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| released  = October 30, 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=https://neilyoungarchives.com/timeline?position=13.179841432662306 |title=Neil Young Archives Timeline |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref>
| released  = October 30, 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=https://neilyoungarchives.com/timeline?position=13.179841432662306 |title=Neil Young Archives Timeline |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref>
| recorded  = January 9 – September 18, 1967<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title = Buffalo Springfield – Box Set | others= [[Buffalo Springfield]]| year = 2001|publisher=[[ATCO Records]]|type=deluxe box set booklet}}</ref>
| recorded  = January 9 – September 18, 1967<ref name="Booklet">{{cite AV media notes| title = Buffalo Springfield – Box Set | others= [[Buffalo Springfield]]| year = 2001|publisher=[[ATCO Records]]|type=deluxe box set booklet}}</ref>
| venue      =
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| studio    = *[[CBS Columbia Square|Columbia]], [[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound]] and [[Gold Star Studios|Gold{{nbsp}}Star]],{{nbsp}}Los Angeles
| studio    = *[[CBS Columbia Square|Columbia]], [[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound]] and [[Gold Star Studios|Gold{{nbsp}}Star]],{{nbsp}}Los Angeles
*[[Atlantic Studios|Atlantic]], New York City<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title = Buffalo Springfield – Box Set | others= [[Buffalo Springfield]]| year = 2001|publisher=[[ATCO Records]]|type=deluxe box set booklet}}</ref>
*[[Atlantic Studios|Atlantic]], New York City<ref name="Booklet"/>
| genre      = *[[Folk rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites|publisher=www.richieunterberger.com|url=http://www.richieunterberger.com/turnlists.html|accessdate=2011-01-26}}</ref>  
| genre      = *[[Folk rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites|website=Richieunterberger.com|url=http://www.richieunterberger.com/turnlists.html|access-date=2011-01-26}}</ref>  
*[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=The Top 100 Albums of the '60s |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/buffalo-springfield-again-album-released/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=The Top 100 Albums of the '60s |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/buffalo-springfield-again-album-released/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[country folk]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=The Top 100 Albums of the '60s |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/buffalo-springfield-again-album-released/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[country folk]]<ref name="auto"/>
*[[hard rock]]<ref>Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, (Rough Guides, 2003), {{ISBN|1843531054}}, p.147.</ref>
*[[hard rock]]<ref>Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, (Rough Guides, 2003), {{ISBN|1843531054}}, p.147.</ref>
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* [[Ahmet Ertegun]]
* [[Ahmet Ertegun]]
* Brian Stone
* Brian Stone
* Charles Greene<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title = Buffalo Springfield – Box Set | others= [[Buffalo Springfield]]| year = 2001|publisher=[[ATCO Records]]|type=deluxe box set booklet}}</ref>
* Charles Greene<ref name="Booklet"/>
| prev_title = [[Buffalo Springfield (album)|Buffalo Springfield]]
| prev_title = [[Buffalo Springfield (album)|Buffalo Springfield]]
| prev_year  = 1966
| prev_year  = 1966
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{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]  
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]  
|rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/again-mw0000198017| title =Richie Unterberger review of Buffalo Springfield Again| publisher = Allmusic}}</ref>
|rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/again-mw0000198017| title =Richie Unterberger review of Buffalo Springfield Again|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/buffalo-springfield-again-19671214 Rolling Stone: Vol 1. No. 3, December 14, 1967, p. 19]</ref>
|rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/buffalo-springfield-again-191036/|title=Buffalo Springfield Again|website=Rollingstone.com|date=Dec 14, 1967|access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev3 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=December 20, 1976|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6N9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134,4535773|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide to 1967|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|page=69|location=New York|accessdate=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
|rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=December 20, 1976|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6N9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134,4535773|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide to 1967|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|page=69|location=New York|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th|isbn=978-0857125958|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th|isbn=978-0857125958|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
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'''''Buffalo Springfield Again''''' is the second album by [[Buffalo Springfield]], released on [[Atco Records]] in October 1967. The album features some of the group's best-known songs, including "[[Mr. Soul]]", "[[Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield song)|Bluebird]]", "[[Expecting to Fly (song)|Expecting to Fly]]" and "Rock & Roll Woman", all of which were released as singles. In contrast to the band's hastily made [[Buffalo Springfield (album)|debut album]], recording for ''Again'' took place over a protracted nine-month span and was fraught with dysfunction, with each member eventually producing his own material largely independent of one another.
'''''Buffalo Springfield Again''''' is the second album by [[Buffalo Springfield]], released on [[Atco Records]] in October 1967. The album features some of the group's best-known songs, including "[[Mr. Soul]]", "[[Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield song)|Bluebird]]", "[[Expecting to Fly (song)|Expecting to Fly]]" and "Rock & Roll Woman", all of which were released as singles. In contrast to the band's hastily made [[Buffalo Springfield (album)|debut album]], recording for ''Again'' took place over a protracted nine-month span and was fraught with dysfunction, with each member eventually producing his own material largely independent of one another.


