Stephen Stills Manassas - Do You Remember The Americans - 1973

Recorded live in the early 1970s.

Manassas is the 1972 debut double album from Stephen Stills' band of the same name.

"It Doesn't Matter" was released as a single and peaked at #61.[3] Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones plays bass on and co-authored "The Love Gangster" and is reported to have said that he would have left the Stones to join Manassas.[1]

Manassas would mark somewhat of a critical comeback for Stills with Allmusic going so far as to call it a "sprawling masterpiece".[1] Even Rolling Stone in a joint review with the Graham Nash/David Crosby album, said "[i]t's reassuring to know that Stills has some good music still inside him".[4]
Contents
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1 Chart Performance
2 Track listing
2.1 The Raven
2.2 The Wilderness
2.3 Consider
2.4 Rock & Roll is Here to Stay
3 Personnel
3.1 Additional personnel
4 References

[edit] Chart Performance

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LP's chart for the week ending April 29, 1972 and eventually peaked at #4[5] in June. Interestingly, Stills' album shared the Top 10 with an album by David Crosby and Graham Nash (Graham Nash/David Crosby) and an album by Neil Young (Harvest), all collectively members of the quartet Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
[edit] Track listing

All songs by Stephen Stills except as noted; the four suites of music correspond to the four sides of the album's original LP release.
[edit] The Raven

"Song of Love" -- 3:28
Medley -- 3:34

"Rock & Roll Crazies" (Stephen Stills, Dallas Taylor)
"Cuban Bluegrass" (Stephen Stills, Joe Lala)

"Jet Set (Sigh)" -- 4:25
"Anyway" -- 3:21
"Both of Us (Bound to Lose)" (Stephen Stills, Chris Hillman) -- 3:00

[edit] The Wilderness

"Fallen Eagle" -- 2:03
"Jesus Gave Love Away for Free" -- 2:59
"Colorado" -- 2:50
"So Begins the Task" -- 3:57
"Hide It So Deep" -- 2:44
"Don't Look at My Shadow" -- 2:30

[edit] Consider

"It Doesn't Matter" (Chris Hillman, Rick Roberts, Stephen Stills) -- 2:30
Note: Original releases of Manassas do not credit Roberts as a co-author.
"Johnny's Garden" -- 2:45
"Bound to Fall" (Mike Brewer, Tom Mastin) -- 1:53
Note: Original releases of Manassas do not credit Mastin as a co-author.
"How Far" -- 2:49
"Move Around" -- 4:15
"The Love Gangster" (Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman) -- 2:51

[edit] Rock & Roll is Here to Stay

"What to Do" -- 4:44
"Right Now" -- 2:58
"The Treasure (Take One)" -- 8:03
"Blues Man" -- 4:04
In tribute: Jimi Hendrix, Al Wilson, Duane Allman.