The Best of Crosby & Nash is a compilation album by Crosby & Nash released in 1978. It features tracks from the artists' solo albums as well as by the duo, although does not contain their biggest hit as a pair, "Immigration Man." Their final album on ABC Records, it is out of print, superseded in 2002 by a survey of their work for ABC released on compact disc.
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Side one| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Love Work Out" | Graham Nash | 4:45 |
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| 2. | "The Wall Song" | David Crosby | 4:37 |
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| 3. | "Wild Tales[1]" | Graham Nash | 2:18 |
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| 4. | "Carry Me" | David Crosby | 3:35 |
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| 5. | "Out of the Darkness" | David Crosby, Graham Nash, Craig Doerge | 4:24 |
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Side two| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Southbound Train" | Graham Nash | 3:54 |
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| 2. | "Laughing [2]" | David Crosby | 5:20 |
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| 3. | "Chicago[3]" | Graham Nash | 2:55 |
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| 4. | "Bittersweet" | David Crosby | 2:39 |
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| 5. | "To the Last Whale... (A. Critical Mass/B. Wind on the Water)[4]" | David Crosby, Graham Nash | 5:35 |
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- David Crosby – vocals all tracks except "Wild Tales" and "Chicago"; electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," and "Carry Me"; guitars on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing" piano on "Bittersweet"
- Graham Nash – vocals; piano on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," "Chicago," and "To the Last Whale..."; guitar on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," "Laughing," and "Chicago"; Hammond organ on "The Wall Song" and "Chicago"; harmonica on "Southbound Train"; tambourine on "Chicago"
Additional personnel
- Craig Doerge — electric piano on "Bittersweet" and "To the Last Whale..."; Hammond organ on "Love Work Out"; piano on "Carry Me"; keyboards on "Out of the Darkness"
- Carole King — Hammond organ on "Bittersweet"
- Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing"; electric guitar on "The Wall Song"
- Danny Kortchmar — electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "Out of the Darkness," and "Bittersweet"
- David Lindley — slide guitar on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
- James Taylor — guitar on "Carry Me" and "To the Last Whale..."; backing vocals on "To the Last Whale..."
- Tim Drummond — bass on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
- Leland Sklar — bass on "Carry Me," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
- Chris Ethridge – bass on "Southbound Train" and "Chicago"
- Phil Lesh – bass on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
- Russ Kunkel — drums on "Love Work Out," "Carry Me," "Out of the Darkness," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
- John Barbata – drums on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," and "Chicago"; tambourine on "Chicago"
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
- Jackson Browne — backing vocals on "Love Work Out"
- Joni Mitchell — backing vocals on "Laughing"
- Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison, Rita Coolidge – backing vocals on "Chicago"
- Jimmie Haskell — string arrangements on "To the Last Whale..."
- Lee Holdridge — string arrangements on "Out of the Darkness"
- Sid Sharp — orchestra leader on "Wind on the Water" and "Out of the Darkness"
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Originally released on Graham Nash's Wild Tales, January 2, 1974.
Originally released on David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, February 22, 1971.
Originally released on Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners, May 28, 1971.
