Manassas

Like a comfortable, stable boyfriend who is always consistent and dependable, and theres nothing so wrong with the way he looks and he has a decent job and he treats you right, but for some reason you still cant help but feel like something's missing.....

Molasses

As soon as I saw "double album" I knew we were in trouble. A double album in the early seventies, what a recipe for disaster. As Emily Bronte once noted about Austen's Pride and Prejudice, "sprawling masterpiece my arse". Who did these hippies think they were? There's something horrible about the whole CSN (and sometimes Y) thing and the reverence that they are afforded. Has anyone taken themselves more seriously than Stephen Stills? I mean rock and roll, in all its guises, is supposed to be fun. Oh dear, each "side" has a "theme", my favourite being "Consider" which is side 3. Let me tell you anyone who makes it to side 3 has a lot to "consider", like what life choices did I make to be listening to Manassas. And poor Chris Hillman, a fine musician cursed to be constantly standing in the background to self obsessed hippies and weirdos. I've listened to the whole thing, and bar one or two tracks it is in the same key and tempo throughout each of his so called "themes". The whole thing just grinds on and on and on. And please, I don't care how good the playing is if the tunes are rubbish and the singing dreadful. Graham Nash tells a great story about he and Stills were given a personal preview by Dylan of the new songs for Blood on the Tracks. Nash walked away stunned by how good they were, Stills could only comment that Dylan was a terrible guitar player. That's cause he wouldn't know what a good song sounds like to save his life. 0/5

A double album, recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami in the 1970s. Many multiple takes of every song, recording sessions lasting over four days without a break, obsessive work and re-work from one of rock's most arrogant men. Stills claimed that critics hated him (possibly true), that he was passed over for the cover the Rolling Stone in favour of David Cassidy (probably true), and that Ahmet Ertegun pulled the album from stores as soon as it went gold to force him back to CSN (paranoid much?). Do I detect the influence of ... cocaine? In a June 1972 review for The San Diego Door, Cameron Crowe said "Manassas always remains admirable if not exciting. The musicianship is generally excellent with the only pitfall being that the droning Stills' vocal pervades all but one of the LP's sixteen cuts". He also stated the "lyrics represent a low-point in Stills' lyricist career". I tend to agree.

The trouble with Stephen Stills is he never elevates himself above fine. This is four sides waiting for something to happen, and it never does. The music is decent, he is talented enough but this is a sprawling concept album that is pretty average.

Is safe a word to describe music? This was a very…safe album.

This album sounds like Steven Stills listened to Santana and the Allman Brothers and was inspired to organize a jam. There are some solid jams and breakdowns but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of sing craft here—and it’s definitely not as compelling as Santana or the Allman brothers. “Fallen Eagle” was kind of hilarious though, could be the anthem fir the last 4 yrs. found myself waiting for this to end.

Manassas is the 1972 debut double album by Stephen Stills' new band of the same name, originally released in 1972. Stephen Stills is so damn underrated as an artist. Fresh off CSNY success, he puts together this amazing band. Everyone on here is an awesome musician, and the band is tight. The whole album feels like a jam session. The songs span across many genres including blues, country, bluegrass, folk, jazz, psychedelia, etc. Some people may call this album bloated but I am thankful to have so much content from such a short-lived band. It also helps that each song is so different. As much as I love CSNY, I really wonder how this band would've continued on in the future had they never have to disband for the 1974 CSNY tour.

Southern rock, the exact proportion of which varies. I like the rock parts more, though I'm not against a slide guitar solo. Pass on the fiddle tracks though.

Really boring generic stuff. Not bad, just nothing interesting about this.

So the month after this was released Rolling Stone mag  decided not to put Stills on its cover and instead decided to put Keith Partridge on the cover. What a dis.  Stills getting away from pure folk and multipart harmonies that defined CSN was a good thing. The country tunes and Byron Berline's  capable fiddle playing  make for some excellent toe tappers. On the other hand, this album is the poster child for the need to remove albums from the 1001. It's important that the list is refreshed as new years come and go since we would otherwise have a stale list. Also with the goal of keeping the list from getting stale,  albums that are no longer relevant need to be yanked. This album is a good candidate. Music is a 3 but -1 for losing to Keith Partridge. Man that's gotta hurt. 

too long and idgaf but some nice songs

3.6 - A crowd-pleasing option for when you’re entertaining your Republican in-laws. Side A makes me picture a Tom Selleck-looking dude cruising down California’s highway 1 in a convertible Trans Am, heading to the beach with a lady friend. “Fallen Eagle” changes the vibe abruptly to farmers market-style country/gospel/bluegrass. From there, it sounds mostly like inconsequential Eagles-type rock but with better guitar licks and a more firm foundation in 12-bar blues. Check out the shimmery guitar and synths on “Move Around.”

