Last Time Around – BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD****

On The Way Home/Its So Hard To Wait/Pretty Girl Why/Four Days Gone/Carefree Country Day/Special Care/ The Hour Of Not Quite Rain/Questions/I Am A Child/Merry-Go-Round/Uno Mundo/Kind Woman

Third and final album from talented US pop rock band Buffalo Springfield, released after their split. The aptly titled Last Time Around showed some slight drop in quality compared with earlier releases. (US:42)

"The third and last album of Buffalo Springfield. A gem to hear artists who would go on to even better work. Neil Young shows his varied style. Stephen Stills is continuing his creative ways that began on the two previous albums. Richie Furay and Jim Messina are starting to show what would become years of gifts to others. This album is not their best but it shows diversity and talent."

"An incredible amount of talent in Buffalo Springfield, if they had come together in the 70s they would have been a 'supergroup', too much individual talent maybe and Young and Stills had lost interest in the band by Last Time Around. I believe it was pieced together after half the band had left. It's still an enjoyable listen, with some good songs and performances on it."

"Though clearly not their best, this was released as a collection of studio outtakes after Young's departure. It's still fairly typical of their sound, with some acoustic guitar driven rock, and a few fuzz guitar numbers as well."

"Sweepings up from the aftermath of a band that was never going to last too long. It's amazing what you can find lying around though."

"Given the fact that this album was assembled from the wreckage of a broken band, it works quite well. The set opens and closes with classics. In between, there's more good than bad. Neil Young is barely present, but I Am A Child is good enough that he can be forgiven for being elsewhere. Stills, on the other hand, contributes five tracks, but his songwriting is beginning to slip."

"Buffalo Springfield always had too many cooks in the kitchen so it was not a surprise when the group broke up. What is surprising is how good their last supper really was."