The album was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 44 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart, and came to be regarded by many rock critics as a classic of the [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelic era]]. In 2003, the album was ranked number 188 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]],<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599257/188_buffalo_springfield_again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117030744/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599257/188_buffalo_springfield_again|date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/buffalo-springfield-buffalo-springfield-again-34094/|year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date= September 18, 2019}}</ref> The album was included in [[Robert Christgau]]'s "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>—and in Robert Dimery's ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-2074-2}}.</ref>  It was voted number 165 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' in 2000.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=92}}</ref>
The album was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 44 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart, and came to be regarded by many rock critics as a classic of the [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelic era]]. In 2003, the album was ranked number 188 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117030744/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599257/188_buffalo_springfield_again|url-status=dead|title=Music News|archive-date=Jan 17, 2007|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/buffalo-springfield-buffalo-springfield-again-34094/|year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date= September 18, 2019}}</ref> The album was included in [[Robert Christgau]]'s "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>—and in Robert Dimery's ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-2074-2}}.</ref>  It was voted number 165 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' in 2000.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=92}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Several factors may have contributed to the slow pace of the recording sessions, including that bassist [[Bruce Palmer]] had been deported in January and had re-entered the [[United States]] illegally to continue working with the band, and guitarist [[Neil Young]] had quit and rejoined the group on several occasions, notably absent for the band's appearance at the famed [[Monterey Pop Festival]] where [[David Crosby]] substituted in his place at the request of guitarist [[Stephen Stills]].<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-palmer-2 Casetext website ''United States v. Palmer'' retrieved 26 March 2017]</ref><ref>[http://www.goldminemag.com/articles/buffalo-springfield-again-a-conversation-with-richie-furay "Buffalo Springfield again: A conversation with Richie Furay"], [[Goldmine Magazine]], retrieved 26 March 2017]</ref>
Several factors may have contributed to the slow pace of the recording sessions, including that bassist [[Bruce Palmer]] had been deported in January and had re-entered the [[United States]] illegally to continue working with the band, and guitarist [[Neil Young]] had quit and rejoined the group on several occasions, notably absent for the band's appearance at the famed [[Monterey Pop Festival]] where [[David Crosby]] substituted in his place at the request of guitarist [[Stephen Stills]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165741/https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-palmer-2] {{dead link|date=November 2025}}</ref><ref>[http://www.goldminemag.com/articles/buffalo-springfield-again-a-conversation-with-richie-furay "Buffalo Springfield again: A conversation with Richie Furay"], [[Goldmine Magazine]], retrieved 26 March 2017]</ref>


