Allies (CSN album)
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Allies is a 1983 live album by Crosby, Stills & Nash which is currently out of print. The album was released on the heels of the popular Daylight Again
album. It spawned one live concert clip, "Wasted On The Way", which got some play on MTV
and VH1
at the time.
"War Games," written by Stephen Stills, was one of two studio songs on the album. This song was used in initial early trailers for the 1983 film WarGames
, and was released concurrently as a single by the group, but their participation in the project was cancelled at the last moment. The single did not feature in the film, although an accompanying MTV
video for the song was in rotation on the channel after its release and was comprised solely of scenes from the movie.
The second studio track, "Raise A Voice", by Stills and Nash, now appears on the 2006 re-issue of Daylight Again
.
Daylight Again
Daylight Again is a 1982 studio album by the band Crosby, Stills & Nash, their fourth of completely original material, and seventh in total. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, the final time the band has made the top ten to date...
album. It spawned one live concert clip, "Wasted On The Way", which got some play on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
at the time.
"War Games," written by Stephen Stills, was one of two studio songs on the album. This song was used in initial early trailers for the 1983 film WarGames
WarGames
WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War suspense/science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy....
, and was released concurrently as a single by the group, but their participation in the project was cancelled at the last moment. The single did not feature in the film, although an accompanying MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
video for the song was in rotation on the channel after its release and was comprised solely of scenes from the movie.
The second studio track, "Raise A Voice", by Stills and Nash, now appears on the 2006 re-issue of Daylight Again
Daylight Again
Daylight Again is a 1982 studio album by the band Crosby, Stills & Nash, their fourth of completely original material, and seventh in total. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, the final time the band has made the top ten to date...
.
Track listing
- "War Games" (Stills) – 2:18 *
- "Raise A Voice" (Nash/Stills) – 2:31 *
- "Turn Your Back On Love" (Stills) – 5:04 **
- "Barrel of Pain" (Nash) – 5:46 **
- "Shadow Captain" (Crosby) – 4:30 ***
- "Dark Star" (Stills) – 4:48 **
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" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
/Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) – 2:30 ** - "For Free" (Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
) – 3:48 *** - "Wasted On The Way" (Nash) – 2:37 **
- "For What It's WorthFor What It's Worth"For What It's Worth" is a song written by Stephen Stills. It was performed by Buffalo Springfield, recorded on December 5, 1966, and released as a single in January 1967; it was later added to the re-release of their first album, Buffalo Springfield. The single peaked at number seven on the...
" (Stills) – 5:38 **
- (* Studio Track, Recorded in Los Angeles, California, 1983)
- (** Recorded Live at the New Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California, 1982)
- (*** Recorded Live in Houston, Texas, 1977)
Personnel
- David CrosbyDavid CrosbyDavid Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
: vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar - Craig DoergeCraig DoergeCraig Doerge is an American keyboard player, songwriter and session musician.He began playing in a college band at Hartford, Connecticut, and then moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s to work as a studio player and songwriter with A&M Records, and with Jim Keltner and others playing on cartoon...
: keyboards, acoustic piano, synthesizer - Michael Finnigan: vocals, keyboards
- James Newton HowardJames Newton HowardJames Newton Howard is an American composer best known for his scores to motion pictures. He is one of the most popular and respected composers for cinema, and has scored over 100 films...
: keyboards - Danny KortchmarDanny KortchmarDanny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
: guitar - Joe LalaJoe LalaJoe Lala is an actor and voice actor, notable for his dubbing of Kun Lan of the video-game Killer7.He also played drums and percussion on 32 gold and 28 platinum albums. His credits include Blues Image, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Manassas, The Bee Gees, Whitney Houston, and many...
: percussion - Graham NashGraham NashGraham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
: vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar - George Perry: bass
- Jeff PorcaroJeff PorcaroJeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions...
: drums - Michael Stergis: rhythm guitar
- Stephen StillsStephen StillsStephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
: vocals, guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards - Efrain ToroEfrain ToroEfrain Toro is a Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator. He has written numerous books on rhythm.His main argument is that the Western form of musical notation of rhythm is a misunderstanding of the nature of music; he believes that western music's use of fixed spaces between notes does not...
: percussion - Joe VitaleJoe Vitale (musician)Joe Vitale is an American musician primarily known as a drummer but also a flautist, keyboardist and singer. He has played with many of the top names in music during a career dating back to the 1970s.-Biography:...
: drums