling, technicolour close. The rest is middling and feels a little too inconsequential to reward repeated listens, with the final side in particular dragging its heels in self-indulgence. "Manassas" doesn't provoke a particularly strong reaction in me at any point - there's little sense of grit or emotion in these songs - but, like most Crosby Stills and Nash I've heard, it rarely stoops below a decent listen.

All of your favorite Crosby, Stills and Nash songs were written and sung by Stills. Same with Buffalo Springfield (it might just be the one Springfield song you've heard ad nauseam). Stills was apparently the first person to be elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. In the same year. So with that kind of resumé, this sort of pales. It's fine, nothing terribly memorable, nothing you'd hurry up and skip either. I suspect to hear more of Mr. Stills on at least one CSN album that will show up here, along with Buffalo Springfield. So we've awarded him plenty.

Meg, it's fine. I can't really even muster up a solid review, but I don't hate it... so I guess that's alright.

This is pretty solid, I dig the vibe and all the awesome musical intricacies going on here... but this is starting to blend in with all the other 60s and 70s rock we've listened to so far and I think that's a big shame. Having said all that... i could only make it through about 10 of the 21 songs on this album, they were mostly fine, my favorite song of them was definitely "Both of Us", I loved the percussion.

Not for me

Enjoyed the two listens, would explore the lyrics and music further.

Stephen Stills serves you up a pleasant rock album that's slightly Southern fried on the one hand — a dash of Lynyrd Skynyrd, a sprinkle of the Allman Brothers — and a little meat 'n' potatoes country-folk on the other — a pinch of John Denver, etc. As a meal, there are a few great tracks but also a few bites too many (like so many double albums of the time). I was ready to excuse myself from the table before it was done.

I'm not familiar with Stephen Stills, and I went into this feeling a bit skeptical just due to the genre fusion listed here. Rock, country, folk, psychedelic rock, and singer-songwriter? That's a lot of things and I wasn't sure how it was going to work. Turns out it works just fine. The music is pleasant throughout and there was nothing grating, nothing that made me want to skip a song or anything. However, I did find the majority of the album to be kind of boring, which is not at all what I expected. There were a few great songs on here that I'm sure I'll come back to, but I can't imagine I'll ever listen to this entire album again. Standout Tracks: "It Doesn't Matter," "Jet Set (Sigh)," "Song of Love," "Rock and Roll Crazies / Cuban Bluegrass"

meh

lol

Pretty good. I want this CD. 3/2/23

Liked the more folk rock songs, didn't care for the more bluesy numbers.

'Colorado' is a very nice song. The rest of the album is fine, but way too long. Those Moog interludes can take a dive too. I love the sound of they way they used to record drums in the early 70s. The drumming sounds amazing throughout. Doubt I'd every listen to this as an album again though. I guess that evens out to a three.

It’s a decent album, nothing objectionable about it, it’s just not really my style and wayyy too long

I like how this is broken into 4 parts based on the sides of the vinyl. It is a bit long though and the middle is definitely slow at points. They are some great jams and songs in there. It’s crazy how much Stills pushed to get this finished and I do enjoy the country rock stylings of Chris Hillman. Not exactly a masterpiece, but would come back to this one.

This was a long album full of songs I kind of liked

The sounds are certainly true to the genre, and there are some winners, but overall, I feel the strength of the songs falls short of a 4.

Okay and stuff

learn "blues man" riff

A hard sort to review as I know I just like this blues country rock genre. Going for 3 as I enjoyed it all the way through and a couple of hooks stood out but not higher as felt no urge to listen to any of them again.

I’m not sure I needed to listen to this. It’s fine, just nothing out of the ordinary. Stills is still great, though, so I don’t wanna diss it too much.

HL: "Jesus Gave Love Away For Free", "Colorado", "It Doesn't Matter", "Move Around" First I'm hearing of the supergroup known as Manassas. I did appreciate how each side is curated by style/genre; my favourite might be the country/western side 2 somehow. So points for organization, and points taken off for the bloat shared by its contemporaries "Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs" & "All Things Must Pass", without the soaring heights of "Layla" or even "Frankie Crisp". January 14, 2023 Note to self: doing this 1st thing in the morning just works

A Laurel Canyon hootenanny. A fun listen for an insight into these rockers' creative process, but not something I'd put on heavy rotation.

I didn’t have a lot time to listen to this, so maybe a second or third listen would have brought a few things to the surface that I would have found more palatable, so I’ll add a point. I liked the songs on side 4 best, the “rock n’ roll” side.

Didn’t know this. Interesting mix of rock and roll and bluegrass etc.

A rockin journey through the Southern States locked in the boot of a car. Please let me out.

classic rock. tooooo long. toooo many ideas. some truly good radio repeats. starts strong and fizzles by the end. whatever. probably more like a 2.5.

Quality musicians, good range of music…but nothing to grab my attention.

Notes - Debut album by Stephen stills’ band manassas - Split into 4 sections, each with their own genre and style - Rock, bluegrass, folk, blues - Sections 2 and 4 less effective - The folk-rock sections are best - Featuring Chris hillman of the Byrds! - Part of the Crosby stills Nash and young cinematic universe - This album is so long, 21 songs - Could’ve been 12/13 fav - it doesn’t matter - great harmonies and phaser-y guitars Least fav - dont look at my shadow - biy too yeehaw 3/5 - pretty good but needed more focus and finesse

J’ai l’impression qu’il s’agit d’un album exemplaire d’une époque, avec les guitares, les voix en harmonie. J’aime bien, sans plus.

This was pretty good, some surprisingly heavy tracks (Stills has an almost grungy tone to his voice which was very unexpected considering the release date of this) and a nice blend of southern rock and folk subgenres. Pretty damn long but it changed things up just enough

This was pretty close to getting a 2, but it still consistently had things that I liked. It felt very long. Not much to say. Most of it wasn't my thing. My favourite song was It Doesn't Matter.

Stephen Stills is, to my ear, undeniably talented as a writer, singer, guitarist, and performer. It shines through on this album. No fault of his own, stylistically I'm not as close to what the tracks on this album sound like as I used to be. While the collegiate-aged me would have loved this, it's not so much my preference these days. Great work, though. Truly.

Some amazing songs and a nice vibe for the most part. Downside is that it is way too long and overflowing with hippy dribble. Stills filter was a bit broken, wasn't it

This album had a lot of stuff I like but I just wasn’t that into it. I guess it’s safe to say that Stills is not my favorite voice from CSNY

Standard American folk rock . Nothing really stood out for me. Competently performed, average singing, good songwriting.

It's a real 70's American vibe and I like it.

Colorado sticks on on this one so far. I am a bit hot and cold when it comes to this "Americana" style country/folk from the 60s/70s. Sometimes I like the twanginess and other times it's just not what I want to hear. This one is a bit more soulful so I like it, but probably not something that will stay in rotation a ton for me.

Preferred the first half of the album, which was more rock centric to the more country/bluegrass vibes of the second half. Reminiscent of what was to become with Crosby stills Nash and young. Acid rock meets the stones with a fiddle in the middle.

Great old school classic rock. Nice slide playing, traditional song structures, unfamiliar songs with a familiar vocalist from his other projects.

Second half of the album saved this one for me Also, lyrics to The Love Gangster are top notch

Solid album but doesn't feel revolutionary or a must listen to me. I have to give him credit for a song about my home state though. Best Songs: Both of Us, Hide It so Deep Worst Songs: Jesus Gave Love Away for Free, What to Do

It's well produced and there are some beautiful moments - but on the whole not outstanding for me

definitely came from the 70s. it was okay, but i don’t think i would listen to this casually.

Of CSN and sometimes Y (I laughed way too hard writing that, curse my Dad and his love of tagging me in dad jokes on Facebook), I probably listen to Stills the least. And I certainly hadn't heard of this band from one of their breaks. This is a good album, though it skews more bluesy than I typically prefer. I tend to like the more folk rock aspects of CSNY. Some of this hits that spot but most falls in that blues route. "Jet Set (Sigh)" was probably my favorite track, it was a great blues song that had an exciting turn at the end of it. I do find it hilarious that all four members of CSNY had an album in the top five at the same time, though two of them were together on an album.

