The Greatest Hits [Digipak]

Performer: Crosby, Stills & Nash
Artist: Jerry Garcia; Art Garfunkel
Engineer: Bill Halverson; Jay Parti; Ron Albert; Michael Braunstein; Steve Gursky; Howard Albert
Producer: Crosby, Stills & Nash; Stanley Johnson; Ron Albert; Howard Albert; Craig Doerge; Graham Nash (Compilation); Joel Bernstein (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Nash, The Stills (vocals); David Crosby (acoustic guitar). Additional personnel: Art Garfunkel, Timothy B. Schmit (vocals); Michael Stergis, Joel Bernstein (acoustic guitar); Jerry Garcia (pedal steel guitar); Stephen Stills (banjo); Wayne Goodman (fiddle); Graham Nash (electric piano); Craig Doerge, Mike Finnigan, Richard T. Bear (keyboards); Joe Vitale (vibraphone); Leland Sklar, Tim Drummond, Greg Reeves , Bob Glaub, George "Chocolate" Perry (bass guitar); Dallas Taylor (drums); Russ Kunkel (congas); Joe Lala (percussion). When Graham Nash casually added a high harmony to the song Stephen Stills and David Crosby were singing while sitting around at a friend's house, the beauty of the sound immediately struck all present. Consequently, one of the greatest and most enduring partnerships in popular music was formed. Not only did Crosby, Stills & Nash create some of the finest vocal-harmony arrangements of the late 1960s and early '70s, the group contained three hit folk-rock songwriters and, in Steven Stills, a world-class multi-instrumentalist. The disc opens with "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," an early tour de force that combines a percussive acoustic-guitar attack with unconventional song structure and singing that's alternately soulful and angelic. Other highlights include the fuzz-guitar-drenched "Wooden Ships" and the sunny pop of "Our House." GREATEST HITS comes as advertised, collecting many of the trio's best-known tracks from their classic albums, as well as charting singles from the 1982 comeback disc DAYLIGHT AGAIN ("Wasted on the Way," "Southern Cross").

One of the first "supergroups," Crosby Stills & Nash came to typify the direction of rock on the cusp of the 1970s. Their tight, three-part harmonies and acoustic/electric instrumentation typified the expanding folk-rock sound, and their introspection and self-possession were touchstones of the singer-songwriter movement. The group's self-titled debut immediately catapulted the group to greater success than any of the members' previous bands (Byrds, Hollies, Buffalo Springfield), and the follow-up, DEJA VU, which added Neil Young, was another hit. Internal squabbles split the band at their peak, but sporadic reunions over the following decades kept audiences hoping for a return to glory.

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