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Titolo: CSN 2 album da conoscere

Crosby, Stills And Nash (CSN: 1969)
 - One of the greatest sing-along records of all time. With no-one to stop
him, Stills nearly commandeers the record, playing bass, keyboards, and
multiple guitar parts, and contributing more than his share of songwriting.
This is a good thing, especially on the two classic, long-format epics
"Wooden Ships" (co-authored by Crosby, Stills, and Paul Kantner) and "Suite
Judy Blue Eyes." But Nash's joyful, fast-paced, "Carrie-Anne"-like hippy
travelogue "Marrakesh Express" is enormously entertaining; Crosby's
dramatic, awesomely harmonized acoustic ballad "Guinnevere" is brilliant;
and the three-way vocal combination is magic (Stills' uplifting folk-pop
songs "Helplessly Hoping" and "You Don't Have To Cry"). Some of the tunes
aren't complete masterpieces, but I still enjoy them greatly (Nash's
minimalistic, deadly earnest love song "Lady Of The Island"; Crosby's angry
hippy protest rocker "Long Time Gone"; Still's poppy "49 Bye Byes"). (JA)
 - Yes, the Stills songs are great, but Nash's contributions are beyond
lightweight (the cutesy "Marrakesh Express" and the gushy, stilted "Lady Of
The Island"), and Crosby's "Guinnevere" is unobtrusive to the point of being
insubstantial. An unthreatening record (except for Crosby's "Long Time
Gone"), with lots of vocal harmonies and feel-good, pot-smokin' tunes. (DBW)
Our disagreement boils down to whether you enjoy Crosby and Nash, which
explains why Wilson rates CSN equal to the toss-off Super Session and
clearly second-rate Deja Vu. If you like the Hollies or the post-Gene Clark,
c. 1966 Byrds, you'll love CSN; if you think Crosby and Nash were
no-talents, you'll be non-plussed. (JA)
 CSN (Crosby, Stills & Nash: 1977)
The group's first collaboration in six years, and last for another five.
Everything works: they recapture their acoustic guitar-plus-harmony magic on
Stills' "See The Changes" and Nash's "Just A Song Before I Go," cruise down
the highway with Crosby's gorgeous "In My Dreams," update their sound with
professionalized, piano-driven pop on Crosby and Craig Doerge's "Shadow
Captain," and even get a low-key funk groove into their best tune (Stills'
"Dark Star"). And for once, it's an equal collaboration: Crosby and Nash's
solo numbers are solid even if they sound just like their earlier work
("Anything At All"; "Carried Away"), while Stills even successfully recycles
his Latin shuffle formula ("Fair Game"). The only weak points are an excess
of pretty, heartstring-pulling ballads, most of them good anyway ("Cold
Rain"); a deficit of rockers (Stills' "Run From Tears" and "I Give You Give
Blind" are the loudest); and just a couple of songs that aren't really
catchy (Nash's self-righteous "Cathedral"). The band is Vitale or Kunkel
(drums), George Perry (bass), and occasionally Doerge (piano), with a few
extra sessioneers like Ray Barretto, Tim Drummond, Mike Finnigan, Jimmy
Haslip, and Gerald Johnson. (JA)

The Cros e' grande anche nel secondo, cosi' come Nash, sorprendentemente.
Male, per contro, Stills imho (tranne See the changes)....
ciao bp

  CSN (Crosby, Stills & Nash: 1977)
Già.
...Ebbravo Giuàn!
Anzi, lo riascolto immediately, dopo anni di immeritatissimo dimenticatoio.
Questo e Deja Vu.
Volume a randa e mutismo.
M.