Reviews (page 6 of 8)
No me ha llamado la atención
7th May 2022 Listened on the way to work, one of the rare albums not on Spotify! Met up with Ebbs and Ben in Clapham in the evening. Lovely album, sleepy country blues.
couple of decent tracks. I didn't hate it and only turned it off when it got to the french nonsense at the end so that's a bonus.
Not really outstanding. Don't know why this is a 1001 AYMHBYD. Still not bad (5/10). FT: Laughing, Cowboy Movie
Middle of the road for me.
It ends too soon before I got a sense of his/their style
Je vais vous expliquer un peu le contexte dans lequel j'ai écouté cet album. Vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que lorsque celui-ci a pointé le bout de son nez dans le générateur, je participais à un séminaire extrêmement chronophage. Il m'était dès lors très difficile de trouver un moment pour l'écouter. Je me rendis pourtant compte que d'énormes enceintes bordaient la salle de réunion et qu'un câble jack gisait sur le sol en permanence. Sous les coups de quinze heures, l'un des animateurs dit soudain la chose suivante : « Bien, nous allons maintenant vous enseigner la chose la plus importante de ce séminaire, à savoir un secret d'une valeur inestimable. Je vous le dévoile immédiatement : le secret est ... ♫ Everybody's saying music is looove ♫. » David Crosby venait d'envahir l'espace sonore. Toute la salle se retourna vers moi et m'aperçut alors debout, mon téléphone à la main et la prise jack branchée à celui-ci. Je leur adressai un sourire espiègle.
Un cas d'école aujourd'hui: cet album était super, et méritait probablement un 4/5. Malheureusement, la présence unique de cet album sur l'outil Youtube rend une telle note impossible à accorder. Nous ne cessons de le rabacher, mais à l'heure du numérique, il s'agirait d'évoluer un peu et de se mettre à la page.
Not bad, quite nice and tranquil. Perhaps a bit boring and weird ending.
Decent, but not great. Background music. Would rare a 3.5 if I could.
It was fine.
Rating: 5/10
First impressions are that this is a beautifully played album. The acoustic guitar is played tightly wound, the upright bass comes through adding depth to the recording. "Laughing" a clear favorite on streaming services, the aforementioned is delightfully demonstrated. Overall, even as a solo artist, Crosby cannot escape the connection to Crosby, Stills, (&) Nash & Young where comparisons are inevitably drawn, but where an ensemble of musicians may bicker over creative control we are instead made privy to Crosby the way Crosby would do it, and that is okay. He is backed by several guest musicians, all masters of their craft. The album is beautiful and it is definitely more on the laid back side of things, and certainly a recurring theme in recent days reviewing albums on this site. This album deserves a spot on the rotation, either on shuffle or for casual days.
Apparently, there are so much contributors in this album that David Crosby forgot his own name (what a terrible album name, even for a '70s album). So he looked up in the sky as the sunset paints it red, and at last... he now has a perfect album cover for his new album! (also a terrible album cover, it's hilariously corny). But despite the bad album name and cover (and also the personally bad vocals), it's actually a decent album that many elements (most of which are psychedelic licks) that tries to distance the sound from the stereotypical country music sounds. I enjoyed the psychedelic efforts in the first half, most notably the eight minute "Cowboy Movie". The second half is mostly chill and moody, a series of efforts that became boring from "Song with No Words" onwards. Overall, it's an easy listen. It has a few surprises (though I think it might be due to me underestimating it based on its name and cover).
I don't think it is a must have, not an etalon at all. Quite enjoyable but no more than average good music.
I didn't expect CSN, but the songs that hinted at that trio were the best on the album. Didn't add.
Good album, a little jazzy and fades into the background
Old people's music, hippies trying to make money but pretend they're not. Songs all sound the same, and only ok. Not for me; just sounds like so many other albums from that time.
Folk, rock clásico con canciones con un estilo definido y una buena voz. Sin destacar especialmente, se deja escuchar y descubrir a un muy buen artista
Decent album, gets repetitive, but still enjoyable.
