If I Could Only Remember My Name

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David Crosby
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Studio album by David Crosby
Released February 22, 1971
Recorded 1970-1971
Genre Rock
Length 37:04
Label Atlantic
Producer David Crosby
Professional reviews
David Crosby chronology
If I Could Only Remember My Name
(1971)		 Oh Yes I Can
(1989)

If I Could Only Remember My Name is David Crosby's first solo album, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970. It has been in print continuously since its initial release.

A large grouping of prominent musicians from the era appear on the record, including Nash, Young, Joni Mitchell, and members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, & 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[1], If I Could Only Remember My Name 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.[2]

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, with the bonus track, remixed for 5.1 digital Surround Sound. Recently, the album has undergone a revival of interest among fans of indie rock and folk such as Devendra Banhart, the Fleet Foxes, and groups associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company[citation needed]. 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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Music Is Love" (Crosby/Nash/Young) – 3:16
  2. "Cowboy Movie" (Crosby) – 8:02
  3. "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" (Crosby) – 3:29
  4. "Laughing" (Crosby) – 5:20
  5. "What Are Their Names" (Crosby/Garcia/Lesh/Shrieve/Young) – 4:09
  6. "Traction in the Rain" (Crosby) – 3:40
  7. "Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)" (Crosby) – 5:53
  8. "Orleans" (traditional) – 1:56
  9. "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" (Crosby) – 1:19

[edit] Bonus Track 2006 Reissue

  1. "Kids and Dogs" (Crosby) – 7:01

[edit] Personnel

Music Is Love

Cowboy Movie

Tamalpais High (At About 3)

Laughing

What Are Their Names

Traction in the Rain

Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)

Orleans

I'd Swear There's Somebody Here

[edit] Production

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.robertchristgau.com [1]
  2. ^ If I Could Only Remember My Name entry at www.deaddisc.com [2]

[edit] External links

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