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#161 Crosby, Stills & Nash, 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' (1969)

The debut album by one of music’s first supergroups, Crosby, Stills & Nash was the perfect blend of David Crosby’s social conscience, Stephen Stills’s virtuoso musicianship and Graham Nash’s ability to craft the perfect pop melody for radio. The band was brought together after Crosby was fired from The Byrds, Stills’s band, Buffalo Springfield had broken up (a band which also featured later member, Neil Young) and Nash’s departure from The Hollies. The three decided to form a band after an informal jam led them to discover how well their voices harmonized.

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