O ile dyskografie byrdsow czy CSNY troche osluchalem i znam poszczegolne albumy solowe niektorych czlonkow, tak dorobek solowy pana Crosbiego jest dla mnie niewadoma, wiec dobry piczek na zapoznanie sie z tym artystom na solowym krazku, bo jest to jego pierwszy album wydany jedynie pod swoim imieniem, z roku 71, ale przesada byloby stwierdzenie, ze jest to cos zupelnie innego, brzmiacego jak nic wszczesniej zasluszanego, bo lista ludzi bioracych udzial w nagrywaniu tego srednio dlugiego albumiku, 38 minut na 9 trakach, jest dosc spora i przepelniona nazwiskami super gwiazd tamtych czasow, wiec obok Stillsa i Younga przewija sie przez polowe trakow Jerry Garcia z wdziecznych trupkow czy Joni Mitchell na wokalach, trzynascie osob na dziewieciu trakach to juz troche tlok, no ale jednak slychac to z czego Crosby slynie, czyli gitarkowanie akustyka, zwlaszcza, ze trzy traki sa czysto instrumentalne lub cztery jesli liczyc orleans, ktory wymienia przez caly trak jedynie znane katedry francuzkie, a reszta lirycznie jest rowniez raczej oszczedna, wyjatkiem moze byc cowboy movie, opowiadajacy historie kompanow rozdzielonych przez kobiete fatalna, motyw mocno frazesowy, ale jesli odnosi sie do grupy CSNY, to go kupuje, dlatego laduje na plejce razem z traction in the rain, ktory lirycznie wydaje sie byc skondensowanym copiumem, wiec rowniez mocno pozytywny motyw idealnie wpasowujacy sie w cieple brzmienie calego albumu, nie jestem rozczarowany tym co przesluchalem, ale czuje jednak ze brakuje mu czegos co wpadnie mi w pamiec, bo jednak jest to rockowy folk, dobrze zagrany, ale jednak ktory ciepi na zbyt duza ilosc featurow przez co Crosby wydaje sie zepchniety na dalszy plan
Classic American wistful-cowboy strumming. Better than I thought it might be.
3/5
Briefly very into CSN&Y and a general Woodstock phase in earl college years. Reflecting in this I realized that Woodstock 1999 was further back in my son’s relative history than actual Woodstock is in me, and I feel so so old.
Quite nice folk album.
Mellow, nice
If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby (1971) In 2010, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, the leading Roman Catholic periodical L’Osservatore Romano listed this record as #2 on “Top 10 Greatest Pop Albums of All Time”. That should get the attention of a few of the readers of these reviews. The PG-rated lyrics of the first two tracks (language, nudity, violence, sexual situations) present themes of charity and justice that land shakily on the right side of Catholic moral thought, however lacking they may be in poetic depth. The rest of the album is truth, peace, love—you know, hippie stuff. Heavy, man. Don’t Bogart; pass the joint. Musically, the album is sometimes excessively repetitive, but with nice improvisational flourishes from a wide range of rock superstars (Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, and many others climbing on board the David Crosby train). Crosby comfortably dispenses with lyrics altogether on four of these nine tracks, revealing his true genius in composition, vocal harmony, and expansive instrumentation. His jazz-influenced melodies and chord structures are typical Crosby—one can readily identify other Crosby songs that have a doppelgänger on this record. That’s nice for reminiscence, but those familiar with his oeuvre would have appreciated a fresh palette. The traditional song “Orléans” is a missed opportunity for a canon perpetuus sung with really fine voices. See if you’re as disappointed as I was. The closing track “I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here” is too brief, but it gives a nice idea of the music that swirled in David Crosby’s head. It’s really beautiful, but one could do without the twang. The cover art is a nice photomontage suggestive of a joyful tear falling from the eye of the artist beholding beauty—reflections of a sunset over the sea. (Or is it a sunrise? You decide.) In sum, this album is good, but not great. L’Osservatore Romano is not, after all, infallible. I don’t believe Acta Apostolicae Sedis rates albums. Let me know if they ever do. 3/5
A little bland but not unpleasant.
Enjoyed it. Background
I didn't hate anything here and I liked the general vibe quite a lot. But nothing ever stood out and demanded a 4 star rating. So...
Not what I expected
Mood music. Very mellow. Jammy. I like it as background music, but when I focus on it, I seem to lose focus quickly. It's pleasant enough. Favorite tracks: "Cowboy Movies", "Song With No Words"
Harmonizations don’t get much better than Crosby
Enjoyable, great harmonies, but other than that, not very exciting. I don't think it deserved the critical panning it got upon its release, but It's not Crosby's best work. Again, perfectly enjoyable, very calming, just not terribly groundbreaking.
I think this album is fine, but it really dragged on for me. Every song kinda sounded the same, and after every song I would check to see how many more there were. Definitely good music for playing in the background, but it didn't grab me in any meaningful way 3/5
Good, i'd listen to this again.
Solid three stars for now, maybe upon further listens this can be a 4 star album.
Good album.
Enjoyable album, chilled out Americana, great harmonies.
Enjoyable if a little meandering towards the end.
Enjoyable, occasionally prescient ramble through the high desert. Ruminative as a sunrise over Monument Valley.
Fun bluesy vibes, almost psychadelic at times. Very nice.
Jingly jangly
some pretty parts. merp
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that unmistakable CSNY sound
Very mellow, enjoyable ***
Atmospheric album. Didn't really know this one, besides from Deja Vu.
Niet slecht. Kende deze plaat niet maar onmiskenbaar de Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sound.
Had ‘m misschien nog een keer moeten luisteren voor een beter punt.
A fair album. Not really worth coming back to for another listen. Folk rock but just not that exceptionally good.
good album. Some very familiar sounds heard on other great albums.
