Buffalo Springfield Again
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| Studio album by Buffalo Springfield | ||||
| Released | November 18, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | January–September 1967, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Folk rock,psychedelic rock,hard rock | |||
| Length | 34:07 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Producer | Various as below | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| The Village Voice | A− |
Buffalo Springfield Again is the second album by Buffalo Springfield, released on Atco Records in November of 1967. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200. In 2003, the album was ranked number 188 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Unlike the band's debut album, which had been recorded fairly quickly during the summer of 1966, recording for this album took place over a protracted nine-month span during 1967. Several factors may have contributed to this, including that bassist Bruce Palmer had been deported in January and had re-entered the United States illegally to continue working with the band, and guitarist Neil Young had quit and rejoined the group on several occasions, notably absent for the band's appearance at the famed Monterey Pop Festival where David Crosby substituted in his place at the request of guitarist Stephen Stills.
The album features the first recordings of songs written by guitarist Richie Furay, who had not contributed any material to the debut. Also unlike the previous record, which had been played in its entirety by the band proper, session musicians appeared on various tracks as indicated on the album's inner sleeve. Palmer's deportation issues necessitated the contributions of outside bass players; during one of the times that Young had left the band, he had booked a studio to record "Expecting to Fly," musicians playing on the track under the impression it was for a Neil Young solo project rather than for Buffalo Springfield.Phil Spector Wrecking Crew associate Jack Nitzsche provided the musical arrangements for "Expecting to Fly"; it does not feature playing by any members of the Springfield. Nitzsche would continue to work with Young through the early 1970s on both his solo debut album and his best-selling Harvest, for a short period also becoming a member of Young's backing bands Crazy Horse and The Stray Gators.
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