Buffalo Springfield Again

I live there

Better than Coldplay

A little too "classic" rock for my taste But hey they're pretty good

Meh. Didn't really do much for me. I'm a middle aged person who has been a very active listener for decades, and for as influential as this is supposed to be, I've never heard any of these songs. I think its impact is probably overrated. Seems more like a cliche than a touchstone. The lyrics seem gibberish hippie nonsense. Guitar playing is one of the stronger things on this album. Drum arrangements are quite boring. Vocal arrangements are written well, but the performances and mixing vary a bit. Not good, not bad, just meh. I would not put this album on this list and probably won't revisit.

Me pareció un disco muy piola, una mezcla entre rocksito y country. 6/10

Pendant que tout le monde voulait décrocher la lune, réinventer la poudre à coups de bandes passées à l’envers, de cuivres baroques et d’envolées psychédéliques, Buffalo Springfield débarque avec l'album Buffalo Springfield Again. Précédé par le statut de groupe culte et par le carton de « For What It’s Worth » quelques mois plus tôt, le casting de Buffalo Springfield Again a de quoi faire saliver n’importe quel amateur de folk-rock : Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Richie Furay, épaulés par Bruce Palmer et Dewey Martin. Pour faire simple, c'est un super groupe, et le problème avec les super groupes, c’est que quand les égos s’allument, l’incendie couve à chaque mesure. Ce disque est le parfait exemple d’une formation qui a volé en éclats pour laisser place à une simple juxtaposition d’individualités qui ne se supportent plus et tirent chacune la couverture à soi. Dès l’ouverture, le constat saute aux oreilles avec une cruauté absolue. Neil Young débarque avec son riff abrasif et son chant nasillard sur « Mr. Soul » et en deux minutes et demie chrono, le futur Loner vampirise purement et simplement toute l’attention. C’est viscéral, c’est magnétique et c'est précisément là le problème pour le reste de l'album. Dès que Young pose une patte sur un titre, il plonge la pièce dans une pénombre fascinante qui relègue instantanément ses petits camarades de jeu au rang de simples faire-valoir. Prenez ses autres contributions majeures : « Expecting To Fly » et « Broken Arrow ». Avec l'aide d'un Jack Nitzsche impérial aux arrangements symphoniques, le bonhomme dynamite complètement le format étriqué de la pop pour fabriquer des collages sonores orchestraux, ambitieux, presque malades de spleen. C'est grandiose et ça annonce déjà avec une clarté désarmante le virage solo qu'il prendra très vite. Neil Young est déjà ailleurs, perché sur sa propre comète, tandis que les autres essaient laborieusement de tenir la baraque. Et c’est bien ça la tragédie de cet album : en dehors des fulgurances de son génie, le reste ressemble souvent à de la garniture ou à de l’artifice poli destiné à boucher les trous pour atteindre la durée syndicale d'un trente-trois tours. Stephen Stills fait du Stills, il le fait d'ailleurs très bien, avec ce sens imparable de la mélodie ensoleillée et ces entrelacements d’acoustique cristalline et d’électricité rugueuse qui feront plus tard les beaux jours de CSN ou d'Eagles (« Bluebird », « Rock And Roll Woman »). Mais à côté de la noirceur hantée de Young, cette virtuosité propre sur elle sonne parfois terriblement scolaire, pour ne pas dire un brin complaisante. Quant à Richie Furay, il se fait gentiment écraser entre ces deux monstres sacrés. Ses petites vignettes country-folk sautillantes sont tout à fait charmantes, mais elles manquent cruellement de tripes face à la tornade créative qui souffle autour de lui. Il y a pourtant une exception notable qui vient sauver la mise de ce peloton d'accompagnateurs un peu timorés : l'excellent « Good Time Boy ». Écrit par Furay mais offert à la gorge déployée du batteur Dewey Martin, le morceau déboule avec une section de cuivres bagarreuse et une énergie brute tout droit sortie des fourneaux de Memphis. Ce côté soul sudiste façon Stax, hargneux et suant, balance un pavé au milieu de toute cette préciosité folk-rock californienne. C'est jouissif, direct, sans chichis, et ça prouve que le groupe pouvait avoir un sacré répondant quand il décidait d’arrêter de se regarder le nombril dans un miroir psychédélique. En fin de compte, Buffalo Springfield Again reste un bon album, on y croise de superbes trouvailles et une production soignée qui capture bien l'air du temps. Mais le sentiment de dispersion, empêchant le chef-d'œuvre de voir le jour, n'offre qu'une œuvre de transition bancale, un disque de meute où le loup dominant ne pense qu'à fuir pour chasser en solitaire.