Pretty good, a nice feel to it all the way through. Very California sounding
I generally like this album, there area few good guitar licks. though i cant say i will ever listen to it again
It's very nice to listen to something like Neil Young that is not Neil Young. I don't want to reduce Crosby's career to be some type of Young cover or anything like that, but I'm comparing their importance for USA's music. This album is good enough to show this importance but it's not the best work in my opinion.
Um álbum legal de música ambiente, mas bem ignorável.
Chill kitchen folky vibes
Great start, but trails away in the second half. Some very Led Zeppelin 12 string guitar sounds. A few more stars on the cards by void’n those later dull tracks
Enjoyed it, good album, hadn't heard any of his stuff before.
Je reconnais bien david crosby. , certaines chanson be font penser a crosby still nash and young. Particulierement, almost cut my hair sur deja vu .3.5
Pretty good folk stuff. Not my kind of music, but certainly listenable.
The album is really good, I like it a lot. "Music is Love" is great. "Cowboy Movie" sounds like a dead song (and is over 8 minutes long, lol). David Crosby was a member of the Byrds. In 68 he was asked to leave the band, and he formed a supergroup (Crosby, Stills, and Nash) with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. Neil Young also joined them on and off. This is the debut album of Crosby as a solo act. He has a ton of guest appearances including Jerry Garcia, Nash, Young, Joni Mitchell, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana.
Not my cup of tea but I can see why people like it - makes me wonder about Laurel Canyon in the 70s. Some great guitar playing and fun to hear Neil Young in there - great album title.
It’s good background music but just lacks an engagement for me. Miss the harmonies that made CSNY so great. While talented, these quiet guitar licks don’t do it for me.
It's fine.
Very chill
First thought was "is this country?" "Oh it's more folk I suppose". I know the name David Crosby but don't know his music. I like Cowboy Movie, some nice energy here. Then I didn't enjoy the rest as much. Not bad, but nothing that jumped out for me.
Good album solid songs though some are a bit repetitive and annoying at times
Good stuff!
"Music is love" was nice. But nothing too standout on a first listen.
Definitely missing Stills, Nash, and Young
3.5
It's alright
Mmm, not sure what to say here. I enjoyed some elements of the album. There were rocky guitars, and an intriguing Cowboy song. I struggled to understand from this, where and why his status was gained. In total I listened to it three times, partly in deference and partly in case I missed anything. But it is not for me and there won't be a fourth hearing.
Probably don't do enough drugs to appreciate this
This list has convinced me that CSN&Y is the most overrated band of its day. There is absolutely no way that each of their members’ solo albums also deserve a place on the list. This sounds like a bunch of Neil Young’s B-sides propped up by David Crosby’s famous friends as guest artists. 2⭐️
Bluesy rock like Canned Heat. Less hippy sounding like how he looks. There’s soul in his voice. I thought it would just be wussy in his voice. Like gosh dang it this is mellow Too mellow for me Like some Paul Simon shit. That aside, it isn’t terrible and I guess it’s decent for the clientele it wants to arouse. No arousal from me but I get it.
Really boring outside of Cowboy Movie.
Cowboy Movie was pretty cool. Mr. Crosby really lets it rip on that one. The rest of the album is kinda flat though.
kind of middling but mostly a positive listening experience. first half has some fun but the second half is just very soft in a way i apparently don't vibe with. favorite song is Cowboy Movie. solid 2
Another ok album by a memeber of a super group
If someone mentions "Hippie music" this is what they are talking about. 2.4/5
Bastante tranqui. Un poco aburrido. Nada fuera de lo común. Creo que le doy dos estrellas pero sólo porque las de una no me gustaron nada de nada.
Listened today in the car, not much going on here, average
I wholeheartedly agree with another reviewer on this page. The album has good playing and singing, but there are no songs here. Boring
Awful start. More freaking Neil Young’s nails on a chalkboard voice on a not Neil Young album… I can’t get a break from that guy. Cowboy Movie was great. The rest of this is kind of a snooze fest, ending with a weird chant at the end. (2)
The epitome of late 60s/early 70s bullshit. There are 104 albums here just released in the period from 1969-71 alone. Imagine if there were 104 albums here from 2014-16? That would be ridiculous! And I’m willing to bet that out of the 104 albums from 69-71, maybe only about 20-30 are actually albums you must hear before you die. The only people who actually listen to David Crosby are boomers. And these are the same type of boomers that call rap boring or metal annoying while listening to virtually the same song over and over again. This album in particular isn’t even that great for country standards, if you would consider it country. All while leaving out important country singers like Hank Williams Sr. and Garth Brooks. Oh, and I forgot to mention, a few of the songs on this album have Neil Young as a writing credit. And even on the songs that he didn’t have credits for, you can tell they were very Young inspired. Does everything that Neil Young has ever made and everyone that he has influenced need to be on this list? Unbelievable.
