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Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield (Mono / Stereo) (1967)
Originally Released 1967\nCD Edition Released October 3, 1989\nRemastered Edition Released June 24, 1997\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The band themselves were displeased with this record, feeling that the production did not capture their onstage energy and excitement. Yet to most ears, this debut sounds pretty great, featuring some of their most melodic and accomplished songwriting and harmonies, delivered with a hard-rocking punch. "For What It's Worth" was the hit single, but there are several other equally stunning treasures. Stills' "Go and Say Goodbye" was a pioneering country-rock fusion; his "Sit Down I Think I Love You" was the band at their poppiest and most early Beatlesque; and his "Everybody's Wrong" and "Pay the Price" were tough rockers. Although Neil Young has only two lead vocals on the record (Richie Furay sang three other Young compositions), he's already a songwriter of great talent and enigmatic lyricism, particularly on "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," "Out of My Mind," and "Flying on the Ground is Wrong." The entire album bursts with thrilling guitar and vocal interplay, with a bright exuberance that would tone down considerably by their second record. A 1997 CD reissue presents both mono and stereo mixes of the album, and includes "Baby Don't Scold Me" (which was on the first pressing of the record, but soon replaced by "For What It's Worth"). -- Richie Unterberger\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nAlthough the Byrds receive more credit (and perhaps rightfully so), Buffalo Springfield, in some respects, were just as responsible for the country-rock and singer/songwriter explosion that continued through the full flight of the Eagles and later mutated into '90s neo-country. This 1966 debut reveals the precocious songwriting talents of both Neil Young and Stephen Stills; check out Stills's Beatlesque "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" and Young's weird (for '66!) but classic "Burned." Their next album, Again, is widely considered their best effort, but this is an excellent debut, made even stronger with the addition of their hit, the single-only "For What It's Worth." The CD offers both stereo and mono versions of each track. --Bill Holdship \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nGood Start But Not Great, July 2, 2001 \nReviewer: Tom from London \nThe various members of Buffalo Springfield, in most cases (but not all), went on to bigger and better things - this is where they started. The album is dominated by the songwriting of Stephen Stills and Neil Young: Stills contributing 7 songs to Young's 5. "For What It's Worth", is not only the best Stills' song on the album, but the best song overall, immaculately played and sung - unfortunately Stills' other songs aren't as good, the best being the country-rockish "Hot Dusty Roads" and the striking "Everybody's Wrong", the nadir is the tedious rocker "Leave". Young's songwriting ("For What It's Worth") seems more mature, especially on "Flying On the Ground Is Wrong" and "Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It", which are good and distinctive enough to have come from any part of Young's career. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" is another excellent song, despite some rather awkwardly Dylanesque lyrics - curiously, the two weakest Young tracks are the ones he sings himself (Richie Furay sings the other Young compositions), "Burned" and "Out of My Mind" are rather more sopohomoric (the former sounds like a demo). Given that a much better Young sung song (how poetic!), "Down to the Wire" was recorded around the same time, it's odd it wasn't included on the album. Vocally, Richie Furay takes most of the leads, and his clear and attractive voice is always very easy on the ears, Stills is also an excellent singer but at times seems to be overdoing it on this album, Young's two vocals are pretty good. The band took something of a quantum leap with their next album but this is a fine if, at times, tentative debut.\n\nHalf.com Album Credits\n"Doc" Siegel, Engineer\nTom May, Engineer\nBrian Stone, Producer\nCharles Greene, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nThis 24-track reissue is to feature the album's original track lineup, including "Baby Don't Scold Me," in mono, followed by the more well-known revised lineup, featuring the single "For What It's Worth" in place of "Baby Don't Scold Me," in stereo. \n\nBuffalo Springfield: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, piano); Stephen Stills, Richie Furay (vocals, guitar); Bruce Palmer (bass); Dewey Martin (drums).\n\nRecorded at Gold-Star Studios and Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California.\n\nLike the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield were influential in the melding of rock and folk that led to the country-rock sound of the 70's. Neil Young and Stephen Stills were the main singers/songwriters, constantly battling for creative control of the group. From this tempestuous union came melodic rock that ranged from Young's waltz-flavored "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" and the Beatlesque "Burned" (featuring Young's piano playing) to Stills' muscular guitar style on "Leave," which foreshadowed his subsequent work with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Fame and fortune came by way of Stills' "For What It's Worth," a song about police brutality at a student protest on Sunset Boulevard. Two turbulent years and two albums later, Buffalo Springfield broke up.\n YEAR: 1967
This rock cd contains 24 tracks and runs 67min 3sec.
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