3.5/5. A bit self-indulgent, it seems like every one of these artists has this need to make a double album to prove themselves. The results can be mixed.

A good bit better than expected, though it definitely leans more towards quantity than quality.

3.75

p270. 1972. 3 stars CSNY meet the Byrds and Merle Haggard. Well done of its kind, but not many standout songs. It frequently strays into musical wankage and outstays its welcome. Would have been a far better single album.

eu não ouvi tudo porque to sem paciencia pra ouvir uma hora, mas foi metade. outra hora escuto tudo. o pouco que escutei gostei bastante, me soa como um creedence mais leve, sem vocal rasgadasso e guitarra estourada. não que isso seja ruim, mas o suave é bom

Rock blues country

I have yet to find a double album that really needed to be a double album. The wiki page for this one is a headscratcher too - they had 84-hour recording sessions and at one point Stills was in the studio for 106 hours(!) for...this? It's not bad by any means but it doesn't exactly scream of the wild mad genius you'd expect from that sort of production. Don't get me wrong, it's fun in places (What To Do is probably my favourite track) but a lot of it just feels very standard. I guess that's hindsight for you.

1972, американец Stephen Stills - человек и пароход. Блюз, фолк, кантри.

Fíla þetta.

not that special to me

Percebe-se claramente a qualidade do guitarrista envolvendo o rock, blues e country. Só não empolga nas melodias.

Country-folk, ma comunque non bruttissimo. Bella allegra 'fallen eagle'

Banans

Not on Spotify - Joe Rogan sucks! Pleasant enough, but pretty old sounding and very samey all the way through.

Rock tranquilo, muy clásico, muy de los 70, muy americano, con un estilo definido. En ocasiones country, en otras un tanto más movido

I mean...this album is solidly, enjoyably okay. Would I re-listen a lot? No, but there are some interesting tracks on here. Not sure how to describe this one. Honky tonk blues? In any case, I liked it a good bit but it stops short of killer tracks or any real love for the style here. But yeah, I'd give this a halfhearted endorsement. Why not? Fave track: Hide It So Deep

Never listened to Stephen stills record before. It was worth a listen but won’t be in a rush to listen to another.

Certainly a lot more interesting than I was expecting. Still not something that's immediately going on a playlist. Fave: Don'y Look at My Shadow

Not my bag baby...

Alright

3 stars. Lots of pretty good songs. Would like to here more of Steven stills

Not on spotify

I often skip Stills, and this album makes me wonder why. It was a good listen.

3/5 interesting, but...

Started out so banging. Some solid southern rock. Kind of devolved a bit into some boring early 70s rock. Some great songs on here though.

Vraiment bcp trop d'albums de rock boomer américain dans cette liste quand même Prefs: Anyway, Both Of Us (Bound to Lose), Johnny's Garden, Move Around, Right Now, The Treasure - Take One Moins pref: Jesus Gave Love Away For Free

Cet album ne m'a ni inspiré, ni interessé. Je vais par conséquent vous décrire mon emploi du temps de la journée: De 7h à 11h30, je suis contraint de travailler, et donc comme vous le savez d'écouter les albums des générateurs (celui ci ainsi que les générateurs pirates que j'ai en ma possession). De 11h30 à 13h30, je prends soin de faire un peu d'activité physique, ainsi que de me substanter en nourriture. De 13h30 à 17h, je reprends mon activité professionnelle, qui consiste je le rapelle à écouter les albums générés. A 17h30, j'ai rendez-vous à l'ambassade allemande, afin de préparer mon appel à l'encontre de la décision de justice du tribunal de Basse-Saxe, qui me refuse l'accès à son territoire. A 19h, je serai de retour chez moi pour un nouveau repas, que j'effectuerai en écoutant quelques vinyles de mon choix que j'ai en ma possession. Vers 21h, j'irai me coucher, afin d'attaquer une nouvelle journée, avec je l'espère un bel album proposé par Robert.

