Buffalo Springfield Again

A beautiful implosion that somehow becomes their masterpiece. Three futures collide, spark, and vanish.

Heel erg 60’s maar wel nice - 3,5

opzich wel ballin ma gwn beetje saaai 3.5

Leuk, ook niet super speciaal ofzo

As others have noted, the Young and Stills songs are great (Mr. Soul, Everydays, Expecting To Fly, Bluebird, Broken Arrow especially). But really the Furay songs are banal, drab. Truly brings down the rating for the album as a whole. 4 solid-state stars and Furay is grounded. not expected to fly.

Lovely,it has that vibe

Was it dated at times? Absolutely but I still enjoyed it a decent amount. 7/10

It was good, I enjoyed it, but it isn't something I would intentionally play

60’s rock

Groovy late 60’s rock

Not a big fan. A couple songs had nice instrumentals but most of this did not do anything for me.

Fand ich eigentlich recht gut. Mir gefallen 8/10 Songs. Vorallem 'Expecting to Fly'.

Geht so.... Muss aber nicht unbedingt sein. Ich habe aber einen Song von Buffalo Springfield in meinen Favourites. For what it's worth Dieses Album gefällt mir eher nicht.

prima album

If I'm honest - I don't have much to say. Mr Soul is a great opener. The rest of the album just does not live up to this. Notoroiosuly not a massive fan of Young's voice but... passable. Fine. Stills' voice is good. Latter part of the album sinks. It's.... alright.

Really enjoyed

4.5

The Stills and Young songs on here are really freakin great, especially "Mr. Soul", "Bluebird", "Rock & Roll Woman", and "Broken Arrow"... the Richie Furray song not do much, but "Good Time Boy" was a decent rocker. (8.67) ★★★★

The Young songs are great, the rest is good to forgettable, but a nice listen for sure. 4 stars

This is a great album. I think it combines folk rock with some psych rock elements and the result is cool. I'm not super crazy about Richie Furay's contributions, but Neil Young and Stephen Stills definitely show they're ready for greater things. Neil's trio of songs is great, especially the fuzzed out "Mr. Soul", and Stills' "Bluebird" is another classic. 4 stars.

Oh no, not Buffalo Springfield again! Actually, this is probably the first time we’ve had them but anyway oh no, not again! Springfield, Springfield is a helluva town but this Buffalo Springfield is not one helluva album. Mr Soul with its ((Can Get Some) Can’t Get No) Satisfaction flavours and Expecting To Fly by Neil Young on the first side are OK but you can junk the rest. Lightest of 3s. Definitely not essential.

Very simple album Nothing that blew me away but nothing that was extremely terrible few songs to take to make you come back. This is three out of five as it gets.

This was fairly enjoyable, I had it on repeat at work. I’d listen through again. I saved a couple songs!

2.5 - just ok

This is one of those albums that makes you forget Buffalo Springfield was a band with a pretty short runway. It came out a year after their debut and then 7 months later, they breakup and release their final album. It’s got that late 60s mix of folk rock, psychedelia, and bite, but it doesn’t feel like it’s wandering around aimlessly. The songwriting is just plain strong, which is expected when you've got half of CSNY. It’s not flawless front to back, but the highs are legit. It’s the kind of record where you can hear a bunch of future branches of rock getting sketched out in real time, and it still holds up. Favorite song: Mr. Soul

I liked half the songs. Stand outs were Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow.

Meget lækkert, men fangede ikke helt min opmærksomhed.

Although it's got a 60s vibe, there's enough working here to make it timeless. Worth of repeat listens.

If you're into this sort of thing, this is a delight of an album. 60s folk, country rock and a small touch of psychedelia. I love it. Not sure if it's "1001 Albums You Must Listen Before You Die" material, as the songs despite being great, don't really gel consistently as part of an album but I appreciate the excuse to listen to that again. If you're not into it, why should you bother?

All I (thought I) knew of Buffalo Springfield before listening to this was "For What It's Worth." After reading the Wikipedia page, I expected to recognize at least a song or two, and "Expecting to Fly" was that song. And maybe "Bluebird?" It sort of sounds familiar, but it also sounds sort of generic. This was..... OK, I guess?

Mr. Soul - 4/5 A Child's Claim to Fame - 4/5 Everydays - 3/5 Expecting to Fly - 4.5/5 Bluebird - 3.5/5 Hung Upside Down - 2.5/5 Sad Memory - 2.5/5 Good Time Boy - 2.5/5 Rock & Roll Woman - 3.5/5 Broken Arrow - 3/5

Bunch of different feels here, really enjoyed it. Not really an outstanding single but the album works as a whole very well. Some Beatles, Neil Young, and others vibes Fave song: Rock and Roll Woman and Hung Upside Down

Kind of relaxing, strong ‘60s flavor, strong melodies that tie together well.

I didn’t mind this but it’s kind of derivative of all the other bands during this time

3.5 It's pretty good. Better than a lot of the other 60s acts that have been here (and god there have been a lot). Not as much of a Beatles derivative as the rest but not a million miles apart either. Opener and Hung Upside Down probably the best outings, the softer ones were pretty skippable

Pretty great album! I didn't think I'd be into it, but with the exception of the last song, I was hooked the whole way! 7/10

I was listening to this one in high school in the late 1970's . A classic among classics.

Several great songs on here - and a few pretty dead spots.

In my Neil Young era

Crosby Stills Nash Young and adjacent Again Two non cohesive albums by dysfunctional bands in a row. What are the chances? Curate’s egg springs to mind. My Spotify keeps playing me Mr Soul for some reason. I like that one. Mind you it now thinks Neil Young is my favourite artist. He’s not

7/10

Lost me toward the end but I still dig it!

'Expecting to Fly' is a highlight, but otherwise middling. 2.5

Thoroughly enjoyable. However, it didn't rock me back. Solid 60s rock and experimentation brought to us by some great musicians. Clearly Neil Young and Stephen Stills are talented, and their friendly rivalries pushed them to record some great songs. I even enjoyed Furay's contributions. This one will have to grow on me.

Disappointed with this album.

I like the mix of Neil Young and Stills vocals. Some of the songs shred, but some are such a bore.

Yeah ok

Fine, innit?

Really like Stephen Stills and of course Neil Young can play. This album fires on all cylinders. I really enjoyed it. "Bluebird" is a top track, my goodness.

This is pretty good but like most of the reviews, I think the best stuff is by Neil Young and some of the other songs are weak by comparison.

Lots of great talent on here, and while it doesn't measure up to later efforts of some of these players, it does foreshadow things to come.

I kind of love this 70's country-ish rock-ish thing. Nothing really mind-blowing here but this is that 'peaceful easy feeling' pop rock from the 70's that seems like it's everyone's cup of tea.

it has like two good tracks and the rest is bad

Hard to complain about anything that has Neil Young in it. Psych, blues, country, folk, jazz. This kind of has it all. Its easy to listen to. What stood out to me the most is their ability to jam. They just sound like they're having fun.

