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David Crosby

Titel

If I Could Only Remember My Name

Veröffentlichung

März 1971

Aufnahme

1971

Label

Atlantic

Tonträgertyp

Album (LP)

Instrumentalstil

Musikstil

Singer/Songwriter

Essembleart

Bewertungen

#637 RateYourMusic.com (Mrz 2006)

#156 Virgin/Colin Larkin(2000)

#17 uncut.co.uk (Mrz 2006)

eins von 1001 Alben, die Ihr hören solltet, bevor das Leben vorbei ist! (2008)

(2.7% bis Platz 25)

(2.6% bis Platz 100)

(4.3% bis Platz 500)

Bandkontext

Grateful Dead-orientiert

Besetzung

David Crosby (v,g)

zusätzliche Musiker

Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Michael Shrieve, Greg Rolie, Graham nash, Neil Young, Laura Allen

Produzent

David Crosby

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"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 transcendently 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 hung-over spirituality from the era." (Stanton Swihart)

Für sein bisher einziges Soloalbum bat David Crosby 1971 nicht nur seine Bandkollegen Neil Young und Graham Nash ins Studio (Stephen Stills glänzte durch Abwesenheit), sondern fast alle, die damals in der kalifornischen Mu- sikerszene Rang und Name hatten. So waren beispielsweise Grateful Dead und Jefferson Airplane, aber auch die noch wenig bekannte Folksängerin Joni Mitchell mit von der Partie. Crosbys Songs zeichnen sich nicht gerade durch eingängige Melodienführung aus, faszinieren jedoch durch vertrackte Harmo- nik, dichtgewobene Instrumentierung und superbe Gesangssätze. Der rausch- arme und transparente CD-Klang verdient selbst nach heutigen Maßstäben das Prädikat "spektakulär".
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