Another example of late 60s pleasant stuff that hasn’t aged all that well. Two or three decent tracks but much a bit nothing. Love the first tune- whole album grew with repeated listening but only.. 1.3/5

Unremarkable

Pleasant enough and maybe I didn’t give it sufficient time but don’t have much to say about it. I would listen to it again which makes it a 3. Rating: 3.0

I’ve listened to this album plenty of times in the past and always enjoyed it, but this listen let me see some of the flaws on here for the first time. The album starts with the best and most energetic song and never really matches that. It goes into a calmer pace and doesn’t really switch off from that. Nice enough but a bit lacking in variety. Doesn’t help that this album has some weird live parts and repeating pieces that make it feel slapped together at times. Still like it, though.

Not so bad.

Pretty underwhelming

starts with a classic i’ve been hearing my whole life but still quite like, ends with a strange, moving, brilliant piece. its a shame the midsection bored me so much.

Another fine album from the 60s. Not sure that it stands out of the pack from all the other albums from around that time. Just like the Byrds, it shows the influence of country music on their rock sensibilities I suppose. Not sure this one was super essential given the underrepresentation of other genres on this project.

This was fine but just really not for me

Weirdly, the Stephen Stills songs are the better ones?

1. *Sad Memory 2. *Mr. Soul 3. *Expected To Fly 4. *Rock & Roll Woman 5. *A Child's Claim To Fame 6. *Everydays - live 7. Broken Arrow 8. Hung Upside Down 9. Blue Bird 10. Good Time Boy

bueno

I liked it, lots of influence

Some good songs, some not-so-good songs. But mostly I was happy that Young was palatable and not in nails-on-a-chalkboard falsetto mode.

A pleasant listen. Started really strong and lost power along the way. Especially the more country-ish tracks were really nice.

Duuuuude Imagine if they were called Juggalo Springfield instead Woop woop

Young Neil Young. A solid outing before these guys really came into their own.

1967 psychedelic country folk Mr. soul Bluebird

Now I’m going to show my musical ignorance. I’d heard of Buffalo Springfield, but had absolutely no idea who or what they were. I thought Buffalo Springfield was a person, for starters. My second guess would probably have been a reggae band — perhaps I was subconsciously thinking of 'Buffalo Soldier'? But now I know what they were. A wedding band. Clearly. Because virtually every track sounds like a cover by a different band. I know they’re not covers, but there seems to be almost no connection between one song and the next. It’s as though each was written and recorded with no thought whatsoever for whatever came before it. This might as well be an old K-Tel or 'Now That’s What I Call Music' compilation. There are some perfectly decent songs on it, but as an album it doesn’t flow at all. 2½

Solid album with lots of hits. I'll go back to this one. Great songwriter. Prime Neil Young. 4/5

bluebird is alright. the rest i dont care for

This album is fairly schizophrenic, a stylistic mish-mash of multiple genres. When it works, it’s very good. When it doesn’t work, not so much. 3.5 stars, rounding down.

Meh... I was expecting more but got a lot less than hoped for...

3.6/5 Mr soul banger some other good stuff too

Unfortunately once again this is strengthening my unfortunate position that Neil Young just does nothing for me! And I cannee believe they didn’t get sued by the Rolling Stones, wild.

Interesting lyrics I saved a lot from this music: Neil Young is really to compare with Bob Dylan and John Lennon… This Folk Rock … soft Rock with the lyrics with sense is what I liked. 3.5*

Favourite songs: - expecting to fly -bluebird - hung upside down - rock & roll woman

Interesting, obviously a part of a movement in rock music that introduced a bit more exploration, existential yearning and guitar noodling into the genre. Objectively less interesting to the contributions of Hendrix, the Beatles or the Kinks in any of these ways. The harmonies are nice, the lead vocals are good throughout and the diversity of writing (actually a product of a total breakdown in the band's inner dynamic) keeps things from getting same-y. The guitar solos are even decent, though the electrics still sound anemic (it took a while to figure out distorted guitar sounds). It's a part of an important movement and probably even a big one, at the time. It's just not all that interesting, in hindsight. The guitars don't hold up to their competitors (Young and Stills both found better tone later in their careers). There are some vocal "unh" grunts that are basically just a worse version of The Guess Who's Burton Cummings (but who even listens to Canadian music, eh?). The bass is fine but not spectacular and I wish for a better drummer. 3/5: good but everyone's solo career seems to be better. Music from the 60's that was formative but doesn't hold up as well. The friction among the band members seems to have built a lovely diversity but kept the records' production from becoming cohesive and polished. This is what happens when you don't get 'Rumors' out of a band that hates each other.