3 1/2 Stars: This was a nice little surprise. That opening track was pretty awful, but everything following it was a nice blend of jazz, country, folk, and psychedelic rock. You can really hear the foundations of CSNY in this.

There was a couple things that I enjoyed with this album. It felt like country...but like, I guess proper country music that is long gone. I liked the banjo in Bluebird, it felt like a melancholy song, and the banjo is almost juxtaposition with it. The album was mostly just meh. I know this list has a raging boner for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and of course, Buffalo Springfield has both Neil Young and Stephen Stills. I still don't get it. I've listened to this one 4 times now and is just kind of forgettable.

Actually really liked this it’s kinda trippy and experimental in parts pleasantly surprised

hi neil <3333333333 and stephen i guess 😑

A bit too all over the place for me.

Short but enjoyable I liked it

Great album that you can listen to a little on the louder volume side to bring out the depth of the music.

Wish it was a bit weirder but I enjoyed the whole thing.

60s folk rock.

The album has a lot to love. All of the songs are at least good but I thought a few like Mr. Soul, Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow were really something special

senza infamia e senza lode

Vabbè album importante per la storia del folk rock, poi se c’é neil young mi piace per forza

Buffalo Springfield is a 60s beat band of which there must have been a number by 1967. Their album "... Again" is well produced but lacks anything special to stand out and give it a right to play in this list. Actually, this is another example of this list not being curated carefully. There already are a lot of 60s albums included and most of them are great. And then they added some random stuff, I guess? If it's to fill up the 1001, there's a bunch of more obvious choices.

I'm Gen-z, for the love of God. Next!

Enjoyed "Mr. Soul"

It's a decent album with exactly 1 good track. That doesn't really constitute an album worth listening to before I die. The longer I get into this project the more I realize there are way too many albums included in the 1001 that have a singular track worth hearing.

meh

This isn't my vibe. There are much better Neil Young songs. Just okay

The Neil Young songs are the stand outs but I found the whole thing pretty dated and folksy apart from that

nao achei grandes coisa.

Ya lo dije en varios álbumes anteriores, por lo general el country no es lo mío, pero ojo acá. Me gustó, quizás porque no sea el country tradicional sino con algunos elementos más rock, más folk psicodélico, tiene cosas interesantes. Le destaco particularmente el arte de tapa, eso ya me predispuso bien.

This album feels like it can’t make up its mind what it’s wants to be. Too many song writers, too many styles.

Wow Expecting to fly wei, que bonita canción 😫 Me encanta la portada de collage, igual no es mi mega cup of tea por las canciones con guitarras modo mosquito pero sí lo recomendaría porque es alguito bien Sorprendente las veces que puede salir Stephen Stills en esta lista jsjajaja

Very good, just a pleasant album

Peaks early and never comes close to it again. Some tracks are good but Mr. Soul is incredible.

very enjoyable

Cool but I don’t know if I’ll be back. Would never complain to hear it though 3.5

Buffalo Springfields 2nd and last "proper" album. Very good

This was very meh.

Am I allowed to have Buffalo Springfield Again if I’ve only ever had “For What It’s Worth?” I think this album will finally be the final strand in the web of Neil Young for me to review. I’m not a big CSN or CSNY fan, and I didn’t care for Mr. Stills’s solo works, nor Mr. Crosby’s. Mr. Young’s work has definitely been my favorite out of the bunch, and since he’s on this album, I’m fairly confident that I’m in for a good time here. Unfortunately, I didn’t care too much for Buffalo Springfield Again. Most of the songs on this album were fine, but with the shifting from blues to psychedelic rock to folk rock, this album was all over the place, and it felt like it lacked cohesion. I didn’t find myself more drawn to songs by a particular songwriter on this album, nor to a certain vocalist, so I’m not sure what contributed to my unenjoyment, other than finding this album to be uneven and kind of milquetoast. On the positive side though, I did enjoy the songs where Neil Young and Stephen Stills handled the vocals. I’m not sure what it is, but I do like the sound of their voices together. On top of that, I thought the guitar work on this album was pretty good too, and I enjoyed the band’s use of stereo sound, and the way they layered different melodies on top of their rhythms. Despite those assets though, this album just didn’t have any punch to it emotionally, and it felt like this was just a collection of songs without any connective tissue. It’s a shame that my last album of 1967 was such a snooze, but that’s unfortunately been my experience with a lot of the music from the 1960’s.

Альбом очень лёгкий и в этом его главный плюс. Вополнененый в жанре классического рока, он не выделяется всякими музыкальным излиштсьвами, даже в треках с большим количеством инструментов (например good time boy), все это звучит очень легко.

Perfectly ok. I like the Neil Young songs.

Listenable but didn’t make any impression on me

Mr. Soul is a jam. The rest are ok. This album is a mix of classic rock tracks and country-twinged songs. Not my favorite album.

This album started off strong in my opinion, but immediately became really drab and low-energy until almost the very end. I would not listen to it in album form again. The ending improved a little bit, but I think this album is just not what I want it to be, so I'm giving it a harsh two.

Nice vibes, not particularly strong songs imo. Always nice to hear Neil and Stills together though.

From the Wikipedia article, “recording for Again took place over a protracted nine-month span and was fraught with dysfunction, with each member eventually producing his own material largely independent of one another.” That explains a lot. The styles on this album are all over the place. Don’t get me wrong, I like the majority of these songs, but they’re an odd compilation to put together. Neil Young wins the song writing contest by a mile in my eyes. Mr. Soul is one of my favorites by him, and I love Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow which were songs on Decade, an album I listened to on repeat in college. The only two real misses for me are Hung Upside Down and Sad Memory. Both are pretty bad, but the strength of the Young songs and several others on here make this so close to a 4….so close….but I’m going to stick with a 3.

I’ve never listened to Buffalo Springfield prior to today, but there is something very familiar about it. This band has that 70’s rock sound but it’s wanders about and is not consistent throughout the album. There are vibes of CCR or Three Dog Night within this album and I kind of dig it. The slower tracks, like Sad Memory, retreat to the sound of the 60’s but the majority of the album is a truer rock sound. Good addition to this list.

The quintessence of quitting without leaving, Buffalo Springfield was over once it began. After the first and only hit, they wanted to go their own ways (professionally and musically), so this album is essentially a bunch of solo work released under the group’s banner. It’s why this thing is all over the place - it’s essentially three separate EPs. As a Neil Young fan, I’m drawn to his work the most here: the opening and closing tracks. That said, I don’t think I’m biased by saying that the opening track, Mr. Soul, is the best song on the album and the closing track, Broken Arrow, is the most unique and interesting. Expecting to Fly is one of my favorite Young songs, but this overblown orchestral attempt undermines the simple beauty that shines through on solo versions when it’s just Neil and a piano (see the terrific Live at Cellar Door or Carnegie Hall versions from 1970). There’s not much else to hang your hat on here. Bluebird was a fine attempt at an electrified Beatles vibe. Overall, the album’s musicianship is strong but the songs are forgettable.