The best of this album IMO: - Song of Love - Blues Man A nice balance of folk, country, rock and blues. Their blues and rock songs are the best of this album. I'm less a fan of folk. 3.1/5

I imagine bell bottoms and handle bars. I get it that this was a project for Stephen Stills, later of CSNY, to get out his solo material. That is all. He put out a great vibe with Manassas and then an amazing vibe down the road.

Middle of the road 70's production. Mostly filler songs except for 2, which are quite good: Song of Love and Colorado.

Good lyrics. Good vocal. Good talent. Just not my thing.

2.5 | Otro disco para la larguísima colección que seguro se juntará de Stills, Nash, Young y todos los etceteras. La verdad nunca lo había escuchado y, aunque se me hace un disco bastante bueno, no me salta como algo que se debiera resaltar por sobre mucho de lo que hicieron sus otros colegas. Tiene a ratos un sabor a rock sureño y en otros momentos en canciones lentas tintes country que caen muy bien pero que siendo honesto no me jalaron ni llamaron lo suficiente como para decir que lo volvería a poner. Disco bien, con talento pero tampoco brillante.

Hemos oído (demasiados) discos de los miembros de Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young y creo que este ha sido el menos aburrido de todos ellos. Pese a lo exageradamente largo, al menos se siente un poco de variación, subidas, bajadas e incluso algo de onda latina y subidas de volumen, cosa que con sus otros cuates nunca sucede. De cualquier manera, aunque tiene ratos rescatables, no es un disco que me veo poniendo otra vez.

Het is wel oud maar niet zo slecht.

Not bad but also felt repetitive and too laid back for my taste. I want a spicy beat!

"middle of the nothing" music; it is what it is

Adequate blues/folk/country album. Rating might have gone up to 4 upon repeat listens, but for now it is just okay, so 3 stars.

Some chill country - I enjoyed 'Colorado'. I haven't listened to Stills or Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young before so glad to find something new.

Pleasant enough bit of country rock.

good, I guess, but not my jam

Half of this was really good

Слишком много сраного кантри

I probably like something from every band associated with Stephen Stills. "So Begins the Task" and "Johnny's Garden" were interesting enough to make me pause to see what track was playing. I heard some elements that made me think of Southern Rock. This album also includes some fiddle and pedal steel for an occasional classic country vibe. Overal the album was fine.

did not need to be that long

Solid Americana folk rock. Ends strong with “The Treasure” and “Blues Man”. Guitar work is above average.

fine, liked him better when he met up with Crosby and Nash.

I am not sure what this album wanted to be. I has rock, country, funk, and blues. Some of it was good. Some of it not so good.

Àlbum de rock d'arrels d'Stills, mena de crisol de tots els estils al voltant del rock i americana. Hi ha una mica de tot: blues rock, folk, country rock, rock clàssic per tots els gustos... Píldores en la seva majoria breus, cap d'elles essencial però el conjunt fa de força bon acompanyament

Hueva total

Aunque me resultó agradable su voz, este tipo de discos es el que pienso que me suena "avejentado", porque está muy localizado en tiempo-espacio, acaso. Agradable, pero no me emociona nada, otras personas sabrán valorar mejor sus criterios técnicas. Las canciones que me gustaron un poco más: "Colorado" y "What To Do". 7/10

Now, this! Was, ok ish. I guess! Not jaw dropping, not shit. Certainly not something I’d ever turn down again and I’m pretty sure I’m going to end up buying it. Bloody enjoyable without blowing any baws off y’know?

This album was a pretty normal experience. Maybe I was expecting too much from it. It's not bad, definitively, but even the "experimental" part sounds just like old and classic rock and roll

Typical decent 70s soft rock album, not as outstanding as other albums however

3 songs in... really good. I find CSN a little soft for my tastes (though I do like/appreciate them) so I was expecting this to be similar but it's much harder blues rock. ... Spoke a bit too soon - got real folksy-ballady right after that. LOL. Still, can't complain too much - it's very pretty. Turns out the four sides have different themes. Side B was the most CSN and probably my least favorite, but not by any means bad - just personal preference here.

I know that I tend to complain about the same-y sound of a lot of 70s music, and this is no different, but there's a different energy to this.

