Reviews (page 7 of 8)
5/6/2025: RiverNerns, but more shouty to start. Lacks cohesion.
Soft dad rock. Honestly kinda bland for me. Maybe it had a lot of big names, but still 2*
Takovy typicky americky bard, neni to uplne moje.
I love Crosby, Stills and Nash. They're even better with Neil Young. But David's solo career is a huge disappointment. The songwriting is subpar, especially "Cowboy Movie", the instrumentals interludes are stupid, and even the Neil collab was trash. The best song is Laughing.
cowboy done boring and corny
Not bad, not to my taste
Good if want that vibe
..
not memorable
Не интересно совсем
is boring
I wanted to like this, but I kept finding myself drifting off and not listening. I kind of remember the first track. Alas. At least the title felt ironic.
323/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Prefer his work with Stills and Nash
Gear: ZMF Bokeh Artwork: 🌅🧔♂️🌊 Production: 🫢🤔🤷 Music: ☮️🙄🥱 Rating: 🌅🌅/5
This album comes up a little short for me. I love CSNY but Crosby solo doesn't reach anywhere near the heights that the group does. There are certainly some beautiful sounding moments but it's just all a bit boring. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)
This really struggled to hold my attention. Just not my thing I guess.
Lots of oohs and ahs and a few umms. Doesn't make for great songwriting. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell try but they can't save this. Is it just me or does Cowboy Movie sound a lot like Cowgirl In The Sand but not as good.
p222. 1971. 2 stars. Meandering hippy noodling. Sounds like outtakes from a CSNY album - "sorry Dave, these don't make the final cut." On the plus side, it's short, and has some gorgeous harmonies.
I prefer Nash's solo stuff. Check out Better Days - it's a great album.
I'd rather listen to Stills, Nash or Young.
2 probs isn't fair as it was harmless rather than offensive, but ultimately forgot I was even listening to anything...
Boring semi-folk/psychedelic rock for fake hippies.
yeah i dunno i never heard of david crosby and id be fine not finding out he exists, no offence to you mr crosby kinda boring the singing is bad some music is interestingish NNN
David Crosby, that's the one of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young that I always liked the least. I think that's how I feel about his debut album too. There are things that I recognize, but I don't think they're by him. Guitar and vocals by Neil Young, vocals by Joni Mitchell, etc. I'm really having a hard time with this album, but I don't think I like it. So 2 stars and a clear point deduction for David Crosby
This feels intentionally uneven. Tiresome enough to help me understand why others hated hippies.
Horribly dull.
There are two types of 70s folk in my eyes. One is genuine and borrows from actual folk ways. It stands on tradition and adds to it in a way that makes the whole better. And then there’s this, people who like the vibes of folk man. Free love and shit man. The hippies lost and this is why. This says nothing. It sucks. The cowboy song was okay.
It was good, but forgettable. Nothing jumped out at me.
Not heard any of these before. Music is Love is very easy listening. He thought he was onto something with Cowboy Movie? 7 minutes of a 37 min album. Liking it more than I thought I would. Song With No Words is putting me to sleep. Three decent songs early and the rest were pretty tame and uninteresting to me.
oh mein gott das cover isch jo schlimmmm. aber defür heisst s erste lied music is love hahahah. wow david musics for fun music is free hahaha. cowboy movie groovt recht guet, mag wie knackig d gitarre töned. aber isch chli lang für nöd würklich e idee füren song oder? tamapalis high langwiliig. laughing schön, schöni harmonies. what are their names chli e langwiligs instrumental song with no words isch au kein song sorry zwei akkörd und duiduduidu isch kei lied. denn hett ich scho ei million lieder gschriebe. s gitarresolo isch okaaay. orleans französisch? okay okay. id swear there was somebody afoch chli umegejohle. kids abd dogs fangt schomol horror aah.
If there was ever an album to really prove why CSN and CSNY were amazing, this was it. I understand now why Crosby's name goes first on CSN, he's clearly the architect of the sound. But boy does he struggle to pull a thought together, or really hone it into a killer song. It's beautiful music, but it's not interesting. Desperately needed Stills and Young (and maybe Nash, not as familiar) to put everything together, bring some oomph, and hone it to what it was. Still a nice relaxed album, just not great.