Album starts strong, Mr Soul is a great song. They should have stopped there, rest of the album is a mess.

This one's on the edge of 3 and 4 for me, I've listened to it a couple of times and alternate between feeling disconnected and interested. I really like the musicianship (including a bari sax solo!).

This album was fine. It didn't really grab me much. But it was a good enough listening experience.

Старый добрый американский рок. Немного потерялся и бился ближе к концу, но в целом понравилось.

Before Listening : Never heard of Buffalo Springfield. Time to see what’s up. After Listening : That wasn’t too bad! Might've been my favorite rock album so far! I don’t feel like talking about it though so.. goodbye!

:3

5/10

A Classic Band with EXCELLENT MUSIC 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻❣️

I love all genres of music, and I almost always have something good to say, but this album sucked.

Look there's only one Springfield, and that's Rick. But this Buffalo fella isn't too bad.

Neil Young rules.

Gave it a listen but can’t say any of the songs really stuck with me. The album didn’t feel very cohesive.

Mucho peores de lo que todos se pensaban. Menos en lo de ser idiotas, eso muy bien

This is a very influential record with great songs, great production and it’s stood the test of time as a great record.

I guess I’m the only idiot here who didn’t realise this was a cover for more of Stills and Young.

This is a case of starting the album so strong that it makes the rest of the album seem weak by comparison. Mr. Soul is an incredible track one of my favorite Young songs ever. Broken Arrow is also pretty good but the rest is meh by comparison. 6/10 Favorite Tracks- “Mr.Soul” “Broken Arrow”

This was really good, i don't want to add it to the replay list, but it deserves at least a 3.5

Loved the first two songs but it kinda went downhill from there.

die songs sind jo meeeega verschiede. de erdt uuuhuere neil young. checks nonig ganz das album. bin bi expecting to fly. aso s isch alles no cool aber genre oder stil oder so??? bluebird het mega schös banjo jaaa. chume nöd druus. broken arrow isch no cute gad. ah scho verbii. aso scho s letst. au echli es potpourri hä broken arrow. de klarinette am schluss checki nöd. klavier huere funky moll. ähm gueti songs aber ich checks nöd 3???

kenn OBVIO nur for what it's worth ohh psychedelischer als ich denkt han! expecting to fly isch ja es richtigs schwachstromlied sad memory isch ok I guess? good time boy bluesyyy aber holt mich au nöd würkli ab de hindergrundgsang isch na cool aber bin gad chli verlore ja cheggs iwie nöd, musses denn glaub nomal lose so SUNNTIG, ich probiers nomal oke chan bis jz scho meh am ganze folge sie chönnd schono gitarre spiele joa leider het mich alles nöd so umghaue...s passiert vill sache aber villes laht mich au chalt

Buffalo Springfield was comprised of three dudes and Neil Young and Stephen Stills. It sounds harsh, but that’s what Buffalo Springfield will be known as. Buffalo Springfield Again is the second album from the group. To be honest, I really wasn’t sure if I’d know any songs off this album. Then Mr. Soul, track 1, fires up, and yeah, I’ve heard at least one. Oh, fancy that, it turns out the band was dysfunctional as hell, and each member produced their own material by themselves. Why would Stills think inviting Young to join Crosby, Stills, and Nash would be a good idea? It seems they already had some bubbling issues that only bubbled up more during the CSNY years. Seems Young even quit Buffalo Springfield several times during the recording of BS Again. I’m becoming a fan of Neil Young, but it seems like he doesn’t want to be a rock star. He reminds me of Kurt Cobain, in which you want your music to be heard and enjoyed by people, but fame and money really mess with your head. But I digress, as usual. Out of the dysfunction, Buffalo Springfield produced a hell of an album full of great 60s rock and some Byrds-like country jams. The first track Mr.Soul is some hard-charging rock written by Young. As Young would do, at least early in his career, he writes about being famous and wonders how long will it last and blah, blah, blah. It lasted forever, Neil. Even when you tried to kill your career. Great song tho. Track 2, A Child’s Claim To Fame, is straight-up Byrds-like country rock. The song was written and sung by one of the other guys in BS, Richie Furay. Cool song with some nice picking, I assume by Stills. Track 3, Everydays, says it was recorded live and it’s a Stills’ song. It’s a little more jazzy than the other songs. I think it’s the piano that leans it that direction. There is a fuzzy 60’s guitar in the song, but it’s a sound that over time has become synonymous with the guitar sound of the 60s and it irritates me. But it’s a good song otherwise. Track 4 is Expecting To Fly and it’s a Young composition, and I love it. It sounds like it could be released today. Very mellow with swells of strings and still a touch of 60s fuzz guitar. Young’s singing isn’t so nasally, which threw me off a bit. Great song. Oh, and it was a single off the album, along with Bluebird, Mr. Soul, and Rock & Roll Woman. Track 5 Bluebird, as I mentioned, was a single off the album, but it reminds me of a Guess Who song. It’s a Stills song and that means great guitar work, both acoustic and electric. Also, the singing is great as he sings harmony with Furay. Furay is probably more than just an other guy. After BS imploded, he went on the form the country leaning rock band Poco. Other than Stills and Young, Furay wrote three songs on the album and sang on five, either solo or with Stills or Young. One of the other other guys was Dewey Martin, he sang Good Time Boy. The other other other guy, Bruce Palmer, played bass. He also had deportation problems, which hurt his ability to make it to recording sessions for the album. Anyway, Bluebird was fantastic. Track 7, Sad Memory, is about a sad memory. It’s your bog-standard sad song about a love that’s lost. It’s Furay on vocals with an acoustic guitar, and I’m pretty sure a steel guitar deep in the mix. Just a lovely little sad song. Track 8 is Martin’s turn on vocals with Good Time Boy. This song seems out of place on this album. It’s got horns and sounds like it could be a throwaway Motown song. Martin’s vocals sound like he could have sung for The Guess Who. I hate the Guess Who, by the way. There’s a lot of Sock it to me nows, and lay it on me nows in this song. It’s fine, but it’s very derivative of the time. Rock & Roll Woman was a single and its track 9. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it. It’s more like the rest of the songs on the album. It’s written and sung by Stills. Great vocals, big organ, and great guitar work by Stills again, I assume. Okay, Track 10 is Broken Arrow, another Young track with him on vocals and him struggling with fame. Supposedly, this was written after he freaked out and left the band, one of the several times he did so. He came back and contributed this song. Broken Arrow is weird, but Young is a weird guy. It kind of stops and starts, and then other songs pop up like Take Me Out to the Ballgame, then we're back into the proper song. It befuddled me upon first listen. Lots of piano in the song, and it’s not necessarily a rock song. Again, I think this is another song that could be released today. Not sure it would be a hit, but it has a timeless quality. The chorus is beautiful. It ends with a beating heart, as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon begins. Buffalo Springfield Again is a fun album, not sure I'll listen to it again. I may add a few songs to a playlist, though. It just seems like this was the placeholder until CSNY and Young's solo career could blossom and produce the legendary rock songs. If you're a fan of CSNY, Young, or the whole 60s vibe, you'll dig this the most.