It's ok! Some very groovy sounding tunes here, but nothing that especially tickles my fancy.

Fine

"again"? but ive never heard them before...? huh......? anyway. this album is all over the place. "expecting to fly" and "broken arrow" are both pretty fucking solid, but the rest, idk. glancing over the wiki article i guess i understand how it ended up like this but still, it feels more like a compilation than a coherent album. can't fault the variety i guess, but neil young was blowing the rest of these lads out the water. the only tracks that aren't his that stood out to me were "good time boy" for its unexpected funk turn and goofy lyrics, and "everydays" for uh, panning the feedback drone all the way to the left and making me think my headphones were broken. thanks for that. i think the neil young tracks are enough to pull this up to a 3. i'd maybe go back in for those at least. doubt i'd be able to resist skipping a lot of the padding in between tho.......

Es ist ein gutes album! mir gefällt die Eigenschaften vom Album. Es hat viele Elemente drinnen ob hard rock oder Folk rock es passt einfach super und es macht bock dieses album zu hören! Es ist schwer zu entscheiden ob es 4 oder 5 Sterne zugeben die Songs wo mich mich am meisten angesprochen haben: Mr. soul Sad memory Good Time Boy Brocken arrow

Thumbs 👍

3.5/5

Just the most bland thing I’ve ever heard

I wasn't really crazy about it

I guess it's fine if you like this kind of thing, of which there is a LOT on this list. Neil Young is on this, but for some reason his voice doesn't sound as whiny as it usually does on his solo stuff. Key tracks: Expecting to Fly

Thursday, 1 October, 2026 The best tracks are the Neil tracks!

Buffalo Springfield is okay when Neil Young shuts the fuck up

A very good group of musicians. 4 solid hits on this LP. Innovative for it's time. A mix of country folk and rock psychedelics that work very well.

boring

3/5

What a classic!

Riktigt bra. Inte som annar tjafs från 60/70-tal. Melodiskt och medryckande. Neil young är ju grym överlag.

3.5 Generally pleasant collection of proto-CSNY songs. Nothing really bad, no song particularly sticks out.

Lots of blends of different types of music and some decent harmonies

It's good enough without standing out

Nice 60s going round country vibe

Not my kind of music

Ok

Great album, fantastic vibes for the era. Early Crosby, Stills, Nash (Young) motifs. Best track: Mr. Soul, Bluebird, Broken Arrow Rating: 7.5/10

One of my favorites.

About as middle of the road as you can get

Not my style, but it does have a few moments that are worth enjoying. ★★★

That was unexpected! Pretty good!

Great old Rock

Folky, slightly psychedelic 60s rock that's easy to listen to. There isn't much not to like, although I won't be paying it on repeat.

This ended up being better than what I expected for an album classified as being Folk Rock. A lot better energy than expected. There were a few moments where the instrumentals caught my ear. I would give this 3.5, but I don't feel like 4 is appropriate.

Pretty decent album, enjoyed a lot of it but towards the end it brought it down to 3

It’s hard to escape the feeling that this album is on here because of who was in the band rather than on its own merits. (Also, while the generator is converting me to Neil Young, I'm not convinced there's as big a gulf between his songs and the rest of the band's as some other reviews suggest - Mr Soul sounds like a man trying to rewrite Satisfaction by the Stones just enough to avoid a law suit.)

This was fine. Not my choice of music, but it wasn’t unpleasant.

This album was included in a handful of albums that a college girlfriend’s roommate gave me with the caveat that “you can never sell these and if you decide you don’t like any of them, you have to find them a good home.” They were her dad’s, and were of the few things she had of his. She was a great writer and a crunchy norcal hippie from a town called Cool. I wonder what she’s up to.

Other have chronically underrated this in my view - a rich album

I took a four month break as I had a run of horrible albums. Looks like I might need to take another break

A bit mid for me but not awful by this list's standards

inoffensive

It was okay, although didn't really rise above for me.

Beautiful album, very nice.

