Right
By You
Stephen Stills
Author: Colin Shearman
Source: Q Magazine Issue#91
Date: April 1994
Atlantic Records apparently had doubts about releasing
this album at all back in 1984 and it's easy to see why. Occasional
snatches of melody and enticing guitar playing force their way through but
Stills never quite gets it together. "Can't Let Go," is a bland
rock ballad presumably aimed at an MOR radio audience while the title
track only emphasises how much his songwriting abilities went into decline
during the '80s. As a result, the celebrity studio guests—Graham Nash,
Jimmy Page, Chris Hillman—do what they can but really end up making much
ado about nothing. Anyone wanting solo Stills at his best should stick to
the earlier STEPHEN STILLS and STEPHEN STILLS 2. Otherwise, he's best when
accompanied.
