Wind on the Water [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

David Crosby, Graham Nash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00003XAVA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of one of the finest of the splinter albums tocome out of The CSNY camp. 11 tracks, including 'Carry Me'.2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Supernova Effort from a remarkable Friendship, March 24, 2003

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o dubhthaigh (north rustico, pei, canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wind on the Water (Audio CD)

Well, this is the gem of the entire CSNY catalogue! Crosby and Nash never sounded better, never played better, never wrote better, and their back up band was spot on from the first note to the last. I remember walking down Bloor Street when I first heard this from a record shop. I was hooked. I wore out 6 vinyl copies of this.
Crosby and Nash seemed positively liberated from the chains that went with being in the Supergroup that was more ego than substance. For all of Neil's posturings, at this point in their career, Cros and Nash were the best songwriters in rock music, touching on themes of life, death, love and environment with a poignancy any writer would sell their soul for.
"Carry Me" has come back to me as a source of comfort several times when I've lost friends to Aids/Cancer/Tragedy. "Mama Lion" is a wonderful tribute to a lover who has so affected your life that even though you are no longer with him/her, it is their positive influence, not the negative that lives with you, eh Nina? "Wind on the Water" is the quintessential environmental track, and Nash hit his zenith here as a creative writer. Sheer profundity as Cros would often comment. "Cowboy of Dreams" would reference Neil more accurately than anything I've ever heard or read. The musicianship is a wonder to behold on this: looser, now that they were both free of Stills' maniacal control issues and Neil's passive aggressive mind games, this is the essence of what David and Graham were capable of.
Live, they were tremendous during this period. That probably fed Crosby's ego enough to convince himself that he was handling his drug problems. Six to nine months after this, he was teetering on becoming useless as a creative songwriter. Well, this was still to come.
At this point, with this release, they were brilliant. It is evident in the confidence seen on their faces in the cover photo, and it carries all the way through every single track. Well done, a true diamond.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Crosby and Nash duo teams up for a second album, March 12, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wind on the Water (Audio CD)

"Wind on the Water" was the second album that David Crosby and Graham Nash recorded together, coming after the first CSN&Y reunion tour tour (how many have there been now?). This 1975 album is on a par with their self-titled first effort, but is not quite as good as the stellar solo albums each produced during that time. Crosby and Nash always had the virtue of bringing out the best in each other and that is the case here. Their two-part harmonies work, from the opening track "Carry Me" to "Homeward Through the Haze" and "Naked in the Rain." Of course, there are also background vocals from the likes of James Taylor, Carole King and Jackson Browne, which just goes to prove the more the merrier. "Wind on the Water" is nicely bookended by the two most substantive songs in terms of the lyrics, "Carry Me" and "To The Last Whale: A. Critical Mass and B. Wind on the Water." This is just a solid little album of rich melodies and solid vocal harmonies.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic songwriting from a classic duo!, January 28, 2004

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"csny225" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wind on the Water (Audio CD)

What an album! Two of the greatest harmonizers to ever live churned out a memorable and relaxed album (for the most part). Every song is above average, especially "Carry Me", "Critical Mass", and "Low Down Payment"( a real nice rockin' tune). I've already played through the album more times than I can recall, and it never gets old.