Stills was so happy with his songs that he had to release a double album. Yet, none of the songs are memorable.

The man is a genius. Versatile, skilled, smooth, every aspect of the album appealed to me. I want to hear more Stills and definitely more CSN!

I've had this on repeat for the past few hours and nothing much has stuck. Many tunes are vaguely familiar, with riffs or tunes from folk music, or pop, or hymns. It all sort of sails along like sitting on a screened porch in the summer, half reading, half napping, and before you know it, it's gotten dark and time to go inside wondering what you did all afternoon.

More blues rock. COUNTRY blues rock, at that. Not that it's actually bad, I'm just burnt out on the genre. Everyone complains about britpop being overrepresented on the list, for me its blues rock. It's very hit and miss for me. Some great folk rock tunes like Both of Us (Bound to Lose), It Doesn't Matter, and Colorado, but then there's country stuff like Hide It So Deep, Don't Look At My Shadow, or Jesus Gave Love Away For Free or blues tracks like Jet Set (Sigh) that just do nothing do it for me. Really its the country and blues tracks that let this album down for me, the folk rock stuff is great. Once in a while you'll get a song thats a bit too close to Grateful Dead like How Far, but still. Overall, good album, I'm just burning out on blues rock type stuff.

Let me start off by saying something nice about Stephen Stills, because I’ve been pretty rough on him in past reviews - including calling him the dumbest member of CSNY and mocking him for letting Neil Young take over CSNY after having experienced the exact same situation with Young in Buffalo Springfield. There’s a stretch on this record, from about “It Doesn’t Matter” to “Move Around” (which I’m guessing was the third side of this double album when pressed to vinyl) where Stills and the band turn in some great songs that move to more ethereal territory and feel like a type of songwriting that is underrepresented in his catalog. I think that stretch of the album is really very good and there are few other songs here that I thought were great as well. But once again, I must implore you to listen to the song “Can’t Get No Booty” from his 1978 solo LP, Thoroughfare Gap, so that you can see where Stills took his southern fried blues rock in the late 70’s.

I'm not on enough cocaine for this. Enough with your summery bullshit, Stephen.

Manassas was a killer band. It might take an investment of your time before this album reveals itself to you. But you'll be glad when you get it. The songs themselves are just ok on first listen, it's the musicianship inside the songs that holds the magic. Top notch players jamming their asses off. This is quality music made by musicians for fun instead of profit. Look at the wiki pages for these guys and the albums and artists they played with over the years. These motherfuckers knew what they were doing. Dig it.

Muy guapo

Music to get stoned with. Mostly blues-y, sludge rock -- with some folk-blues-rock -- that actively struggles to keep the tempo from slowing down any more than it has. I didn't need to look up anything about this album to immediately place it in the early 70s. It's sound is blue jeans, pot smoke, and long hair. The musicians are competent but the arrangements just sort of blend into one another. I don't hate it, but it's not a love connection. (3/5) I'd probably enjoy it more stoned. Tiresome after a while, too.. I read up on it and found out it is a double album. There's not enough "meat" here to make a double album IMO.