Bland

Ok

Liked a lot!

I love when one of these is an album I found on my own

Pretty good folk rock, though not as good as what would follow.

Again, another decent album. Wasn't spectacular, what I would expect from a band with Neil Young in it. No song stuck out, easy listen...

I don’t know what I expected from this but I really enjoyed it. Really good, a bit folky, a bit rocky, a little psychedelic. Really great song writing as well throughout.

It's alright, I guess, but just so meh

Yay Neil! First listen to Buffalo Springfield. It's kind of all over the place, I guess between the different early career soon to be superstar artists all contributing different pieces in different directions, but I love the way they play together, and some places like Bluebird the playing really gels. So many sounds here of good things to come, especially I think I'm hearing Crosby Stills Nash and Young on its way.

I've listened to Neil Young's solo albums and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, but never Buffalo Springfield (until now). This album showed me how much I like Neil Young's voice because my favourite tracks are the three that he sang. His tone is unique and I really like the way it comes across on this album. His tracks are also the most musically interesting to me. I especially like Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow. I'm not a huge fan of Furay's tracks on this album, but there are some solid Stills tracks, like Bluebird and Hung Upside Down. The album isn't the most cohesive and some of the songs are on the generic side, but I like the overall sound. Without Neil Young, this would be a 3-star for me, but he bumps it up to a 4.

This was cool! Fun to learn the early work of Neil Young and Stephen Stills. Also that even though he is not credited on the album but David Crosby popping in to support here and there. This band formed in the most Canadian way by seeing another Ontario license plate driving by in California. Then turning around to catch up to them to say hello. Learning about Bruce Palmer getting deported while in the recording process. Also that he left Jack London and the Sparrows before it became Steppenwolf. Bruce Palmer clearly sounds like the guy you want to get you started in music. Since when he leaves everyone’s career seems to take off.

I hadn't listened to this buffalo Springfield album before. It was a weird mix of a lot of different genres. Solid album overall

Was feeling a bit down today, this throat infection doesn't seem to want to let go :/ This album was a real unexpected pick me up, from its happier moments to its slower sad sounding moments, both very welcomed. It made me feel better. A great reminder for me just how grateful I am for music, especially these days. Such a powerful thing when it hits, can lift our spirits or help us emotionally in so many different ways. Although certain albums can do the opposite hahaha (Looking at you 69 love songs).

Album #29 Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again I might be saying this because of Canadian bias, but judging from this album, it isn’t hard to see why Neil Young went on to have the most successful career post-Buffalo Springfield. In my opinion, the three standout songs on this album just so happen to be the three penned by Neil Young; with Broken Arrow especially being one of my favourite Young songs, its experimentation reminds me almost of A Day in the Life with how it segments its styles. That’s not to say that Young was the only talent of the group; however, of course, his frequent collaborator Stephen Stills also has some high points on the album, specifically Bluebird. It seems the only real weak link was Dewey Martin, who didn’t write any songs, but the one that he provided vocals for, Good Time Boy, was easily the worst. Due to the collaborative nature of the album, it does seem to vary in quality, which results in a bit of a disjointed listen. Most of my interest in this album is due to its relevance to Young’s career, as in my opinion, he is one of the greatest and most influential musicians of all time, so hearing him in the infancy of his career is certainly something that I would consider essential to any Young fan. The other songs are solid enough to make the listen enjoyable, and the run time is short, so it doesn’t outstay its welcome. Best Songs: Broken Arrow, Expecting to Fly, Mr. Soul Worst Song: Good Time Boy Score out of 10:7

Not half bad.

Nice music, makes me want to discover more by them. But not all the songs are like that. 3,4/5.

Byrds-like folk-rock with more experimentation in other genres (3.5)

Favorite tracks: Bluebird, Good Time Boy

Like a pre-super group, everyone went on to other things and it sounds like they already are on this. Spotty to me: some high highs, but some folk or psychedelic (or psychy folk or folky psych) songs are sorta mid. Won't lie: I like Neil's work best.

One of those I am sad I have not fully enjoyed. If this was released today, it would be held up as a darling of AmeriCANa. Will come back to this one.

Rock of all flavors mixes here, sometimes even verging on the incoherent.

"Again" would have been a killer name for a debut album. Boring name for a second album. I am surely biased but the Neil Young songs are 1000x everything else on here and this would be two stars without them.

What a strange and scatterbrained album. It sounds like the lack of any continuity between the songs was largely the result of the band members' dysfunction, lack of communication and (unsurprisingly) clash of egos, manifesting in part by how the tracks were largely recorded with only the primary singer/songwriter and sometimes a few of the non-Young/Stills/ Furay musicians (although Neil Young apparently went completely off the reservation in that regard, at least with "Expecting to fly"). It starts off so promisingly with "Mr. Soul", but then wanders off into other (and largely sappier) realms and never really returns, although "Good time boy" and fragments of "Broken arrow" come closer than most. (Pretty interesting to read that Young wrote "Mr. Soul" in about five minutes as he waited in a UCLA hospital room to find out why he'd had an epilectic event on stage, only to be eventually told that he should "never take LSD or any other hallucinogenic drugs" ever again. I doubt he was able to heed that advice.) I was kind of hoping that maybe the sum of the disparate parts might make for an engaging album as a whole, but it mainly just feels like a musical version of the bizarre game in "It's Always Sunny", "Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games." Sadly, though, the album never puts Stephen Stills in a dog kennel, forced to eat the pieces of a broken guitar.

Enjoyed Mr. Soul and Broken Arrow particularly; the rest didn't stand out.

What in the world to do with this? As a unitary piece of art, it’s a complete mess. Not only is there a total lack of cohesion, but unlike a compilation album - soundtrack say - there’s also no coherent progression; just one random style after another. There also aren’t any great songs. But there are five or so pretty good songs. (Of note, none of them are written by Steven Stills.) And because they are of such diverse styles, each has found a home on a different playlist. So it may well be the album with the most number of play-listed songs. Solid three.

