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The Best of Crosby & Nash

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The Best of Crosby & Nash
Compilation album by
Released1978
Recorded1971–76
GenreClassic rock
LabelABC Records
Atlantic
ProducerStephen Barncard
Bill Halverson
David Crosby
Graham Nash
Crosby & Nash chronology
Crosby-Nash Live
(1977)
The Best of Crosby & Nash
(1978)
Another Stoney Evening
(1998)

The Best of Crosby & Nash is a compilation album by Crosby & Nash released in 1978. It features tracks from the artists' solo albums as well as by the duo, although does not contain their biggest hit as a pair, "Immigration Man." Their final album on ABC Records, it is out of print, superseded in 2002 by a survey of their work for ABC released on compact disc.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Work Out"Graham Nash4:45
2."The Wall Song"David Crosby4:37
3."Wild Tales[1]"Graham Nash2:18
4."Carry Me"David Crosby3:35
5."Out of the Darkness"David Crosby, Graham Nash, Craig Doerge4:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Southbound Train"Graham Nash3:54
2."Laughing [2]"David Crosby5:20
3."Chicago[3]"Graham Nash2:55
4."Bittersweet"David Crosby2:39
5."To the Last Whale... (A. Critical Mass/B. Wind on the Water)[4]"David Crosby, Graham Nash5:35

Personnel

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  • David Crosby – vocals all tracks except "Wild Tales" and "Chicago"; electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," and "Carry Me"; guitars on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing" piano on "Bittersweet"
  • Graham Nash – vocals; piano on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," "Chicago," and "To the Last Whale..."; guitar on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," "Laughing," and "Chicago"; Hammond organ on "The Wall Song" and "Chicago"; harmonica on "Southbound Train"; tambourine on "Chicago"

Additional personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs[5] 150
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[6] 145

References

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  1. ^ Originally released on Graham Nash's Wild Tales, January 2, 1974.
  2. ^ Originally released on David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, February 22, 1971.
  3. ^ Originally released on Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners, May 28, 1971.
  4. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "The Best of Crosby & Nash: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.