I wanna start by saying that I do like CSN and sometimes Y, and recognize Stills as a primary songwiter for the group. He's a highly prolific and talented musician whose numerous solo and group projects in the late 60s and early 70s are varied and loved. That said, seeing a double album of Stephen Stills on my feed this morning didn't exactly excite me. Maybe it's just too familiar. I'd never listened to this album, vaguely recognized a few songs ('It Doesn't Matter' and 'Johnny's Garden,' maybe?), but it's the same folksy-blues-grassy mandolin fronted hillbilly rasp that you expect it to be... And a whole heaping helping of it. Like a granny plopping another spoon of gravyless taters on your plate, this one ain't over until you're about to burst at the seams. Streaming services will hide from you that the album itself was divided into four thematic sides—The Raven (latin-rock), The Wilderness (country & bluegrass), Consider (folk), and Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay (rock and blues—and while I can hear it after the fact, it's a distinction that would have been lost on me without having it pointed out. Sure, some songs are better than others and there's a bit of variety to be had, but the extended runtime evens out the lumps. Don't get me wrong, the musicianship and execution is solid. The production is decent. But it's not moving any needles, and it feels SO LONG. It's just a workmanlike collection of songs that sound vaguely like everything else Stills has touched, which perhaps helps emphasize the strength of his collaborations with CSN and sometimes Y by showcasing the lack of those elements. It's a 3 that gets rounded down to 2.5 for being too long winded, which out of respect I'm gonna round back to a 3/5. NOTE: Listening to 'Colorado,' I'm going to need someone to explain to me why they didn't sue the pants off of Bad Company for releasing 'Shooting Star.' It's as if Paul Rodgers said, "I like this song, but what if it wasn't so boring?"

An odd observation about this album - some of the transitions between songs are sort of herky-jerky. I wish they were a bit more seamless given the short songs paired with a slight jam-band inclination. I liked some of the sweeter tracks like "Colorado" and "So Begins the Task."

Man this is about as straight down the middle as classic rock gets ain’t it?

I didn't necessary dislike it, but it was a little boring.

What a breath of fresh air after multiple days of seemingly random awfulness.

Wow, this is epic. Underrated masterpiece.

First song: This album is too long. Last song: This album isn't long enough.

Such a good album but I just wish it was on Spotify ughhhhhhhhh :(((((

Love this!

That's what I'm calling a varieté!

This is the album you play driving down a country dirt road, which is great because I live down a country dirt road. It's Americana, just enough country. I could have done without the Jesus song though.

