David Crosby - It's All Coming Back to Me Now... (CD)

All Music Guide

Recorded December 7, 1993, at the ~Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood, California, this is a David Crosby live album and a good representation of his solo concert performance. In fact, it's a little better than usual, since Crosby is joined by singers Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes and his old partner Graham Nash. Crosby splits the 71-minute set just about evenly between more recent solo efforts -- including two newly written songs -- and faithful renditions of favorites from his Crosby, Stills, Nash Young days. Inadvertently, the set list serves to confirm that the latter represent his best work, while at the same time we've heard songs like "Long Time Gone" and "Wooden Ships" so often in studio and live performances that there isn't much reason to have additional recordings of them. The album's chief virtue is in the expression of Crosby's personality, but there isn't enough of that. So, while these are often spirited performances, they don't add to our understanding of the artist the ...way a live album should. - William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read more Less