Neil Young 1976-1988

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STILLS-YOUNG BAND "long may you run" 1976. #26 US, #12 UK

this was supposed to be a CSNY project, not sure what happened, but it didnt go ahead and became a Stephen Stills/Young album using Stills band as the backing group.
theres nine tracks on this one, five belong to NY, obviously that leaves four for Stills. the title track is the best track on the album, its subject matter is young's love of his 1948 Hearse that he still owned and was the one he drove from winnipeg to California in in 1965. the lyrical content of Young's material here is very positive in nature, Stills has a very bluesy/soul sound to his tracks. theres only one bad track on this one and that happens to be a NY composition "fountainbleau". a successful tour of the US followed the release of this one.
the album was a reasonable success in term of sales and sold more than his previous few albums, young would later rehash the melody of "let it shine" on his early 80s album "re-ac-tor" via a song called "motor city".
all in all a good album that shows a few more of Stills strengths than Young's.
sorry, but theres a lack of links for these tracks

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: fountainbleau
best track: long may you run

tracks:

1. long may you run*** #11 AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszR0tfp4Es live vocals NY
2. make love to you**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4oKWIlsHE audio
3. midnight on the bay***
4. black coral***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFK72UACn4A live audio
5. ocean girl**
6. let it shine**
7. 12/8 blues**
8. fountainbleau*
9. guardian angel**

3s=3
2s=5
1s=1

rating: 2.2