Stephen Stills (album)

Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills sitting outside in the snow and playing a guitar, with a toy giraffe nearby
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1970
RecordedJanuary, June–July 1970
Studio
GenreFolk rock, hard rock[1]
Length38:56
LabelAtlantic
ProducerStephen Stills, Bill Halverson
Stephen Stills chronology
Super Session
(1968)
Stephen Stills
(1970)
Stephen Stills 2
(1971)
Singles from Stephen Stills
  1. "Love the One You're With" / "To a Flame"
    Released: November 1970
  2. "Sit Yourself Down"/"We Are Not Helpless"
    Released: January 1971

Stephen Stills is the debut solo album by American musician Stephen Stills released on Atlantic Records in 1970. It is 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 1970 chart-topping album Déjà Vu, along with After the Gold Rush (Neil Young, September 1970), If I Could Only Remember My Name (David Crosby, February 1971) and Songs for Beginners (Graham Nash, May 1971). It was primarily recorded between CSNY tours in London and Los Angeles. It was released in the United States on November 16, 1970, and in the United Kingdom on November 27, 1970.

The album features many themes common to 1960s' countercultural beliefs, with many songs directly inspired by Stills' on-going and previous relationships with girlfriends and members of CSNY. The album was an immediate commercial success, in both the UK and the US, going top ten and being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

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