Love The One You're With/Do For The Others/Church/Old Times Good Times/Go Back Home/Sit Yourself Down/ To A Flame/Black Queen/Cherokee/We Are Not Helpless
Well received self titled debut solo album from the Crosby Stills & Nash founder Stephen Stills. Includes the US No. 14 hit single Love The One You're With. (US:3 UK:8)
"Stills is obviously trying to not sound like CSN here with plenty of blues rock and gospel choirs. Featuring such names as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Booker T, Cass Elliot, Crosby and Nash, John Sebastian and Rita Coolidge, the guest list here really reads like a who's who. None of that would matter if the songs were not up to snuff which they are. Just exceptional all the way through, Stills was not messing around here. He wanted to produce something great and he did."
"Stills' eponymous debut album is a fertile mix of southern-tinged rock, blues, pop, folk and gospel. Formerly with Buffalo Springfield and of course Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen scored his first solo hit with opening track (and pseudo-free love anthem) Love The One You're With and while it's a great song, it's just one of many highlights to be found on this very consistent album - his best I think."
"To me, this is his best solo work. Every song is well worth a listen and many more. Love The One You're With isn't the only amazing song on this album. Most of the songs are masterpieces that people seem to have forgotten about. I think that Stephen was at or near his musical peak on this album."
"Some great songs Love The One You're With, Do For The Others, the ethereal arrangement of To A Flame is perfection whilst Black Queen is a rousing acoustic blues with a strong vocal from Stills. Elsewhere little really stands out, though Church shows he knew how to build a gospel track, but the slot from his friend Hendrix on Old Times Good Times adds little, indeed Clapton's fiery soloing on Go Back Home is more successful."
"A good album that shows off Stills' skills as a virtuoso. There is some great acoustic guitar playing throughout the album. Love The One You're With and Do For The Others are brilliantly produced and executed numbers. Church has some great bluesy feel rhythms and gospel singing."
"Stills managed to create this fine record. It's no unexpected masterpiece, but it doesn't have to be; it's just one great, well-performed rock song after another."
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