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1. Mr. Soul
2. A Child's Claim To Fame
3. Everydays
4. Expecting To Fly
5. Bluebird
6. Hung Upside Down
7. Sad Memory
8. Good Time Boy
9. Rock & Roll Woman
10. Broken Arrow
According to AllMusic, Buffalo Springfield’s second album was not as cohesive as their debut, partly due to personnel problems that caused Bruce Palmer and Neil Young to move in and out of the band. Nevertheless, the group made major progress in both songwriting and arranging, and this album is regarded as the band’s greatest triumph.
Stephen Stills’ “Bluebird” and “Rock & Roll Woman” were masterful folk-rock songs that should have become major hits, although they only achieved modest success. His lesser-known contributions “Hung Upside Down” and the jazzy “Everydays” were also first-rate. Young contributed the Rolling Stones-inspired “Mr. Soul,” as well as the brilliant “Expecting to Fly” and “Broken Arrow,” both of which pushed rock conventions to their limits with lush psychedelic textures and brooding, surrealistic lyrics.
Richie Furay, who had not written any of the songs on the debut album, makes tentative songwriting attempts with three compositions, although only “A Child’s Claim to Fame,” with its catchy Dobro hooks by James Burton, reaches the standards of Stills and Young. The track also foreshadows the country-rock direction of Furay’s post-Springfield band Poco.
The Analogue Productions reissue sounds absolutely killer. This is how you elevate a classic.