Meh

Buffalo Springfield Again feels more like a compilation album of three individual artists, rather than an album created by a band working together. It pulls together Richie Furay's light folk numbers, Stephen Stills' more complex and sometimes jazzy songs, and the two sides of Neil Young: snarling, messy, distorted rock tunes alongside the quieter, more laid-back folk rock that would become one of his signature sounds. "Mr. Soul" is a serious tune to kick the album off with. This is that snarling Neil Young: a grooving riff, a driving drum beat, messy guitar solos smothered in sticky fuzz tone - and then that shift in the middle to country rock, which is as unexpected as it is brilliantly inspired. You have to remind yourself this is 1967, not the mid-70s. It feels like a sneak peek of the Neil Young to come. Throughout the album, you can hear the birth of future musical ventures outside of Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young's solo career in "Mr. Soul" and "Expecting to Fly", or early hints of Crosby, Stills & Nash in tracks like "Hung Upside Down" and "Rock & Roll Woman". While the album can feel disjointed at times, there are moments where all of their strengths come together perfectly, most notably on "Bluebird". "Bluebird" is a unique song. Young's distorted electric guitar battles with Stills' acoustic, and Stills wins this round with an insane acoustic solo. Then, not content with keeping you on your toes enough already, the song switches to banjo and takes off in a completely different direction altogether. Speaking of different directions, "Good Time Boy" feels like Spotify has skipped ahead to a different album entirely, serving up a slice of upbeat soul-rock that sounds more like Sam & Dave than anything else here. It's a strange fit, and one of the few moments that really feels out of place. And let's not dwell too long on the batshit craziness of "Broken Arrow". All in all, for how "taped together" the album feels, we're still dealing with some fantastic talents, especially in Stills and Young. They'd go on to bigger things that loom larger in their legacies, but it all started here. When it works, it works brilliantly - and it works more often than not.

it's fine

didn’t knock my socks off, but a pretty solid album nonetheless. buffalo springfield has never been my favourite “era” of stills and young’s lengthy careers, though the band made some undeniably good music. mr. soul, bluebird, and rock and roll woman are some seriously amazing songs, and show that neil young and stephen stills have always been strong, strong songwriters. poor richie furay, i can’t even begin to imagine how hard it would’ve been to be a third wheel to stephen’s and neil’s genius.

not my cup of tea, but i do like mr. soul

Quite a pleasant album! Didn’t have anything bombastic, but it was a nice, short listen.

3.0 - Ok

this was very enjoyable actually i didn’t know it was more neil young crazy

Fine. A bit forgettable

Opens hot and then cools to a mild chill throughout.

I recognize the band name, Buffalo Springfield, but the album didn't do anything for me. Songs sounded alright, but the band's country/folk/bluegrass style just doesn't interest me.

Good album. Classic rock

Too much filler.

Starts off strong and fun but falls flat towards the end.

Have never really loved Buffalo Springfield's (or Neil Young's) sound, but this is an ambitious album that has some merits to it. Favorite song: Expecting to Fly

this was rlly good and o read up on the band and was impressed to learn abt their history 8/10

Overall: 7/10 Started out incredibly strong. I love that every member is obviously involved in the writing and performing. I like the folkier stuff more than the hard rocking stuff. I do wish that Neil Young and Stephen Stills were more in the front of the band but that's what their later music is for. Fav Song: Mr. Soul

This one is hot for the Young tracks, but the other songs don't do much for me.

lovely lovely rock n roll woman 😍

Enjoyed it. A few songs removed away from a 5.

Buffalo Springfield Again is about as mixed as a bag can get. Coming out swinging with Mr. Soul I though this was gonna be an album on the same level as Déjà vu which I reviewed earlier, no doubt owing that first impression to Neil Young. From that point on it was a series of ups and down that left me more confused than anything. The album is obviously written by three people with massively different tastes, which is fine if there was at least a little bit of cohesion to tie the tracks together in some tangible way. While the end result is certainly eclectic, it becomes jarringly apparent which songs are worthwhile. There's a good reason Richie Furay never reached the same levels of appreciation as Young or Stills, his songs drag this album down so much further than it should be. The whole B-side honestly feels like a hodgepodge of songs that probably shouldn't have seen the light of day, only for Broken Arrow to close it out saying "see! this album is good!" In all seriousness, Neil Young's tracks shine so much brighter than the rest, which is mostly forgettable apart from maybe Bluebird. There's a noticeable lack of chemistry from a writing standpoint, and while Buffalo Springfield Again has some high points, its impact is significantly dampened by the weak link(s).

I expected this to hit harder than it did. There’s nothing wrong with Buffalo Springfield Again, but a lot of it feels more generic than I anticipated, especially given the talent involved. The folkier material leans toward sleepy rather than stirring, and while the songwriting is competent throughout, very little of it sticks with me after the fact. There are flashes where you can hear the future greatness of the individual members, but as an album it doesn’t quite cohere into something memorable. Instead of tension or urgency, much of it settles into a pleasant but muted groove. It’s listenable, even respectable, but it rarely demands attention. This lands firmly in “nothing bad, nothing essential” territory for me. I’m glad to have heard it, but it doesn’t leave much of an impression or invite repeat listens. A straightforward three stars.

Good old school country with classic sounding instruments. While it certainly shows its time in the mixing and quality I enjoyed it. Not something I would choose to listen to though.

(Ah, dang — Buffalo Springfield **again**? Well, alright, lemme see what I can say about 'em **this time**...) "Expecting To Fly" is a funny song to me, 'cuz all by itself it seems to represent the legacy of Buffalo Springfield and its importance to history. Y'know: they're "the band Neil Young was in." Stephen Stills is there, too, sure — and I guess some other guys are as well — and maybe I'm underplaying their importance to folk rock — but let's face it. In 2025, I'm sure the most important thing about this album to most people is the presence of Neil Young. And I don't want to undermine the other band members, I really don't. They obviously pulled their own weight on this album. I mean, I never wanna ignore the other people in any band that happens to feature one person who goes on to be **really** successful solo. Beyoncé wasn't the only member of Destiny's Child, y'know? And I wish I could give the other members their flowers here, truly, but ... jeez, "Expected To Fly" literally doesn't feature a single one of them besides Neil. If he can pull that shit, recording an entire track by himself with members of the Wrecking Crew, and still call it a Buffalo Springfield song, it kind of gives the game away, doesn't it? It's by far more egregious than, to use Beatles examples, "Yesterday" or "Within You Without You". But the funny thing is that I think Neil Young get away with it simply because, as far as the songwriting goes, he **is** clearly the star player here. There is really no competition here. I mean, start at the bottom of the ranking with Richie Furay. You for sure don't know who he is. Apparently he was pretty influential to country rock, and later on he was a pastor for, like, 30 years. But going by this album, I sure wasn't given a reason to dig into his work any deeper. It's not like any of it's bad, really, bit ... gawd, it just kinda blew off of me. There's really nothing to them; once they ended, they may as well have not existed. The only one that stood out was "Good Boy", and that's only because of how out-of-place it sounded. Suddenly, this close to the end of the album, Richie Furay wants to write some wannabe Motown? Sure, OK, why not. Above him is Stephen Stills, who I don't think does anything **that** amazing on here on average, though in general his stuff's a lot better than Furay's. Y'know, I think I'd take "Everydays" over "A Child's Claim To Fame". But there is one song of his I'd call great, and that's "Bluebird". It's a very good rocker, where Stills and Young get to trade electric and acoustic guitar lines back and forth. It's fun stuff, honestly, and more than makes up for how "'yes, I guess it's good' at best" the rest of his stuff is. And then there's Young. Alongside Furay he only gets three songs, but, boy, does he make the most of them. "Mr. Soul" might be the weakest of the three, though I'd mostly chalk that up to how I spent a majority of the song just trying to parse out what it's about. For the record, it's about an incident where he had an epileptic seizure on stage and had to be rushed off to the hospital. And inspired by that, he wrote the second-best rocker on the album, only a hair a bit behind "Bluebird". Really turned lemons into lemonade, y'know? Following that he has "Expecting To Fly", and, y'know, I can make fun of it for how Neil's the only member of the band on the song ... but I'll be danged if it ain't a darn good song. I wanna give a particular nod to Jack Nitzsche, who provided the orchestral arrangement. He'd actually go on to do a fair bit of work with Young, being on both 'After The Gold Rush' and 'Harvest'. So, hey, it's neat to hear their first collaboration. And all the good luck that it's a very pretty song to boot. I honestly feel like, if there's any song I'd come back to from this album (besides "Bluebird" — I'll bring it up again again; it's that good!), it'd be this one. Finally, we have the album closer, "Broken Arrow". It's the longest song on the album, and clearly the one Young put the most work into. I mean, goodness, this thing is in **sections**, including a jazz breakdown and a reprise of "Mr. Soul". Young produced this track himself, and I can only imagine him goin' wild constructing this thing. I wouldn't return to it before "Expecting To Fly", but it's by far the most interesting song here. Richie Furay's couldn't even compare! Heck of a closer, lemme tell you, goodness. Putting it all together, 'Buffalo Springfield Again' comes off as an uneven album. I really couldn't give a hoot about 60% of it. They're all fine songs, but that's the bare minimum. But the other 40%, that's what you come here for: for Young's songs and "Bluebird". They're strong enough tracks by themselves that, yeah, they **do** lift this thing high up out of being middling. Of course, they're not enough to slam into "5 outta 5" territory, but, hey, if I were this album I wouldn't complain about where I was. So, my apologies to Richie Furay and the rest of the band — honestly. Coming into this, I didn't intend to push you all aside in favor of the one guy who happened to go on to write ... I'unno what the bad Neil Young album is supposed to be. Is it still 'Trans'? Or have people turned around on that one? Anyway, I wanna say none of this music would exist without you ... but then "Expecting To Fly" exists, so clearly it could. But if I can say anything in your favor, Neil still chose to make the rest of this album with y'all. That's gotta count for something.