The album features the first recordings of songs written by guitarist [[Richie Furay]], who had not contributed any material to the band's debut album. Also unlike the previous record, which had been recorded in its entirety by the band proper, session musicians appeared on various tracks as indicated on the album's inner sleeve. Palmer's deportation problems necessitated the contributions of outside bass players. During one of the times that Young had left the band, he had booked a studio to record "[[Expecting to Fly (song)|Expecting to Fly]]," with session musicians under the impression it was for a Neil Young solo project rather than for Buffalo Springfield.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OCL_DAAAQBAJ&dq=neil+young+and+jack+nitzsche+buffalo+springfield&pg=PT32 Google Books website Kupernik, Harvey. ''Neil Young: Heart of Gold'' retrieved 26 March 2017]</ref> [[Phil Spector]] [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]] associate [[Jack Nitzsche]] provided the [[arrangement|musical arrangements]] for "Expecting to Fly"; it does not feature any members of the Springfield. Nitzsche would continue to work with Young through the early 1970s on both [[Neil Young (album)|his solo debut album]] and his best-selling ''[[Harvest (Neil Young album)|Harvest]]'', also becoming a member of Young's backing bands [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] and [[The Stray Gators]].
The album features the first recordings of songs written by guitarist [[Richie Furay]], who had not contributed any material to the band's debut album. Also unlike the previous record, which had been recorded in its entirety by the band proper, session musicians appeared on various tracks as indicated on the album's inner sleeve. Palmer's deportation problems necessitated the contributions of outside bass players. During one of the times that Young had left the band, he had booked a studio to record "[[Expecting to Fly (song)|Expecting to Fly]]," with session musicians under the impression it was for a Neil Young solo project rather than for Buffalo Springfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCL_DAAAQBAJ&dq=neil+young+and+jack+nitzsche+buffalo+springfield&pg=PT32|title=Neil Young: Heart of Gold|first=Harvey|last=Kubernik|date=November 9, 2015|publisher=Omnibus Press|access-date=November 19, 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref>


The album includes an early [[country rock]] track by Furay, "A Child's Claim to Fame." The track "Rock & Roll Woman" allegedly includes vocals by Crosby, who also allegedly had a hand in its composition; whether true or not, Stills acknowledges the genesis of the song was from jamming with Crosby.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rock-roll-woman-buffalo-springfield "Rock & Roll Woman"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine website retrieved 26 March 2017</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' said of "Rock & Roll Woman" that it's a "mid-tempo rock ballad" and that "throaty vocals with a shimmering group backing are spiced with some outstanding guitar showing."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=September 16, 1967 |page=32 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-09-16.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>  ''[[Record World]]'' called "Rock & Roll Woman" an "imaginative, different rock song."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=September 16, 1967|page=1|accessdate=2023-06-12|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-09-16.pdf}}</ref> Young's extended piece "[[Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield song)|Broken Arrow]]" begins with audience applause (taken not from a Buffalo Springfield show, but rather from a concert by the [[Beatles]]) and the opening of "[[Mr. Soul]]" (which opens the album) recorded live in the studio. The back cover of the album includes a lengthy list of people thanked as influence and inspiration, some of whom are musicians who contributed but were unaccredited. The album is dedicated to [[Frazier Mohawk|Barry Friedman]], and listed as a York/Pala production. The album was [[audio mastering|remastered]] for [[compact disc]] in [[HDCD]] and reissued on June 24, 1997.
[[Phil Spector]] [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]] associate [[Jack Nitzsche]] provided the [[arrangement|musical arrangements]] for "Expecting to Fly"; it does not feature any members of the Springfield. Nitzsche would continue to work with Young through the early 1970s on both [[Neil Young (album)|his solo debut album]] and his best-selling ''[[Harvest (Neil Young album)|Harvest]]'', also becoming a member of Young's backing bands [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] and [[The Stray Gators]].
 
The album includes an early [[country rock]] track by Furay, "A Child's Claim to Fame." The track "Rock & Roll Woman" allegedly includes vocals by Crosby, who also allegedly had a hand in its composition; whether true or not, Stills acknowledges the genesis of the song was from jamming with Crosby.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rock-roll-woman-buffalo-springfield "Rock & Roll Woman"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine website retrieved 26 March 2017</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' said of "Rock & Roll Woman" that it's a "mid-tempo rock ballad" and that "throaty vocals with a shimmering group backing are spiced with some outstanding guitar showing."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=September 16, 1967 |page=32 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-09-16.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>  ''[[Record World]]'' called "Rock & Roll Woman" an "imaginative, different rock song."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=September 16, 1967|page=1|access-date=2023-06-12|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-09-16.pdf}}</ref>
 
