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'''''If I Could Only Remember My Name''''' is the debut solo [[LP album|album]] by [[David Crosby]], released in February of 1971 on [[Atlantic Records]]. One of four high-profile albums released by each member of [[Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)|Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] in the wake of their chart-topping ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'' album, it peaked at #12 on the [[Billboard 200]]. It has been in print continuously since its initial release. The album gained new recognition in 2010 when it was listed second on the Vatican's "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" as published in the official newspaper of the Holy See, [[L'Osservatore Romano]].<ref name=GuardianVatican/>
'''''If I Could Only Remember My Name''''' is the debut solo [[LP album|album]] by [[David Crosby]], released in February of 1971 on [[Atlantic Records]]. One of four high-profile albums released by each member of [[Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)|Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] in the wake of their chart-topping ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'' album, it peaked at #12 on the [[Billboard 200]]. It has been in print continuously since its initial release. The album gained new recognition in 2010 when it was listed second on the Vatican's "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" as published in the official newspaper of the Holy See, [[L'Osservatore Romano]].<ref name=GuardianVatican/>


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If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by David Crosby, released in February of 1971 on Atlantic Records. One of four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album, it peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200. It has been in print continuously since its initial release. The album gained new recognition in 2010 when it was listed second on the Vatican's "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" as published in the official newspaper of the Holy See, L'Osservatore Romano.[5]

Content

A large grouping of prominent musicians from the era appear on the record, including Nash, Young, Joni Mitchell, members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana. This ad-hoc ensemble was given the moniker of "The Great Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra" by longtime Crosby associate Paul Kantner; many of the same musicians appeared on the latter's Blows Against The Empire, recorded concurrently with Crosby's album. The album also features the only recorded appearance of David Crosby's reclusive brother, Ethan Crosby.

Although the album garnered its share of detractors, including Crosby's then-manager David Geffen and influential Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau,[6] it was a modest commercial success, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. Two singles were taken from the album, "Music Is Love", which was released in April 1971 and peaked at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Orleans" which was released in July 1971.[7]

The album was released on compact disc on October 25, 1990, having been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, using the equipment and techniques of the day, by original engineer Stephen Barncard. A double-disc reissue appeared on November 6, 2006, with an audio disc remastered in HDCD, including a bonus track "Kids and Dogs," and a second DVD Audio disc of the original album remixed for 5.1 digital Surround Sound. Reviews of the most recent reissue place the album in the same influential company as the more baroque works of Nick Drake and Fairport Convention.

Track listing and credits

Side one

  1. "Music Is Love" (David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young) – 3:16
  2. "Cowboy Movie" (Crosby) – 8:02
  3. "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" (Crosby) – 3:29
    • Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Nash - vocals; Jorma Kaukonen - electric guitar; Garcia - electric guitar; Lesh - bass; Kreutzmann - drums
  4. "Laughing" (Crosby) – 5:20

Side two

  1. "What Are Their Names" (Crosby, Garcia, Lesh, Michael Shrieve, Young) – 4:09
    • Crosby - electric guitar, vocal; Young - electric guitar, vocal; Garcia - electric guitar, vocal; Lesh - bass, vocal; Shrieve - drums; Nash, Mitchell, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick - vocals
  2. "Traction in the Rain" (Crosby) – 3:40
  3. "Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)" (Crosby) – 5:53
    • Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Nash - vocals; Gregg Rolie – piano; Garcia - electric guitar; Kaukonen - electric guitar; Jack Casady – bass; Shrieve – drums
  4. "Orleans" (traditional) – 1:56
    • Crosby - guitars, vocals
  5. "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" (Crosby) – 1:19
    • Crosby - vocals

2006 reissue bonus track

  2. "Kids and Dogs" (Crosby) – 7:01

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Okayplayer review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone (not rated) http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidcrosby/albums/album/193663/review/5943043/if_i_could_only_remember_my_name link review
  5. ^ Quinlan, Carrie (February 15, 2010). "Revealed: The Vatican's Favourite Bands", The Guardian
  6. ^ If I Could Only Remember My Name at RobertChristgau.com
  7. ^ If I Could Only Remember My Name at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
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