Though having half of what would eventually become CSNY, this definitely has its' own identity regardless. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

I’m at a 5. Less of a CSNY & more of a SYFM – I didn’t even realize Stills & Young were a part of Buffalo Springfield, let alone that Stephen Stills had lead vocals on “For What It’s Worth”, which isn’t even on this album. That’s one way to sneak them both in again. Frankly, I’m glad they did; I really liked this album. Granted, it’s more of a collection of solo songs (with Neil Young doing his own weird side thing throughout), but somehow, they flow cohesively together for a pretty strong 34 minute package. For 1967, the Sgt. Pepper of it all is lingering here a bit with how cinematic & bold Neil’s tracks come across, but his ambitions are peppered with Stephen Stills providing some pretty grounded tracks & the rest of the band doing their own country/rock hybrid thing, which is sometimes brilliantly solemn. For some reason, I really want to point at “Good Time Boy”, which needed a little more of a vocal clarity in the mix, but otherwise, sticks out as a sort of Little Richard-esque track, with Dewey Martin somehow managing to find a quick stage presence in his one vocal lead on the album. Not bad for the drummer. Out of all the tracks though, I think “Bluebird” & “Sad Memory” struck me the best as two sides of the same coin; the former is about acceptance of grief in losing a partner with big bombastic orchestral work, & the other is about the inability to cope with the grief of what’s ultimately a poor relationship muttered through a soft guitar lead. It’s a good sharp contrast between the band itself, and maybe it can even be seen as an allegory for the ambitions of their careers, given that Richie Furay went on to become a pastor. Ultimately, I really liked it. I think the music speaks for itself pretty well here (although the whole “losing your shot” metaphor of “Broken Arrow” might need some explaining). If you’re used to Neil Young or Stephen Stills’ style of music, their tracks more than carry the weight here, although I’m surprised that Richie Furay’s tracks clicked as well as they did. If you’re not as used to their style, or you’re just totally sick of seeing Neil Young come up a billion times (kinda fair), then maybe this has a floor of a 3. For my tastes, I think it’s got good songwriting, good ambition, & I can’t really find a flaw with the album or its pacing. It’s just a strong set of 10 tracks. Hence, a 5.

местами ну слишком слащаво, а местами очень даже интересно

Good album, no song really stood out as way better than the rest but no song was bad. 1/5 didn’t finish the album 2/5 didn’t keep the album 3/5 kept it and will listen when songs randomly show up on shuffle 4/5 kept it and will listen to it again front to back on my phone 5/5 buying the vinyl

That's not my taste in music - But ok

Mr. Soul Expecting to Fly Bluebird Rock and Roll Woman Broken Arrow

Once you get past Mt Soul, there's not a lot to love on this album

Perfectly pleasant plinking away, nothing jaw dropping or soul shaking but it was decent.

Totally fine, didn't love it or hate it

I love a Buffalo Springfield song, For What It’s Worth, but it was not on this album. I found this pretty forgettable, but it was short.

Nothing Special as expected.

I'm not gonna say this was bad, but it was very generic sixties rock music. Nothing particularly great or memorable in here. We don't need everything that Neil Young has ever touched, please.

my favorite song is do i have to come right out and say it

Very good.

Absolute fucking madness. This is awesome

I always enjoy whatever I see from Buffalo Springfield. Truly the roots of CSN&Y.

Broken arrow is a fun song

pas mon style mais intéressant

Pretty chill rock album. I'd listen to that again. Not bad. Ryan knows a cover of Mr. Soul. He thinks he likes Rush's better.

Started out good, became incredibly boring. I don’t have much to say about this one, just inoffensive classic rock that I won’t be returning to. Album title is hilarious.

Pleasantly surprised by this. I definitely thought it was going to sound like For What It's Worth but instead we got a smattering of proto-hard rock and psychedelic rock. First song is a great Neil Young tune and so was Expecting to Fly. I really liked Broken Arrow. I could see this becoming a 5 for me on repeated listening. Strong initial 4/5

Some truly great songs here, especially the Neil Young penned ones. Broken Arrow has been a longtime favorite of mine. Still, a few tracks don’t feel quite up to the same caliber, and Buffalo Springfield never fully gelled across an entire album.

I like pretty much anything with Neil Young.

A good 60 rock record. It was at it's best for me when it started to sound like CSN.

I enjoyed listening to this. I've said before, but this challenge has made me a Neil Young fan overall.

While this album does NOT include their signature hit ("For What It's Worth"), it still has some standout songs, including Neil Young's "Mr. Soul," "Rock and Roll Woman," and "Broken Arrow."

