If I Could Only Remember My Name

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Folk rock and psychedelic singer-songwriter music built from gentle acoustic guitars, soft harmonies, sparse percussion, and hushed vocals feels like sitting in a quiet garden while someone softly reads you their thoughts, expecting the stillness itself to be moving. For me, though, the songs are so slow, quiet, and emotionally tender that the atmosphere quickly turns sappy and sleepy rather than absorbing. I kept waiting for something to break the stillness and give the music some momentum.

I’ve said before and I’ll say again: solo work by C, S, and/or N is like PB without J. Fine enough, but definitely missing something.

Hauntingly beautiful music. A much more palatable album of grief than Neil Young’s.

Nice vocals and sound to it. Good album for early mornings

Loved this. His harmony work is iconic.

This album didn't really stand out to me one way or the other, other than to force me to pose the question, did we need this album in addition to all of the CSNY on the list?

Hermoso

There are just way too many albums of this genre in this list, all sounding more or less the same for my untrained ear. This might be a me problem, but this list could very well have done without a lot of albums like this. I really cannot list anything remarkable about this album. 1/5

After CSNY go there own ways, the music listening public is interested in each musician’s solo effort. Crosby’s is a folksy, slow jazzy informal album where he gets together with some old friends and they strum the afternoon away. It’s a short, mellow, enjoyable folk music listen. (3.1*s) Hippies with guitars…

A nice softy from David Crosby. Pretty intricate folky, blues rock going on. Guy forgot his name early in his career but he was coming off the 60s and the 70s brought in heavy use of some more memory loss drugs so I don't fault him. Not as good as the supergroup's Deja Vu record but I am looking to hear an individual album from each member, 3 checked off thus far so hoping we get a Nash album. Toss this record on by the campfire and give it 2.09 star rating.

I really didn't find anything of substance on If I Could Only Remember My Name. I listened to the album, mostly zoned out as the tracks passed by, shrugged my shoulders then pretty much moved on. It makes sense that there were collaborations from other known musicians at the time but they did little to boost this one up. There's a decent departure into so-called "psychedelic folk" in a couple songs on the back half of the album that were OK (Jerry Garcia song probably the best on the album?), but the whole thing was pretty forgettable overall. No significant hits/singles, and really nothing profound or weird enough to stick with me. Glad to knock off another album from the wake of the CSNY break-up. It's pretty easy to see why a couple of the members fizzled out if these were their first moves once they went their separate ways. Crosby's was certainly worse than the prior two albums. Looking forward to hearing the Nash solo album to complete the set and have a good look at each of the members solo acts. 1.59 stars

Classic Crosby, musically his distinctive jazz folk stylings, lyrically with his (typically) hipster philosopher paranoiac blend. It’s performed beautifully, very attractive, though more of a sideways step from his late Byrds and CSN contributions than a step forward. Croz, despite his prickly personality, was better as a collaborator than a solo artist, brilliant harmony singer and capable of rich melodic innovation. Good but not great. 3.5

classic

This is a great album full of real emotion and heartache. Listening to it felt raw and personal, with a strong sense of storytelling running through the whole record. Crosby sounds open and vulnerable, and the mood stays reflective without becoming heavy. Cowboy Movie, Laughing and What Are Their Names stand out especially. They carry a lot of the emotional weight and show how strong the songwriting is here. The instrumentals around them are excellent too, with a loose but carefully balanced feel that gives the songs space to breathe. The production is clean and smooth. Everything sits well in the mix, and the overall sound has a warm, natural quality that fits the material perfectly. It never feels overworked or overly polished. If I Could Only Remember My Name is one of Crosby’s strongest statements as a solo artist. Emotional, well crafted and still very affecting to listen to.

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Cowboy Movie, Tamalpais High (At About 3) Weird album cover. Weird mish-mash of songs that sort of go together I guess, but maybe not? This doesn't feel groundbreaking or particularly noteworthy, but that could just be my lack of experience with David Crosby, and Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young). Why is this a noteworthy album? The two songs I like sound like psychedelic rock, and are like songs the Grateful Dead would play. Probably because Jerry is playing electric guitar on both.

4/5

A hazy, stoned, drug-fueled mess of an album. And that’s exactly its charm. It’s very loose - it lacks typical song structures, often forgoes lyrics for vocal sounds, and doesn’t sound meticulously thought through or planned much at all. But it feels in the moment - a group of musicians and friends getting together and building tunes from the ground up. A star-studded cast from the scene (including many members from CSNY, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell) pipe in when they have something to say - a melody here, lick there, harmonies all over. The whole of the album is the focus over individual songs, and it creates an inviting, hypnotic, foggy world that’s a joy to be a part of.

This feels more like a jam session than an album. 37 minutes felt like an incredibly long time. Unfortunately, even though I wanted to, I didn't enjoy it and I won't be back.

Great, if a little unmemorable

My least favorite Byrd and part of the CSNY universe lets it all hang out to craft a beautiful, hypnotic, wiggy, hippie record. Maybe the ultimate one. This is the kind of record a cult leader wants to make but has too much on his plate to achieve. I'm surprised there was any cocaine left in California after this was done.

This album benefits from proximity to the San Francisco sound — he recorded the album there, and several local musician friends contributed. In particular, it bears some of the hallmarks of Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane, which is a good thing in my book (he was recording the terrific LP Blows Against the Empire down the hall at the same time). It establishes a contemplative post-hippie-era, early 70s mood that befits the grief he was reportedly feeling at the time. I was prepared to hate this, given the terrible album cover and title, which leads you to assume this is a drug-addled mess, because David Crosby.

One day, boomers will relisten to records they remember fondly before putting them on best of lists. This was not that day.

Vários momentos legais, instrumentalmente diversos e interessantes. É um disco tremendamente calmo e relaxante, quase que meditativo. Belos acordes e dedilhados, e uma voz suave e terna. Álbum bem gostoso. Crosby de fato compôs o antídoto a amargura da vida corriqueira e o inseriu aqui. Que disco alegre, colorido, florido. 4/5

If I could only remember listening to this album

If only he could remember to write some more interesting music is more like it.

It's David Crosby. One of the more famous names out there. How could you forget it?

This is sweet—not something I’d continue to listen to but I appreciate its sweetness.

Enjoyed this more than I thought tbf

This was pretty good. 3.5

Ok not spectacular

4.35. Liked it

The album art is terrible, but the music is solid. It wad subdued and contemplative with some pretty nice, grounded, guitar work. It was all fairly forgettable though. Standouts were "Tamalpais High" and "Laughing." A pretty standard 3 for me. Nothing astounding but not bad. Short and sweet at least.