[[The Ambient Century|Mark Prendergast]] comments on Young's dedication: "When he began making [[sound collage]]s on ''Buffalo Springfield Again'' (1967) he showed that, for him, studio production was as important as content."<ref name="Prendergast">{{cite book|first=Mark|last=Prendergast|title=[[The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby – The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age]]|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=New York, NY|year=2003|isbn=1-58234-323-3|page=182|chapter=Ambience in the Rock Era}}</ref> Young's extended piece "[[Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield song)|Broken Arrow]]" begins with audience applause (taken not from a Buffalo Springfield show, but rather from a concert by the [[Beatles]]) and the opening of "[[Mr. Soul]]" (which opens the album) recorded live in the studio. The back cover of the album includes a lengthy list of people thanked as influence and inspiration, some of whom are musicians who contributed but were unaccredited. The album is dedicated to [[Frazier Mohawk|Barry Friedman]], and listed as a York/Pala production. The album was [[audio mastering|remastered]] for [[compact disc]] in [[HDCD]] and reissued on June 24, 1997.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
Adapted from band researcher and archivist [[Joel Bernstein]].<ref name="Booklet">{{cite AV media notes| title = Buffalo Springfield – Box Set | others= [[Buffalo Springfield]]| year = 2001|publisher=[[ATCO Records]]|type=deluxe box set booklet}}</ref>
Adapted from band researcher and archivist [[Joel Bernstein]].<ref name="Booklet"/>


'''Buffalo Springfield'''
'''Buffalo Springfield'''
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==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Album''' -<br />(United States)
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |1968
!Chart (1968)
|[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] Pop Albums
!Peak<br />position
|-
|US [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] Top LPs
|align="center"|44
|align="center"|44
|-
|-
|[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] Albums Charts<ref>{{Cite web|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|access-date=2020-10-06|website=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |access-date=2020-10-06|via=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|33
|-
|-
|[[Record World]] Album Charts<ref>{{Cite web|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_World.htm|access-date=2020-10-06|website=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|US [[Record World]] Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_World.htm|magazine=[[Record World]] |access-date=2020-10-06|via=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|36
|}
|}
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|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Singles''' - Cash Box (United States)<ref>{{Cite web|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|access-date=2021-03-07|website=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|+ '''Singles''' - Cash Box (United States)<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |access-date=2021-03-07|via=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
!Year
!Year
!Single
!Single
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|-
|-
|September 1967
|September 1967
|"Rock And Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim To Fame"
|"Rock and Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim to Fame"
|Pop Singles
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|52
|align="center"|52
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|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Singles''' - Record World (United States)<ref>{{Cite web|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record_World.htm|access-date=2021-03-07|website=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
|+ '''Singles''' - Record World (United States)<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record_World.htm|magazine=[[Record World]] |access-date=2021-03-07|via=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
!Year
!Year
!Single
!Single
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|-
|-
|September 1967
|September 1967
|"Rock And Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim To Fame"
|"Rock and Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim to Fame"
|Pop Singles
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|39
|align="center"|39
|-
|-
|December 1967
|December 1967
|"Expecting To Fly" / "Everydays"
|"Expecting to Fly" / "Everydays"
|Pop Singles
|Pop Singles
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 19 November 2025

Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Template:Album reviews Buffalo Springfield Again is the second album by Buffalo Springfield, released on Atco Records in October 1967. The album features some of the group's best-known songs, including "Mr. Soul", "Bluebird", "Expecting to Fly" and "Rock & Roll Woman", all of which were released as singles. In contrast to the band's hastily made debut album, recording for Again took place over a protracted nine-month span and was fraught with dysfunction, with each member eventually producing his own material largely independent of one another.

