Man Alive!

Performer: Stephen Stills
Artist: Neil Young; Graham Nash; Herbie Hancock
Engineer: Stephen Stills; Joe Vitale; Michael Braunstein
Producer: Stephen Stills; Joe Vitale
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, percussion, background vocals); Stephen Stills (bass guitar); Neil Young (vocals, guitar); George Terry (guitar); Jimmy Zavelo (harp); Steve Madeo, Steve Madeo (trumpet); George "Chocolate" Perry (bass guitar, background vocals); Gerald Johnson (bass guitar); Bill Meeker (drums); Jennifer Stills, Dorian Holley, Brooks Hunnicutt, Mortonette Jenkins (background vocals); Herbie Hancock (piano); Joe Vitale (organ, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals); Mike Finnigan (organ, background vocals); Russ Kunkel (drums, percussion); Joe Lala, Pete Escovedo, Willie Bobo (percussion); Graham Nash, Marlena Jeter (background vocals); Jimmy Zavola. Audio Mixer: John Hiler. Arrangers: Stephen Stills; Neil Young. Fourteen years after his last solo outing, STILLS ALONE, Stephen Stills unveiled 2005's MAN ALIVE!, a remarkably vital and dynamic album that features the veteran performer penning almost every song and playing many of the record's instruments. Although David Crosby is absent, Stills's other CSNY mates, Graham Nash and Neil Young, turn up separately. While Nash subtly sticks to backing-vocal duty, Young contributes his typically incendiary electric-guitar lines to the hard-rocking "'Round the Bend" and offers up vocal harmonies and acoustic-guitar work on the spare, soulful "Different Man." A more unlikely cameo comes in the form of pianist Herbie Hancock's prominent presence on the 11-minute epic "Spanish Suite," which also features Latin percussion great Willie Bobo. Of course, Stills is the main attraction on MAN ALIVE!, with his husky voice carrying every song, including the socially conscious CSN-like track "Feed the People" and the blues-tinged "Piece of Me." Those who waited years for another Stills solo outing won't be disappointed by MAN ALIVE!, an excellent addition to his formidable, decade-spanning catalogue.

Entertainment Weekly (No. 834, p.142) - "...[S]tills' first solo disc since 1991 has range and high spots...." - Grade: B Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]appily it's a coherent batch of songs in a variety of styles."

Alongside Neil Young, Stephen Stills first hit it big with psychedelic folk-rockers Buffalo Springfield. But it was as a part of Crosby, Stills, & Nash (who were sometimes joined by Young) that Stills enjoyed his greatest success, leading the way to a successful solo career that he kept going in conjunction with CSN.

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