Manassas (album)

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Manassas
Manassas cover
Studio album by Manassas
Released April 12, 1972
Recorded Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre Country Rock, Rock
Length 70:07
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Stephen Stills, Chris Hillman, Dallas Taylor
Professional reviews
Stephen Stills chronology
Stephen Stills 2
(1971)		 Manassas
(1972)		 Down The Road
(1973)

'Manassas' is the 1972 debut double album from Stephen Stills' band of the same name.

The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. "It Doesn't Matter" was released as a single and peaked at #61. Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones plays bass on and co-authored "The Love Gangster."

Stills considers the album to be among his best work. It is perhaps the most highly regarded of Stills' solo albums.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Stephen Stills except as noted; the four suites of music correspond to the four sides of the album's original LP release.

[edit] The Raven

  1. "Song of Love" – 3:28
  2. Medley – 3:34
    "Rock & Roll Crazies" (Stephen Stills/Dallas Taylor)
    "Cuban Bluegrass" (Stephen Stills/Joe Lala)
  3. "Jet Set (Sigh)" – 4:25
  4. "Anyway" – 3:21
  5. "Both of Us (Bound to Lose)" (Stephen Stills/Chris Hillman) – 3:00

[edit] The Wilderness

  1. "Fallen Eagle" – 2:03
  2. "Jesus Gave Love Away for Free" – 2:59
  3. "Colorado" – 2:50
  4. "So Begins the Task" – 3:57
  5. "Hide It So Deep" – 2:44
  6. "Don't Look at My Shadow" – 2:30

[edit] Consider

  1. "It Doesn't Matter" (Chris Hillman/Rick Roberts/Stephen Stills) – 2:30
  2. "Johnny's Garden" – 2:45
  3. "Bound to Fall" (Mike Brewer/Tom Mastin) – 1:53
  4. "How Far" – 2:49
  5. "Move Around" – 4:15
  6. "The Love Gangster" (Stephen Stills/Bill Wyman) – 2:51

[edit] Rock & Roll is Here to Stay

  1. "What to Do" – 4:44
  2. "Right Now" – 2:58
  3. "The Treasure (Take One)" – 8:03
  4. "Blues Man" – 4:04

[edit] Personnel

  • Stephen Stills - vocals, guitar, bottleneck guitar, piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
  • Chris Hillman - vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Al Perkins - steel guitar, guitar, vocals
  • Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels - bass
  • Paul Harris - organ, tack piano, piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
  • Dallas Taylor - drums
  • Joe Lala - percussion, vocals
  • Sydney George - harmonica
  • Jerry Aiello - piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
  • Bill Wyman - bass
  • Roger Bush - acoustic bass
  • Byron Berline - fiddle
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Stephen Stills
Studio albums
They Call Us Au Go Go Singers (with the Au Go Go Singers) | Super Session (with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper) | Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills 2 | Manassas (with Manassas) | Down The Road (with Manassas) | Stills | Illegal Stills | Long May You Run (with Neil Young as The Stills – Young Band) | Thoroughfare Gap | Right By You | Stills Alone | Man Alive! | Just Roll Tape
Compilations
Live albums
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