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LP If I Could Only Remember My Name

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★★★★★ 4.5 points (2 reviews)


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  • Issued : 14 Nov 2009

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : R1.07203
Format : LP Label : Rhino/atlantic
Issued : 14 Nov 2009 Item sourced from : USA
Number of Discs : 1

If I Could Only Remember My Name

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Other Versions

  • CD   US Edition   ¥1,295   US Import   Released: 25 Oct 1990  
  • LP   UK Edition   ¥7,300   UK Import   Released: 08 Dec 2009  
  • CD   US Edition   ¥1,198   Reissue CD (US Import)   Released: 24 May 2011  
  • CD   AUS Edition   ¥1,681   Reissue CD (AUS Import)   Released: 30 Sep 2011  

HMV Review

David Crosby's debut solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name is a one-shot wonder of dreamy but ominous California ambience. The songs range from brief snapshots of inspiration (the angelic chorale-vocal showcase on Orleans and the a cappella closer, I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here) to the full-blown, rambling western epic Cowboy Movie, and there are absolutely no false notes struck or missteps taken. No one before or since has gotten as much mileage out of a wordless vocal as Crosby does on Tamalpais High (At About 3) and Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves), and because the music is so relaxed, each song turns into its own panoramic vista. Those who don't go for trippy Aquarian sentiment, however, may be slightly put off by the obscure, cosmic storytelling of the gorgeous Laughing or the ambiguous (but pointed) social questioning of What Are Their Names, but in actuality it is an incredibly focused album. Even when a song as pretty as Traction in the Rain shimmers with its picked guitars and autoharp, the album is coated in a distinct, persistent menace that is impossible to shake. It is a shame that Crosby would continue to descend throughout the remainder of the decade and the beginning of the next into aimless drug addiction, and that he would not issue another solo album until 18 years later. As it is, If I Could Only Remember My Name is a shambolic masterpiece, meandering but transcendentally so, full of frayed threads. Not only is it among the finest splinter albums out of the CSNY diaspora, it is one of the defining moments of hungover spirituality from the era. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

Credits

Bill Kreutzmann(Drums),  Bill Kreutzmann(Percussion),  David Crosby(Guitar),  David Crosby(Vocals),  Graham Nash(Guitar),  Graham Nash(Piano),  Graham Nash(Vocals),  Gregg Rolie(Piano),  Jerry Garcia(Guitar),  Jorma Kaukonen(Guitar),  Laurie Allan(Vocals),  Michael Shrieve(Drums),  Michael Shrieve(Percussion),  Mickey Hart(Drums),  Mickey Hart(Percussion),  Neil Young(Guitar),  Paul Kantner(Guitar),  Phil Lesh(Guitar),  David Freiberg(Vocals (Background)),  Grace Slick(Vocals (Background)),  Graham Nash(Vocals (Background)),  Joni Mitchell(Vocals (Background)),  Neil Young(Conga),  Neil Young(Vibraphone),  Neil Young(Vocals (Background)),  Laura Allan(Autoharp),  David Crosby(Arranger),  David Crosby(Producer),  Stephen Barncard(Engineer),  David Crosby(Composer),  David Crosby(Songwriter),  Gary Burden(Art Direction),  Gary Burden(Design),  Henry Diltz(Photography),  Joel Bernstein(Photography),  Robert Hammer(Photography),  Ronald Stone(Photography),  David Geffen(Direction),  Bill Kreutzmann,  David Crosby(Audio Production),  David Freiberg,  David Geffen,  Elliot Roberts,  Ethan Crosby,  Gary Burden,  Gary Burden(Back Cover),  Grace Slick,  Gregg Rolie,  Henry Diltz,  Jack Casady,  Joni Mitchell,  Michael Shrieve,  Mickey Hart,  Paul Kantner,  Robert Hammer,  Ronald Stone,  Stephen Barncard(Audio Engineer)

Songs

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    1
    Music is Love  (03:16)
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    2
    Cowboy Movie  (08:02)
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    3
    Tamalpais High  (03:29)
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    4
    Laughing  (05:20)
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    5
    What Are Their Names  (04:09)
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    6
    Traction In the Rain  (03:40)
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    7
    Song With No Words  (05:53)
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    8
    Orleans  (01:56)
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    9
    I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here  (01:19)

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ちょうげんぼう  |  横浜  |  不明  |  23/November/2004

    The Byrds時代からの個性満開です。この人、1曲でいうならCSN&YのDeja VuかGuinnevere辺りでしょう。アコースティック、でもエキセントリックな独自のコード進行にあの優しい“声”が加わります。このファーストソロでもそんな世界が完成されています。フォークロック・ファンは是非。

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    でじゃびゅ  |  山形  |  不明  |  24/August/2004

    バーズ時代からCSN&Y時代までこの人の曲は即座に彼のものとわかる個性をもっていました。彼の歌を聴くと妙に心が落ち着きます。だけどそれは一種の喪失感に似た感覚なのです。ある人がピンク・フロイドの「狂気」の構成はこのアルバムのパクリだといっていましたが?どうなんでしょうか?

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