"Cool wind in my hair/ Warm smell of colitis/ Rising up through the air" Variety: 3 Adequacy: 4 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 1 Emotionality: 1 = 2.6 rounded up to a 3.0 INTRO Yikes. First double album. This one has been on list to tackle forever, so let's go. Will say that while I'm positive I've listened to Stills's self titled solo album way back, I remember little to nothing of it. This kind of stuff is always going to be a unique challenge to me. Most of it I've heard has been inoffensive enough and even listenable - but it's just that... listenable and not much more. In my experience these genres eschew the highs and lows that make most music stand out to me in a memorable way. Most music for me lives or dies by the hooks. And failing that, great atmosphere. In my own personal tortured metaphor I see the songs as the unique and varied furniture decorating the room that is the album. In most blues/ country/ jam rock the songs just end up being the carpet or wallpaper. It might be damn fine carpet/ wallpaper, but you just don't ever notice it. THE TRACKS Side One - The Raven (ughh...) "Song of Love" - Off and running with some very capable, very smooth stuff here. While I might not be able to pick it out of a line up of similar material, this was a good start. These guys at least know what they're doing. This feels like the music playing in the part of the movie where the protagonist is driving along the Pacific Coast Highway with the convertable top down as the helicopter shot zooms out just before the credits role. "Rock & Roll Crazies/ Cuban Bluegrass" - Different enough especially with the Latin rhythms near the end, but Santana this is not. I can feel that thick shag carpet beneath my feet, and least it's comfortable, but that weed smell is never going to come out though. "Jet Set (Sigh)" - Generic blues rocker is nothing special, but a fine enough specimen of the type. Stills's voice has got a bit more oomph to it than I expected. Was never really sure what part he played in the CSN dynamic, but by comparison seems he's got range enough to pull this off well. He's no Jack Bruce, but few are. "Anyway" - More of the same. Light one up, pop open a few tallboys, open the garage and head out to the driveway. That Camaro ain't gonna wash itself. "Both of Us (Bound to Lose)" - Some recycled CSN material here? Will there be any more? Getting notes of America as well. Did not come here expecting bongos, but I'm down. Side two – The Wilderness "Fallen Eagle" - Huh. Good call waiting til side two of disc one to pull out the bluegrass stylings. More shades of CSN with the harmonies here. Foot tapping away, I barely noticed how short this was. Reminds me that my favorite Grateful Dead adjacent project also happens to be bluegrass - Old & in the Way. Seriously, check this (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1cKK20CwQk1pd6vTinxCMx?si=b49f28942f2f4609) out. In fact I might just after this. "Jesus Gave Love Away for Free" - Was not expecting this degree of variety for sure. Some steel guitar filled country gospel stylings don't feel out of place, and work to further differentiate side two. The upon first glance groanworthy side titles are making more sense now. "Colorado" - Hmm... this sounds soooooo familiar. I can't quite place it though. Oh well. Solid stuff. This is what I imagine Bob Seger would be doing had he been a country boy. "So Begins the Task" - Entering some more traditional folky territory here, and have to say I like it as a contrast. Guessing there's going to be a decent CSN ( minus the C&N) album's worth of tracks to gather from this when all is said and done. Memorable chorus here is making this one rise above the noise a bit. "Hide It So Deep" - More bluegrass here, perfect for some sleepy slow dancing, beer in one hand, just before closing time at your favorite honky tonk. "Don't Look at My Shadow" - Flashback to earlier in the night at the same honky tonk. Being honest, if I want something like this I'll just throw on "East Bound and Down" by Jerry Reed Side three – Consider "It Doesn't Matter" - Downbeat America/ Poco vibes. Not quite Now That's What I Call Smooth Hits of the 70s material, but heading in that direction. "Johnny's Garden" - Maybe the first real stinker for me. Hippy garden party nonsense. "Bound to Fall" - Another cut for the CSN redux. Sounds pretty but goes nowhere. "How Far" - This is what I would expect to hear from a Stills solo album. Nothing special, but fine enough. "Move Around" - Less passing the Dutchie 'pon the left hand side here and more be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. I'm not down for the gentle flower power sound, but at least there's some atmospheric stuff going on. In a world where people didn't have to look up what this album even was, I bet it would have been covered a zillion times by early 2000s neo-folk duos. "The Love Gangster" - Trying to get a little funky on this one and I'm not buying what he's selling. Ballsy title. Give this to Joe Walsh and I bet it would be a lot more fun. Side four – Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay "What to Do" - Back to the country and western stuff. Strong return to what works. Could see either Joe Cocker or Rod Stewart (minus the fiddle) doing a version of this. "Right Now" - Fairly straight ahead energetic rocker gets the job done, but could have been on half a dozen albums by just as many artists of the era. "The Treasure (Take One)" - Vocals on this one are weirdly unintelligible. Too low in the mix or maybe version I'm listening to is just crappy. Didn't really affect the experience though. Wah wah pedal was uncalled for on this, but I liked the piano. Listened to this one twice and liked it better the second time. At least the first half. The second half switches into a sub-"Truckin'" jam which I didn't hate. "Blues Man" - Surprised at how capable Stills's blues vocals are here. Liked this much more than I thought I would based on what I figured was coming. Stripped down acoustic here. Still though, I want to hear what Ry Cooder would do with this. HIGHLIGHTS - "Fallen Eagle" - "So Begins the Task" - "Hide It So Deep" - "What to Do" - "Blues Man" LOWLIGHTS "Johnny's Garden" especially and most of side three. FINAL THOUGHTS If the Eagles are country coke-rock, Stills is the country weed-rock alternative. I think given a choice early ZZ Top are much more my speed as far as western-tinged blues rock. In the other direction, The Grateful Dead are maybe also more interesting a country-folk jam outfit. This album seems smack dab in the middle as far as being perfectly listenable version of either of those. A forgettable piece of pleasing, professionally made material. Despite the prospect of a double album making me a bit nervous, the songs don't overstay their welcome. Did not come out a superfan by any means, but I'm not above revisiting some more of Stills's stuff. That is if it happens to be set in front of me. The worst I can say about this album is that I found myself wanting to listen to other artists throughout. Old & in the Way, or ZZ Top, or even Poco. If this lacks anything it's personality. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - I might "Consider" dropping side three in its entirety, and make this a much more straight ahead country/ blues infused thing

First impressions: This sounds like the Thursday night band at the local roadhouse. They're trying things out but don't have the energy to be the weekend act. There is potential though. Just let them jam for a bit and they might get there. The Southern rock sound. Blues with bits of Appalachia, Bluegrass, and folk in it. I dig it. The first half of the album (A double album divided into four parts) was stronger for me than the second half. Part 1- The Raven sounds like a live music jam. Fun and inviting. Part 2- The Wilderness has that slowing down from the jam sound because we need to go to church the next morning. See they're practicing to be that Saturday night act and need a few songs to soften the end of the night. Part 3 - Consider & Part 4 - Rock & Roll is Here to Stay must be the midweek brainstorms for next week's set. Again, this is the weaker half of the album for me and where you find a lot of the bloat. A few of these songs are keepers. Conclusion: A bit bloated, however, understandably so. Seems like a side project, a space for these musicians to indulge in what catches their interest. More of a 2.7 for me that I'll round up to a 3.

man asses 🤨?