A good album to listen over the Lagos Sunset Rating: 3/5 GEMV (02.08.2026)

A: idk varför men hatade den. Hörde inte så mycket men bättre så nästan. Helt okej pärmbild. 2/5? (C-tier) D: En artist höll ljud och läten med ett instrument. Om man blandar alla album till en slop skulle man ungefär få detta resultat i genomsnitt (artistens namn syftar på att hälften av de albumen skulle vara av David Bowie). Fanns inte riktigt något att påpeka åt ett håll eller annat. I ett skede blev jag nästan glad över att han hade tagit med något intressant instrument, men det visade sig vara alarmet för min telefons timer. 3/5.

It's like a jam session involving many talented musicians of the time and place. To me, a lot of this sounds like rejected CSNY songs. It's too bad, as I really liked Crosby's voice, but a lot of the songs are missing those sweet CSNY harmonies.

I made the mistake of listening to the 2 disk, over 90 minute remastered version instead of the original 38 minute version. 90+ minutes of David Crosby is, I now realize too much David Crosby. We also know why the group was CSNY and not any of the permutations.

I liked it more than I thought I would but it's still just ok to me.

What a voice.

As singer/songwriters go, David Crosby is top shelf. Plus he has a bit of rock n roll in him. This album has all of that on display.

3.5/5

took me a little to lock into this one...i spent most of the A side kind of resigned to the idea that crosby's amorphous , almost Deconstructed folk rock stylings are cooler as brief bursts surrounded by other distinctive songwriters, as in the byrds or CSN. but laughing Rly grabbed me and taught me how to listen to the record...i cant imagine a CSN record where it would have brought down the quality, its such a magical realization of his wandering liquidy style. i was fully ready then for the beautiful B side, which more than makes the case for why its compelling to spend a whole album stuck in Specifically crosby's head...abstract and strange even at the best of times, much less while still in reality-shattering mourning (his girlfriend had died in an accident in '69) and so coked out it takes a whole ellipses for him to remember his name. theres an almost trauma narrative here thats not in the recovery stages but is past the most searing pain, a body and mind helplessly numbing and readjusting to save itself from things humans are not on the whole built to deal with. definitely a hard album to recommend, certainly if u find even crosby's more accessible material to be a bit too directionless and tuneless, but i ended up really moved.

I went into this expecting some lame guitar stuff and maybe it was due to those expectations but this was great! Lots of fun layering and instrumentations that I didnt expect. Guitar is sick on here, some jazzy sounds. Favorite Songs: Tamalpais, What Are Their Names, Song with No Words

Not too bad to listen to, but no real movement. Pretty sounds without inspiring much feeling.

Very good.

Eh, kind of boring.

Pretty nice

Spiritual Folk. So many beautiful wordless moments. A master class in less is more

File this under I wanted to like it more than I did.

This is a real personal favourite - beautiful from start to finish. Very much of it's time, but in my view it stands alongside Deja Vu as the best album Crosby ever played on. Give it all the time you need to, it's worth it.

This is my first listen. It sounds like Neil Young b-sides jam rock. Not a fan. It has some fun moments, but this album feels like low effort nonsense.

A quarter of a supergroup is still super!

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

I miss him

Great stuff

1. muzic - 1 2. couuboy - 1 3. high - 1 4. laughing - 2 5. namez - 2 6. rain - 2 7. uuordz- 1 8. orleanz - 0 9. zuuear - 2

Cowboy Music sounds like a Neil Young banger. Ethereal wordless folk rock that's nice enough but left my brain almost immediately after wrapping up. More like If I Could Only Remember This Album (besides Cowboy Music which bangs enough to get this whole dang thing to a soft 3.)

Good album

eh, okay

Eh

I should like this more than I do, but it just feels boring. Suffering from supergroup syndrome I guess.

A bit all over the place but I enjoyed it enough.

Barney: “David Crosby?! You’re my hero!” Crosby: “oh you like my music?” Barney: “you’re a musician??”

This was quite nice. A chilled album that I'd happily listen to again, but it didn't really set the world alight.

Súper lindo, muy relax :D

Beautiful vocals, but the songwriting is lackluster and the tunes do nothing for me.

so boring. I almost like the music but his voice is awful

Listening to this makes me think Cosby, Stills, Nash and Young were better together and should have stayed together. There is better music out there from this time period. This just doesn't add much. It's sad because dude has talent, it's not showing here.

This was solid, but nothing stood out to me as being particularly great.

Well, some of this is quite nice-sounding, in the sense that the guitars are making nice twangles, and the harmonies are pretty, but, essentially, it's a famous-by-then bloke jamming away with some famous pals (getting over a loss, apparently) and deciding it's all good enough to take into the studio and record for posterity. I'm not sure it's all as good as they maybe thought it was. Perhaps the label had given him free rein, by then, to record any old jam. I bet there are teenagers everywhere making sounds that are as creative and interesting as this, right now; have a look on TikTok. This isn't "hate" btw- just a bit of objectivity. I actually didn't mind it. The jangly 12-string guitar sound and the harmonies are very nice, and yes I know he'd had a hand in inventing the style. But the actual quality of the songs mean that it's by no means a seminal album. Incidentally, I saved Cowboy Movie till the end. I'm glad I did, because I might have given up on the whole album. Eight minutes of self-indulgent tosh and a star off 😆

Enjoyed it. 3.5/5

Relaxing western music Fave track: Music is Love

Quintessentially yet another 3/5 album. 3/5

Honestly just came off as boring folk rock. To my modern ear, I don’t extract a lot of enjoyment nor interest from these songs; some had a falsetto-d, melodic vulnerability that could be appealing, but most of the tracks dragged like the good mediocre, occasionally-psychedelic, folk-rooted rock album it was. “Cowboy Movie” did not need to last that long either. A two, probably, but ways to go from a three. STAND-OUT SONG: “Laughing” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Traction In The Rain”, “Music Is Love”

I need to listen to everything david crosby has touched I think beautiful loud with the lights off

The vibes of this album are immaculate.

The CSNY solo work hierarchy: Young (of course), Stills, Nash, Crosby. But this one is pretty good psychedelic folk— maybe up there with some of Stills’ better work. 3.5 stars

Great. I want to come back to this

Nice little acoustic record with a lot of range. 3.6/5.0

very experimental, 10/10 would not listen again

Good tunes, but a bit forgettable. Not all that different from the previous album evermore, even though they are markedly different.

it's fine, inoffensive but really not much else there.

First few songs really enjoyed, fell off a bit towards the end Will I listen to again: 50%

Har ikke hørt denne plata før, men den traff som bare det.

En av de 37 kjedeligste minuttene av mitt liv

Elske det. Hadde nok tålt å rocka litt oftere, som i Cowboy Movie. Deilig.