The album was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and came to be regarded by many rock critics as a classic of the psychedelic era. In 2003, the album was ranked number 188 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[1] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.[2] The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981)[3]—and in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[4] It was voted number 165 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums in 2000.[5]

Background

Several factors may have contributed to the slow pace of the recording sessions, including that bassist Bruce Palmer had been deported in January and had re-entered the United States illegally to continue working with the band, and guitarist Neil Young had quit and rejoined the group on several occasions, notably absent for the band's appearance at the famed Monterey Pop Festival where David Crosby substituted in his place at the request of guitarist Stephen Stills.[6][7]

The album features the first recordings of songs written by guitarist Richie Furay, who had not contributed any material to the band's debut album. Also unlike the previous record, which had been recorded in its entirety by the band proper, session musicians appeared on various tracks as indicated on the album's inner sleeve. Palmer's deportation problems necessitated the contributions of outside bass players. During one of the times that Young had left the band, he had booked a studio to record "Expecting to Fly," with session musicians under the impression it was for a Neil Young solo project rather than for Buffalo Springfield.[8]

Phil Spector Wrecking Crew associate Jack Nitzsche provided the musical arrangements for "Expecting to Fly"; it does not feature any members of the Springfield. Nitzsche would continue to work with Young through the early 1970s on both his solo debut album and his best-selling Harvest, also becoming a member of Young's backing bands Crazy Horse and The Stray Gators.

The album includes an early country rock track by Furay, "A Child's Claim to Fame." The track "Rock & Roll Woman" allegedly includes vocals by Crosby, who also allegedly had a hand in its composition; whether true or not, Stills acknowledges the genesis of the song was from jamming with Crosby.[9] Cash Box said of "Rock & Roll Woman" that it's a "mid-tempo rock ballad" and that "throaty vocals with a shimmering group backing are spiced with some outstanding guitar showing."[10] Record World called "Rock & Roll Woman" an "imaginative, different rock song."[11]

Mark Prendergast comments on Young's dedication: "When he began making sound collages on Buffalo Springfield Again (1967) he showed that, for him, studio production was as important as content."[12] Young's extended piece "Broken Arrow" begins with audience applause (taken not from a Buffalo Springfield show, but rather from a concert by the Beatles) and the opening of "Mr. Soul" (which opens the album) recorded live in the studio. The back cover of the album includes a lengthy list of people thanked as influence and inspiration, some of whom are musicians who contributed but were unaccredited. The album is dedicated to Barry Friedman, and listed as a York/Pala production. The album was remastered for compact disc in HDCD and reissued on June 24, 1997.

Track listing

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Personnel

Adapted from band researcher and archivist Joel Bernstein.[13]

Buffalo Springfield

Session musicians

Production

  • Producers – Brian Stone (Track 1), Charles Greene (Track 1), Neil Young (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 9, 10), Stephen Stills (Tracks 3, 5, 6, 9), Ahmet Ertegun (Tracks 3, 5), Jack Nitzsche (Track 4), Jim Messina (Track 6), Richie Furay (Track 7), Dewey Martin (Track 8)
  • Recording engineers – Bruce Tergesen (Track 1), Ross Myerling (Tracks 2, 6), Jim Messina (Tracks 2, 6, 8, 9, 10), James Hilton (Track 3), Bruce Botnick (Tracks 4, 5), William Brittan (Track 7), Bill Lazarus (Tracks 7, 10), Tom May (Track 10)
  • Design – Loring Eutemey
  • Cover illustration – Eve Babitz[14]
  • HDCD digital mastering – Tim Mulligan
  • Analog to digital transfers – John Nowland, Pflash Pflaumer

Charts

Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs 44
US Cash Box Albums Chart[15] 33
US Record World Albums Chart[16] 36
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year Single Chart Position
June 1967 "Bluebird" (1:59 edit) / "Mr Soul" Pop Singles 58
September 1967 "Rock And Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim To Fame" Pop Singles 44
December 1967 "Expecting To Fly" / "Everydays" Pop Singles 98
Singles - Cash Box (United States)[17]
Year Single Chart Position
June 1967 "Bluebird" (1:59 edit) / "Mr Soul" Pop Singles 68
September 1967 "Rock and Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim to Fame" Pop Singles 52
December 1967 "Expecting To Fly" / "Everydays" Pop Singles 99
Singles - Record World (United States)[18]
Year Single Chart Position
June 1967 "Bluebird" (1:59 edit) / "Mr Soul" Pop Singles 63
September 1967 "Rock and Roll Woman" / "A Child's Claim to Fame" Pop Singles 39
December 1967 "Expecting to Fly" / "Everydays" Pop Singles 92

References

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