First time hearing this double album. Real mix of rock, blues, folk, folk rock etc. Pretty much anything you'd expect from an early 70's rocker. Pretty good discovery. Best Tracks: Song of Love, Johnny's Garden, Blues Man

Местами мне казалось что этот альбом не знает каким быть. Некоторые кантри песни не вписывались в общее звучание. В целом есть реально интересные композиции, хотя иногда и микс вокала подводил, но исполнение было отличным.

Not my jam overall, but a good example of the style. Last two songs with more of a blues/funk vibe were excellent.

It's a country rock album. It doesn't do too much special, but maybe that's all you need. It's got a twangy lead guitar, the singer's voice is nice and country, and the cowbell is definitely present in some songs. Favorite track: Don't Look at My Shadow

non-distracting, very good for a background!

I like the concept of the double album split into 4 parts. Especially as a vinyl release, side A being my favourite. Reading about the hectic recording sessions was also very interesting.

Bluesy folksy rock from the 70s. 21 songs... Most not my taste... but great bass Playlist: Right Now It Doesn't Matter The Treasure - Take One

Not bad, blues rock bluegrass.

Some great songs but is quite relentless and becomes blurred very quickly and hard to distinguish from a lot of other 70’s rock albums.

Lots a great songs but more than a few I wasn’t too fussed as with so many double albums you begin to wonder what could have been cut

Enjoyed it, but can scarcely remember it.

A sprawling masterpiece, akin to the Beatles' White Album, the Stones' Exile on Main St., or Wilco's Being There in its makeup, if not its sound. Rock, folk, blues, country, Latin, and bluegrass have all been styles touched on in Stephen Stills' career, and the skilled, energetic musicians he had gathered in Manassas played them all on this album. What could have been a disorganized mess in other hands, though, here all gelled together and formed a cohesive musical statement.

Ok but a bit samey after a while.

this is about as country as you can get in places

The Rolling Stone's bass player said he would've quit the band to join Manassas. The musicians' musician supergroup. In 2011 I found this record in Tacoma for $1. I thought it was good then and think it's good now. Double record, each of the 4 sides has a different theme and a heady name for each: the Raven, the Wilderness, Consider, and the Chicago Bears. B

Not bad, but not life-changing either.

mr stills was unable to move me to action with his combinatio of musical notes and words that were aligned wtih those ntoes. I feel weird. I am not sure what but it was the music that did not cause it. I give this seventeen flying dinasours

I liked this album, though I am not sure that I think it's anything too special. I liked the vibes and the sound for sure

Started out like an alternate dimension Credence and I was into it, then got too twangy

yea this album is good and polished, I am just not finding anything that i would latch on to. Those blues man is great tune.

Probs a 3.5 - good easy listening

1972, country Rock, 71min zu lang

The album is clearly made by some talented dudes but it's very long and none of the songs had the je ne sais quoi to hook me.

was actually pretty good, but would probably use as background music

loved The Treasure - that was a nice surprise, for sure. another great snapshot of its time

Pretty good. A little bland if I'm being honest. 2.5 stars, rounding up to 3.

Not too bad

Even stuff. Liked it.

Enjoyed the classic sound

Ambitious but comes across kinda bland. The country flavored songs are the weakest and that material should've been a separate album. Think I like side 3 best.

Supergroup? At first I thought I'd rate it higher, but the later tracks dragged for me. Some of the later stylings of songs didn't do as much as the ones at the start. An interesting Wikipedia read on the process, though. 3.5 down to 3.

nice listening music

Very chill, up my tempo. At times bit outdated

Good 70s rock

This was alright, nothing too amazing. A good chill listen, but that's about it.

Blues parts were great. Not so much the country!

It’s just so mid and overlong for really no reason.

Waited an hour for something to happen

We had the Stephen Stills self-titled solo album a little while back and that was enough Stephen Stills for me. A double album of this is just dispiriting. Ordinarily 3 stars for being meh but minus an extra start for all the double album padding. Songs In The Key Of Man Asses.

Eh. Not my music.

