Artist: David Crosby
Album: Croz
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-crosby-returns-from-20-year-hiatus-with-croz-album-premiere-20140121
Pre-listening Notes: David Crosby is a legend. Between his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and (somtimes) Young and then They Byrds, he's been involved in writing and/or performing on some classics that have stood the test of time. He's a classic "classic rock" songwriter, there really isn't much else to say here.
Initial Reaction: For a 72 year old man, his voice still sounds pretty great, this first song is a slower tune with what I think is piano in the background. Nice mellow beat, quality guitar work, and pretty decent vocals.
Random Thoughts: I have a feeling the vast majority of these songs are going to be pretty mellow. The highlight for these so far is how the vocals sound. When a lot of older musicians really lose that bite to their voice, it still sounds good and fits well with the sound he was going for. The Clearing finally picks up the pace a little. So far, this is the strongest song. Set That Baggage Down was a little more on the upbeat side before going real mellow again on If She Called, which is the first song that really does nothing for me. Dangerous Night is a longer song, but it seems to be another one of the stronger songs. It closes with Find a Heart which has a pretty cool sax running through it.
Final Reaction: This is a pretty okay album. I give David Crosby credit for putting out an album of all new, original songs in 2014 at the age of 72. I can get behind some of the songs, but ultimately, the album as a whole kind of sputters and doesn't really gain traction. There isn't anything to really grab at you and shake you up. It's not that there is anything wrong with any individual song, it's just listening through 11 songs, it just kind of gets stale in parts. These songs would fit very nicely in a mix or if they came up on shuffle.
Final Grade: 6.5/10
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