''Wild Tales'' is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...

, released on Atlantic Records in 1974. In the United States, it peaked at number 34 on '' Billboard''s albums chart. Nash blamed its failure to chart higher there on a lack of support and promotion from Atlantic Records. Following the protracted break-up of

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member ...

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 David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...

. Contrary to later reports, the darker tone of ''Wild Tales'' was not inspired by the murder of Nash's then-girlfriend, Amy Gossage, by her brother – an event that occurred in February 1975. Rather, Nash was in a sombre mood in the wake of the failures of his earlier relationships with Joni Mitchell and

Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on ''Billboard'' magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and the ...

, and the unwillingness at the time of the other members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to reunite for a new album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

. Side one # "Wild Tales" – 2:18 # "Hey You (Looking at the Moon)" – 2:14 # "Prison Song" – 3:10 # "You'll Never Be the Same" – 2:48 # "And So It Goes" – 4:48 Side two # "Grave Concern" – 2:45 # "Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)" – 2:51 # "I Miss You" – 3:04 # "On the Line" – 2:35 # "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 John Barbata (born April 1, 1945) is an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata has served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, ...

– drums *

Joel Bernstein Joel Bernstein is a photographer, guitarist, and record producer based in Oakland, California. His photographs have appeared as the album covers to, among others, '' After the Gold Rush'', '' 4 Way Street'', ''Rita Coolidge'', ''Wind on the Wa ...

– acoustic guitar (i.2, ii.5) *

– vocals (i.3, i.5, ii.4) *

Tim Drummond Timothy Lee Drummond (20 April 1940 – 10 January 2015) was an American musician from Canton, Illinois. Drummond's primary instrument was bass guitar and he toured and recorded with many notable artists, including Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, James ...

– 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 Bennett Keith Schaeufele (March 6, 1937 – July 26, 2010), better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of ...

– 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 David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. Over the course of his career, Mason has played and recorded with many notable pop and rock mu ...

– twelve-string guitar (ii.2) * Joni Mitchell – vocals (ii.5) *Joe Yankee (a pseudonym for

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...

) – acoustic piano (i.5)

Charts

References

1974 albums Albums produced by Graham Nash Atlantic Records albums Graham Nash albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub