Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills

1970

All Music Guide review

Stephen Stills's self-titled debut started out his solo career with much promise. The opening cut, "Love the One You're With," was a huge hit. His warm, husky voice is used to great effect on most of these tracks, and the album features a cast of 1970 all-stars like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, David Crosby, Graham Nash, John Sebastian, and Rita Coolidge. Hendrix's lead contribution is occasionally buried by Stills's overbearing organ work, and Clapton's guitar tone is too thin and brittle, but the hit "Sit Yourself Down," with its powerful piano introduction, is flawless in production and performance.

Rick Clark

Billboard Review: 12/5/1970

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Stephen Stills is one of the most complex talents in rock today, bursting with soul and depth and a genius for absorbing influences and surpassing them through his own powerful creativity. A solo step away from CSN&Y, Stills draws a crowd of all-stars ( Booker T. Jones, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix), and via brilliant arrangements, takes rock to new and musical heights on "Love the One You're With," "Go Back Home" and "Cherokee."