Manassas

Brilliant album for the most part. A couple of tracks towards the end were kinda middle of the road which cost it full marks.

First song: This album is too long.
Last song: This album isn't long enough.

2nd Stills album in two weeks, but while I liked his self titled album, this one is just incredibly generic. A double album, so a lot of filler, but no standout tracks either.

Man asses!? Where!?

Some decent rock. The album drags on a bit long, but it ends with Blues Man which sounds a lot like Treetop Flier, which I love. So I'll give it a boost to 4 stars.

Side 1 ("The Raven") made me think this album was going to be a solid 4: really cool tracks, excellent playing...a little basic, but just really good. Enjoyed the way each track flows into the next. My initial impression of Side 2 ("The Wilderness") was "Yeeehaw!!". I thought it was pretty much cheesy country the whole way through, but on closer listen I noticed that the songs are engaging and the musicianship is outstanding. Side 3 ("Consider") had some good tracks, but also some weird moments (e.g., Move Around). Side 4 ("Rock & Roll is Here to Stay") was probably the weakest, with some lousy singing and somewhat lame songwriting. The only plus on Side 4 was that Blues Man was a cool acoustic blues track to end it on. Overall, this album would have been much better if it was just the first two sides. I think the bloat brings it down to a 3. What a shame, because that first side is really good. Favorite tracks: I liked everything on Side 1, but the standouts were Song of Love, Medley Rock & Roll Love / Cuban Crazies, Anyway. I'll also add It Doesn't Matter to my favorites.

I liked many of the tracks, but was far far too long!

Manassas was a pretty good album. Considering a lot of the people that Stephen Stills worked with, it came as no surprise to hear this album have a country rock sort of sound like the works of those other artists. The songs themselves were pretty all over the place when it came to how good they were seeing as the album was very long. The good songs did overpower the bad ones and the bad ones weren't really that bad, just not really up to snuff with the other songs. I don't really think i can say all too much else about this album so I'll just say it's a pretty good album that's well worth a listen.
Best Song: Right Now
Worst Song: Fallen Eagle

Too country/folky for me. It's not bad by any means, but I didn't enjoy it.

Favourite songs: Don't Look at My Shadow, Fallen Eagle, Hide It So Deep, Rock and Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass, Jesus Gave Love Away For Free, Colorado, Jet Set (Sigh), Anyway, Song of Love. Johnny's Garden, Blues Man

Least favourite songs: none.... This whole album is really solid!!

4/5

I like how each side has its own theme. Side 1 is probably my favorite just because it's so rocking. Side 2 being country is less my thing but still enjoyable. I dig how eclectic side 3 is. Side 4 is a strong return to side 1's style. The Treasure is epic.

Decent album overall. 3.5/5

Honestly, I didn’t finish. Ran out of time today. It was feeling like a 3, though.

Neil Young can get away with doing this kind of boring stuff because he's got a weird distinctive voice

Never knew Stills had a first name

Good album enjoyed this, good easy listening soft rock, it is a bit long and I’m
Not sure anything was memorable enough for me to come back to though

I never want to hear steel guitar again.

1.5/5.0: Bad

Pretty generic southern rock. I'm sure it's fine if that's your jam, but it isn't mine.

Het album begint swingend rockend en de radio gaat gelijk een tandje zachter. Ergens, het zal de volgende kant van de lp zijn, veranderd het naar soms tergende zeurende muziek. Net als ik het gillend uit wil zetten komt er weer sterke bluesy rock.

Hoe rate ik het totaal nu? Een gemiddelde van 2 topdelen en 2 verschrikkelijke delen kan een 3 opleveren. Maar ik kan er niet omheen. Het heeft allemaal veel kwaliteit en creativiteit. Dus laat ik hem wat opplussen.

About the same as the last Stills album we got. Some pretty good songs that I quite enjoyed, but also some that were extremely irritating, especially the violin heavy ones.