It's alright, perfectly listenable but really not memorable.
Not what I expected. Honestly OK background music, but nothing worth a second listen here. "What are their names" is about the only thing that made me stop and listen, and even that seems a sad echo of the protests of the late 60's. Oh well, not every album can be ground-breaking. 2/5
Exactly what you’d expect this to sound like. Just meh.
⭐⭐ Funkar som bakgrundsmusik det är soft och drömskt och musikaliskt håller det hög nivå men det är ju inte mycket till låtar, har lyssnat på det här albumet tidigare och även då kände jag att jag inte blev särskilt engagerad eller att det väckte så mycket intresse. Tycker inte det är dåligt men jag hade behövt något mer för att söka upp det här albumet igen, tycker det är för anonymt. Det får bli en 2a. Bäst är Cowboy music
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?
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
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.
One day, boomers will relisten to records they remember fondly before putting them on best of lists. This was not that day.
It's David Crosby. One of the more famous names out there. How could you forget it?
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.
Not too bad to listen to, but no real movement. Pretty sounds without inspiring much feeling.
Eh, kind of boring.
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.
eh, okay
Eh
I should like this more than I do, but it just feels boring. Suffering from supergroup syndrome I guess.
Beautiful vocals, but the songwriting is lackluster and the tunes do nothing for me.
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.
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 😆
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”
En av de 37 kjedeligste minuttene av mitt liv
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!
i like the cover
is he susposed to be crying that sunset?
If only I could remember a song off of this album.... heh 😏
One extra star for some interesting guitar work, but otherwise this is just hippie nonsense.
Lahm.
Not my jam
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.
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 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".
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.
Meh
Like a more boring Neil Young.
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.
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.
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)"
mmm no es mi estilo
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
I was disappointed. I was expecting more of a CSN&Y. This was a bit dull. I lost interest
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.
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.
For a man who spent a lot of time off his head, this was not what I was expecting.
This might be one of the whitest albums I’ve ever heard. LOL
Meandering- I’ve forgotten most of it already
No es de mi estilo. Las letras una mierda.
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
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.
It's meh to be honest
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.
This is perfectly fine, but it is a negative WAR CSNY solo album. Probably a 2.5 but I’ll round down to two.
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.
Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. Crosby has an interesting writing method that's a little off-kilter which I enjoy.
I would have given this a 3, but the hippie bullshit on the last three songs pissed me off.
Top Songs:
Fuck off with folk rock, boring acoustic shit and 192 albums from Crosby Young Stills Nash.
If I Could Only Remember One Song
I don't really understand what this album is trying to do?? Or why it would be highly regarded? I guess the last track is a good example of ambient yoga music.
Familiar and enjoyable
Certainly nothing memorable, just felt like 1/3, maybe 1/4 as good as what I'm used to hearing with his voice.
Turns out he needs Stills and Nash
Not my music
music is hated. (⌐■_■)
This is better than some boomer folk rock. It’s better than CSNY. It’s got great guest appearances. Crosby is a really nice singer. But it’s still too high of a concentration of boomer folk rock. The first song is called Music Is Love for gods sake. Come on man
talks from the nose if he was an animal he would definitely be a duck if he had a divine job he would be an angel duck forgettable
Simply boring, every song sound the same
Background music. Nothing really grabs you. Favorite: None Would I listen to it again: No
Another album in the nice-but-dull bucket.
Meh. Don't think I was in the mood for it. Was sorta snoozing through listening to it. Didn't interest me.
Notable Textzeile: And I thought that I'd found a light To guide me through My night and all this darkness I was mistaken Only reflections of a shadow That I saw Fängt schön an, wenn auch etwas Eso und Kitschig, wird dann deutlich stärker Eso und Kitschig
Eh
Not for me
2.5 - Each song on this album is something that would play in the intro or outro of a sentimental movie, like maybe Forrest Gump. Didn't really stand out to me, but gives you that lingering feeling.... makes you think about your ancestors or a long lost love
If I could only forget
Dull
I can hear you, Neil! Put your editing pants on my friend!! I guess it’s what I’d expect a Byrds-CSNY-style solo record to sound like. It’s alright, but I’ve always thought Crosby was the weakest of the CSNY songwriters (sorry) so a whole album of his material is not the most compelling. It’s meandering and unfocused, but it’s pretty enough.
Review - First solo album of his I've ever heard. Not bad exactly but very bland, no tracks stood out to me. Definitely not one you need to hear before you die. Rating - 3/10 Need to hear? NO
Sparkly and tubey David takes himself very seriously on this. Somehow pretentious hippy music. Should be something i like, but I don’t.
Folk Rock, 1971 -> 2
Spaghetti an die WAND
*shrug*
Walmart Bob Dylan Never liked folk, never met someone who isn't either mental or over the age of 60 that does. Excruitaingly mediocre for a top 1000 most influential album
Cool songs and story but messy putting it together.
