Lighthouse (David Crosby album)

Lighthouse
Studio album by David Crosby
Released	October 21, 2016
Recorded	February 2016 [1]
Studio	Groove Masters (Santa Monica) Harmony (Wolcatt) Flux (New York City)
Genre	Folk
Length	40:30
Label	GroundUP
Producer	Michael League Fab Dupont
David Crosby chronology
Croz (2014) Lighthouse (2016) Sky Trails (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
The Arts Desk	[5]
Financial Times	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Pitchfork	6.5/10 [8]
Q	[9]
Record Collector	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	8/10 [12]

Lighthouse is the fifth studio album by American musician David Crosby, released on October 21, 2016 by GroundUP Music. ^[1] The cover was photographed at Felgueiras Lighthouse, Oporto, Portugal. ^[13]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	34 [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Crosby, with additional contributors noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Things We Do for Love"	Michael League	4:15
2.	"The Us Below"	League, Marcus Eaton	3:41
3.	"Drive Out to the Desert"		4:13
4.	"Look in Their Eyes"	League	4:37
5.	"Somebody Other Than You"	League	4:23
6.	"The City"	League	4:45
7.	"Paint You a Picture"	Marc Cohn	4:23
8.	"What Makes It So"		4:00
9.	"By the Light of Common Day"	Becca Stevens	6:14

Personnel

• David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar (1–5, 7, 8), guitar percussion (6), 12-string electric guitar (7)
• Michael League – vocals (1–6, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (1–6, 8, 9), 12-string acoustic guitar (1, 5), electric guitar (1, 2, 4–6, 9), acoustic bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 9), hammertone guitar (2, 9), electric bass (4, 6), guitar percussion (4), baritone guitar (6, 8), 12-string electric guitar (6), double bass (8)
• Cory Henry – organ (6, 8)
• Bill Laurance – acoustic piano (7, 9)
• Becca Stevens – vocals (9)
• Michelle Willis – vocals (9)

Production

• Michael League – producer
• Fabrice Dupont – co-producer, recording, mixing
• Patrick MacDougall – vocal recording (2, 6)
• Bill Lane – assistant engineer
• Rich Tosi – assistant engineer
• Ed Wong – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• David Crosby – art direction
• Jan Dee – art direction
• Emilia Canas Mendes – artwork
• Eduardo Texeria de Souza and Bamboo Studios – photography

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15]	151
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16]	121
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17]	91
French Albums (SNEP) [18]	135
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19]	56
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20]	67
US Billboard 200 [21]	117

References

1. Ayers, Mike (July 14, 2016), David Crosby Announces New Solo Album 'Lighthouse,' Shares New Track 'Things We Do For Love' (Exclusive), The Wall Street Journal , retrieved August 29, 2016
2. "Reviews for Lighthouse by David Crosby". Metacritic . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
3. Jurek, Thom (October 21, 2016). "Lighthouse - David Crosby". AllMusic . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
4. Horowitz, Hal (October 19, 2016). "David Crosby: Lighthouse". American Songwriter . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
5. Tyler, Kieron (October 13, 2016). "CD: David Crosby - Lighthouse". The Arts Desk . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
6. Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (October 21, 2016). "David Crosby: Lighthouse — review". Financial Times . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
7. One of this unlikely old master's most hauntingly satisfying works. [Dec 2016, p.90]
8. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (October 27, 2016). "Lighthouse - David Crosby". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
9. A collection of wonderful stripped-down folk rock. [Dec 2016, p.106]
10. Atkins, Jamie (November 3, 2016). "Lighthouse - David Crosby". Record Collector . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
11. Gehr, Richard (October 26, 2016). "Review: David Crosby's 'Lighthouse' Is His Finest Since the Seventies". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 21, 2025.
12. It's a thoughtful, profound and intensely beautiful late-blossoming career highlight. [Nov 2016, p.30]
13. "Musical Maps".
14. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo . November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
15. "Ultratop.be – David Crosby – Lighthouse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
16. "Ultratop.be – David Crosby – Lighthouse" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
17. "Dutchcharts.nl – David Crosby – Lighthouse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
18. "Lescharts.com – David Crosby – Lighthouse". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
19. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 43 (dal 2016-10-21 al 2016-10-27)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved October 29, 2016.
20. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
21. "David Crosby Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2016.