Manassas by Stephen Stills is a long album and, at times, not an easy listen. I’ve always thought double albums are rarely improved by being double albums, and this is another one that could have benefited from a lot of the filler being taken out. There’s nothing particularly terrible about it, but so much of the album is just really generic and boring. The musicianship is obviously good, but too many songs drift by without anything grabbing my attention. At over an hour, that makes it feel like a real slog in places. There’s also quite a lot of religious imagery and references to God running through parts of the album, which did very little for me. Combined with the country, folk and blues influences, there were long stretches where I simply lost interest. There are some good moments though. “So Begins the Task” is a really nice song, while “Don’t Look at My Shadow” and “It Doesn’t Matter” were also highlights. There’s probably a decent single album hiding somewhere inside Manassas, but as a double album there’s just far too much here that I wouldn’t bother listening to again. Favourite tracks: “So Begins the Task”, “Don’t Look at My Shadow” and “It Doesn’t Matter”. Least favourite track: Nothing was particularly awful, there was just far too much forgettable filler. Album artwork: Pretty standard album cover. Stephen Stills with all of his friends.

Hey, I've been there!

It’s alright but much of the same. Enjoyed others more.

too long too monotone

I have respect for Stills as a guitarist, and think he wrote some great songs with CSNY and BS. But I've found his solo stuff really dull so far. A few decent songs scattered across this, but it's way too long to digest. Like most double albums, it should have be a single album.

STEPHEN STILLS MAN ASSES STEPHEN S T I L L S

This album was another very nostalgic sound. Driving in the car with my dad or grandparents this was the sound of their radio. Long album with no real standouts or memorable moments but it’s consistent with its sound and quality. Saw a review label it as a safe album and I can not disagree with that. Wonderful background listen. ⭐️⭐️✨

So at first I thought “I have no idea.” But then… yeah, Stephen Stills - as in Crosby, Stills and Nash. THAT dawned on me. And I thought, “oh no, how long is this album? ‘Cause if I were a fan, I bet this would be great and I’d be happy as a clam. But I’m not. A fan. Of any of those boys. Or Mr. Young. They ALL bug me. Make me itchy. Make me… just want to get away.” And then I realized: THIS is a DOUBLE ALBUM. Ohhhh NOooooooo! 😱 So the question? Do I do it and give it the 2 I am feeling after being subjected to over an hour of Stephen? Or do I give it the 3 it’s musicianship actually deserves????? This is actually hard for me. But yeah, I am feeling salty. 2 Boolean: uhhhh? Yeah? Ok

Just wasn't a fan of this one. Wasn't terrible, but also just meh all the way through. Probably more than a 2 but less than a 3? No takeaways and not much that I enjoyed here.

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

Pleasant melodies.

So so boring.

aint the shit

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.

Bit too jaunty for my tastes

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.

Forgettable

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

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

A couple of nice songs but boring

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

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.

What?

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.

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.

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

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.

Too long man ... too long

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Prima rustig niet geweldig

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

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

Was alright but had enough long before the album finally ended

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.

Not for me

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.

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.

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.

didnt really like it that much

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

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

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.

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

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.

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"

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.

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.

Country blues rock.

Not really my thing.

First time listening to Stills' solo (?) music I think. Some songs here were ok but in general it was way too long and not very interesting. Meh 2/5

Generic 70s hippie mush. Future editions of the book need a reassessment of the ground it covers. As well as the two big groups he was in Stills gets two solo records but the representation of the whole of 70s Jamaican reggae is incredibly sparse. Or you could have a Betty Davis album. Or if you want to be more obvious a later James Brown album. Anything but this poor example of an already well represented genre.

Not flattered by following the brilliant No Other by Gene Clark, a much less well known harmoniser who also went solo. The overlong album length only serves to reduce the impact further. Has some moments, but all sort of fades into a wash of harmonies and slide guitar.

Album trop long et pas assez entraînant. On se lasse assez vite et aucun enjeu n'apparaît de tout l'album. Note : 2 A réécouter : Non

oh, well. well done, but once again, not my cup of tea. too coutriesk.