Well that just about sums up the empty droning sound of the hippie. It is atmospheric but also pretty bland.
Uumm deepening my depression
Weak commune tunes. Would have been a 1 if not for the cowboy song. I can't even be bothered to go back and look what it's actually called.
As part of a group, Crosby is great. Solo is not as great.
It's was OK, but nothing was memorable.
Immensely forgettable white dude.
Felt he needed a bit more of Stills, Nash and perhaps even Young
If only he could have remembered not to make this record!
I listened to this twice through and lost focus both times. It's nice music that I found worked well in the background, a kind of folksy rock that does not offend but also did not make a huge impression on me. 3/10
dad music, good for just doin stuff around the house
2* Cowboy movie: literal 8m a contar uma história de um filme só pode. A unica oarte q percebi foi q andavam 4 gajos atrás de uma gaja indiana e um deles disse q ia matar os outros 😲. Acho q a música foi toda mt parecida a nível intrumental e de melodia tmb, ent cansou pq foi 8m, mas não desgostei tho A última faixa assustou me, senti me num filme de terror Não gostei mt do album, acho q simplesmente não é mt a minha vibe, não é q seja um mau album, só não é a minha cena, não ouviria again.
I was excited about this as I love David Crosby's voice. This album was beautiful and something totally different than I was expecting. I was expecting some CSNY type stuff. This definitely wasn't that. It was a decent album, but nothing that I would intentionally listen to.
Great voice but not very inspired songwriting
Boring as shit
5/10 If I Could Only Remember This Album
Talented musician with nothing to say, and determined to say it anyway.
Kinda bland. I dug Cowboy Movie though.
The streaming service that I use that's definitely legal suggested Steely Dan after I finished this album and I much preferred that
Not bad, but no takeaways for me. Feels almost more like background music
Why not
It’s okay enough, points to what more is to come.
Just when I thought I was done with CSN, CSNY, and The Byrds, here comes David Crosby, with his goofy little mustache, to drop a Lee Corso "not so fast my friend" on me. I'm not familiar with any of DC's solo work, but I'd wager that this album will fall somewhere between 'meh' and 'fine' on my rating scale. I'd put this solo effort from David Crosby squarely in the 'meh' camp. This album had some nice guitar playing and some good harmonies, but nothing on here really jumped out at me. I literally just finished listening to this, and I've pretty much all but forgotten what I just heard. I didn't find the songwriting particularly great, and even though the guitar playing and harmonies were nice, nothing evoked any sort of feeling or reaction from me. I'm not big on CSN (with or without Y), but man, you hit me with a 'doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-de-doo-doo-doo' and I can instantly hear the guitar of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" in my head. This album definitely doesn't have anything close to that. It's a shame that this album is such a snooze, because some really talented folks worked on it. I'm giving this album two stars, mostly for the guitar playing on "Music Is Love" (the vocals were not my jam), the gentle harmonies on "Tamalpais High," and the pedal steel guitar playing on "Laughing." This album was pretty pleasant to listen to, but I found it pretty bland and forgettable, and I'm not sure it's stood the test of time to earn a place on this list.
boring shit. 2/5
More tedious, self indulgent tosh from Crosby, Stills or Nash. They are completely interchangeable. Utterly unremarkable.
Nice
For a group of people who fancied themselves as bringing a peace-love-and-understanding enlightenment to the World, the hippies proved to be just as predominantly-self-indulgent as every other group of human beings. This album perfectly captures both sides of that dichotomy; the pretension and the reality. It sounds like a collection of slightly-better-than-competent musicians, who don't often play together, noodling to their heart's content without serious regard for either the art form or the audience; producing an album that, while not unpleasant, is wholly unmemorable. That said, I'm not experiencing the too-familiar indignation at having this album included on the list. It's mildly interesting in a musical-history way. Cowboy Music is splendidly weird and Laughing sounds like CSN from an alternate universe (or, what CSN may have sounded like, on occasion, if Steven Stills wasn't such an overbearing ass). And again, it isn't unpleasant to listen to.
I liked the CS&N sound, but too slow and monotonous.
Some cool guitar work but mostly boring
Enjoyed “Cowboy Movie” rest of the album not so much.
Beautifully spaced-out, deeply sincere, and somehow feels like music designed to be overheard from another room while everyone involved is lying on the floor. Respectable, but also mildly narcotic.
