OVER THE STILLS – Stephen Stills & ‘STILLS’ (1975)
‘STILLS’ (1975) contains any number of fine songs, but there remains a sense that a good album should have been a great one.
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BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969…….
Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’.
Named and Blamed: David Crosby & ‘REMEMBER MY NAME’ (documentary review)
Crosby expresses regret at time lost to addictions and friendships now in the past, stating: ‘All the main guys I made music with, McGuinn, Nash, Stephen, Neil, dislike me.’
STILLS THE SAME – ‘STEPHEN STILLS II’
‘STEPHEN STILLS II’ contains the triumph and tribulation that went into being Stephen Stills – part genius/part ego-manic.
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING – ‘BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN’
‘Buffalo Springfield Again’ is a record so textured and deeply resonant it becomes a West Coast version of ‘Sgt. Pepper.’
THRILLS & STILLS – ‘STEPHEN STILLS’
‘STEPHEN STILLS’ (November 1970) shows him in such sparkling form it casts a shadow over every album he had yet been involved with.
THE THIRD DEGREE – Crosby, Stills & Nash return in 77 with ‘CSN’
Given its smooth arrangements, slick production and album cover, the origins of yacht rock can be found on ‘CSN’
TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE – 20 great albums amidst the changing times of 1977…..
Twenty great albums of 1977: RUMOURS – a smart, clever, high-calibre rock record.
YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Fifty years ago Neil teams up with CSN for ‘Deja Vu’…..
Parts of ‘Deja Vu’ are good,’ reflected Neil Young, ‘but they’re the parts I’m not on.’
STILL(S) AMAZING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS – Stephen Stills & ‘Manassas’
‘On ‘Manassas,’ Stills incorporates blues, rock, bluegrass, funk and Latin-shuffles into a sprawling, nigh-on faultless collection.’
