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.
Tag Archive: Buffalo Springfield
NEED TO KNOW – Poco & ‘A GOOD FEELIN’ TO KNOW’
With ‘Sweet Lovin’ Poco create a rare example of country-prog – sounding more Pink Floyd than Gram Parsons.
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.
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – ‘ECHO IN THE CANYON’ has good reverberations……..
‘ECHO in the CANYON’ is a love letter to the audacious new music that seeped out of LA during the mid-60s.
GOING OUT ON A HIGH OR SIGH – Twenty ‘last’ albums that are great or grate……..
‘The title cut is a powerful piece, but too many other songs lack trademark Beatle originality.’
YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Neil teams up with CSN for ‘DEJA VU’ (1970)…..
Parts of ‘Deja Vu’ are good,’ reflected Neil Young, ‘but they’re the parts I’m not on.’
MAKING ENQUIRIES – Twenty Great Songs that ask a question……
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET – hard to imagine anything better being recorded on February 11 1963.
STILL(S) AMAZING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS – Stephen Stills & ‘MANASSAS’
On ‘MANASSAS’ (1972) Stills incorporates blues, rock, bluegrass, funk and Latin-shuffles into a sprawling, nigh-on faultless collection.