Just a basic rock album here

I enjoyed the album and they have such a great sound. It's neat hearing Neil Young's voice in there on several songs. I liked the instrumentals and the overall sonic environment the album creates, but no bangers on this one. Generational talents, yes. Looks like Buffalo Springfield did 3 quick albums and split up. Wish I could have seen them live!

Yet another permutation of Neil Young and one or more members of Crosby, Stills and Nash. In this case, Stephen Stills was the patsy (accompanied by a couple of others) and the result is a 30 minute psychedelic folk rock album that apparently took nine months to finish because they all fell out with each other and worked on their own pieces individually. The end result is pretty much as you’d expect, sounding like a compilation album put together from vaguely similar 60s bands but with nothing to tie it together. Eminently forgettable.

Kind of meh really just there.

Ajoittain oikeenkin kiva

Buffalo on tuttu ja Toimii! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

you know what i think this album was really good, i liked it

Probably listened to this in its entirety ack in college. Good one.

Hard one to rate. I can tell if I listen to this one more or will grow on me. While it has a few great songs and moments it’s overall disjointed.

This sounds like the kind of music that my dad listens to.

Pretty inoffensive. It's got good playing and it's produced well. Don't think I'll revisit it.

It's fine but you kind of realize Neil Young is the star of the band and he would break out. Without him, the band disintegrated.

Disco calmo, mesmo tendo um ou outro corte mais animado. Calmo em diversos sentidos, faz uma mescla de gêneros que realmente abaixam o cortisol. Instrumentalização um tanto quanto imprevisível. Uma faixa aqui possui até orquestra… Fora da casinha mas sempre agradável. Mas se for colocar na ponta do lápis, não há muito o que dizer sobre o disco. Têm seus momentos de grandeza, mas possui também momentos de tédio ou desinteresse. Tudo isso em uma curta duração. Vale a pena ouvir, certamente, mas não mudou minha vida e não espero que vá mudar a sua. A capa é linda. 3.5/5

I read the artist as Bruce Springsteen. So I was really confused at first.

I didn't recognize any of the tracks. Some parts remind me of Neil Young or of Simon and Garfunkel. Interesting that it peaked at Billboard #44, and yet it ranks quite high (165 or 188) on lists of top albums of all time. It's not a bad album, but I don't think I'd rate it that high. The start of Broken Arrow reminds me of Cherub Rock.

Fine. Whatever. This album suffers from two problems: 1) Even at only 33 minutes, it doesn't feel like a single cohesive album. More like 3 albums of varied quality staple-gunned together. 2) This lists masochistic need to include everything ever recorded by a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Neil Young isn't front and center but it's still a total yawn of boomer rock that you have to be on Medicare to get into.

Brilliant.

Meget godt. Ikke noget jeg nødvendigvis går tilbage til

Fint? Ikke specielt originalt men godt :)

4. close to 5

Está guapo en general sin destacar mucho nada

Forventa nåke ala Dusty Springfield, fikk mange menn i stedet

This is very much of its time. I have a sudden urge to festoon my hair with flowers, wear smock dresses, and dance with strangers in fields. Or fall asleep, it's all quite relaxing.

Ça va mais bon

Sympa en vif

Mieux que le basique album rock qu'on a en général, des sons un peu connus et des bonnes idées

Die Musik ist schön eidrücklich. die Stimme begleitet die Musik.

Loved Mr Soul the opening track, psychedelic- good track, the rest of the album was ok, not much happening, but I do like this error of music, brought us so much more great music!

This kinda just washed over me. It was fine and I might give it a different listen post sick.

This one was all over the place, some of it was pretty fun, but all of it kind of just rolled past me.

There are some nice melodies, some nice blues, and some nice harmonies but it just never seems to settle into a strong identity. I appreciate the variety but I found it mostly forgettable. Cover is some kitschy fun though, that's a 4/5.

I wasn't blown away by this album tbh

The album start was a positive surprise, then it fell of a cliff even though it‘s so short.

Album started and I thought here we go. Got worse and worse picked up by one other good song.

Thought it was good at the beginning but really lost interest

Reading the review on here for the album just lists all the "best albums lists" that this album has featured in and says nothing about the music... Having now listened to it myself I don't have much to say about it either.

Adding Neil Young to any group is the musical equivalent to adding sriracha sauce to apple pie. Is it a good spice? Sure. Does it belong? Nope. Most of this album works almost despite Neil Young. That's not to say that the Young songs aren't good - they really are. But there are competing styles here that keep it from being a cohesive set. All in all, it's decent. A solid 6.5/10.

No está su super éxito que era la única que conocía, pero no está mal aunque no me ha entusiasmado. Me he guardado "Bluebird". Lo oí un par de veces y le voy a dar 3 estrellas pero sería más bien 2,5.

This album felt like a hodge-podge. There were numerous times I had to check because I thought the album was over and Spotify was moving to a random song. Nothing here was terrible.

Excellent album. One of those that is great from the first song to the last.

I was quite surprised by this. Never heard any Buffalo Springfield before and I enjoyed quite a bit of it. Loved the touches of psychedelia on the album, particularly the opening track

Heared only "that one song" from Buffalo Springfield prior. Man, these melodies, songwriting, vocals, harmonies, sounds. Another very easy 5 from 60s.

Крыльев Баффало захотелось

Pretty good, not what I thought BF was like. Bluebird was a stand out. Enjoyed the album.

such a classic 10/10

Really fun and varied 60s album! Thoroughly enjoyed this.

Good

A great album that we can unknowingly assume is from the late 60s. Its psychedelic guitars sound fantastic! Favorite track: Expecting to Fly

This album pretty much encapsulates all the different styles of music that contributed to the late 60s counterculture movement. Some tracks lean toward folk rock, others dip into psychedelic or baroque pop, and a few even carry a more garage rock edge. I can’t say it’s my favorite album from the 60s, but it’s still a solid listen and definitely worth checking out.

Þetta er drullugott stöff, mjög næs amerískt sjöundatugarrokk með smá barokkpopp-ívafi og afar góðum gíturum. Allir aðalsöngvarar og lagahöfundar í fínu formi, og þrátt fyrir þetta sé skilst mér mikið til unnið í sitt hvoru lagi, þá finnst mér platan smella afar vel saman. Óvænt fimma.

3.5

3.0

A couple of filler tracks, but solid album overall. Would stick around to hear more of Young’s proto-grunge guitar work.

Surprisingly good, but then it shouldn't have been with Stills and Young involved, but so early in their careers I hadn't expected such a developed sound. The Young songs I was acquainted with through collections and are excellent (Mr soul well known to be a bit of a rolling stones rip off but still enjoyable, Broken Arrow has a MAD construction, Expecting to Fly is just beautiful) but the album holds up pretty well during the others band members contributions. However I can't imagine this is one that I will want to revisit.

Was worried it would be more unremarkable 60s rock but it’s pretty decent. Prefer the songs that sound like CSN&Y.

Even while falling apart and often being a band in name only Buffalo Springfield managed to release an essential psychedelic album. One of the best released during the 20th century's most creative decade. Get or get!