Fine greier, men litt for formløst i lengden.

3.5+/5

I'm going through a bit of a folk rock phase at the moment so this came at the right time. 'Cowboy Movie' was a stand out favourite of mine. 8/10

Half a record with the Dead, a quarter with his CSN&Y mates, and random guests from around the whole scene...sure must’ve been a time! It’s short, yet still feels long. My musical tastes do trend towards psychedelia and such, so I have some patience for this, but it’s just not my thing. Too much of a square!

Tired of members of CSNY showing up because it seems like they should rather than because it makes sense for this list.

Expected to dislike this more. It's got some range on it. Cowboy Movie is cool.

Sound just like an end of the 60s and beginning of the 70s

I'm interested to listen to what sounds a bit like a front man and an all star backup band. The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra sounds wonderful. Kind of a fun listen, nothing epic in there.

If I could only remember a song off this album. 5/10

From reading the wikipedia for this album, it has all the external indicators an album I would hate: Independent album from someone who was part of a successful music group; silly wistful album art; melodramatic title; released in the 70's. I was ready to hate this album, but it was surprisingly tolerable. Still doesn't get higher than a middling score.

¿De cuánta gente necesitas para no olvidarte tu nombre? El Summer of Love del rock se había terminado y, como toda relación idealizada, el duelo fue un golpe seco de realidad. Woodstock podía terminar en Altamont. El “peace and love” podía terminar convertido en la secta de Charles Manson. La guerra de Vietnam seguía escalando trayendo a la nación otro tipo de coronas de flores mientras las discográficas descubrieron que la contracultura también podía cotizar en bolsa. Y aunque siempre se estaba a un contrato a Manson en su faceta de artista para un gran efecto mariposa, era difícil en un país donde todos parecían haber perdido sus psicodélicos colores por un blanco que tambien cotiza en bolsa. En el país donde todos tenían un nombre David Crosby se estaba empezando a olvidar del suyo. Somos nombrados por alguien más aunque nos decimos con nuestros propios dichos. David Crosby lo estaba viviendo en carne propia. Se le estaban desvaneciendo todas las cosas que lo ayudaban a nombrarse entre ellas su pareja Christine Hinton. Tirado en una cama decide hacer un álbum que no tiene canciones, tiene estados mentales. La escena musical se preguntaba cuánta gente más se necesita para levantarlo de la cama. Prácticamente toda la aristocracia del folk-rock californiano que intentó ir a tocar a su cuarto para recordarle su lenguaje. Neil Young, Phil Lesh, Jery Garcia, Grace Slick y Joni Mitchell dejaron grabados sus intentos pero no hubo caso. La casa de David Crosby se convirtió en territorio de duelos, todo aquel que entraba se dejaba engañar por sus propios dichos. Nadie distinguía ya quien entraba y quién salía, las respiraciones eran más pesadas, nadie se podía contener entre tanto espacio, coros y armonías como rezos que no ayudan a calmar. En ese hogar para recordar cómo nombrar había que improvisar. No perderán tiempo buscando en las estructuras conocidas de estribillo, coro, estribillo. Va a ir directo a tocar las puertas del folk americano con sus afinaciones abiertas, las guitarras acústicas y la tradición pastoral. Molestará a Miles Davis y John Coltrane para que le enseñe la magia del jazz modal de sostenerse sobre uno o dos acordes. Se entretuvo separando lo que quedaba psicodelia entre cocaína convirtiéndola en una actividad contemplativa más que recreativa. Stephen Barncard consiguió una de las cosas más difíciles. Acompañar a un amigo que ya no encontraba en sus propias palabras. Permaneció produciendo en ese cuarto al lado de la cama contemplado, sin urgencia. Muy poca presión, micrófonos alejados, no hay golpes espectaculares, todo es aire porque en la cama todavía yace un cuerpo que no quiere ser nombrado. “Music is love” es ese último abrazo al ideal hippie, donde entre los brazos todavía cabía la idea de luchar por un mundo mejor. Es creer que el amor puede seguir nombrandonos incluso cuando ya no sabemos quienes somos. En “Cowboy Movie” se hace un mea culpa de las decisiones mal tomadas, donde los fantasmas de Crosby, Stills, Nash y Young siguen peleando pero un jam de rock. En “Laughing”, Jerry Garcia por la impotencia de que Crosby todavía no se levanta hace uno de sus mejores trabajos de pedal steel de su carrera para ver si se sorprendía. Pero nada, solo la mirada derritiéndose de David. El no iba a recordar como se nombraba en un cuarto lleno de gente que ya tenía nombre. El lenguaje tiembla de deseo, pero primero hay que saber reconocer el deseo como poder. Si algo lleva nombre se puede domesticar. “What Are Their Names” quien mueve los hilos, quién se beneficia con estas tragedias, quien realmente necesita mi nombre. La conciencia del álbum se despierta de golpe. Cuando el auge del rock decae, te deja un artista tan incomprendido por no buscar hits, ni estribillos de estadio, sino más bien un duelo de identidad. Es la importancia de reconocer tu voz cuando hay acordes completos hechos de cinco o seis voces a la vez, entrando y saliendo como si fueran instrumentos de viento. En este cuarto a admirar la miseria desesperada de palabras entraron desde Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens o The War on Drugs que lo usaron como estudio para crear un paisaje emocional. Les pareció mejor idea que quedarse con el innombrado. El duelo ahora es debate que pone a todos los que se encuentran en el cuatro de Davis Crosby en busca de nombrar su identidad entre tanta gente ya nombrada. En esta vida ¿cuánta gente necesitas para poderte nombrar?

Okay, so I’m on board with Neil Young but I’ve never really taken to any of the other offshoots that I feel he is part of the nexus of - your Crosby, Stills, Nash, Eagles, etc. None of it grabs me yet. Judging by his top tracks on Spotify, this is the David Crosby album everyone likes. And I like some of the pedal steel music etc, but again, nothing really grabs me. Maybe I need to put more effort in, maybe I’m tired, maybe I don’t like his voice, maybe it’s just not my cup of tea. Dunno.

Forgettable.

7/10. Muy buen disco. Empieza con un hitazo muy lindo. Las melodías de las guitarras son hermosas, muy melódicas y bien armonizadas, con armónicos excitantes. Las voces deleitan y las estructuras de las canciones son interesantes.

I'm glad I heard this album almost exclusively because of the track 'Laughing'. It's a great song. I find it difficult sometimes to tell the difference between CSN music and their respective solo stuff. I know that's something I could probably rectify by spending more time listening to them but I'm not into it enough to learn.