Like a store bought Victoria sponge cake. Definitely not bad, and sometimes you get a bite with jam and cream and it's really good. But looking back once you've finished, it's nothing special

Boomer stuff. It’s fine.

The songs I liked sounded like CSN. The cowboy country cosplay songs were very skippable. This is a long wandering record that could have used some focus.

solid Country rock but nothing overly exciting

Jet set sigh was great. I loved the rock elements in this album and weirdly could hear bits of QOTSA in it. I'm not (yet) a country man so the folksy stuff didn't grab me

After the first several songs I was expecting an album of straightforward early 70s rock. Then we hit the country portion of the evening and my estimation of this album went up two rating scores. Give me rock bands that can properly play country AND western.

My view on this album mostly aligns with my musical taste, which I think tells me how to review it as a whole. Stills is a talented musician and makes great music, but he doesn't elevate the sum of its parts in a way that CSNY rarely fell short of.

Amidst this double album is a single album length's worth of good tracks, but the padding brings it down from the heights those tracks reach. Maybe a Manassas Selects would earn 5 stars. Standouts include Both Of Us, Colorado, How Far.

Somewhat of a mixed bag - a variety of styles, some folks some country, even some funniness, all smothered in those CSNY-style harmonies. Nothing offensive, but again I struggled to find much to bring me back. I assume this was in an earlier edition and got replaced, because it's fine, but nothing to write home about.

Fine hippy music. Songs all well done.

Gillade låtarna om det var ett enkelalbum är någ lätt trea men detta album förtjänar inte denna längd

not terrible but nothing really stands out either. But boy is it long

Like many double albums, this could stand to have some fat trimmed here and there. But Stephen Stills has assembled a top-notch group of talented musicians, and the concept of a different musical style per side is an intriguing one.

I enjoyed this album to a point. Stills’ blend of folk, rock, Latin, and country styles worked very well and it’s clear that his band was on the top of their game when this was recorded. Unfortunately, this album is just too bloated. The highs on this album are great, but are weighed down by so much extra baggage.

This took a lot of listening to before I really got into it. It is a good collection of west coast, americana and country, with similarities in places to the Band, Grateful Dead and early Eagles. Can't say there were many stand out tracks, but Colorado, So begins the task and Move around were all decent

sincere: a quaint, easy listen whose long run time flew by insincere: an epic exploration of genre for folks whose only music venue is church and ideal of adventure is walking their goldendoodle down a *different* cul de sac today

Wake me up when this double album finally ends will you?

generic white rock band

If I wanted to listen to the same song on repeat for over an hour I would go and listen to- wait, actually I would never want to do that.

To adapt a quote: everyone has an album in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay. I can't help but think of this listening to Stephen Stills and the other virtuoso (apparantly) guitarists this list seems to love so much. They're boring and overly manufactured and despite the attempt to pretend otherwise with ever more absurd band names (I'm surprised this band wasn't called Johnny and the Seabass), it's just a thinly disguised vehicle for Stills' celebrity.

Utterly inessential (which is made even worse by its 71-minute running time). On side 1, Stephen Stills sings the blues over competently-played but unimaginative songs. Side 2's tracks are country and bluegress genre exercises (in which Stills' voice somehow mysteriously acquires a twang). Side 3 ventures into laid-back rock territory with no discernable direction ("Move Around" does have some groovy synthesizer sounds though). Stills toughens his voice up once again for the mostly forgettable blues-inflected rock songs on side 4, though the band does manage to whip up some actual rock and roll energy on the latter half of "The Treasure (Take One)".

idk there's nothing wrong with this, but this fuckass list has 50 albums that sound exactly like this!! what is so groundbreaking here!!! once again, i am asking for the person who made this to listen to a WOMAN!!

