GRAHAM NASH : OVER THE YEARS ...

 

Disc One (52:10)

  1. Marrakesh Express
  2. Military Madness
  3. Immigration Man
  4. Just A Song Before I Go
  5. I Used To Be A King
  6. Better Days
  7. Simple Man
  8. Teach Your Children
  9. Lady Of The Island
  10. Wind On The Water
  11. Our House
  12. Cathedral
  13. Wasted On The Way
  14. Chicago / We Can Change The World
  15. Myself At Last

Disc Two (41:04)

  1. Marrakesh Express
  2. Horses Through A Rainstorm
  3. Teach Your Children
  4. Pre-Road Downs
  5. Our House
  6. Right Between The Eyes
  7. Sleep Song
  8. Chicago
  9. Man In The Mirror
  10. Simple Man
  11. I Miss You
  12. You'll Never Be The Same
  13. Wind On The Water
  14. Just A Song Before I Go
  15. Wasted On The Way

Label : Rhino Records

Release Date : June 29, 2018

Review (AllMusic) : Arriving nearly a decade after the career-spanning 2009 box Reflections, Over the Years... isn't nearly as ambitious a compilation as its predecessor. In its simplest form, it's a collection of 15 highlights from Nash's career, using the first Crosby, Stills & Nash album as its starting point and running until his 2016 album, This Path Tonight. Despite that designation, Over the Years... largely lingers on material made during the '70s and early '80s, anchored on CSN standards ("Marrakesh Express," "Just a Song Before I Go," "Teach Your Children," "Our House," "Wasted on the Way") and featuring two Crosby & Nash tracks ("Immigration Man," "Wind on the Water") in addition to five solo cuts. All of this makes for a nice capsule introduction, but for the dedicated, the selling point is the second disc on the Deluxe Edition, which collects 15 demos. The great majority of these - 12, as a matter of fact - were recorded between 1968 and 1972, with three of the previously mentioned CSN classics from the twilight of the '70s rounding out the disc. A few of these were previously released, but taken as a collective, these unadorned recordings - just a guitar and a voice, save "Wind on the Water" and "Just a Song Before I Go," where Nash plays piano, and "Wasted on the Way," which features Stephen Stills on harmony - strip away not just the studio polish but nostalgia, revealing the delicate craft that lies behind them.