Music Is Love - 3/5 Cowboy Movie - 5/5 Tamalpais High (At About 3) - 3/5 Laughing - 4/5 What Are Their Names - 3/5 Traction in the Rain - 2/5 Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) - 3/5 Orleans - 2/5 I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here - 1/5 Average score: 2.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

i like the cover

A very solid album, but there are a few too many hippy chant songs for my liking. Minus those, this may be my favorite thing from Crosby, Stills, and Nash, or anything The Byrds ever did. High 3.

Good album

is he susposed to be crying that sunset?

This one will be a grower, but I'll probably revisit. I can't believe he cranked this out while mourning his girlfriend. 3 for now.

If only I could remember a song off of this album.... heh 😏

A forgettable album but i enjoyed it

That was a delight

Stills and Crosby back to back? How funky! I dig them both, but I’m a child of the times.

One extra star for some interesting guitar work, but otherwise this is just hippie nonsense.

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl?✅

meh

Cool album, interesting production, quite diverse sound. You can tell they’ve worked together with Neil Young, some of it sounds like the Doors, also firmly rooted in the Woodstock era. Fleet Foxes is basically this album with more effects.

3.5

3.5

*If I Can Only Remember My Name* I never paid any attention to this album, mainly because it's reputation of being not a very good album. But this is definitely a lot better album than I was expecting, especially the first 3/4 of the album. This album really goes hand in hand with a lot of his 68 material. I would say definitely what he was writing in the first Crosby Stills and Nash album and the stuff that he was writing in cahoots with Jefferson Airplane three years prior. And I love the instrumentation. He's got a literal Who's Who on this album, making it sound absolutely incredible. Honestly, I was going for a low 4¼/high 4★ until the last three songs of the album. They really feel like they were thrown there to fill out the album, starting with "A Song with No Words" which really could have benefited with having lyrics. It's actually pretty, and I love the harmony on it but it feels bare kinda like a "Tree With No Leaves". "Orleans" has that tight Rich Harmony that CNSY would have on "Find The Cost of Freedom", but does not contain the bite. And the less we say about the closing track the better. I'm still going to keep it just a bit over the four star mark, but in reality I don't think this album totally closes the deal. (4.1) ★★★★

Good, if not very memorable folk album. 3.5 stars

This album was pretty cool. It's a who's who of 60s/70s folk rockers on here. I thought there was a stretch here that was really cool -- "Cowboy Movie" and "Laughing" were both great, but I thought it lost some steam at the end. 3.5 stars.

3.5

So he’s got his name right there on the sleeve just after the album title which means he can remember his name. If only he could remember some songs. The album is certainly a mood, however. Some very terse, brooding, moodying highlights to start with especially on the 8 minute drifty epic Cowboy Movie. Quite a stellar list of personnel too - Crosby himself, Nash and Young, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, peeps from Jefferson Airplane and Quiksilver Messaging Service. No Stephen Stills though. Bit of a no Stephens club although they’ve allowed to have one (Stephen Barncard engineers). Although there is a dreamy, slightly dangerous atmosphere at least on the first half it never really spills into anything too interesting and gets very bitty towards the end. 3.5 stars overall. Definitely hovering somewhere the lower and middle-lower tier of essential records in this project.

rustig plaatje... beetje als een meanderend beekje... goed voor het landschap, maar niet echt onmisbaar

Sehr geile Gitarrenpassagen und durchweg eine interessante Stimmung!

Lahm.

Okej

zzz menos una

This was actually better than I thought it was going to be. Mellow vibes and some decent tunes. Still can’t give it more than 3 as there is nothing particularly memorable and I won’t be revisiting. Wondering if I’m done with 101 Crosby Still Naah and adjacent you apparently must hear before you die?

Holy shit! This album is incredible. I went into it expecting cheesy folk tunes not a badass as rock album. I will be adding this one to my collection.

Found this a bit disappointing considering the list of contributors. I found Crosby's vocals pretty weak and uninteresting. The vocals are quite quiet and understated, which would be fine, if they at least conveyed some sort of emotion, but these are just bland. Musically it's all pretty easy-listening. The instrumentation is pretty bog standard, piano and guitar with some very gentle drums. There was some variation in terms of genre/style, but the biggest shifts were things like the closing track "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" which is one I wouldn't be in a rush to go back to. Feel like this should really have been better considering the pedigree. Nothing I disliked but nothing I'll be adding to a playlist. Sad 3.

David Crosby being the artist for this is a crazy bad marketing move. It's secretly a Jefferson Airplane and Santana collaboration featuring David Crosby's voice The backing comes together so well, it's super impressive. When he shuts up and the music gets going it's incredible The longer songs are by far the highlights with the other songs not really letting the raw talent show through. His voice brings it down to a 4 but I appreciate you for bringing together these guitarists to make a collaboration band

Solid

Cool album. It's pretty relaxing to listen to, so nothing wrong with that, though it did kind of all blend together when I was casually listening. Put it in for a car ride and suddenly it was amazing.

Not my jam

Having only been familiar with his work through the supergroup CSNY, it was fascinating coming to a Crosby solo album and learning what elements he brought to that project that I know better. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked him on his own though some songs were a bit too sentimental for me. But the melodic sensibilities were on point and it makes perfect sense that he would have great harmonies in his solo work too.

It was a pretty solid album. It had some surprising elements and a depth and complexity.

My first listen was casual, on the kitchen Sonos, and I was meh, thought it to be like CSN-lite, but one song did catch my ear (not even positive which one...prob Tamaplais High), and that inspired me to listen on the hi-fi - much more to this album! Note to self to put this on one late night for the indica.

It’s fine, the “influential” stuff from that era that you hear in contemporary folk/prog/psych rock. It’s not engaging and keeps at surface level with regards to composition and dynamics. Album cover is a little cringe..

this was nice, i love a beautiful guitar moment

Wasnt hugely into this one tbh

Most of this album just didn’t hook me that much although there were a few good ones. Not enough to justify more than 2 stars unfortunately

whatever, man.

still yet to listen to all lol liked the first song doe

Great album tbh, super beautiful Fave Tracks: Cowboy Movie, Traction In The Rain, Orleans 4.6/5

More psychedelic folk, I can see how influential it was but it doesn't drag me back to it very often Having said that I'm enjoying this album, bit more of a groove to it I could see myself relistening to this one but I doubt I'm rushing out the get a copy of it

This was fine, and a little better than I was expecting.

war eigentlich ganz gut und schön und keine ahnung was für ein genre aber gitarre also schön

Generally pleasant and enjoyable with lush strings and Crosby's signature vocal tones. Really enjoyed some of the more epic, meandering tracks (Kids and Dogs, Cowboy Movie). Still, feel it's missing something energetic and intangible compared to his best work with bandmates.