Noiosetto
Not for me
Not really my thing
God damn this was a long 37 minutes of my life. So boring. It's not obnoxious enough to be a 1 but I definitely don't get it, the final boss of all baby boomer music. The most Rock Music music ever. I really liked Orleans but the rest is not for me. Boring stoner shit. BORINGGGGG
How did this completely unremarkable album that I would have never heard of if not for this list make it in?
I liked this one, I didn't love it though. It's surprisingly dreamy for an early-70's record, but most of the songs didn't stick with me. I may revisit this at some point to see if I feel different about it. Key tracks: Laughing Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
The weak link of Crosby stills and Nash then
Kind of boring 2.5
Bit boring.
If i could only remember anything about this album
This was largely unoffensive to have on in the background but anytime I did zone into it, it was a bit hard going and depressing.
This album was nice and chill but also confusing. It didn't seem to have a concept or direction, and overall, it just felt too restrained. And it was kind of a snooze fest. And what the heck with that ending.
sorry, very boring, I can't
Solid.
If I could only remember the album.
J'ai découvert cet artiste en trio avec Stills & Nash dans la liste, sans avoir été conquis. C'est donc le premier album solo de DC que je découvre. Je ne suis pas conquis non plus ... quelques interventions de guitare sont intéressantes, mais les morceaux ne m'ont pas accroché. Certains sont vraiment répétitifs et trop longs (cowboy movie), d'autres très mous (Traction in the Rain). Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5
Meh. He was better in CSNY. Do not like his voice solo, instruments sounded perfectly fine on many of the tracks but his voice just didn't. Also lyrics were kinda meh and bland. Overall just felt like a bleh album. Nothing doing for me.
meh. he's better with CSN(Y).
Not for me
I wouldn't have added this album to the 1001 list. It's not bad; it's just that there is nothing that distinguishes this album from anything CSNY ever did.
2.5
While the vibes and guitarr playing is great a lot of the songs are just to weird for my taste. Its fun getting introduced to music by a person I have heard about from other things (crosby, stills & Nash) but this isn't something I will listen to again.
Classic Crosby. I loved this stuff in my 20's as a folk loving hippie. Now I find it a bit weak and flowery. He's better with a band. Music is love - flowery crap Cowboy movie - better but I still skipped it. Nice guitar. Ended up skipping every song until I abandoned it. He's so much better with a band!
Enjoyed guitar notes
eh
There is nothing special about this
It's good but David Crosby shines when he's in a collaboration not a solo venture. I think he even admitted to such. RIP
Zzzzzzz. And he can’t sing. Also supposedly there were many guest artists on this album but somehow it all sounded the same to me. Hard pass.
It was okay
Musically a bit lame but just o.k. Sometimes his whining voice can be annoying. worst: "Music Is Love", "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here"
Maaannnn this is some Sunday morning listening.
A pretty nothing album
Interchangeable boring folk rock. The bluesy parts are better, but even then the musical performance is below average.
bland
Some songs were cool, but overall it wasn't overly memorable.
70’s
Slow, soft rock
I had the weekend to absorb and ponder a rating for this record, but if I could only remember what I listened to a few days earlier. This album is not memorable and there's a reason why the "best" works involving David Crosby are works involving other people. When I think of the Byrds or CSN or CSNY, I hardly recall the meaningful contributions from David Crosby and that's the problem with his solo album(s). The special guests on this album gloss over the fact there's little here to see or hear. Apart from, Cowboy Movie, the album suffers from uninteresting material and bland performances from Crosby.
Not bad but not an album I’d reach for.
An album that feels very directionless and lacks any heart. There's little in the way of creativity, spunk, or excitement. It's just bland acoustic country-rock with a large host of musical superstars (or would-be superstars, anyway) scrawled onto the record sleeve, presumably to increase sales. Laughing is the only really good track here – where the atmospheric softness actually achieves its goal of being mellow yet powerful. Most of the other songs are mellow and, well, powerless. The mixing makes the texture sound oddly empty for most of the album's runtime, excluding more energetic tunes like Cowboy Movie and Music Is Love. Speaking of Music Is Love... talk about a terrible idea for an opening track. The singing is wobbly and crazed, drunkenly repeating one line for essentially the entire track. Why this is the most popular track on the album – by a significant margin – is beyond me. 2/5 Key tracks: Laughing, Song with No Words, Cowboy Movie
This didn't do it for me. A few cool moments, but that ain't enough dawg.
