Allies (CSN album)

Infobox Album | Name = Allies
Type = Live Album
Artist = Crosby, Stills, & Nash


Released = June 6, 1983
Recorded = 1977 - 1983
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:32
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Stanley Johnston, Ron Albert, and Howard Albert
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:yzadqj2uoj6a link]
Last album = Daylight Again
(1982)
This album ="Allies"
(1983)
Next album = American Dream
(1988)

"Allies" is a 1983 live album by Crosby, Stills & Nash which is currently out of print. The album was released on the heels of the popular Daylight Again album. It spawned one live concert clip, Wasted On The Way, which got some play on MTV and VH1 at the time.

"War Games", written by Stephen Stills, was one of two studio songs on the album. This song was used in initial early trailers for the 1983 science fiction film WarGames, and was released concurrently as a single by the group, but their participation in the project was cancelled at the last moment. The single did not feature in the film, although images from the movie were used by the band in an accompanying MTV video.

The second studio track, "Raise A Voice", by Stills and Nash, now appears on the 2005 re-issue of Daylight Again.

Track listing

#"War Games" (Stills) – 2:18 *
#"Raise A Voice" (Nash/Stills) – 2:31 *
#"Turn Your Back On Love" (Stills) – 5:04 **
#"Barrel of Pain" (Nash) – 5:46 **
#"Shadow Captain" (Crosby) – 4:30 ***
#"Dark Star" (Stills) – 4:48 **
#"Blackbird" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:30 **
#"He Played Real Good For Free" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:48 ***
#"Wasted On The Way" (Nash) – 2:37 **
#"For What It's Worth" (Stills) – 5:38 **

*(* Studio Track, Recorded in Los Angeles, California, 1983)
*(** Recorded Live at the New Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California, 1982)
*(*** Recorded Live in Houston, Texas, 1977)

Personnel

*David Crosby: vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
*Craig Doerge: keyboards, acoustic piano, synthesizer
*Michael Finnigan: vocals, keyboards
*James Newton Howard: keyboards
*Danny Kortchmar: guitar
*Joe Lala: percussion
*Graham Nash: vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic giotar
*George Perry: bass
*Jeff Porcaro: drums
*Michael Stergis: rhythm guitar
*Stephen Stills: vocals, guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
*Efrain Toro: percussion
*Joe Vitale: drums