I’ve never listened to a David Crosby album before, but this one is definitely worth it. Four stars…

Great songwriting.

pretty serviceable folk rock with a blues twinge here and there. Its okay, for a debut album I'd say its a solid effort. The runtime is short which helps in this case, otherwise I could see it getting a bit tiresome. What Are Their Names made me want to finish this out quicker and thankfully there wasnt too much left. Big ensemble songs can be good, and considering the subject matter I get why people love it, but it just sounded like Neil Young and others.

Mostly forgettable folk music but the stuff that sounds like CSN is okay. It definitely sounds like CSN songs that didn’t make their albums but it’s better than no CSN

Ok this swung wildly between meh and awesome. Did not like the first song but some others kind of rocked.

I remember the four solo albums released after the brilliant Deja Vu, all of them a bit disappointing, even After the Gold Rush. There's some good guitar on this, but even though most of the performers are from bands I like, this product is truly tepid. Of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, only Neal Young continued to produce music that was interesting to me.

Good tunes

#368/1001. I wrote a review which seems to have disappeared. Bottom line: psyhedelic folk beats the blues, Beck most likely was influenced, gone were the times everyone was so high they couldn't remember their names.

Unique

I don't expect this to be a big hit for most folks. But that's ok - the story behind the album, the folks involved and using Wally Heider Studios as a clubhouse of sorts appeals to me. The music ain't bad either! Good lazy Sunday morning kind of album.

This was better than I expected, but I still didn't love it. I got distracted and wasn't able to finish it -- which isn't a good sign.

This was actually a really nice, chill time. The music is really accomplished, with some lovely guitar, and a great energy to it overall. It's quite moody and interesting, with some expansive soundscapes, and really effective use of backing vocals. 3.5 rounded up.

No, sorry, not for me

This is "Dad Rock" in the sense that it's like your dad sitting in a chair in his garage strumming up some tunes he made up off of the top of his head. I was waiting for the album to start the whole time, but it was just strumming the whole way through. Given the talent throughout the making of this album, I find it quite disappointing. Favorite Track: "Music Is Love".

A really easy, chilled listen. I've loved his voice since hearing 'Almost Cut My Hair' on a previous CSNY album, so looked forward to an entire album by Crosby. This was a lot more mellow than I'd expected, but enough good songs to keep me interested.

Some of the was pretty laid back and cruisy.

Time flew by listening to this. The songs flowed so well. Great listening experience

Just another example that 1971 was a bad year for music. My own ratings has 1971 on average 5/10. Other years average is just over 6/10. This is boring and bland but at least it was only 39 minutes long.

No way anyone listened to this who didn't smoke WAY too much weed.

Easy, chill vibes on this one. Beautiful guitar and drumming, very jazz-influenced and subtle. Psychedelic, gentle and graceful. Folky in nature, but it's all cool. I dig this one a lot.

This list of collaborators on this album is wild... and they can all sing and play, and it is well recorded, but besides 'Cowboy Movie,' there are basically no songs... i wanted much more

#130/1001 🇺🇸 This project is absolutely telling me to dig deeper into the wold of CSNY. Best Tracks: Cowboy Movie, Tamalpais High, Orleans.

Crosby, Stills, and Nash (CSN) have loomed large in my mind as legends of their time. I have never heard any of their solo work however, so let's see if this alloy -- split apart -- retains any of it's strength in its components. "Cowboy Movie" had a bluesy sound that I dug, and "Laughing" was pretty good and was something I vaguely recognized. All the musicians (apparently a ton of big names were guests on the record) were competent on all the songs, but it doesn't help elevate this to a '3'. It's languid, lazy, and boring. If I were taking a nap this would be great to put on.. (2/5). It is likely true that CSN were better together than apart. For the jury I submit this as evidence. My streak of '2's continues.. I guess since CSN was pretty important, this album (and maybe one of each of the solo efforts from the rest) likely deserve a nod in the list. I'll hesitantly agree with this one's inclusion. I'll never come back to it, but I'm not offended by having heard it and understand the historical context.

I am a fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young, but having heard Steven Stills's Mennassas and now David Crosby's If I Could Only Remeber My Name, I'm in awe of how much synergistic heavy lifting Graham Nash must have done. Seriously, how high (and on what) was Crosby when he put this one together? Music is Love was thoroughly obnoxious, followed by an 8 minute song about cowboys fighting over who gets to rape a young native american woman (surprise, she's a cop!), and followed by a handful of mumbly songs that all run together without much to pay attention to. Song Without Words was probably my favorite song of the album (the title tells you why) before the last two tracks ramble on in some sort of fever dream. Not enough there to hate but nothing there to love, this one's a 2.5/5 that I'll round up out of respect for his other works.

Variety: 2 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 5 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 3 = 3.4 rounded down to a 3 "Oh, I get high with a little help from my friends/ Yes, I get by with a little help from my friends" One I've never heard anything from ( to my knowledge) but have seen on a lot of lists. Never been a giant CSN fan, but their stuff is generally decently solid when I have occasionally dipped in. THE TRACKS Side one "Music Is Love" - This was ok. Generally exactly what I was thinking I was going to get going in. Sounds to me like he got an assist from his bandmates on this one. At very least I think I can hear Neil Young's distinctive nasally whine in there. "Cowboy Movie" - Well performed stuff that doesn't quite ever descend into the abyss of a rudderless jam, which it very much could have done. The constant rhythm guitar line repetition throughout keeps things on the path throughout. While not exactly my cup of tea this was as good as this kind of chill, bluesy folk gets. Crosby is capable of getting a lot more soulful than I thought as well. I'm much more accustomed to the CSN version where he's great, but much more controlled and tight. I guess it's hard to to this sort of thing when your bread and butter is pretty harmonies. And Found it to be kind of enjoyable in spite of my prejudices. "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" - This sounds much closer to a CSN track, starting off with some nice harmonizing. It wanders off more though with a kind of lazy meandering quality which I dig. This is what Merry and Pippin probably threw on the turntable while they were enjoying that barrel of Longbottom Leaf. "Laughing" - Some slight country folk vibes right off but it then veers right off into bucolic bliss once again, and we're just kind of ... existing, man. This was another nice peaceful one. Side two "What Are Their Names" - This one was even more low key than some of the previous stuff, yet managed to have a great flow and natural progression as it took all the time it needed to get where it was going. No rushing here, and I appreciated the build. Could easily find people getting frustrated by the pacing, but I dig it. "Traction in the Rain" - This one dances on the edge of spa music, but still very pleasant without becoming cloying or too new agey. This is back to the soil, make your own goat cheese while maintaining a constant buzz kind of hippy music, and not the crystals and sun worshipping kind, so didn't bother me at all. "Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)" - A little down tempo, even in comparison. I really appreciate this no lyrics approach quite a bit. That junk is often nonsense anyway. I did not mind riding this wave for the full 6 minutes. "Orleans" - Definitely as mystical as its gotten on here yet. Dug this quite a bit. "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" - Well dang. He immediately out does himself in that department here with some ambient chanting. If everything up to this point has been a weed album, we go full on LSD for this last small snippet. HIGHLIGHTS - "Cowboy Movie" - "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" - "What Are Their Names" - "Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)" - "Orleans" MIDLIGHTS - "Music Is Love" - "Laughing" - "Traction in the Rain" - "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" LOWLIGHTS - FINAL THOUGHTS *cough cough cough* Excuse my while I wave away some of weed haze that magically formed out of the ether while this was on. The vibes on this were VERY chill. Crosby had a host of friends on here, from members of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, CSN, and even Joni Mitchell to help out. The musicianship is very good throughout, and it was an overall enjoyable listen. It was at points pretty, calming, and never felt rushed or ill thought out. The craft was definitely visible under all the trappings of being unfocused. That takes some talent to pull off. I normally don't go in for the pure hippy dippy stuff, which is what I thought this was going to be. It turned out to be much more unconcerned with any sort of message though ( I loathe message music more than most anything) and seemed more concerned with just... being. I honestly can't fault this one for being anything other than low energy. Which is not even that much of a complaint. The whole thing was very relaxing. Just can't imagine listening to it again all the way through in an unaltered state. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - All good here FURTHER LISTENING - Blows Against the Empire by Jefferson Starship and Paul Kantner - American Beauty by Grateful Dead - No Other by Gene Clark - Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills - Songs for Beginners by Graham Nash

Another new listen for me. This album felt half-baked all the way through. What was here was mostly pleasant to listen to, but ultimately all of it felt like rough drafts of ideas. Perhaps the production was rushed to be finished so soon after the Deja Vu album. Also, after seeing some more cynical turns from 60s acts in 1971, here it seems, David Crosby is attempting to keep the spirit of that time going. Perhaps trying to hold onto that fading sense of the previous decade was cause for urgency. In any case, time eventually comes for us all. This album did provide great middle of the night listening. So there is that. Track Highlights Cowboy Movie Tamalpais High (at about three) Orleans

The dreamy atmosphere makes this such an easy listen, was I blown away? No, but it does what it set out to do almost perfectly. Sometimes it feels like floating in Crosby’s thoughts, very ethereal and unique.

I really wasn’t expecting to like this, let alone kind of love it. Wikipedia describes it as a cult album and that’s what it feels like. Kind of odd in a way that most people probably wouldn’t think much of it, but it can feel just perfect to the right person. It reminded me a lot of No Other by Gene Clark

nice lil funky and folk albumn!!!

A blissful dreamlike album Quite like its tone- will do a second listen

I generally like David Crosby this one wasn’t super memorable though.

I really wasn’t sure what to expect, I even wondered who this was for a split second before I realised he’s one member of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cartel that dominates this list. All that aside, this really landed well and very much enjoyed, particularly some of the instrumental tracks.

Meh

crosbie

Decent 4

Decent folky music of the era, but somewhat average for my listening tastes. It does get a boost not being Neil Young though. 3.25/5

This album feels so forgettable. At multiple points I forgot I was listening to it and then immediately holy shit, this is still going? Considering this album is barely 40 minutes but felt so much longer, not a good thing

Like a more boring Neil Young.

The music isn't bad, but it's kind of boring. What I like about CSNY is their harmonies. There's some of that here, but not much. The songs are kind of jammy.

I'm still not sure what arcane knowledge this list is expecting us to divine from listening to every album ever recorded by a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. A surprisingly slight and unmemorable album, given all the artists contributing.

This was occasionally fine - the harmonies on 'Orleans' & a few other songs made me realize what must have been an inspiration for Fleet Foxes. The bluesy jamming on 'Cowboy Movie' is decent. But the whole thing feels half-thought out - song ideas and jamming vs a cohesive, structured album. Might have been a 3 if I'd gotten this 400 albums ago, but going with a 2 for today. Melissa Etheridge should be embarrassed.

Ah fuck it man, this was really beautiful. Does it kind of get lost in the weeds? Yes. But they are beautiful ramblings, and this type of music has always been right up my alley. Depression can really bring out some incredible art.

This is quite nice. Lovely harmonies on Tamalpais High and Laughing.

Getting a lot of albums from the 70's and earlier in the past few days. Similar to a lot of folk and rock from these decades, it didn't really grab me. I liked some of the songs (the brisk half an hour runtime is a point in it's favour) but the album's weighed down by my personal indifference to this period of music. Maybe that'll change in the future as I go through the list! Even though the album is good in a purely musical sense, it wasn't for me I guess.

A unique spin on folk rock that in some aspects feels ahead of its time. Quite the star-studded list of guest musicians which give it a somewhat psychedelic, Grateful Dead feel (looking at you, Jerry). On the other hand, I struggle to understand why the author feels the need to add the solo recordings of each member of CSNY to this list of 1001 albums YOU MUST HEAR before you die. These are fine albums, no doubt, but I think most people can agree that the offerings put out by CSNY left a much bigger imprint on western music as a whole, and giving each of these (somewhat lesser) solo albums a spot on the list robs other truly great artists who deserve to be heard.

LOVED this, also registered to Deja Vu, the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young album that YT suggested after and it was so good.

Listened this morning and can't recall a thing about it. Was fine I think

It's just fine rock. Nothing special, nothing terrible.

atmospheric time capsule of an album. totally lovely

Love me a bit of storytelling like in 'Cowboy Movie'. Love the lyrics and I can see people really getting into this whilst tripping. It wasn't exactly a revelation, but I did enjoy it.

There was good stuff here, but so many of these songs went on and on and didn't go anywhere and tended to bore me. This wasn't bad, but not great. The guitar playing is really good tho. Actual rating...2.5 Liked Songs: "Cowboy Movie" , "Laughing" , "Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)"

auso „gitärrele“ cha de typ würklech! susch isch aber nid so miis ..

Naja

Nearly good

I like the ensemble, and the first disc gave me a lot more Traffic vibes than the second, which resorted more to the classic folksy, Americana, singer songwriter style of CSN&Y.

Boring

mmm no es mi estilo

Found this a brilliant late night listen. Loved the jam vibe, floaty harmonies, and Garcia licks.

Enjoyed this very much indeed.

