Wild Tales (album)

Wild Tales is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, released on Atlantic Records in 1974. It peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard 200. Nash blamed its failure to chart higher in the United States on a supposed lack of support and promotion from Atlantic Records. Following the protracted breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in late 1974 and early 1975, Nash left the label and signed a contract with ABC Records as a duo with his CSNY partner David Crosby.

Wild Tales
Studio album by
Graham Nash
Released2 January 1974
RecordedRudy Records, San Francisco, California
GenreRock
Length31:16
LabelAtlantic
ProducerGraham Nash
Graham Nash chronology
Songs for Beginners
(1971)		 Wild Tales
(1974)		 Earth & Sky
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC–[2]
Galeria Musical[3]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[4]

“The murder of my lady, Amy [Gossage] had stimulated a lot of dark feelings in me,” says Graham. “A lot of them came out in the songs that I was writing. Amy was such an incredible spirit, such an incredible flame, such an incredibly creative talent, her loss affected everything I did.”

Track listing

All tracks are written by Graham Nash.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Tales"2:18
2."Hey You (Looking at the Moon)"2:14
3."Prison Song"3:10
4."You'll Never Be the Same"2:48
5."And So It Goes"4:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Grave Concern"2:45
2."Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)"2:51
3."I Miss You"3:04
4."On the Line"2:35
5."Another Sleep Song"4:43

Personnel

Note: in the track number references, i is side one and ii is side two

  • Graham Nash - acoustic guitar (i.4, ii.2), electric rhythm guitar (i.1, i.2, ii.1), electric piano (i.3, ii.5), piano (ii.3, ii.4), harmonica (i.3, ii.2, ii.4), vocals
  • John Barbata - drums
  • Joel Bernstein - acoustic guitar (i.2, ii.5)
  • David Crosby - vocals (i.3, i.5, ii.4)
  • Tim Drummond - bass guitar
  • Harry Halex (a pseudonym for Stephen Stills) - electric piano (i.5), acoustic guitar (ii.4)
  • Stanley Johnston - voice montage (ii.1)
  • Ben Keith - pedal steel guitar (i.2, i.4, i.5, ii.4), Dobro (ii.5)
  • David Lindley - electric slide guitar (i.1, ii.1), mandolin (i.3)
  • Dave Mason - twelve-string guitar (ii.2)
  • Joni Mitchell - vocals (ii.5)
  • Joe Yankee (a pseudonym for Neil Young) - acoustic piano (i.5)

Charts
Chart (1974) Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs[5] 34
Canadian RPM 100 Albums[6] 62
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[7] 22
US Record World Album Chart[8] 24

References
  1. Planer, Lindsay. Wild Tales at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 8 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Nascimento, Anderson S. (In Portuguese)
  4. Rolling Stone review
  5. "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. Canada, Library and Archives (16 April 2013). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.



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