Paikoin muniinpuhaltelua, paikoin ok. En kuuntele toista kertaa
Rating: 2.5
Not bad but like a bunch of the albums I've listened to so far, boring.
Like a csny album but just the C. Pretty unremarkable
This album was…well…forgettable. I listened to it twice back to back and struggled to grasp anything from either listening. It wasn’t a bad album, per se, just background. Some of the harmonizing was chill, and Cowboy Movie had some good guitar work. If only I could remember this album.
Normally I vibe with Crosby, but this album just washed over me without making any impact.
The thing about getting these albums randomly is it really depends on the mood you're in and today, this album kinda bored me.
So boring, that I wished that I couldn’t remember his name.
It all kind of runs together for me. His voice is terrific, but I enjoy the CSNY stuff more.
After listening to this boring album, I definitely won’t remember his name.
Boring
This seems a bit like a worse version of yesterday's CSNY album, and that makes sense because it's 1/4 of it (and apparently featuring a ton of other people of that era/genre). It's missing the great harmonies that made Deja Vu a good album and it's unfortunately full of more aimless meandering. Cowboy Movie feels way too long for what it is, though Tamalpais High redeems it pretty quick by being a much better jam track. Unfortunately "Song with No Words" brings it back to being more tedious. I don't know, I don't want to give this a 2 but it's decidedly worse than the Crosby's work with his supergroup. If I could give this a 2.5 I would.
Maybe the blues influenced rock of the late sixties was new and innovative at the time, but after 40 years of hearing it, it just sounds old, and the guitar playing is sloppy.
The Wikipedia made me dread this; his girlfriend died and his band broke up, so he ended up doing hard drugs and hanging out in a studio whilst celebrity mates checked in on him and jammed a bit. The resulting album of mostly instrumental psychedelic folk was poorly received by the waiting press. After hearing that, the resulting ambivalence I felt when listening is miraculous. I liked reading the lyrics of the cowboy song.
började väl ganska okej men vad fan hände sen? lyssna igen
Mustaschen räddar honom från en 1:a.
Got some good bits but not for me
Yeah no...not for me.
can you imagine what it must’ve been like to be an adult when these ridiculous children started to run the world?
I love CSN, but separately, Crosby’s rough work.
A couple of good songs but a lot of slow stuff
So so
If I'm sticking to my rating system, I WAS more annoyed than impressed. But it's not poor Crosby's fault. I'm just ready for the generator to get away from folk/psychedelic. My Spotify is now almost exclusively recommending Radiohead for me because it thinks that's all I listen to.
Just ok for me. Very hippie!
Big meh from me. Maybe it was influential for its time but to my ears there's nothing interesting going on lyrically or sonically. The first couple songs had my attention but after that I lost interest. Fav songs: - Cowboy Movie
Nicht meine Richtung
Wow! That was boring.
Wow, this was a special type of boring
Not my thing at least it was short
I didn't like the album, but it wasn't as annoying as I thought it would be. Still, I probably won't listen to it again and I don't feel like I missed anything so far.
J'ai écouté j'ai oublié aussi
I found the vocals quite bland and album overall not that memorable
Made no impression
Repetition is comedy but unfortunately this isn’t a comedy album.
Bland, inoffensive, middle of the road music. The only emotion it made me feel was boredom. Probably 1/2*
Ok, but not rememberable, lots of slow songs. I enjoyed the “radio”song son Spotify more than this, so 2**
Wasn’t too interested in this one
Still don’t really understand with every album from any part of CSNY is on here, had to be there I guess
2.5
probably didn’t give it a fair shot but it wasn’t what i needed yesterday
Not much of a fan of this album. Was never a fan of the artist and listening to this did not change that.
mmmmmeeeeeeeehhhhh music
Listened Before? N Eh, it was okay. There's missing songs here due to his political protest against spotify so I didn't get the full experience. Maybe if I'd been more impressed with the songs that are available I would have sought out the rest but I just don't care. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Cowboy Movie
It was what I expected. Thankfully, it was less than 40 minutes long. Nothing stands out on this album. He can't really sing and I did not care for the music. I tolerated it.
