Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills

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Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills
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Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 2, 1976
Genre Rock
Length35:50
Label Atlantic
Producer Stephen Stills, Bill Halverson, Chris Hillman, Dallas Taylor
Stephen Stills chronology
Long May You Run
(1976)
Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills
(1976)
Thoroughfare Gap
(1978)

Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills is a compilation album of Stephen Stills, released on December 2, 1976 on Atlantic Records. Made up of songs from his first four Atlantic albums, including the two Manassas albums, [1] it peaked at number 127 on the US charts, and increased Stills critical standing slightly. [2] It was assembled without input from Stills himself, and is currently out of print.

Contents

Content

This best-of album was a contractual fulfilment from his old record label Atlantic Records, after signing to Columbia Records in 1975, to capitalise on the commercial success of his reunion with Neil Young and the album Long May You Run from three months before. The album contains songs only released from his first two solo records, Stephen Stills and Stephen Stills 2 , and from his two albums recorded with his band Manassas, Manassas and Down the Road . All songs included were released from 1970 to 1973, and this compilation has not been reissued on compact disc. [1] [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Billboard said the set didn't feature Stills' most powerful and lasting work composed during his Buffalo Springfield and CSNY days, and said many of the tunes lack the substance and force that characterised his earlier work. [5] Cash Box called the album a good reference for programmers and christmas sales, but featured a few singles that were overlooked on initial release. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen Stills except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love the One You're With [7] " 3:03
2."It Doesn't Matter [8] "Stills, Chris Hillman 2:30
3."We Are Not Helpless [7] " 4:17
4."Marianne [9] " 2:27
5."Bound to Fall [8] " Mike Brewer, Tom Mastin1:57
6."Isn't It About Time [10] " 3:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change Partners [9] " 3:13
2."Go Back Home [7] " 5:56
3."Johnny's Garden [8] " 2:46
4."Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass [8] "Stills, Dallas Taylor/Stills, Joe Lala 3:34
5."Sit Yourself Down [7] " 3:05
Total length:35:50

Personnel

See Stephen Stills 2 for personnel listing of "Marianne" and "Change Partners."

Technical Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills
Chart (1976-1977)Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs & Tape [11] 127
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [12] 145
US Record World Album Chart [13] 145

Notes

  1. 1 2 Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-04-18
  2. Browne, David (2016). Stephen Stills: Change Partners.
  3. Liner Notes of the Record
  4. Fielder, Hugh (25 December 1976). "The Best of Stephen Stills (Atlantic K 50327)" (PDF). Sounds . p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. "Billboard Magazine December 18, 1976" (PDF).
  6. "Cash Box Magazine December 18, 1976" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 3 4 Originally released on the album Stephen Stills 1970
  8. 1 2 3 4 Originally released on the album Manassas 1972
  9. 1 2 Originally released on the album Stephen Stills 2 1971
  10. Originally released on the album Down The Road 1973
  11. "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  12. "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  13. "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

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