Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield

by Buffalo Springfield

Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 10 February 1969
  • Label: Atco
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:44

Artists on this release: Neil Young, Charles Greene, Jack Nitzsche, Stephen Stills, Jim Messina, Brian Stone, Ahmet Ertegun

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly after the volatile group's dissolution to capitalize on the rising fame of Stephen Stills and Neil Young, 'Retrospective' flawlessly distills their brief, three-album run. The compilation sequences their defining, highly influential synthesis of Byrds-esque acoustic folk-rock with blistering, psychedelic guitar interplay. Anchored by the eternal protest anthem 'For What It's Worth', it remains the definitive summary of the pioneering Los Angeles band.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. For What It's Worth (3:00)
  2. Mr. Soul (2:35)
  3. Sit Down, I Think I Love You (2:30)
  4. Kind Woman (4:10)
  5. Bluebird (4:28)
  6. On The Way Home (2:25)
  7. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (3:26)
  8. Broken Arrow (6:13)
  9. Rock And Roll Woman (2:44)
  10. I Am A Child (2:15)
  11. Go And Say Goodbye (2:19)
  12. Expecting To Fly (3:39)

Credits

  • Buffalo Springfield - primary artist
  • Eve Babitz - illustration [album illustration]
  • Richie Furay - written-by

More from Buffalo Springfield: full discography