Oakland's Vinyl Vault - Last Time Around

Up this week is the final album from Buffalo Springfield. The band was breaking up, but still contractually obligated to produce a third album. Here is the aptly named, Last Time Around.



Release Date: July 30, 1968
Singles: (none)

As mentioned above, the band was breaking up as this album was recorded. No song had every member of the band playing on it. Stephen Stills did most of the album, appearing in 9 of the 12 songs. Neil Young appeared in only 4 songs, and wasn't even there to take the photo for the albums cover (they added his photo later, and apparently couldn't find one of him looking to his right).

Considering the circumstances, I think this album is pretty good. Some of the songs understandably lack polish, but they aren't terrible.

Rating: 3 thumbs up - no songs really stand out, good or bad, so it makes for good background music. Probably only need to buy it if you're a Buffalo Springfield fan and want the complete trilogy.

To highlight the unfinished nature of this album, here's "Questions." If you think you sort of recognize it, that's because Stills later used it as the end to "Carry On," which opens the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young album, Déjà Vu.



Pat is crazy.