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Man Alive!

by: Stephen Stills

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0854750001028
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Pyramid Media
Manufacturer: Pyramid Media
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Pyramid Media
Release Date: August 09, 2005
Studio: Pyramid Media

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Editorial Review:New solo album from the guitarist and songwriter of Buffalo Springfield as well as Crosby Stills & Nash (and Young), his first in more than a decade. Among the 13 tracks is a duet with good friend Neil Young. Talking Elephant. 2005.
While Man Alive! may not be the quintessential Stephen Stills album, the venerable singer-songwriter nevertheless enters his sixth decade with passion and fire. Stills has always done his best, most convincing work on the acoustic guitar, and the wood-and-steel material here proves no exception. On "Different Man" (with Neil Young) and "Piece of Me," he draws on his southern roots and demonstrates his uncanny knack for soulful blues. That soulfulness carries over to much of the electric material, whether the danceable, B-3-driven "Around Us," the achingly good "Ole Man Trouble," or the Zydeco-inflected "Acadienne," on which Stills sounds positively loose and unusually comfortable. Some material doesn't work as well––"Drivin' Thunder" (cowritten with Young) suffers from production that's more in tune with 1985 than 2005, and neither "Round the Bend" nor "I Don't Get It" shines with the full-blown brilliance that the artist clearly remains capable of. Still, this sometimes-flawed endeavor is a more-than-welcome return from one of rock's great, underrepresented treasures. --Jedd Beaudoin

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- Stills Still Has It
Forty years of singing and performing professionally has an interesting way of effecting an artist. In his case, Stephen Stills reveals a depth of character and passion in his writing and performing on his CD "Man Alive". The quality of his voice reveals the well-worn passing of time. However, the intricate guitar work and the variety of style shows a true artist of mature creativity. "Man Alive" proves that even after all these years Stephen Stills still has it!

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- This is a great album
Didn't expect this to be so great, but what the hey, never could predict what Stills would do at any given time, so why try now? Really good music, even in B flat. Anyone who says Stills spent his songwriting skills in the late 60's and early 70's can put this on their player and get in line to kiss my lily white.

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- Among Stills' Best
Man Alive is among Stills' very best albums ever. A genuine return to form. Excellent from start to finish.

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- Crosby,Stills andNash concert

Waited backstage for the sound check of their concert in Sydney , dec 07. Had an original 1969 record, hopefully to get autographs. Well suddenly there they were, well only Graham and Stephen, David disappeared to another entrance--Without signing!!. But I was grateful to have at least 2 autographs and with a brief chat with Graham and Stephen. If I'd never seen the Beatles in 1964, then the CSN concert I saw that night would rate as the BEST- they were full of energy, engaged with the ... Read More

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- Stills' Best Solo Album Since The 70s
MAN ALIVE! is Stephen Stills' best album as a solo artist since the 70s albums he did with Manassas. Unlike his interim releases, which were fairly restrained in tone, MAN ALIVE! features a hard-rocking sound that's reminiscent of prime-period material by the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, and the Outlaws, as well as Stills' own 70s work. Stills' advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia inretaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian ... Read More

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