There are times I believe this list should be called "1001 Albums Featuring Members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young that You Must Hear Before You Die." I'm a fan of CSNY and their music. I really like Neil Young's solo work. If I Could Only Remember My Name reminds me a lot of CSN's first album as a group. It has a group of songs that are not bad but are very sleepy, especially on the back half of this record. The last three songs are basically instrumentals with vocals in the background. I enjoyed the first 3-4 songs, though I feel like David Crosby really focused more on the harmonies on some of these songs more than he focused on writing really good songs that support the harmonies. There was no need for a David Crosby solo album in here, just like there was no need for a Stephen Stills solo album, much like there was no need for an album from Stephen Stills with a whole other band. I don't think anyone can doubt the impact CSNY had on music, but much of the inclusion of their music on this list seems purely for nostalgic reasons and not because the albums are good. I do not consider this album to be vital and as I type this sentence I can't decide if I am going to give it a "2" because the music isn't good and there's no need for the album to be in the book. I am tired of living under the thumb of Boomers who think any artist with an acoustic guitar and brings back fond memories of a time that probably never existed is worthy of being considered very important. We have lived under your thumb long enough and you aren't a rebel anymore. You ran a hedge fund and could afford to retire early because the generation before you didn't screw the world up like you did. Or should I give it a "3" because it's not THAT bad and is unobtrusive.
Big fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. But after giving this album a listen not sure how much ole David Crosby contributed to the success of that group.
An all star cast of Laurel Canyon & SF psych scene fixtures get together for a loose jammy album with very unstructured and honestly pretty weak songs, but a very chilled out, if uninspired, vibe. Bluesy, folksy, astral, primal. It's got some great vocal harmony and the a strong performance from DC, but mostly it's at it's best when it's basically a Grateful Dead live session with some great Jerry Garcia noodling and fun exploratory bass from Phil Lesh and Jack Casady.
i like the cover
I guess this is fine for what it is, and not as bad as some of the groups he was in. At least it's pretty short.
What a snoozefest Not for me
legal
An album I wanted to enjoy more than I did. Thought everything was fine, but didn't wow me in the same way that CSNY did on their album, like this was missing essential parts that make it more engaging. Fine enough and very soothing, but nothing compelling me to come back to
Liked it more than I thought I would but still not really for me
mostly forgettable
Adequate background vibes.
The Good: Knowing we are not alone! The Bad: Not knowing one’s name, when it is clearly listed on the album… The Ugly: Realizing that my name isn’t David… or Crosby… After having sat through the album Deja Vu, by CSNY, I was kind of looking forward to this here little excursion… but then I found out that we don’t know who we are, leading me to stop the excursion before getting lost in the woods too! So yeah, this was not was I was hoping it would be. One too many songs just drag along, probably loved by plenty a hippy, enjoying a little acid trip, while trying to recall their own name. Chalk this album up to an experience which I will not be repeating. 2*
I got kind of bored and the 37 minutes felt more like an hour
Meh
*1971. *This was fine. Not memorable at all, but good background music. *CSNY is better than solo Crosby, but this had the same vibe. RATING - 6/10
2/5 Mr. Crosby, if you wanna remember your name, you should smoke less 😅 Jokes aside, the only interesting part about this is that it's psych rock, but it doesn't come close to the really good stuff. Crosby seemingly smoked so much weed that he forgot how to write actual lyrics. They match the IQ of a newborn by mostly using "da-de-da". The last song also belongs in a church and not on an album like this. I also read a bunch of reviews and it turns out that most people who rated this album really high know who CSNY were. For the record, I know but I don't care. I have a feeling that there have been too many Hippies involved in which albums to put in 1001's list, which is measurable by the amount of folk rock we've encountered in just a month already. If you're one of them, could you please stop? Go and glue yourself on a road and get hit by a truck or something like all the new doom hippies of my generation do.
Never heard of this album or artist before and, frankly, I have no idea what I'm in for. This brand of album cover is very 90s-coded, though I can't help but notice that this thing was released in 1971. Were I to guess, I suspect I'm in for a folk album, though I'm really taking a shot in the dark with that one. Yup, folk. I'm not a folker, and I suspect the ship for me to become one is already long at sea. There are a few interesting genres in here, though truth be told this album is deathly, deathly boring. There's a great bit of dead air in here, which is made even worse by the nondescript feelings I have for country. "Cowboy Movie" is pretty alright, even if the song is way too long. The bluesy/country sound is a good blend and an interesting pivot for the album. Crosby's vocals aren't half-bad, either. "Traction in the Rain" is a good tune from later in the album. The atmospheric acoustic guitar performance is pretty pleasing, and Crosby's vocals are once again good. "Song With No Words" is another good tune - I wasn't expecting to be hit with two good tunes back-to-back. The rambling vocal style is well-executed, and I am once again a fan of the delicate instrumentation. Book time. A lot of collaborators. Charted decently. Moving over to Wikipedia reveals that this album has a cult following. Yeah, nah. This thing kinda sucks dick. In place of this album, I humbly submit The Mollusk by Ween for inclusion on the list.
Strong hippie vibes. Can't say I enjoyed the album. Bits of it were nice — like Cowboy Movie as a track or some random progressions in other tracks — but that doesn't make a great album. The album experience feels like a comedy coming-of-age film soundtrack. I think the collaboration was the highlight rather than the music and inspiration itself. If you look at the albums released in 1970-1972 there is an incredible amount of psychedelic rock that blows this out of the water. I could barely finish the album because there's only so much "dee dum, deedle dee dum da" non-lexical vocables and harmonizing between soft voices that I can endure before I realize there has been zero oomph from anyone for a few minutes. I went back to Cowboy Movie after the last track, and even that managed to feel like an 8-minute slog instead of a redemption. 2.5 / 5 if I'm feeling generous.
