The Best of Crosby & Nash

The Best of Crosby & Nash
The Best of Crosby & Nash
Compilation album by Crosby & Nash
Released	1978
Recorded	1971–76
Genre	Classic rock
Label	ABC Records ; Atlantic
Producer	Stephen Barncard; Bill Halverson ; David Crosby ; Graham Nash
Crosby & Nash chronology

Last updated May 29, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Music Week	^[1]

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 Their final album on ABC Records, it is out of print, superseded in 2002 by a survey of their work for ABC released on compact disc.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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Work Out"	Graham Nash	4:45
2.	"The Wall Song"	David Crosby	4:37
3.	"Wild Tales^[2]"	Graham Nash	2:18
4.	"Carry Me"	David Crosby	3:35
5.	"Out of the Darkness"	David Crosby, Graham Nash, Craig Doerge	4:24

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Southbound Train"	Graham Nash	3:54
2.	"Laughing ^[3]"	David Crosby	5:20
3.	"Chicago^[4]"	Graham Nash	2:55
4.	"Bittersweet"	David Crosby	2:39
5.	"To the Last Whale... (A. Critical Mass/B. Wind on the Water)^[5]"	David Crosby, Graham Nash	5:35

Personnel

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

Craig Doerge — electric piano on "Bittersweet" and "To the Last Whale..."; Hammond organ on "Love Work Out"; piano on "Carry Me"; keyboards on "Out of the Darkness"
Carole King — Hammond organ on "Bittersweet"
Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing"; electric guitar on "The Wall Song"
Danny Kortchmar — electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "Out of the Darkness," and "Bittersweet"
David Lindley — slide guitar on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
James Taylor — guitar on "Carry Me" and "To the Last Whale..."; backing vocals on "To the Last Whale..."
Tim Drummond — bass on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
Leland Sklar — bass on "Carry Me," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
Chris Ethridge – bass on "Southbound Train" and "Chicago"
Phil Lesh – bass on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
Russ Kunkel — drums on "Love Work Out," "Carry Me," "Out of the Darkness," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
John Barbata – drums on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," and "Chicago"; tambourine on "Chicago"
Bill Kreutzmann – drums on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
Jackson Browne — backing vocals on "Love Work Out"
Joni Mitchell — backing vocals on "Laughing"
Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison, Rita Coolidge – backing vocals on "Chicago"
Jimmie Haskell — string arrangements on "To the Last Whale..."
Lee Holdridge — string arrangements on "Out of the Darkness"
Sid Sharp — orchestra leader on "Wind on the Water" and "Out of the Darkness"

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs ^[6]	150
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums^[7]	145

References

↑ "Album Preview: Crosby & Nash — "The Best of Crosby & Nash"" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 10 February 1979. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
↑ Originally released on Graham Nash's Wild Tales, January 2, 1974.
↑ Originally released on David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, February 22, 1971.
↑ Originally released on Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners, May 28, 1971.
↑ Planer, Lindsay. "The Best of Crosby & Nash: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
↑ "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
↑ "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

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[mw_rev-1] "Album Preview: Crosby & Nash — "The Best of Crosby & Nash"" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 10 February 1979. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.

[2] Originally released on Graham Nash's Wild Tales, January 2, 1974.

[3] Originally released on David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, February 22, 1971.

[4] Originally released on Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners, May 28, 1971.

[5] Planer, Lindsay. "The Best of Crosby & Nash: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2009.

[:1-6] "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[:4-7] "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

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v t e Crosby & Nash
David Crosby Graham Nash
Studio albums	Graham Nash David Crosby Wind on the Water Whistling Down the Wire Crosby & Nash Crosby & Nash: Highlights
Compilations	The Best of Crosby & Nash The Best of Crosby & Nash: The ABC Years
Live albums	Crosby–Nash Live Another Stoney Evening
Related articles	The Byrds The Hollies CPR Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) The Section Russ Kunkel Tim Drummond Craig Doerge Danny Kortchmar David Lindley Leland Sklar "Immigration Man"