Manassas - “album you must hear” my ass. It started quite bluesy (and was pretty mid at it) but then country joined the sound..sorry, just no.

Not for me, I don't like the classic rock sounds, and I really don't like the country and blues stuff.

I like the album cover (don’t know why) and the bad are really tight but it went on for so long. I preferred the Latin-tinged songs to the blues-y ones (bit of blues overload at the moment). Too much of a good thing is bad, too much of this is worse.

Don’t mind the more rootsy elements that this had, the addition on the fiddle and other instruments was a nice change but besides that positive, this left me feeling very little. I’m finding that particularly after this run of blues albums, that it’s not the genre for me.

One of the albums of all time

Album was a nice mix of blues, country, and even some bluegrass songs, albeit the songs were not memorable and the album was way too long.

This was much too long for what it was. No individual member of CSN(Y) stands out on their own to me. Sorry Steve

I saw how long it was and then went to go check to see what the bonus tracks were and, to my horror, there are no bonus tracks and the album is just actually that long. At least a decent amount of it is pretty good. But it’s offset by sheer volume. I looked during “Move Around” and got genuinely angry that there were 5 more songs left.

Didn't get to the end of this one...it is a bit long, TBH, and, to be frank, pretty boring.

Mostly 70s standard southern folk with a few songs that deviate in pleasant ways. The stuff that drifted from their regular sound was the best.

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i liked it doesn't matter

Gets pretty interesting during The Treasure, which is song 20 of this 21-track album

Too bad it's not a single LP of Side A and D.

I like Stephen Stills. I do not like 72 minutes of Stephen Stills.

If I could make a short album out of the moments I liked, there’s something here. There’s some great guitar on this record. I genuinely enjoyed “Both of Us (Bound to Lose)” and “Move Around” quite a bit. If I could keep one jammier moment it would be “The Treasure - Take 1” which showcases a lot of the strengths of these musicians. I just wish there wasn’t so much dull country rock, straightforward blues, and hillbilly nonsense mixed in. It made the album a chore to listen to, and something I mostly didn’t like.

Mellow folk-rock, with a country twinge. Not much imagination. The musicians are tight but his voice seems to have very little range. All the songs are similar, which makes the double-album length very unnecessary. It probably could have been a three star album if I wasn’t ready for it to be over half way through it.

Forgettable

Very similar album in sound to "Stephen Stills" but thsi one didn't grab me like the other did. "Don't Look at My Shadow was the only song that impressed me out of the 21 tracks

Average 70s rock/blues jams, and lots (too much) of it. Nothing really stood out to me. Listenable, but forgettable without any knockout hooks or riffs. Frankly, I think his was the most boring voice in CSN(Y).

Showing his knack for creating great melodies and building strong song structure.

On paper, this album should be exactly up my alley but I just didn’t vibe with it. I appreciate what it was trying to do though.

Groupe inconnu. La première face de disque présente un Blues Rock pas désagréable (+1). La seconde de la country/folk sans intérêt (-1), que j'ai dû passer. La troisième est plutôt pop, sans rien d'original. Et la quatrième revient à un blues rock (+1). Le tout est beaucoup trop long ! Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5

Još jedan u nizu duplih albuma za koje apsolutno nije bilo potrebe da budu dupli jer je tu jedna ponavljajuća ideja ukupno.

The consistent thought that I’ve had for the duration of Manassas was that the music is expertly played, but that I am also bored while listening to it. No offense to Stephen Stills. Probably not essential.

More like Molasses... Let's see, each side of this long, boring album has its own "genre", if you will, but somehow, it sounds the same. Whether it's Slow Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Hard Rock, Pop, it's the same, and quite frankly, it doesn't seem to end. It's not much longer than it hour, but it seemed like I was listening to this album for a day. At least there are SOME redeeming qualities scattered throughout slog. Favorite Track: "The Treasure(Take One)".

i cant say its not good but its a complete snoozefest

Listened for about a half hour. It was ok but there was no reason to go on.

Too much hippy. Too much country.

Couldn't possibly listen to an hour of this, especially not today when I did not have a spare hour. Inoffensive, though.

J’avais hâte que ça finisse! 2,5/5

meh