Eh. CSNY but without any actual good songs? I enjoy the harmonies that are ubiquitous amongst their music, but that’s about it. This solo effort seems like it rode the wave of success of previous group efforts, but doesn’t hit the mark of quality for me.
2-3 seems like stuff my dad would like
even while i was listening to this, it was just forgettable
From someone in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young this was about the sleepiest album I have heard in a long time. I would have thought with the people involved this could have been a fun an rock forward album and not this weak showing.
'Music is Love' was more 'Music is Hate' for me, are those Neil Young's thin, whiny vocals? Yup. Apparently he contributes vocals to 'What Are Their Names' as well. Lovely. The second track, 'Cowboy Movie' is much more to my taste. It does drag on a bit, though. 'Tamalpais High (At About 3)' sounds like 'Steely Dan' in one of their blander moments. and that's the album's 'three tracks to grab me' quota reached. I'll sample the others just in case. More of the same. According to Wikipedia 'In 2010, Crosby's album was listed second, behind the Beatles' Revolver, on the "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" published in the Vatican City newspaper'. Had they been at the communion wine? This isn't for me. It is terribly bland and self-indulgent. 2/5.
Tons of talent on the record, seemingly wasted. Tough to stay engaged with this one.
and the crowd goes mild!!!! this was boring when it wasn't actively annoying. there's just no need for yet another unnecessary bluesy-folk solo album by an old white guy from a more important band on this list... at least it's not neil young i guess. my favorite part of this is the album cover, specifically the title and artist. i like to imagine david crosby making the face on the cover trying to think of his own name, then immediately answering his own question. classic comedy. favorites: tamalpais high (at about 3), traction in the rain, orleans... mostly the songs where david does minimal singing.
I found this somewhat meandering and aimless. Vocal mixing was not good either. This list has far too much CSNY for my taste.
Mellow (listening at midnite...ugh). Nice harmonies across a lot of the tracks, but all in all I was unable to focus thru the fog of sameness. Listened before? N Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? Song with No Words ⭐️⭐️ Liked it OK
Not bad. But I think he misses his mates on this one.
Whoever mixed this album should be fired
Fraco
Pretty uninspired stuff. Not a single standout melody. It’s trying at once to be both experimental and straight-ahead folk and ends up falling between in no man’s land.
A trippy hippy dippy California folk album with cult leader David Crosby leading his band of stoner friends through a set of meandering, disconnected and randomly assembled jams. A few of them don't even bother to have lyrics. There are moments - like "Cowboy Movie" and "Laughing", where the vibe, Crosby's songwriting, and the crack team of ace musicians all click, but those moments are too few and far between.
It's a little too much of the same thing for me, maybe a little too much mellow? David Crosby is great, and if I had to hang out with someone from CSN, it would be him. But this album just isn't for me.
I SO BADLY wanted to like this. I love CSNY. I love his voice. I love the musicians who played on this record. But it sounds incomplete, like they were just screwing around in the studio and hit “record”
Nope 2.5
Inoffensive, the guy can really play but still better as a part of a larger group.
The album ended and 10 minutes later honestly I can’t remember what it sounds like
This was better than listening to some metal album that hurt my ears. I’ll give it that, but that’s about it. This album was boring. I kept hoping the next song would become a favorite, but that never happened. Oh well. On to the next one!
I really loved parts of this. ‘Cowboy Movie’ was beautifully bluesy. ‘Laughing’ was great. Some nice guitar work throughout. Lost it for me with way too much ‘do-be-doo-ing’. Sometimes for whole songs. A high 2
Nice harmonies, but slow and repetitive is just not for me. So bored. At least I was able to do some yoga to it. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A
Lite av ett sömnpiller.
2.5 - kinda slow, no songs really stand out to me, but not horrible - expected a little more from all the names attached to this production
...my name, my excitement, my will to live...
Lester Bangs famously dismissed it as indulgent, and frankly, he had a point. The songs often drift without direction, and unless you’re in a particularly mellow, altered state of mind, it’s hard to latch onto anything concrete. There are moments of beauty, sure, but they’re buried under a fog of cosmic noodling. If you’re looking for structure, hooks, or lyrical clarity, you might find yourself wondering—as the title suggests—what exactly you’re supposed to remember.
Quite enjoyed as a background track but wouldn’t listen again
Meh. Some glimpses here and there of what was to come via Crosby Stills Nash & Young. But on the whole I found it rather insipid.
I like him with CSN/CSNY much better. Nothing to write home about.