Sounds a bit like some Yes and America. This is some decent prog music. Track 1 Music is Love was awful but the singing and music pick up after that. Tamalpais High has some nice blues. The second half went back downhill slowly.
I wasn’t captivated by
This isn't Crosby at his best. He always hit his highest heights while playing in groups. The Byrds and the several iterations of Crosby, Stills, Nash, etc. all reach heights that this album fails to reach. It's not a bad album per se, but it's very safe. It has one sound/recipe and really doesn't deviate from it much. You can tell it's David Crosby from beginning to end, but aside from that, it's not really an album I'd deem worthy of inclusion on this list.
Is it bad? No. Is it great? No. Did I need to hear this before I die? Certainly not. I’m much more of a Young and Stills fan than I am of this. These feel like a bunch of throw away tracks that got recorded and didn’t have anywhere else to go. Dweee doh dit doh dit dee doh doh det
Folk rock muuuuy lento. Tostonazo. Un 2.
Not composed songs in the usual sense. More like Crosby and friends hanging around a recording studio, diddling around with guitars and calling it an album. Better than most people trying to do that. but still.
This album reminds me a lot of America's output, being like you're relaxing on the beach, but that beach is in the middle of the woods, on a cold day. However, unlike America's early output, which I quite enjoy, I found this to be pretty boring. I understand that perhaps this was a big step for the soft rock genre, but is that really a genre worth highlighting? I mean, half the time, David Crosby and Co. decide to replace actual lyrics with slow, thoughtful vocalizing, but it leaves the song feeling hollow. There were small bits of joy when everything did come together properly, but as someone who just listened to Deja Vu, why would I pick this over something like that?
This album seemed to get worse the longer it progressed, good thing it was only 37 minutes long. Felt like folky nonsense to me. Highlights: Cowboy Movie What Are Their Names
What the generator has taught me so far is that of the CSNY bunch, I only really rate Y... This seems more like a collection of half-finished demos/rarities 'from the vault' than a fully-fledged album, to me. The songs that do feel compete are ok, I guess. I'd listen to What Are Their Names and Orleans again.
I didn’t hate it but I didn’t really like it.
It’s ok if you like that sort of thing. Not a fan of the casual racism. And yes I know it was a different time but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Juuh
Some good parts, but the songs are a little too long and repetitive. This era of music has some really annoying guitar sections.
Just more classic rock
Quite relaxing - it gently washed over me…
Can’t remember this one that well,mainly instrumental.not really good.Perfectly fine i guess.
Only one song that didn't bore me to death, otherwise I'd give it 1 star. Had to go to YouTube to hear the 2 songs with Neil Young, wasn't worth the extra effort.
This is my husband’s kind of music, not mine. But because it’s my husband’s kind of music, I know far more about David Crosby and his repertoire than I care to. If I had to pick a favorite song (very low bar, here), I’d say the beginning of Laughing. I like the tempo, the beat, and Crosby’s solo voice. But I don’t like the backing harmonies that pick up in the middle of the song (yes, I know it's the Grateful Dead, I don't like them either), and by the end the guitar gets too twangy. Also, the lyrics are beyond dumb: "I thought I met a man / Who said he knew a man / Who knew what was going on / I was mistaken, only another stranger that I knew". WTF?? Nothing appealing about the other songs. The lyrics for What Are Their Names are ridiculously dumb and naive. Cowboy Movie is casually racist and misogynistic. Bleh. But +1 for not being the Chemical Brothers.
4/10
plunka plunka.
Super bland folk. Nothing to write home about. Honestly I didn’t care for this and I generally find folk and folk adjacent music to be at the very least palatable. I didn’t feel that here.
Pretty mid.
Not bad, but forgettable.
