Manassas (album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Manassas
| Type = Studio album
| Artist = [[Manassas (band)|Manassas]]
| Cover = Manassasss.jpg
| Released = [[April 12]], [[1972]]
| Recorded = Criteria Sound Studios, [[Miami]], [[Florida]]
| Genre = [[Country rock]], [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 70:07
| Label = Atlantic Records
| Producer = [[Stephen Stills]], [[Chris Hillman]], [[Dallas Taylor]]
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nh1z84ajyv5 link]
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stephenstills/albums/album/114555/review/5941633/manassas link]
| Chronology = [[Stephen Stills]]
| Last album = ''[[Stephen Stills 2]]<br/>(1971)''
| This album = '''''Manassas<br/>(1972)'''''
| Next album = ''[[Down The Road]]<br/>(1973)''
}}
''''Manassas'''' is the 1972 debut [[double album]] from [[Stephen Stills]]' band of the same name.
The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. "It Doesn't Matter" was released as a single and peaked at #61. [[Bill Wyman]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] plays bass on and co-authored "The Love Gangster."
Stills considers the album to be among his best work. It is perhaps the most highly regarded of Stills' solo albums.
==Track listing==
<small>''All songs by Stephen Stills except as noted; the four suites of music correspond to the four sides of the album's original LP release.''</small>
===The Raven===
#"Song of Love" – 3:28
#Medley – 3:34
#:"Rock & Roll Crazies" <small>(Stephen Stills/[[Dallas Taylor]])</small>
#:"Cuban Bluegrass" <small>(Stephen Stills/[[Joe Lala]])</small>
#"Jet Set (Sigh)" – 4:25
#"Anyway" – 3:21
#"Both of Us (Bound to Lose)" <small>(Stephen Stills/[[Chris Hillman]])</small> – 3:00
===The Wilderness===
#"Fallen Eagle" – 2:03
#"Jesus Gave Love Away for Free" – 2:59
#"Colorado" – 2:50
#"So Begins the Task" – 3:57
#"Hide It So Deep" – 2:44
#"Don't Look at My Shadow" – 2:30
===Consider===
#"It Doesn't Matter" <small>(Chris Hillman/Rick Roberts/Stephen Stills)</small> – 2:30
#"Johnny's Garden" – 2:45
#"Bound to Fall" <small>([[Mike Brewer]]/Tom Mastin)</small> – 1:53
#"How Far" – 2:49
#"Move Around" – 4:15
#"The Love Gangster" <small>(Stephen Stills/[[Bill Wyman]])</small> – 2:51
===Rock & Roll is Here to Stay===
#"What to Do" – 4:44
#"Right Now" – 2:58
#"The Treasure (Take One)" – 8:03
#"Blues Man" – 4:04
* In tribute: [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Al Wilson]], [[Duane Allman]].
==Personnel==
*[[Stephen Stills]] - vocals, guitar, bottleneck guitar, piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
*[[Chris Hillman]] - vocals, guitar, mandolin
*[[Al Perkins]] - steel guitar, guitar, vocals
*Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels - bass
*Paul Harris - organ, tack piano, piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
*[[Dallas Taylor (drummer)|Dallas Taylor]] - drums
*[[Joe Lala]] - percussion, vocals
*Sydney George - harmonica
*Jerry Aiello - piano, organ, electric piano, clavinette
*[[Bill Wyman]] - bass
*Roger Bush - acoustic bass
*[[Byron Berline]] - fiddle
{{Stephen Stills}}
[[Category:Stephen Stills albums]]
[[Category:1972 albums]]
[[Category:Double albums]]