Here If You Listen
| Here If You Listen | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 26, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | March–July 2018 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Sound Studios (Brooklyn, New York) Flux Studios (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 45:08 | |||
| Label | BMG Music | |||
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| David Crosby chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| The Arts Desk | [3] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
| God Is in the TV | 8/10[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Uncut | 8/10[9] |
Here If You Listen is an album by David Crosby and his collaborators Michael League, Becca Stevens, and Michelle Willis, who performed on tour together backing Crosby as The Lighthouse Band, and was released on October 26, 2018, by BMG Music.[10]
Content
The Lighthouse Band originated on Crosby's Lighthouse album. Producer Michael League along with Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis provided backing vocals on the Crosby-Stevens song "By the Light of Common Day". On this album, the band is very different. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Chalk that up to the Lighthouse Band interacting like a band here, collaborating on the writing and trading off lead vocals as they glide into lush, shimmering harmonies." Seven of the eleven tracks were written by all four members, with another penned by the quartet plus Snarky Puppy keyboard player Bill Laurance. One tune is by Stevens and Jane Tyson Clement, and another is by Willis. Only Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" is not a Lighthouse Band composition.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Glory" | Willis, Crosby, Stevens, League | David Crosby, Michelle Willis, Becca Stevens, Michael League | |
| 2. | "Vagrants of Venice" | Stevens, Crosby, League, Willis | Stevens | |
| 3. | "1974" | Stevens, Crosby, Willis, League | Crosby, Stevens | |
| 4. | "Your Own Ride" | Crosby, League | Bill Laurance, League, Willis, Stevens | |
| 5. | "Buddha on a Hill" | League, Crosby, Stevens, Willis | Crosby, League, Stevens, Willis | |
| 6. | "I Am No Artist" | Jane Tyson Clement | Stevens | |
| 7. | "1967" | Willis, League, Stevens | Crosby, Willis, League, Stevens | |
| 8. | "Balanced on a Pin" | Crosby | Crosby, Stevens, Willis, League | |
| 9. | "Other Half Rule" | League, Stevens, Willis, Crosby | League, Stevens, Willis | |
| 10. | "Janet" | Willis | Willis | |
| 11. | "Woodstock" | Mitchell | Joni Mitchell |
Personnel
- David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
- Michael League – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3–5, 9), Minimoog bass (1, 2, 5, 9), electric bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (3, 7), ARP Omni (4, 6), electric guitar (5), fretless baritone electric guitar (5), baritone acoustic guitar (11)
- Becca Stevens – vocals, Hammertone electric guitar (1, 5, 8, 9), 7-string electric guitar (2), ukulele (4), acoustic guitar (6, 9, 11), electric guitar (6), charango (10)
- Michelle Willis – vocals, Fender Rhodes (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), ARP Omni (2, 6), pump organ (2, 4, 9), organ (5, 10), Rhodes bass (5, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (10), acoustic piano (11)
- Bill Laurance – acoustic piano (4)
Production
- Michael League – producer
- David Crosby – co-producer, liner notes
- Becca Stevens – co-producer
- Michelle Willis – co-producer
- Fab Dupont – co-producer, engineer, mixing
- Josh Welshman – additional engineer
- Tom Beuchel – assistant engineer
- John Muller – assistant engineer
- Joey Wunsch – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Emilia Canas Mendes – artwork
- Gili Dailes – photography
- Stella K. – photography
- Jeffrey Parrish – photography
- Mike Chadwick – management
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
References
- ^ "Reviews for Here If You Listen by David Crosby". Metacritic. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
- ^ a b "David Crosby Here If You Listen". AllMusic, member of the RhythmOne group. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ Thomson, Liz (October 27, 2018). "CD: David Crosby - Here If You Listen". The Arts Desk. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
- ^ All four musicians have their moment in the sun to shine, while their closing take on Joni Mitchell's Woodstock bring things circle. [Nov 2018, p.83]
- ^ Etheridge, Loz (October 23, 2018). "David Crosby – Here If You Listen (BMG)". God Is in the TV. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "David Crosby: Here If You Listen review – turbocharged Trump-whacking teamwork". The Guardian. October 26, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ Here If You Listen is never less than gorgeously meditative, and in its cloudy, impressionistic swell bobs flotsam of unusual beauty. [Dec 2018, p.88]
- ^ Here If You Listen evokes CSN&Y Deja Vu than a Croz solo LP. [Dec 2018, p.107]
- ^ A beautifully languid collaboration with three members of his Lighthouse band. [Dec 2018, p.23]
- ^ "Recording of the Month/Recording of April 2019: Here If You Listen". Stereophile AVTech Media Americas Inc. March 12, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019.