Wow, what an all star line up behind Crosby, but its too bad that the music isn't very memorable. Cowboy Movie is probably the best song on the album but it sounds like re-tread Neil Young.
From the half album I was able to listen to on Spotify, it seemed decently good for a protest album. For the most part though, I found myself drifting off in between meandering guitar solos over melancholy piano chords. No hurry to revisit this one.
Was playing on my commute from work and I kept turning it down and zoning out.. as it makes good background music. Nothing that stands out
Since I had never listened to any of David Crosby’s solo work, I was excited to listen to something new on my flight to LAX. The album falls flat though, and I found myself switching back to my main Classic Rock playlist throughout the drab 38-minute record we got today. “Cowboy Movie” claims to be the highlight of the record, but it drags on far too long for what it is. “What Are Their Names” is probably my favorite song on here, but it’s a shame that I had to find it on YouTube instead of Spotify. Of all the songs on the album, “Laughing” sounds the most like Crosby, Nash, Stills & Young, but without the charm of the quartet’s gems like “Teach Your Children” or “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” David Crosby clearly benefited from the rest of CNSY for songwriting inspiration. If I Could Only Remember My Name is by no means unpleasant, but it includes nothing memorable.
Gros bof, c’est pas mauvais mais genre bof bof bof pourquoi je devais écouter ça avant de mourrir
When I think of all the love that the 60's produced and all the good vibes, I ultimately come to think of all the egregious filth, overindulgence and excess and there passed on the ground, in the gutter amongst all the trash and human stench is David Crosby. That's not to say that I hated this album because Cowboy Movie was great. It sounds like early stoner rock. But, the rest of the album was mediocre at best and now I feel like I need a shower.
This was pretty boring. I mean, it kind of sounds like something I would like. It has nice harmonies, and the instruments are rather pleasant for a good amount of the album, but it's just so boring. Songs do not change, even if they are eight minutes long. Even the short songs don't stand out to me. It just feels like something is missing here. Thank God it was short. My favourite song was probably Traction in the Rain.
This is just barely uninteresting enough to slip into 2 stars. Orleans is a cool song, but the rest is boring. Nothing stands out. It's not virtuosic or clever enough to differentiate from the other folk and blue rock of this period.
I was expecting to like this. It was a real disappointment. Somehow manages to sound boring and self-important at the same time.
First song is really quite nice, I do like the album cover with the double exposure and the sun shining through his eyes.
Mostly dull
Why name a specific song Song with No Words when there are actually several without them? This just felt like an old man experimenting with music. Which is fine, I totally support that. But is David Crosby's fun little project worth it for the entire world to hear? Not really. Also, maybe I'm just young but I failed to feel the presence of the powerhouses featured on the record. It sounds like a one-man thing which did not grab me at all. If I could only remember anything about this album, David Crosby. If only!
David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) first solo album. Songs anyone would know from the album: none. Singles: Music is Love (#95, USA) and Orleans (#101, USA). First impression: <Yawn> It got better, sounded great with headphonesmon. Rating: 2.5
I guarantee I'll forget everything about this album by tomorrow, including its name. That said: RIP, David Crosby.
An okay mellow album by David crosby. Overall it seemed to be a bit bland and condensed. His talents are definitely better used in the group aspect he was a part of. The songs on this felt like they were all aiming for the same goal but fell short of something really enjoyable. It felt better as background music for an older generation. 5.4/10
Un poco aburrido
Solid 70s country rock. Nothing more, nothing less. 2.5/5
Meh
Prima
two songs weren't available in my region, it was ok, didn't evoke any particular emotion
Vallan kivaa kitarointia, etenkin alussa ennen kuin menee vain tunnelmoinniksi.
Meh soft rock with longing vibes. Didn't really connect with me, didn't make me wanna turn it off. Generally unimpressed.
It’s like a watery dreamscape. Very much a product of the previous decade. Slightly psychedelic, slightly ashram, slightly floaty. Easy background music.
Better than the Stephen Stills effort but only just.
Ok, but less than I was expecting.
