If I Could Only Remember My Name

Enjoyable hippy music

Nothing earth shattering here, but it's the Croz, so you know it's a groove.

Some of this is okay, but it’s mostly because of the features. Crosby’s voice doesn’t really hold up on its own. There was some promise at the beginning of the Cowboy song, but the stuff about the Indian girl was rather cringe.

4.5
Liked this more than I was expecting

Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. Crosby has an interesting writing method that's a little off-kilter which I enjoy.

I’ve always thought Crosby, Stills & Nash were better together than apart, but I was still looking forward to giving If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby a proper listen.

Crosby has a brilliant voice and that really carries the album. There is a lot going on musically, it’s quite loose and atmospheric, and at times it feels more like a collection of ideas and jams than a structured album. That said, I did enjoy it. It is very easy to listen to and works well in the background, but it does lack those standout tracks that pull you back in for repeat listens.

Favourite tracks: Cowboy Movie is a great tune.
Least favourite tracks: Every track earns its place, nothing feels out of place.
Album artwork: Cool cover, I like it.

I've never listened to this album before, and I don't think I recognize any of the tracks by name.

I'm happy I listened to this, but it's just sort of thoroughly "okay."

Mellow and jammy, but that's not enough for me. If I walked by someone's garage and heard a few minutes of some dudes playing this stuff I'd think good for them but they're not going to make it as a band.

I guess the seventies really were at wit's end w/ the hippies, b/c there is no reason why this record should've been as panned as it was upon release. I don't think it's a matter of Crosby being too forward-thinking for the critics to catch up w/ - this isn't On the Corner or Exile on Main St. I think it's b/c, at certain point, it was embarrassing to embrace a singer who belted, w/ an angel's soul, lyrics such as 'I was mistaken, only a child laughing in the sun / Ahhhhhhhhhhhh in the sun' or 'Peace is not an awful lot to ask.' For this sideways hippie, however, I'd like to keep that spirit alive. +, Crosby is, w/o question, the most impressively soulful vocalist of sixties psychedelia this side of Joe Cocker and John Fogerty. It's good music; 'tisn't too blessed.

Maybe I'm getting soft, because my last seven albums have been four or more, and here I am again giving a four to an album that I wouldn't necessarily have expected. But I was in the right mood for this and the harmonies were nice. I liked Cowboy Movie especially.

It's relaxing and chill, but none of it really spoke to me. I can tell this was a personal album. Unfortunately, I've no clue who this fucker is.

The first two songs made me think I would not enjoy this album. I thought it’s really not very good without Stills and Nash. After that though it gets pretty cool. This would be a great album to space out to. Most of it is kinda jammy ethereal music. There’s not much for hooks and it all blends together in a good way.

Well that just about sums up the empty droning sound of the hippie. It is atmospheric but also pretty bland.

Weak commune tunes. Would have been a 1 if not for the cowboy song. I can't even be bothered to go back and look what it's actually called.

I thought If I Could Only Remember My Name was a pretty solid album. At this point, i am pretty well versed in David Crosby's music seeing i have listened to 4 of the 7 albums he's involved in on this list. I thought that the general folk rock sound of this album was pretty nice to listen to as it did bring back some Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young vibes especially seeing as that would make sense, since both Neil Young and Graham Nash worked on a couple of the songs on this album. Honestly, beyond all of that, this isn't really an album i have that much to say about seeing as it is a pretty typical folk rock album but it is still a pretty solid one.
Best Song: Music Is Love
Worst Song: I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here

Yet another album from the CSNY extended universe. I consider Neil Young's discography to be it's own thing a little, but even discounting him, there are entirely too many CSNY orbitals here. I've Had 2 CSN/CSNY albums, one Buffalo Springfield, and a Stephen Stills album. And now a David Crosby album. I really think we could have done without some of these. But I will say, out of the non-Neil Young albums in this circle, this one is my favorite. This is a more abstract take on folk rock. It's kind of jam-y honestly. But the jam stuff works, because the players here are pretty much just a laundry list of Crosby's most talented friends. We have Graham Nash, Jerry Garcia, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jorma Kaukonen, Gregg Rolie, Phil Lesh, Laura Allen, Jack Cassidy, Bill Kreutzmann, Michael Shrieve, Mickey Hart, and more. Just look into some of these names, the pedigree is insane. This is one of the most insane artist collectives in classic rock. And the result is that this has immaculate chemistry. These songs flow and grow in incredibly natural and cool ways, and the sheer number of people involved means that the mixes here get really detailed. I don't think the core songs here are all worth writing home about, but this is a pretty great complete package.

A Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album in everything but name. Super jammy, super harmonies, and, dare I say, super weedy.

An all star cast of Laurel Canyon & SF psych scene fixtures get together for a loose jammy album with very unstructured and honestly pretty weak songs, but a very chilled out, if uninspired, vibe. Bluesy, folksy, astral, primal. It's got some great vocal harmony and the a strong performance from DC, but mostly it's at it's best when it's basically a Grateful Dead live session with some great Jerry Garcia noodling and fun exploratory bass from Phil Lesh and Jack Casady.

Not incredibly exciting though the most atmospheric second half improved this albums score. 3/5

I really liked Laughing but apart from that there wasn’t anything really memorable on this one. Not a bad album by any means but there’s pretty much zero chance I’ll ever revisit it.

Top Track - Laughing