Urgh, a double album by the most annoying member of The Byrds? Oh wait, its by his other band Manassas but he's such a fragile ego it gets billed as him only.... Too long, too rambling, too indulgent, too little drugs (on my side) and, simultaneously, too many drugs (on their side)

It's a double, broken up into four sides with somewhat different vibes: The Raven; The Wilderness; Consider; and Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay. Thankfully it's not absurdly long for a double (I'm fresh off the trauma of the Smashing Pumpkins). It's never awful but genre-wise it's mostly not really my thing. I think I like the Consider songs the least, and The Raven and Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay songs the most.

This whole album is very samey. It kinda long and nothing stands out.

I know literally nothing about this, other than knowing about CSNY. What a slog. I don't think this is bad but it's way too long and way to samey and boring.

Not necessarily flawed on any front but a dull listen nonetheless.

Nice product of its time, but this brand of blues rock isn’t for me. I really like the movie poster-style album cover though, that’s creative. Also, that “Carry On My Wayward Son” guitar line being one to one on “Jet Set” was wild.

Run of the mill. Paint by numbers. Blues rock. The sheer length of this thing tested my patience bigly. Very hard to find anything nice to say about this.

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

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I loved it!

Call me country but I thought this was rootin tootin

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

A wonderful album - liked it very much.

good album that i like

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

A fantastic blend of rock n roll, bluegrass, and a bit of Latin/country. Engaging from start to finish and manages to not drag despite the double LP length. One of the most complete albums I've ever listened to

Bon une autre manie qui ressemble aux albums de hip hop beaucoup trop longs, c'est les double albums de rock des 70s... mais je souffre un peu de partialité quand il est question de blues rock. Ironique quand on sait qu'ado, je détestais quand mon père écoutait du Bob Walsh (RIP) ou du Crosby, Stills, Nash (+/- Young) Beaucoup aimé la touche finale avec Blues Man.

A full album with American musical styles, with a hippie’s themes. Resonates today.

Loved it

I loved this more than I thought Bluesy, country rock with a cool mix of styles over a sprawling double album that didn't bore me. Love the folk sound of the harmonies and fiddles as well as the more rocking songs. Nice find

Easy five stars!

Another awesome album from a musician I knew nothing about prior to embarking on this project. I do hope there will be more.

Loved it! Great vocals, keyboards and strings!

I own this one. Great album!

Back in 2010, I saw Crosby, Stills and Nash supporting Paul McCartney in Hyde Park. It was a hot summer's day and the dust was being stirred up by the thousands of feet in attendance - despite being in the middle of London, the setting felt perfect, and to this day, that CSN show is one of the greatest life performances I've ever witnessed. They were utterly magnificent, capturing that laid-back, Laurel Canyon vibe in the way I'd hoped they would, but didn't for a second think they'd be able to pull off at this late stage in their careers. Anyway, it set me off on a journey exploring all things CSN&Y, and their multiple connected universes, and this record really stood out. I hadn't played it in ages, so it was great to turn it up and lose myself in it again - I'm playing it for a third time as I type. Yes, there's a degree of hippy-dippyness involved, the folky violins can be a bit yee-hah, and Jesus gets the odd mention, but these things just seem to belong in records l like this. I'm not going to pick through favourite tracks - suffice to say, I like this album a lot and it was great to be reunited with it.

One of the greats from Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Reminds me of that same flavor. 5/5

An absolutely superb album. I think every track was really good, and several were outstanding. I listened to it again, immediately afterwards, and it sounded even better.

CSN (and Y) really were the superest of super groups. I can't get enough of Stills voice and composition.

Первая глава сразу зашла, вторая (кантри) меньше, но первое впечатление отличное. Еще не дослушал, но высший бал.

Yesss ate this up!!! Was matching my vibes perfectly to what ive been feeling all day. I love his voice and the guitar it was chill and upbeat and a lil rock lil country lil bluesy it was just what i was needjng to listen to i feel like it blended into my day so well like something i would wanna listen to but maybe couldn't find/put my finger on??

Very fun.

Really solid rock album! Enjoyed the different sounds throughout - blues harmonica in “Jet Set” , CSNY sounding funky “The Treasure”, country flavors elsewhere. It was fun and a good listen. 4 before “The Treasure”, 5 afterwards

Maybe it’s the timing of putting this on as I passed through Cheyenne Wyoming on the way north from Denver but damn this album is great!

Loved it

Stephen Stills is so good.

DAAAMN that was cool. Perfect for chillin out after a hot ass day. Some song transitions were nuts

1972. Country rock, folk rock, roots rock