This album is ok. The music isn't super catchy or enjoyable, but it's also not offensive or painful to listen to. It's just kinda there and doesn't make me feel anything. Better than nothing. Favorite song: Tamalpais High Worst song: Traction in the rain
Meh
Un poco guitarrero, un poco místico, un poco hippie, un poco country, un poco folk... pero está muy bien y todavía se siguen copiando estás cosas al día de hoy.
I went on a Byrds tear several years ago, and I found that, more often than not, the David Crosby songs were my favorites on their albums. I just dug his sound and his fluid use of major and minor chords. Then a co-worker suggested this album to me, and the way he hyped it made me very very excited to hear it. Boy was I disappointed. Just seemed like endless noodling. When Crosby was in the Byrds and CSN, I think those guys really reined in his wilder instincts. This time around, I liked the album slightly more. Tamalpais was kind of cool, as was Laughing. But not cool enough.
Ok
Being not of the love and peace and understanding generation but of the wave era, this just is way to hippy for me....
Crosby is undeniably talented and I enjoyed parts of this album. Overall, nothing was memorable. I missed a spark somewhere.
I wanted to like this one but it just felt too ambient and kind of put me to sleep. It made me zone out a little and then it was just over. I'm sure if I was tripping balls I'd enjoy it.
Nothing super good nothing supervbad
"If I Only Could Remember Why On Earth This Is On The List ..." Another 70s folk/rock album with flower-power sensibilities. This album is more style than substance. Case in point: Song With No Words, which is an endlessly meandering mess. Same goes for I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here. I could go on. The whole album is so overblown with self-importance that Crosby somehow forgot to include any good songs. Or - worse - thought that these, indeed, were good songs. Not a total catastrophe, but utterly forgettable. 1.5/5
if I could only remember a single track from this album
Folk rock muuuuy lento. Tostonazo. Un 2.
Forgettable
Dull as ditchwater. I looked it up afterwards, and there's a host of really interesting musicians on it (Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young), but I barely noticed any of it because it offered almost nothing. It's fine background music I guess, but without anything to lift it above a million other similar albums, despite the stellar cast. I finished listening to it about an hour ago... if only I could remember a single song... 2/5, only getting that because it's not actively unpleasant to listen to.
First one that couldn't be found on Spotify. The list of collaborators on here is crazy - SNY, Santana, lots more; maybe that's what made it significant? Good guitar here, not much else.
It's sadly pretty boring. Nothing really engaging happened in this album. The lyrics didn't hit me in any real way, the instrumentals were bland, and though it's undeniable that Crosby has a good voice, it doesn't do anything to save me from nearly falling asleep.
Background Music
It's fine but I can't see myself really listening again.
Not available on Spotify. Didn’t really have the gumption to listen anywhere else. I know the gist of what Crosby’s all about. Points added for the sheer number of amazing contributors involved. But this is shit. We all know it.
An album like this just comes and goes. It doesn't leave me with any specific memories or desire to listen again. If I'd grown up with this, if I'd had specific memories associated with the songs, then it might have a different impact.
I hadn't heard his solo work before. Like a lot of people my age, I'd heard plenty of CSN/CSNY stuff over my life, and though I liked it a lot in my college years, my interest in them faded fairly quickly. I can hear how talented he is on guitar and vocally, but similarly to how I feel these days about CSN, it doesn't really do much for me. Hard to say why; might be that general 70s folksy-vocal harmonies-rock that was so crowded it was hard to stand out after a while. (I tend to like their stuff a little better when Neil Young was involved because he added a touch of grit and edge.) This is one of those albums about which I don't feel there is anything "wrong" with it, it's just not my thing.
It’s fine. Background music. They all sound very stoned. Nothing memorable at all.
Merely an okay album, not exceptionally memorable for me at all
Weird cross between muzak-level vocal-led tracks and attempts at flashy rock that fall flat. Not a fan
I've been making a point of giving albums more than one chance and there have been a bunch that really hit me on the second or third listen. On first listen, my reaction was this album was ok, but nothing special. Three listens later...no different. It's just not a very interesting album. I like CSNY but this album just didn't do much for me.
Yeah, not really feeling this. And get your damn nostrils out of my face on that cover art, Crosby.