Enjoyable hippy music

I thought it was pretty good if a bit background, not as good as when he’s with his mates though!

Not sure I get this one, it's like a mid Neil Young album. It probably should be a 3/5 because overall it was a pleasant listen, but the lack of high points reduces it to a 2

This album is solid evidence that not all solo projects from big name bands are worth them being made. Even with all of the guest stars, I'm not sure what they bring to the table on this one and it certainly doesn't show up in the finished project. 2.5 stars, rounded down because of my disappointment.

Difficult to rate maybe a 2 maybe a 3, so many harmonies that I just don't really enjoy, but it has some great instrumental work. 1. Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) 2. Traction in the Rain 3. Music Is Love

Probably Croz’ magnum opus, although he had a really strong run of albums towards the end of his life. Croz’ singing is out of this world of course and the songs are mysterious and good.

If I could only remember any of the songs, very forgettable album

I was disappointed. I was expecting more of a CSN&Y. This was a bit dull. I lost interest

I thought it was couldn’t really get anything out of it

Noodly nonsense

Ok album. Standout song: What are their names

Det finns stunder när det är sådär mjukt och skirt och samtidigt nästan har nåt som liknar ett baleariskt gung då blir det rikigt fint. Tyvärr är de stunderna för få och aldrig en hel låt.

Musiken är precis som omslaget lite flummig och oskarp. Sämst blir det i Song with no words och de två påföljande kortspåren som avslutar skivan. Efter det finns det inget som kan hålla tillbaka ettan.

Lite väl flummigt för fin smak. Det gitarrplockas och hummas i all oändlighet. Det finns en hel del embryon till fin musik, men det kommer liksom inte igång. Typisk rockkritikerplatta. En svag tvåa alltså.

Till en början är det bara otroligt trist. Sen avslutar eländet med ordlös stämsång. Outhärdligt

Some songs were boring. Some were excellent

Folk music. Some great songs and some bad ones too.

I definitely hear Neil Young in the first song. Really liking Cowboy Movie. I was expecting some country music but it's a solid blues rock song.

Good classical rock, solid 3/5

For a man who spent a lot of time off his head, this was not what I was expecting.

alright

Chill music to knead dough to

nOT THE GREATEST

boring as shit

This might be one of the whitest albums I’ve ever heard. LOL

Meandering- I’ve forgotten most of it already

badass in all honesty

Very interesting album. I never heard of it but it is actually pretty awesome!

Just fantastic, easy listening country-rocky type vibes.

good

Not sure why so many people are hating on this one, I found it perfectly agreeable. An interesting and pleasant listen. Yes a bit silly in places, but surely that was intentional and part of its charm in its day?

Another solid album, motherfucker

Bluesy folk with basic lyrics. I was not engaged.

Hated it.

No es de mi estilo. Las letras una mierda.

Not for me. 1/5

Судя по Вики, это была какая-то нереальная коллаба. Вернусь к этому позже.

Wow, this album really surprised me.

Heard Before? Nope. Notes: - my tolerance for hippy-dippy baloney has always been high, but sorely tested here. - was this produced at all? or did they just have a ban on EQ and compression? were the faders stuck? demo-quality sound fits certain artistic goals, but it seems accidental here. - directionless songwriting can also serve a meaningful purpose, but i think both "meaning" and "purpose" got lost in the haze. - the performances are all thoroughly fine, which only reinforces the impression of competent people phoning it in. - as much as i want to completely hate this, side two is quite pretty, in places. Verdict: I finally understand the Dead Milkmen lyric from "The Thing That Only Eats Hippies": "then it chewed on David Crosby / but it spit him out". Listen Again? You can't make me.

not super interesting

Nothing earth shattering here, but it's the Croz, so you know it's a groove.

A bit dated but very pretty.

Fine, but the vocals are not always in tune

this was pretty ok

Not blown away but a nice listen. Can't see me returning to this in a hurry. However better than I thought. Wrongly assumed beige slow ramblings but actually well crafted tunes. Nice new experience. 2.5/5

I feel like he is stronger in Crosby, Stills & Nash. 3/5

70s folk rock. Debut solo album. Pretty cool.

I don't know what I was expecting, but it was not this. I was shocked with how experimental this one, and that is in a good way. Who would have known.

Lost me early. It’s well before my time and can’t say I was familiar with him so was curious enough to listen through the album but didn’t linger.

Some of this is okay, but it’s mostly because of the features. Crosby’s voice doesn’t really hold up on its own. There was some promise at the beginning of the Cowboy song, but the stuff about the Indian girl was rather cringe.

A song without lyrics is an instrumental asshole

It's meh to be honest

Definitely feel the influence of CSNY and Neil Young especially on some tracks. Musically it’s not bad, most songs are good. Lyrically it’s pretty sparse and some songs are pretty facile. Notable tracks include Laughing, Traction in the Rain, Orleans.

David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name emerges from an era flooded with polite, uninspired singer-songwriter records. It sounds rich, intimate, and carefully crafted, yet rarely lifts into awesomeness. Admirable musicianship and atmosphere keep it engaging, but the songs seldom truly soar beyond their mellow ambitions or reach.

Even an All-Star lineup of guest musicians can't keep this album from being a very typical late-60s-to-early-70s Laurel Canyon Hippie Club Folk fest. I did enjoy Phil Lesh's appearances on the album. His bass tone at the time had a particular timbre that I really like. Beyond that, I doubt I will remember this record.

Cheesy, but ultimately endearing. I'm glad David Crosby had the artistic space to experiment the way he did.

This is perfectly fine, but it is a negative WAR CSNY solo album. Probably a 2.5 but I’ll round down to two.

Funny I get this right after the byrds. Anyway I know who David Crosby is but can’t say I listened to any of his solo work. Anyway extremely Neil Young styled album (he plays on it so it makes sense), a good example of the post psychedelic rock sound of the seventies. Pretty good record three stars.

Oh my god, how did we get so lucky? The haunting vocals intermixed with protest rock. I’ve only really paid attention to CSNY before, but Crosby’s got it all.

Really like Song with No Words

A psych-folk record with huge names from CSNY, Jefferson Starship, and The Grateful Dead on it, this album shines as both a vague concept album and as individual tracks. I love this one

4.5 Liked this more than I was expecting

Ik vond het begin van het album niet heel spannend maar het einde vond ik heel leuk. Muzikaal vind ik het wel leuk, maar ik denk niet veel vaker ga luisteren

Je verdwaald af en toe in dit album maar niet op een vervelende manier. Er zitten niet hele duidelijke structuren in de nummers waardoor je zelfs na derde keer opnieuw luisteren niet precies weet waar je in het album bent en welke gedeelte van de song. Hierdoor blijft het album ook niet direct plakken waardoor je vaker moet luisteren. De folk psychedelische sfeer voed ook het gevoel van verdwaald zijn in het album en maken het samen met de harmonieën een aangenamen trip. Niet zo lang geleden hebben we Déjà vu geluisterd en dit album luister ik toch iets liever. Ik geef het en 4 maar het zal best een 5 kunnen worden want het zal niet de laatste keer zijn dat ik het album luister.

