Tracks:
Landslide
When The Pain Dies Down
Kitty Cathy
For You
Story Of A Dying Man
Flying High
Say My Last Goodbye
Demon
Fool For Love
Golden Hour
Sweet California
Performer Notes:
- Personnel: Chris Stills (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass guitar, hi-hat, percussion, drum programming); Patrice Renson (guitars, keyboards, drums); Hod David (electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano, string synthesizer, bass guitar, drum programming); Jane Scapontoni, Joan Wasser, Julia Kent, Nina Lee (strings); Matt Rhode (synthesizer); Raphael Seguini‰r, Matt Johnson (drums, percussion).
- The belated American release of an album first released in Europe and Asia in 2005, CHRIS STILLS is the second solo album by the Paris-based singer/songwriter. The son of 1960s rock legend Stephen Stills and French pop star Veronique Sanson, Stills splits the 12 songs on this album between California-style singer-songwriter pop and the French chanson tradition. Collaborating with some very big names in French pop, including songwriters Philippe Dijan and Stephan Eicher (who contribute two songs, "Demon" and "La Fin du Monde"), CHRIS STILLS also features a collaboration with Ryan Adams on the final track, "Pour Nous," and a quirky cover of the Band's "The Weight." The American edition features new artwork.
Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Vocally, Stills rides the high notes in 'Landslide' like a brasher Jeff Buckley but shows off his genes with his darker, probing singing in 'Sweet California'..."
Uncut (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]mbitious, confessional, melancholy, and, occasionally, dazzling."
Producer: Oliver Lude, Hod David, Patrice Renson
Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Country: USA
Studio/Live: Studio
Release Date: 29 June, 2009
Label: Fanista