Daylight Again [Expanded Edition] [Remaster] (CD - 1982)

Additional personnel: Art Garfunkel (vocals); Dean Parks, Joel Bernstein, Michael Stergis (guitar); Wayne Goodwin (fiddle); Roberleigh Barnhart, Miguel Martinez, Ernie Ehrhardt (cello); Richard T. Bear (piano, synthesizers); Michael Finnigan (organ, vocals); Joe Ferguson (organ); Craig Doerge (keyboards, synthesizer); Leland Sklar, Bob Glaub, George "Chocolate" Perry (bass); Joe Vitale, Russell Kunkel (drums); Joe Lala (percussion); Timothy B. Schmit (background vocals).

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Graham Nash (vocals, guitar, keyboards); David Crosby, Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar).

Personnel: Michael Stergis (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Crosby, David & Graham Nash, Art Garfunkel (vocals); Stephen Stills (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, Fender Rhodes piano, percussion); Joel Bernstein (acoustic guitar); Graham Nash (electric guitar, piano, organ, percussion); Danny Kortchmar, Dean Parks (electric guitar); Wayne Goodwin (fiddle); Craig Doerge (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, string synthesizer); Richard T. Bear (piano, synthesizer); James Newton Howard (keyboards); Jeff Porcaro, Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel (drums); Joe Lala (percussion).

Additional personnel: Art Garfunkel (background vocals); Jeff Porcaro.

Audio Mixers: Stanley Johnston; Stephen Barncard.

Liner Note Author: David Fricke.

Recording information: Devonshire Sound; Rudy Records; Sea West.

Photographer: Henry Diltz.

Arranger: Wayne Goodwin.

Although Crosby, Stills & Nash had, in effect, been together for well over a decade when Daylight Again (1982) was issued, it was only their third studio long-player of concurrently new material. Initially, the project began as a collaborative effort between Stephen Stills (guitar/banjo/keyboards/percussion/vocals) and Graham Nash (guitar/keyboards/percussion/vocals), as David Crosby was descending into a self-induced state of perpetual drug dependency. However, Crosby was included, although arguably in name alone, and his hauntingly lyrical "Delta" stands as one of his finest contributions. Perhaps the most telling element in the trio's state of affairs was the addition of the Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit and CSN bandmember Mike Finnigan (keyboards/vocals) on vocals throughout. Despite that obvious setback, the other two primary namesakes supply some genuine and uniformly excellent material to the proceedings. Among the most notable are Nash's "Wasted on the Way" -- which was lyrically an ode to the status of the group's union -- and Stills' collaboration with the Curtis Brothers on "Southern Cross." Both were extracted as singles and became among the best-known tracks not only on Daylight Again, but also in the post-'60s CSN canon. The disc also includes a few thoroughly affective ballads such as "Song for Susan" -- which Nash wrote for his spouse -- and Stills' equally emotive "You Are Alive." By contrast, the album's opener, "Turn Your Back on Love," as well as "Too Much Love to Hide" and "Since I Met You" are all up-tempo, full-throttle rockers co-composed by Stills, and include some of the guitarist's most blistering fretwork under the CSN moniker. The disc concludes with Stills' lone solo composition on the album -- a two-part track marrying the newly penned Civil War elegy to a chorus of the 1970 anthem "Find the Cost of Freedom." Again, Crosby's absence is noted with the incorporation of Art Garfunkel's vocals where Crosby's should have been. Daylight Again is by no means as insipid as their next studio effort, Live It Up (1990). In the wake of their eponymously titled debut and the CSN (1977) follow-up, there is a notable change in the direction and quality of material. ~ Lindsay Planer

Just when the world at large was ready to write off these '60s legends, they turned around and knocked an album full of engaging, even inspiring tunes that brought back fond memories of their glory days. After years of internal strife, drug problems, and other famous rock star pitfalls, the trio had decidedly seen better days, but this was the album that seemed capable of turning it all around for them. Pay particular attention to the transcendent "Wasted on the Way," an unflinching look at the trials of the past brightened by an acceptance and ability to move forward. The sunny folk-pop of this tune and Stills' "Southern Cross," a song about self-realization and renewed inspiration, are the keys to DAYLIGHT AGAIN, which finds our heroes coming up for air after too much time spent in the spiritual shadows.

Although Crosby, Stills & Nash had, in effect, been together for well over a decade when Daylight Again (1982) was issued, it was only their third studio long-player of concurrently new material. Initially, the project began as a collaborative effort between Stephen Stills (guitar/banjo/keyboards/percussion/vocals) and Graham Nash (guitar/keyboards/percussion/vocals), as David Crosby was descending into a self-induced state of perpetual drug dependency. However, Crosby was included, although arguably in name alone, and his hauntingly lyrical "Delta" stands as one of his finest contributions. Perhaps the most telling element in the trio's state of affairs was the addition of the Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit and CSN bandmember Mike Finnigan (keyboards/vocals) on vocals throughout. Despite that obvious setback, the other two primary namesakes supply some genuine and uniformly excellent material to the proceedings. Among the most notable are Nash's "Wasted on the Way" -- which was lyrically an ode to the status of the group's union -- and Stills' collaboration with the Curtis Brothers on "Southern Cross." Both were extracted as singles and became among the best-known tracks not only on Daylight Again, but also in the post-'60s CSN canon. The disc also includes a few thoroughly affective ballads such as "Song for Susan" -- which Nash wrote for his spouse -- and Stills' equally emotive "You Are Alive." By contrast, the album's opener, "Turn Your Back on Love," as well as "Too Much Love to Hide" and "Since I Met You" are all up-tempo, full-throttle rockers co-composed by Stills, and include some of the guitarist's most blistering fretwork under the CSN moniker. The disc concludes with Stills' lone solo composition on the album -- a two-part track marrying the newly penned Civil War elegy to a chorus of the 1970 anthem "Find the Cost of Freedom." Again, Crosby's absence is noted with the incorporation of Art Garfunkel's vocals where Crosby's should have been. Daylight Again is by no means as insipid as their next studio effort, Live It Up (1990). In the wake of their eponymously titled debut and the CSN (1977) follow-up, there is a notable change in the direction and quality of material. [In 2006, Atlantic/Rhino reissued Daylight Again with remastered sound, new liner notes, and four bonus tracks: "Raise a Voice," "Feel Your Love," "Tomorrow Is Another Day," and a demo of "Might as Well Have a Good Time."] ~ Lindsay Planer minimize