Hippy drug addled music. 70's folk rock though some of it sounds like jams or they're half finished sketches. Best Tracks: Music Is Love; Cowboy Movie; Laughing
Some reasonable folk rock, not very exciting
Man, this is an incredibly stoned album, balanced on the edge of incoherence. I really don't give a fuck that Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, members of Jefferson Airplane and Santana took part--If I Could Only Remember My Name is as unfocused and messy as the title implies. In what universe is this an exceptional album? Nice harmonies on Tamalpais High, Laughing, and Orleans, though. I suppose that if you squinted really hard, you could read If I Could Only Remember My Name as some sort of document or portrait of a dissolute mind on the edge of collapse. You know, a series of rambling tone poems. Nah. I don't buy it. Not impressed.
Meh
Eh didn’t live it.
Pleasant. Doubt I'd ever listen again.
If I could only remember listening to this album.
Great music to help you fall asleep. Doesn’t catch my attention, but also doesn’t annoy me
Nothing happening all song the same
It was fine, not memorable for me. I just listened to the album and I'm struggling to critique the record because it just slipped right through my ears.
meh, it's alright
Not anything wrong with it but wasn't really for me
It was ok. There is some very well played music on the album. But it was just dull to me.
Wasn’t really my vibe
Okay just not my jam acoustic juried guitar a lot
Softer than I prefer but the first half is pretty rad.
The album was okay maybe I was stuck in traffic listening to it and that’s why I wasn’t that into it
Relaxing acoustic guitar vibe
Pleasantly surprised by this one, overall. But it's a low bar to clear. David Crosby has such an interminable reputation that clouds my perception of a lot of his music, so I really tried to approach this with an open mind. That said, there's a few clunkers here, too. "Cowboy Movie", while admirably raucous, is such an obvious, casually misogynist and racist metaphor for the dissolution of CSNY. It's kind of insulting how thin the metaphor is and how easily he throws around this "Indian girl" character to suit his own self-important ends. Blech. You lulled me into a false sense of enjoyment with Music is Love! Favourite track: Laughing
ok
Gave it a few listens but couldn't really focus on it coz was working. Folk-style stuff tends not to grab my attention, but hopefully I'll get more into it over time.
iets veel duh duh duh dutjes in de zang. Verder wel lekker
So so.
Net als zijn werk met die andere 3 lui; redelijk saai allemaal.
A bit too ‘take loads of drugs’ this.
Enjoyed the Rockier side of this but the Psychedelic side (and more prevalent) of things not really to my taste. No unpleasant but not something I'll likely listen to again. Cowboy Movie the highlight for me. 2/5
Hmnja, schon, aber halt auch nicht so wirklich
Sounds like he was highly influenced by eastern mysticism and a fuck ton of drugs.
I've never been a big fan of Crosby, Still, and Nash. This album hasn't really changed my mind, it was somewhat dull and doesn't flow exceptionally well. The highlight of the album is "Cowboy Movie".
Not really my thing, but some lovely guitar work
not for me
ok, i guess. it's fine but i can't see myself coming back to it in the future
I found the album listenable, but unremarkable.
Not his strongest, lots of wavy stuff.
Two and a half mustaches. Little two much pretentious guitar noodling that really just hides lack of strong song structure.
A few high points, but overall a little too mellow for me to really get into. Kept finding the album was over without really noticing it was on...
This was inoffensive enough, It sat in the background mkaing the world a little softer as it played. Nothing stoof out here though, it's just sound that it better than no sound. Sometimes sound is worse than no sound, so it has that going for it at least.
Went on forever - big waste of time
Don't like that much
The opening track is a great tool in homing in on my upper tolerance for hippie shenanigans. There are hints of interesting guitar work, but they are sadly overwhelmed by the tepidness of the idea. Cowboy Movie follows that up as the highlight of the album by far, and with the tone set we move into the rest. This seems to be a mixture of moderately interesting instrumental or instrumental-ish tracks, decent songs, and a couple more attempts at protest. Unfortunately, the instrumentals and chanting, the best bits, are subverted by a few lines of lyrics (What Are Their Names) or being directly subverted by parentheticals in their titles. Don't get me wrong, most of this would be very fun around a campfire with friends who were into it, and probably even at a show if you were. But it largely doesn't work on a recording. (Which is a shame given the harp non-sequitur, which would fit into the list of subversions above if I wasn't so charmed by it.)