Glad this one came up. I love Papa Neil but I would never think to reach for a Buffalo Springfield record.

Cool

Clocking in at 33 minutes, this should be an easy peasy listen but it veers from the sublime to the 'why are they trying to be James Brown' which makes it hard to firm an opinion. The harmonies are great. The banjo less so.

477/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

my mom and I approve!! 🙂‍↕️🫶 it’s cool to hear Neil young not by himself lol. Overall this was just really chill and the perfect amount of folk-y. I also like it cause asa likes it! Also the songs felt pretty varied which I feel is sometimes missing from folk albums which was really nice. Fav songs: bluebird, good time boy

Really, really great album. Sounds insane but it feels as good as a Beatles album. It’s really experimental and very varied in terms of songwriting. I don’t think there’s any filler songs on here. That’s not to say there aren’t some songs that are better than others, but they seem invested in making every single one interesting and unique. I can definitely feel that the band is kind of fragmented, but honestly that level of variety actually adds to everything. Neil Young’s songwriting is probably my favorite, but Stills and Furay’s stuff is also good. The production is really interesting for 1967. Even though it’s very innovative, it also sounds very 1960s and psychedelic in a really nice way. Both Neil Young and Stephen Stills are really good at writing very music theory wise unusual guitar/piano parts that sound natural. Overall, just a really, really consistently good album. It’s also exactly what I feel like this project is supposed to be because I don’t think I would have listened to it otherwise. Standout Tracks: Really hard to pick, but probably Mr. Soul, Everydays, Expecting to Fly, and Rock & Roll Woman. Broken Arrow is also super good.

By no means is this a bad album, but it does cement my view that Neil Young (as a member of Buffalo Springfield) is really overrepresented on this list.

I mean it’s all right

I'm glad Neil Young went solo.

Broken arrow is pre good

This is how I learn Buffalo Springfield is not some guy. How many permutations of Cosby/Stills/Nash/Young are there?! This was fine. Highlights: bluebird (clean harmonies)

The album is just okay but definitely not their best effort. 3 stars or C+.

Meh, it's ok I guess.

I enjoyed this. Nothing super attention catching, but it was a fine album. 3/5

As much as I like Neil Young, the insistence of the author in including every CSNY related album he can seems unnecessary. Yet again, this is...fine. Doesn't have any standout tracks, doesnt really offer anything that the other albums don't. Very much qualified as background music. It's getting a 2. It might have got 3 if it had come earlier in the list.

Alright

Nothing attention grabbing, nice for 60s vibe background music.

Buffalo Springfield hits this interesting spot where they are nostalgic, and feel almost pure but with an edge. The group created the distinctly late-60s American sound of unbridled freedom and optimism. No, this album doesn’t have for what it’s worth, but songs like Mr. Soul, Expecting to Fly, and Broken Arrow are absolutely classics.

This album is fine, but even after two listens it didn’t really grab me as particularly differentiating itself from other albums of that time. Bluebird and Good Time Boy are probably my picks of the album.

You can definitely see where they were going with this but I didn't find anything as good as later CSN/Neil Young songs.

I see why this band worked and also why it didn't; Young's guitar workouts are, to borrow a Cameron Crowe word, incendiary ("Mr. Soul," "Bluebird") but Furay gets too much airtime to say too little ("Sad Memory"). Stills seems to gamely be playing mediator here ("Rock & Roll Woman"), but the result feels disjointed rather than simply varied. That said, there's historical value in remembering how much psychedelia owed to the country and soul on display here. And "Broken Arrow" shows both how Over This Shit Young was already (at 21!) and where his restless ambitions would eventually take him.

As an addendum to my last review I just realized that I Nevermind was my 666th album generated, which is cool i guess (I don't really know how to relate that though). Anyways, this album is fine. It jumps through a lot of genres and styles, not a lot of cohesion throughout. Every song sounds like it had a completely different producer. Some of the songs (the more country ones) were pretty bad, but other than that this album is good. Mid 3.

Surprisingly pretty good for something that's got CSNY roots.

The kind of late '60s vibes I enjoy :)

Most of this I enjoyed! I've always generally liked the Buffalo Springfield I've heard, and other than a couple slower country songs, this album held up.

Great band but probably not their best album.

Nice enough. Always liked their sound. 4 *

Surprised again by their range.

It’s been a while since I’ve listened to this in full, and I am appreciating it in new ways every time. I always loved “Expecting to Fly” and the orchestral/jazzy arrangements on the record. This time I really enjoyed the James Brown homage “Good Time Boy.” In terms of rating, this is right on the line for me, 4.5 stars. It’s strong throughout but at 34 minutes there’s not much room for error.

This album makes me want to wear leather chaps and a poncho, sport hairy sideburns and cruise down the road on a 1967 Honda Dream. Bluebird is such a rocker, I’d argue more of a rocker than Mr. Soul. The mix on broken arrow is a bit choppy. It almost feels as if the Springfield attempts “A Day In The Life”. Perhaps this was the Springfield’s Sgt Pepper response…it would be on par for 67. Nitpicking aside, 5 stars.

I really enjoyed this. It’s the first Neil Young record I’ve fully appreciated. I’d definitely heard Mr. Soul before but had no idea it was by Buffalo Springfield. I was a big fan of the heavily compressed acoustic guitar in Bluebird. And I loved the faint saxophone in the background of Sad Memory.

Classic 60’s / early 70s rock.

I don’t know what genre this is, but if it isn’t country then it’s way too country-like

Super good

Mr. Soul // Everydays // Expecting to Fly // Bluebird // Hung Upside Down // 3.5/5

How often is Neil Young going to show up on this list?

Dreampop from heaven's gate. So much better than the Beatles...

Nice, easy listening.

Not my jam - just not a fan of Neil Young.

This was an ok album, very mediocre and didn't really stick with me

This was good. Why did they ever let Crosby come in and fuck it up? 3.5. Neil Young is still a douche.

Really nice. Bluesy, a little country, an enjoyable listen

3.5/5

There's just enough stuff in here to keep me mildly interested above a 2. However, still not really my thing.

Another solid 60s folk rock effort - this, however, is a bit before Neil Young and his fellows really came into their own, I think. There are definitely some highlights on here though, like Mr. Soul and Expecting to Fly.

Kinda fun, kinda all over the place. Better than most 60s albums I’ve been subjected to

60slop, O 60slop Standouts: Expecting to Fly • Good Time Boy

Very solid but disjointed as only an album written by three people who refuse to speak to each other can be. The Neil Young parts are my favorite.

Standard rock … but not for me

A pleasant surprise. Had never heard of the band or album before. Took me a little while to get into it but really enjoyed the vibes, especially of the final few tracks.

first listen but the style is very familiar. Love it. The lyrics aren’t terrible I think. And if course I know For What it’s worth, just not by name. Not on the album of course

Buffalo Springfield doesn't really do it for me, but this is a solid album. 4

Groovy tunes! Enjoyable album.

Great classic rock. Good tunes