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| Released | December 8, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 38:13 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Bill Halverson David Crosby Graham Nash Stephen Stills | |||
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Replay is a compilation album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, appearing in 1980 on the Atlantic Records label. It contains no material with Neil Young, but does include CSN solo projects. It peaked at No. 122 on the Billboard 200, their first album not to chart in the top ten.
In 1980, Stephen Stills invited Graham Nash to accompany him on a tour of Europe, both subsequently deciding to record songs together. The label, however, wanted more CSN product, and with the pair still in process, released this package for the Christmas sales season.[2] The pair continued to work in the studio together, but again Atlantic Records insisted on the inclusion of David Crosby as the CSN brand increased sales potential greatly, which would result in their next album, Daylight Again. Apparently given his minimal number of writing credits and therefore low royalties, Crosby had no hand in the selection for Replay, dismissing the album as "an obvious money trip, nothing more."[3]
The compilation contains four album cuts taken from outside the parent CSN/Y discography, and misses charting singles in "Teach Your Children," "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", and "Woodstock". This may have been deliberate, however, to avoid duplication with songs on the still available So Far. All songs were previously released, with four having appeared on non-CSN albums. "Love the One You're With" and "First Things First" include Crosby and Nash on vocals; those as well as "Change Partners" derive from solo albums by Stills, the third of which entitled Stills had been released not on Atlantic but on Columbia. "To the Last Whale...," comprising the songs "Critical Mass" by Crosby and "Wind on the Water" by Nash, comes from their duo albumonABC Records. Two other songs were altered. Stills edited "Carry On" by removing the "Questions" section, adding a new guitar solo along with overdubbed bass and drums, and ending the song with a repeat of the "Carry on, love is coming..." line instead of the guitar solo fade out. "I Give You Give Blind" was remixed to remove the strings heard on the original version. For "First Things First", the percussion intro that was taken off Stills was left on for this album.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "Carry On" | Stephen Stills | 1980 edited version with overdubs; originally from Déjà Vu, 1970 | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Marrakesh Express" | Graham Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969 | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Just a Song Before I Go" | Nash | CSN, 1977 | 2:12 |
| 4. | "First Things First" | Stills, Joe Schermie, Jon Smith | Longer Intro Stills (Stephen Stills), 1975 | 2:16 |
| 5. | "Shadow Captain" | David Crosby, Craig Doerge | CSN | 4:32 |
| 6. | "To the Last Whale..." | Crosby, Nash | Wind on the Water (Crosby & Nash), 1975 | 5:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "Love the One You're With" | Stills | Stephen Stills (Stephen Stills), 1970 | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Pre-Road Downs" | Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Change Partners" | Stills | Stephen Stills 2 (Stephen Stills), 1971 | 3:12 |
| 4. | "I Give You Give Blind" | Stills | 1980 remix, originally from CSN | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Cathedral" | Nash | CSN | 5:15 |
| Chart (1980-1981) | Peak
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| USTop LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 122 |
| USCash Box Top 100 Albums[4] | 146 |
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