Occasionally there are moments of respite on tracks such as "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" or "Laughing", but mostly it's just tiresome uncreative Laurel Canyon rock and folk. The instrumentals are mixed wonderfully but the vocals are frustratingly buried in the mix like needles in a haystack. If I wanted jam I would get some toast. Feels crappy like the Nick Drake albums. So, of course Mr. Dimery loved it. I'll bet you could have remembered your name if you'd just managed to put down the beer, doobie, and cocaine, but it was LA in the early seventies, so who are we kidding?
Positive: great sounding album. Creates a vibe like making an album late night on good substances with your buds Negative: at best pleasant, and at worst boring. not an album I would return to. If Crosby’s name wasn’t attached it would be a curio from the period with a small cult
Meh nothing to get too excited about
Pleasant enough psychedelic folk, but nothing really jumps out.
che sbatti
The bluesy bits were surprising to me, not so much the folky bits. Better than what I expected, but ultimately a bit to laidback for my liking.
After the success of the great first CS&N album, I anxiously awaited the three solo albums from the boys. Had highest hopes for Stills, then Crosby, then Nash. All were pretty mediocre with few tracks as good as when they were together. The Nash album was a pleasant surprise and turned out to be the best of the three. Crosby still came in last. All pale in comparison to any of Neil Young’s first three solo albums.
Gorgeous chord (my favourite one) towards the end of Music Is Love. All quite nice but a too uneventful. That was a LONG 37 minutes. Woah hang on now - I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here is spooky ethereal! Great album-ender.
Some nice ideas on here but not the strongest album by any means.
Hmm. Fine to listen to, but pretty boring, all told. Spotify moved on to play another track after the album ended without me realising, and I thought 'finally some life' before checking to see it was a different artist. Cowboy Movie was certainly the outstanding track on the album. 5/10
Partito male, poi si è ripreso. Ma in generale non è proprio il mio mood.
The best I can say is it's listenable.
Kind of a bland and blissed out post summer of love album with a bunch of Crosby's pals. It just washed over me.
2+ Stars (6/15)
I like CSN&Y but only Young could really make it on his own. The album is pleasant but that’s all. 2
Only the airy elements of CSNY. Sounds like a less cool version of Grateful Dead jams and a dude who smoked a little too much before the session.
# 509 /1001 : If I Could Only Remember My Name Zzzzz. BORED. A two line bio, not much meat and just a sad dude with a guitar. 40 minutes of sadness and it feels more like this album is on the list for Crosby's reputation, rather than for the music... Listened : 24/06/2025
Meio psicodélico, numa pegada parecida com Led Zeppelin. Não curti.
A very meh album. 4/10
Mmh
It's fine. It didn't hurt my ears but hopefully I don't listen again, either.
Pleasant and pretty background music. Nothing earth-shattering.
I would like to be able to write like this
Has a moment or two but really forgettable. Just feels bland and I don’t think I will be revisiting
I played it and I didn't remember any of the songs. It's not bad, but it doesn't appeal to me at all.
Not my cup of tea personally Best track cowboy movie, music is lovely also ok.
I like the Byrds, CSNY, and David Crosby as a person, but I don't understand why this particular item was on the list. It feels unambitious and unintentional.
largely forgettable
David Crosby on his own is prettttty trippy (and bluesy), isn't he?
what am i missing
I love all the iterations of CSNY, but this David Crosby album just did not do much for me.
Aaá
It was relaxing by the end, but didn't stand out to me.
Liian hentoista, hiljaista, pehmoista, utuista, epäkiinnostavaa menoa omaan makuun. Paremmin en osaa asiaa ilmaista.
Dreadfully slow. I liked it at times but more often than not it failed to hold my attention.
J'ai failli abandonner après deux minutes J'aurai raté le morceau suivant (dommage) mais aussi le reste de l'album (pas dommage)
It’s a bit of a shame this album takes up a spot on this list. I’ve had two Neil Young albums in the last few weeks, and I think the universe could sense my complaining and threw me an album with Neil featured at the end of its first song. In the spirit of all that, just copy and paste my reviews for those Neil Young albums - anything that sounds like the harmonizing of CSN&Y is worth your time, leave out all the rest. “Tamaplais High” was a good group jam. “Laughing” achieved a similar sound. Most everything else was a bit bland and forgettable. Put it on in the background of doing something else to get at least something out of it. 2/5 much too similar to all other classic folk rock without doing anything unique, memorable, or something that CSNY didn’t do better
4/10
It's fine. Nothing special...everything sort of all sounded the same. Wouldn't go outta my way to listen to this album again by any means. Even the most popular songs on the album were not ones that I knew or really loved.
Got excited when I saw the album. First song was kind of off putting and 'Cowboy Movie' was decent and the rest of the album was tame. For the list of talented people on this album its a disappointing one. Originally had this as 2.5 but came to Song with No Words. Now thats some self-indulgent shite. 2/5.
All a bit meh...
Pretty forgettable - even Neil Young can’t make this better.