1971. Key Songs: Music is Love, Tamalpais High ( At About 3)
it's fine. some cool parts, but nothing special
You don't see The Dead playing sidemen too often but unfortunately it's for a musical lost cause. If I Could Only Remember I Hate This Record.
Pretty boring
Yikes no. This is the worst of boomer rock.
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.
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
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
so boring. I almost like the music but his voice is awful
very experimental, 10/10 would not listen again
meh
zzz menos una
No, sorry, not for me
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
Naja
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.
Till en början är det bara otroligt trist. Sen avslutar eländet med ordlös stämsång. Outhärdligt
nOT THE GREATEST
boring as shit
Hated it.
Not for me. 1/5
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.
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.
A song without lyrics is an instrumental asshole
Get this hippie shit out of my face.
Meh
Maybe if I'd taken some LSD I'd be totally into it...... but no.
Couldn't hold my faded interest.
Was bin ich schon wieder hörend
Dreary
Completely forgot what I listened to and only finished the album 5 minutes ago. Not for me
Somehow the instrumentals are a better use of Crosby than the songs that he sings on. The entire album seems to meander and run together and its very difficult to tell what if any point Crosby was trying to male.
quite bland
Booooooo
What a fucking boring album!
Yeah …. I’m good without this one
David Crosby was the guy everyone kept around because they could count on him to score drugs. This album is him cashing in those favors.
This felt very late night Radio 2. Too mellow for me.
nah
no.
Not unpleasant, just boring. With no redeeming features. That's about All I can say.
As part of a group, Crosby is great. Solo is not as great. Personal enjoyment: 1/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5
Didn't care for the album. Felt bored throughout the album.
If I was being tortured I would like for this album to be playing in the background, that way my soul will be encouraged to leave my body sooner. 1/5
not my type
This is the perfect album for when you want to feel like you've wasted 3 hours of your life but only have 37 minutes to spare.
There has been far worse things on this list….. I was about to give this a two, until that weird chanting came on at the end of the album. Thank you, David for finishing this out strong. It really helped me think more clearly.
Dear God this album bored me to death. Not even the harmonies, which I’m usually a sucker for, could save this one. Some post hippie BS. I have nothing good to say about If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby. Many thumbs down. A 1 rating is too generous, but there you go. 1/5
Nope. Not my thing although not bad
Dull, uninspiring, background music at best. Sing me a lullaby
Meh
I couldn't give lower than one. He is horrible this album is horrible and he's an even worst human being.
In a nutshell: folk rock cartharsis* *Carthartic more on David's part, not mine. He wrote most of the songs after the sudden death of his girlfriend. It was his way to grieve and to vent. This was popular because of Deja Vu's success. If this factor was removed from the equation, the only thing going for it are the backing musicians. But it's not enough to make it a great album. Overall: 2/10
I just can't hear the appeal.
I hate this.
Boring - I expected more from him
American 1970s folk with sugary melodies and vocals. Does not float my boat.
was it Prince? and were you funky?
Maybe it was because I was coming down off an Elton John high from the day before, but this was sooooo boring! It was painful to finish. Just soft and slow and every song is the same. It deserves to be played as background music in a spa, and that’s being generous.
Someone called this energizing in a review. To what, sloths? That review also called it ahead of its time. Thank goodness a bunch of musicians post-1971 never heard it.
1.5
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Meh
Not really my thing. I kind of feel like i need to be high to listen to this album. It might make more sense to me. Crosby is a great musician...but this really is not in my wheel house.
Didn’t like this one.
Another boring album. This isn’t even good chill music to me. It’s just bland repetitive and slow. Feels like I’ve been listening to the same song for 30 minutes
Needs either the Byrds or Stills and Nash
If only I could remember anything about this boring dud. Actually I'm not upset at all that I don't remember anything about this album aside from it was boring and couldn't wait for it to end.
Would prefer swamp ass