- Daylight Again · 1982
- CSN · 1977
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- Daylight Again · 1982
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- CSN · 1977
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- CSN · 1977
- Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969
- Replay · 1980
Essential Albums
- There's a reason why David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash didn't adopt a group name when they joined forces. From the start, they kept their identities distinct even when they blended their voices in lustrous harmony. Their 1969 debut album had the intimate, homemade feel of three friends making music together. Beneath the mellow surface, though, was a complex interweaving of folk, rock, blues, and Latin elements. Whether the trio veers into ethereal love ballads ("Guinnevere"), post-apocalyptic anthems ("Wooden Ships"), angry political manifestos ("Long Time Gone”), or joyful pop travelogues ("Marrakesh Express"), the results still sound fresh and uplifting. The album's signature tune, Stills' "Suite: Judy Blues Eyes," is a dazzling acoustic showpiece building to a glorious climax. Crosby, Stills & Nash is a groundbreaking work by three top-flight artists.
Albums
- 1990
Live Albums
Compilations
More To Hear
- The Crosby, Stills & Nash star tells the stories of his songs.
About Crosby, Stills & Nash
Formed in 1969, Crosby, Stills & Nash blueprinted the Laurel Canyon sound with music that sounded like the new decade: breezier, more directly influenced by folk and country than the psychedelic rock that had characterized the members’ previous groups. David Crosby came from heady jangle-folk progenitors The Byrds; Stephen Stills from the gritty Canadian American unit Buffalo Springfield; Graham Nash from baroque-pop band The Hollies. Their 1969 self-titled debut LP favored lush vocal harmonies and acoustic instruments over blues forms and cranked amps; the compositions were sophisticated, with an elaborate experiment—the multi-act “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”—becoming a Top 40 hit. After adding Neil Young to the lineup, the quartet recorded two No. 1 albums, 1970’s Déjà Vu and 1971’s live album 4 Way Street, which evinced added idiosyncrasy and edge. CSN’s future would vacillate between troubled reunions and side projects. Their 1977 smooth-rock opus CSN, however, and a 1988 reunion with Young for American Dream ranked among their biggest commercial achievements.
- GENRE
- Rock