| Product Summary | | Label: Sanctuary Records Group | | UPC: 00060768468320 | | Release Date: 8/10/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 61016649 | | Item#: M2CGJT | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lay Me Down ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash |  | | 2. Puppeteer ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 3. Through Here Quite Often ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 4. Grace ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 5. Jesus Of Rio ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 6. I Surrender ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 7. Luck Dragon ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 8. On The Other Side Of Town ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 9. Half Your Angels ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 10. They Want It All ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | | | 11. How Does It Shine ~ David Crosby/Graham Nash | |
(P) 2004 Sanctuary Records Group, Inc
(C) 2004 Sanctuary Records Group, Inc
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Crosby, David & Graham Nash (vocals, acoustic guitar); Graham Nash (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, electric piano); Dean Parks, Jeff Pevar (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); James Raymond (piano, electric piano); Russ Kunkel (drums, percussion); David Crosby, Leland Sklar. | | Additional personnel: James Taylor . | | Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel. | | Recording information: Center Staging, Burbank, CA (08/10/2004); Kazoo Studios, Kauai (08/10/2004). | | Photographers: Buzz Person; Kinski Gallo. | | Arranger: Michael Hedges. | | HIGHLIGHTS is a single-disc distillation of David Crosby and Graham Nash's 2004 double-disc set CROSBY/NASH, subtracting seven songs (and combining the brief acoustic fragments "Grace" and "Jesus of Rio" into a single track) to make a total of 12. Cutting the nearly 80-minute set by over a third has strengthened the remaining songs immensely, showcasing gems like the sumptuous "Lay Me Down," which would have fit beautifully on any of the duo's 1970s albums, and Crosby's topical rant "They Want It All." The backing band is led by Crosby's son, James Raymond, who also wrote several songs, and features longtime collaborators like guitarist Jeff Pevar, bassist Lee Sklar, and drummer Russ Kunkel (whose son Nathaniel Kunkel co-produced with Crosby and Nash), giving HIGHLIGHTS a musical and personal link back to the duo's heyday. | | In the late 1990s, after surviving serious health problems, David Crosby experienced something of an artistic rebirth by teaming with his long-lost son, keyboardist/songwriter James Raymond, in the group CPR. Here Crosby dusts off his duo with CSN bandmate Graham Nash, while still benefiting from Raymond's considerable talents. Considering all the aesthetic missteps of latter-day CSN, it's a welcome surprise to find that CROSBY * NASH is one of the classiest, most substantive projects the two old cohorts have collaborated on since 1982's DAYLIGHT AGAIN. | | The fact that there are two full discs' worth of finely crafted songs on offer here emphasizes that Crosby and Nash are truly at the top of their game. With Raymond making equally impressive songwriting contributions, the compositions bear a musical sophistication that brings to mind '70s Paul Simon, and a lyrical spark that recalls Crosby and Nash's glory days. Even the production is top-notch, with spare, tasteful arrangements that never set a foot wrong, artfully framing the thoughtful, elegant folk/rock/pop sound that the icons in question mastered long ago. |
Producer: Nathaniel Kunkel; Russ Kunkel; Graham Nash; Crosby, David & Graham Nash; Nathaniel Kunkel; Russ Kunkel; Graham Nash; David Crosby |
Engineer: Nathaniel Kunkel; John Hurst; Nathaniel Kunkel |
Musical Guests | | James Taylor | | Leland Sklar |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Wind On The Water [Remaster] ~ Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby * Nash ~ Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David | | Crosby, David |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/10/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 84683 | | Label : Sanctuary (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00060768468320 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.141)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[With] immaculate, high-altitude harmonies....The perfect harmony you only get from souls joined for life."Uncut (p.95)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[Featuring] the duo's still-heavenly harmonies embedded in warm acoustic settings....[E]njoy Crosby-Nash for what it is: the sound of mellow LA serenity." Dirty Linen (pp.60-1)
- "The production and the arrangements all contain the best elements of this duo's classic recordings while the music and songs are timeless. A welcome return of two of rock's best songsmiths and singers." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.102)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[W]ith exquisite harmonies, the kind of transcendent seamlessness you normally find only in blood relatives." |
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