206. David Crosby | If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)

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Wikipedia Entry

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Tracks

1. Music Is Love
2. Cowboy Movie
3. Tamalpais High (At About 3)
4. Laughing
5. What Are Their Names
6. Traction in the Rain
7. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
8. Orleans
9. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here

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If I Could Only Remember My Name is a weird album. The music is psychedelic folk rock. Crosby gets assistance from Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash & Neil Young.

The music is well done as it should be with so many talented musicians. There's a unsettling tone running through the songs. Music Is Love is positive and hopeful, but Cowboy Movie is creepy and What Are Their Names is brooding.

I've often thought that David Crosby wrote strange songs when he was with The Byrds. And I think this album demonstrates that he does and that he is somewhat dour. His songs are interesting, just dark.

I like this album a lot. I think it's worth listening to, but folk rock and psychedelic rock have been done to death. This album is not a rebirth; rather, it's a last gasp. Thus, there's no need to include this on the 1001 Albums list.

All of the songs are good. The stand outs for me are: Music Is Love, Cowboy Movie, What Are Their Names and Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)

★★★★★★★★☆☆