INELIGIBLE – Stephen Stills & ILLEGAL STILLS
ILLEGAL STILLS (1976) With Donnie Dacus receiving songwriting credit on five songs and taking lead vocals on three, Stills seems a guest on his own below par LP.
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UP THE CREEK Stephen Stills & Manassas – DOWN THE ROAD (1973)
Stephen Stills spoke in negative terms of ‘DOWN THE ROAD’ but he also had the critics lining up to do it for him.
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.
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’
SOARING & DIPPING – The Flight of THE BYRDS…..
‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ as important to 1968 as ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ had been to 1965.
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.
THREE WAY HIT – The debut album of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH……..
With their distinctive vocals, introspective lyrics and denim look, Crosby, Stills & Nash were the aggregation those who came next aspired to be.