Songs for Beginners

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Songs for Beginners
Studio album by Graham Nash
Released	28 May 1971
Recorded	1970–1971 Wally Heiders Studio III, Los Angeles and Studio "C", San Francisco
Genre	Folk rock, country rock, rock
Length	32:13
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Graham Nash
Graham Nash chronology
Songs for Beginners (1971) Wild Tales (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
AllMusic	(CD+DVD) [2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

Songs for Beginners is the debut solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. Released in May 1971, it was one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970, along with After the Gold Rush (Neil Young, September 1970), Stephen Stills (Stephen Stills, November 1970) and If I Could Only Remember My Name (David Crosby, February 1971). Songs for Beginners peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and the single "Chicago" made it to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified a gold record by the RIAA.^[4]