Album #197: Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again ⭐⭐⭐ A decent album. Released during arguably the greatest era of music there ever was. Buffalo Springfield are a band that are made up of probably less than the sum of their parts. I mean, the talent that they have in this thing is unbelievable. Stephen Stills, while I’m not the biggest fan of him, is an undeniable talent. Richie Furay is a great musician too, and of course Neil Young. So what to say about this album? I don’t really think it’s all that great. I think it’s a little bit over-arranged in a lot of places, especially Neil Young’s tracks, which is so interesting because Neil Young is famous for his ragged glory and his simplicity and stripped-back kind of style. But it’s not how he started off. This was released the same year as Sgt. Pepper’s. So, it deserves credit for some of the songs being so complex, as they were recorded concurrently to that album. I don’t know if he was influenced by the kind of meticulous arrangements of the Beatles. I know that he holds that band, as many did at the time, in high reverence. You can hear their influence all over this thing. But Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow are very, very over-arranged and dense, as are other tracks like Bluebird, and I think the album suffers from that a little bit. I think they were trying to make something particularly grand with this, but it’s quite scattergun, especially thematically. Those Neil Young tracks went on to sound better as solo acoustic numbers on later Neil Young live albums. It doesn’t sound like three great songwriters working cohesively in a band together. It sounds like three great songwriters trying to make their own thing in a band together, and I think that brings the album down. The more straightforward tracks are the best. Mr. Soul is a good tune. Upside Down by Stephen Stills is his best song, with his best vocal on the album. And then my favourite song on the album is Furay’s A Child’s Claim to Fame, the more countrified style. And they all went on to do better things, in my opinion, including Richie Furay. I’m actually a big Poco fan. I think they were trying to do too much, and I think the album is a bit wonky because of that. But it’s still good. It’s still got great vocals. They’re all amazing musicians, and it’s a really interesting document in time. But they’re a band that are dwarfed by the other bands around them at this period. For me, they’re a three-star band.

pretty boring

An album very much of its time…. Made me want to sit in a blacklit room with lava lamps and get high

Sad Memories reminds me of a Charlie Manson song he wrote. This is more than passable not a 5 star but good none the less.

Another great Buffalo Springfield record. They were heading in some different directions on this one. I enjoyed it

This feels more like 3 jumbled EPs than an album.

Actually a pretty cool and varied album. They cover a lot of ground musically.

“Bluebird” is so good. The rest of the album isn’t quite at that level.

Did you know that Neil Young was in a band called the Mynah Birds with Rick “Super Freak” James? When James was arrested for being AWOL from the Navy (which explains why he was in Canada) the band’s record deal was voided. So, Neil (and bassist Bruce Palmer) packed up his ‘53 Pontiac hearse and drove to Los Angeles. After a week in L.A. they run into Stephen Stills and Richie Furay and Buffalo Springfield was born. The Springfield is a tale of three songwriters (Furay, Stills & Young) with compatible influences and along with the Byrds, were pioneers of the Folk Rock explosion of the mid/late 60s. Again was their 2nd album in a career that was cut short by drug busts and waning interest. Neil, despite having one foot out the door, does a lot of the heavy lifting here contributing the fuzz drenched, Satisfaction-esque Mr. Soul and the two epic psychedelic mini suites Expecting To Fly and Broken Arrow. Stills pitches in with Bluebird and Rock & Roll Woman and Furay, who went on to form Poco, throws in a few lighter songs. The band broke up, after releasing one more album but, left a big impact in short period of time. 4.1

Influential 60s band, worth a listen

Had high expectations. Just ok.

What a banger. Early Neil killing it.

Also pretty alright

Está bien. No me mató pero tampoco fue inescuchable. Algunas canciones gustaron. 5/10

Underappreciated feels the wrong word for a band containing Neil Young and Stephen Stills, but maybe one I've overlooked. Really great

Mr. soul's so sick

Okayy

I enjoyed that. The first song was really good and then the rest of the album is good. I'd only heard their one famous song before today so I'm happy I've heard a whole album. As often is the case, not sure why it's here but I'm glad I have listened to it.

(2.75)

Ein Genre, in dem ich mich leicht wohl fühle, auch wenn hier nicht so wahnsinnig viel hängen blieb.

Hat mich genervt.

How many fucking Neil Young albums are on this list?

A bit too sad and melancholic for a shopping trip to Uniqlo

Really reminds me of something

What a terrible record. Musically dreary and lyrically silly. The guitars solos are rockist and the words often inane. And it jumps around in style all over the place. Best track is Mr Soul but only because it borrows the Satisfaction riff. Decent politics, awful music,

The first two bars had me hooked. Loved this so much.