Allies (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)

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Allies
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 6, 1983
Recorded1977–1983
Venue New Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, California; The Summit, Houston; Studio tracks in Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Length42:32
Label Atlantic
Producer Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Stanley Johnston, Ron Albert, and Howard Albert
Crosby, Stills, & Nash chronology
Daylight Again
(1982)
Allies
(1983)
American Dream
(1988)
Singles from Allies
  1. "War Games/Shadow Captain"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Raise a Voice/For What It's Worth"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allies is the eighth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, their second concert document, and released on Atlantic Records in 1983. A live concert clip for "Wasted on the Way" received some rotation on MTV at the time, as did the single "War Games". It peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Content

The album starts off with two studio recordings. The lead track "War Games" was written for the 1983 film WarGames and was released as a single by the group, which peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song was used in initial early promotional theatrical trailers and in a promotional video for MTV, but their participation in the project was cancelled at the last moment. The MTV video for the song was composed solely of scenes from the movie. The second studio track, "Raise a Voice" by Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, was appended to the 2006 re-issue of Daylight Again as a bonus track.

The rest of the album consists of live recordings from two different tours. The tracks "Shadow Captain" and "He Played Real Good For Free" were recorded in Houston, Texas, on the 1977 tour for the CSN album. Presumably they were chosen as they were strong David Crosby performances, something becoming more difficult for Crosby to muster evidenced by his minimal participation on the band's previous studio album as he dealt with personal difficulties that would eventually lead to his time in prison. The rest of the album derives from a show at the new Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, on the 1982 tour to promote Daylight Again .

David Crosby would spend time in prison in Texas during 1986, putting the group on temporary hiatus. [2] As a result, there would not be another Crosby, Stills & Nash album until 1988 and their reunion with Neil Young, that five-year gap the longest between releases by the group to that point in time.

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."War Games" (studio track) Stephen Stills 2:18
2."Raise a Voice" (studio track) Graham Nash, Stills2:31
3."Turn Your Back on Love"Stills, Nash, Michael Stergis5:04
4."Barrel of Pain"Nash5:46
5."Shadow Captain" David Crosby, Craig Doerge 4:30

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dark Star"Stills4:48
2."Blackbird" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:30
3."He Played Real Good for Free" Joni Mitchell 3:48
4."Wasted on the Way"Nash3:04
5."For What It's Worth"Stills5:38

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Allies
Chart (1982)Peak

position

US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)43
Canadian RPM 100 Albums [3] 92
Dutch MegaCharts Albums [4] 39
West German Album Charts [5] 44
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [6] 59
Sales chart performance for singles from Allies
YearSingleChartPosition
1983"War Games"US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 45
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [8] 41
US Modern Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 13
US Top Singles ( Cash Box ) [6] 53

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