Déjà Vu is the first album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It was released in March of 1970 by Atlantic Records. It topped the pop album chart for one week and generated four singles: “Teach Your Children,” “Our House,” “Woodstock” and “Carry On”. Déjà Vu was greatly anticipated after the popularity of the first CSN album and the addition of Young to the group. Stills estimates that the album took around 800 hours of studio time to record; this figure may be exaggerated, even though the individual tracks display meticulous attention to detail. The songs, except for “Woodstock”, were recorded as individual sessions by each member, with each contributing whatever was needed that could be agreed upon. Young does not appear on all of the tracks, and drummer Dallas Taylor and bassist Greg Reeves are credited on the cover with their names in slightly smaller typeface. Jerry Garcia plays pedal steel on “Teach Your Children” and John Sebastian plays mouth-harp on the title track. The popularity of the album contributed to the success of the four albums released by each of the members in the wake of Déjà Vu: Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush, Stephen Stills’ self-titled solo debut, David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name, and Graham Nash’s Songs for Beginners. In 2003, the album was ranked number 148 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing
01. Carry On (Stephen Stills) - 4:26
02. Teach Your Children (Nash) - 2:53
03. Almost Cut My Hair (Crosby) - 4:31
04. Helpless (Young) - 3:33
05. Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) - 3:54
06. Déjà Vu (Crosby) - 4:12
07. Our House (Nash) - 2:59
08. 4 + 20 (Stills) - 2:04
09. Country Girl: (Young) - 5:11
(a) Whiskey Boot Hill/
(b) Down, Down, Down/
(c) Country Girl (I Think You're Pretty)
10. Everybody I Love You (Stills, Young) - 2:21
Released: March 11, 1970
Recorded at: Wally Heider's Studio C, San Francisco and Wally Heider's Studio III, Los Angeles
Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Length: 36:24
Label: Atlantic
Producer: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Engineer: Bill Halverson
Personnel
David Crosby - rhythm guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
Graham Nash - rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals
Neil Young - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Dallas Taylor - drums, percussion
Greg Reeves - bass
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
John Sebastian - harmonica
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