Na afgelopen week Deja vu te hebben geluisterd is het bijzonder interessant om eens in te zoomen om verschillende leden van het collectief, en ook op dit album gaat David crosby samenwerkingen aan met mensen waarmee hij makkelijk catchy hits zou kunnen maken, hij doet dit bewust niet dit album gaat meer om een sfeer en een groove neerzetten, het heeft een ontzettend goeie live feel, en ik heb het album misschien ook wel 6x geluisterd. Erg vet.

Absolutely mind blowing, and all star masterpiece

This was actually really good. Easy to listen to and really solid overall. I enjoyed this!

That first song is such a mess. Yeah idk abouth this one. "Cowboy Movie" is prety decent and "Laughing too". The rest is prety much background music to me. Nothing really bad but far from anything good. Nevermind the 2 last songs are really bad. Hes trying to be poetic and all with the name/lyrics of these track and weird vocal effect but he just sounds dumb as shit.

First song a bit silly. Some good stuff! Would be more fun stoned

Big fan of CSN and CSNY, plus familiar with individual works of each of them other than David Crosby. There was no mistaking the voice or the style, though it is an incredibly brief album.

My main impression of this album is that it feels “muddy” or “foggy” - both the music and lyrics feel unclear, meandering (not the singing itself as much as the narrative thread of the lyrics). It’s not bad, but I was never particularly moved by it. Favorites: What Are Their Names, Orleans 3

As they say, you're judged by your clothes, and in this case, by your cover... Oh dear, what are those nostrils against the sunset? It looks like a cross between a postcard from a resort and a still from the end of some Korean drama series. But what's inside the album? Nearly forty minutes of beautiful acoustic music, in its own way, from David Crosby, best known for his supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Although everything here starts off relaxed, by the middle of the listen a melancholy feeling begins to overwhelm, and at the end, some kind of church hymn suddenly appears. Old acquaintances Graham Nash and Neil Young also contributed to Crosby's work on this album; just as members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana. All in all, the amount of smoke in the studio is understandable, and since this album took second place on the Vatican newspaper's list of the best releases, perhaps the Pope himself was getting high to it.

Tak nejako to šlo jedným uchom dnu a druhým von, ale dalo sa to...

When I woke up this morning and saw what album had been generated, I admittedly groaned a bit at he name and cover. It didn't look promising to me to say the least. I recognized Crosby's name though, and opted to give it a fair chance. I'm glad I did, as this is one of the lushest and warm psychedelic records I've heard, just superbly fun stuff front to back.

It feels a little weird for him to say he can't remember his name and then put his name after an uncomfortable amount of periods....but that's besides the point. Also besides the point, he has some beautiful eyelashes in that cover. Anyways, the music. It's certified Hippie music. My dad was a hippie for a while and is getting back into politics now that we have a mango with the IQ and situational awareness of a mango running our country. What Are Their Names feels incredibly relevant today, speaking of that. Anyways, it's a pretty relaxing listen. I loved the instrumentation, surprisingly psychedelic for how folksy the album is. It's also making me realize how much CSNY there is on this list, but it's not a huge problem.

4.3 What a lovely little album. Really enjoyed that, super peaceful and warming. Definitely going to check out more of his stuff, actually enjoyed the Stills, Crosby and Young solo albums that have appeared on here (have I missed Nash?), so maybe I need to dive deeper into them.

Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. Crosby has an interesting writing method that's a little off-kilter which I enjoy.

Listening session: march 22th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: there are some great harmonies and some nice guitar work, but unfortunately that was not enough for me all of the time Favourite tracks: Orleans, Tamalpais High (At About 3) & Traction in the Rain

Interesting. Orleans??

It was fiiiiiiiiine

I enjoyed this album, probably a lot more than I was expecting. I have been listening to this list of albums while working, and the fucking awful albums and the fucking great albums share some similarities, specifically they grab your attention - the 'awful' albums get binned, the 'great' albums stop me from working. So albums that do neither can often feel mundane, they become background noise. However, there is a range within these albums too, and this was definitely towards the better end of that range. It was so smooth and mellow. It felt like a time capsule back to the 70's.

A little transcendental for my liking. Good guitar playing of course and nothing bad about it but nothing grabbed me.

Never heard this before. Great early’70s rock performed by an all-star band. Could easily be a CSNY album with guests.

Absolutely stacked group of musicians here. I love both CSNY and the Grateful Dead so of course I love this merger for the two bands, with Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane and Santana members tossed in for good measure. Hearing Jerry Garcia and Neil young go back and forth on “cowboy movie” was awesome. Spacey but sweet, rough and tender. Good work Croz.

Like CSNY but without the glorious harmonies or memorable hooks. Crosby, Stills and Nash were all better together for sure

REALLY enjoyed this album, definitely a lot more than I expected. I wish I could articulate why I enjoy some slow folk rock more than others.

I would have given this a 3, but the hippie bullshit on the last three songs pissed me off.

I’ve always thought Crosby, Stills & Nash were better together than apart, but I was still looking forward to giving If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby a proper listen. Crosby has a brilliant voice and that really carries the album. There is a lot going on musically, it’s quite loose and atmospheric, and at times it feels more like a collection of ideas and jams than a structured album. That said, I did enjoy it. It is very easy to listen to and works well in the background, but it does lack those standout tracks that pull you back in for repeat listens. Favourite tracks: Cowboy Movie is a great tune. Least favourite tracks: Every track earns its place, nothing feels out of place. Album artwork: Cool cover, I like it.

I think 2 successful solo careers is enough. Save it for Stills and Young. This album has bright spots, but some dull songs as well

Actually quite a good little listen, some great acoustic guitar instrumentals. Its a very chill album, which was quite soothing to listen to maybe tietering on the 'boring side' but i think it just depends on your mood. For me surprisingly the 8 minute song 'Cowboy Movie' was the highlight, normally i dont like long songs but this had my attention throughout the whole thing. A nice little find of an album on this project. Not quite 4 stars but a very high 3 i would say.

This was a really enjoyable listen. Favourite songs are: 'What Are Their Names' (the guitar playing reminds me of a track from The Mars Volta, possibly on their first album), 'Traction in the Rain' and 'Orleans'.

A sweet passion project with friends.

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