Stephen Stills 2



Stephen Stills 2 is the second solo album by Stephen Stills and was released in 1971. He had already performed "Bluebird Revisited" on tour with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young in 1969.

The album was not as well received as its predecessor peaking at #8 on the Billboard album chart and with most reviews labeling it as indulgent, or as Rolling Stone put it, "fifth-rate self-indulgence". About the only thing the reviewers complimented were the songs "Change Partners" and "Marianne", which were the album's singles but only hit #43 and #42, respectively, on the Billboard singles chart. Stills later re-recorded two songs from this collection: "Singin' Call" for his 1991 CD Stills Alone, and "Word Game" for his 2013 CD with blues supergroup The Rides.

Track listing
All songs written by Stephen Stills unless otherwise noted.

Side 1

 * 1) "Change Partners" – 3:13
 * 2) "Nothin' to Do But Today" – 2:40
 * 3) "Fishes and Scorpions" – 3:13
 * 4) "Sugar Babe" – 4:04
 * 5) "Know You Got to Run" (Stills, John Hopkins) – 3:50
 * 6) "Open Secret" – 5:00

Side 2

 * 1) "Relaxing Town" – 2:20
 * 2) "Singin' Call" – 3:01
 * 3) "Ecology Song" – 3:22
 * 4) "Word Game" – 4:13
 * 5) "Marianne" – 2:27
 * 6) "Bluebird Revisited" – 5:23

The lyrics for this album were printed on the inside of the gatefold cover in red, on a background photograph of Stephen Stills in a mountainous outdoor setting pointing into the distance. There were numerous errors in the original printing of the lyrics, which necessitated that Atlantic issue the album with a large sticker affixed to the shrink wrap of the back cover with the corrections to the lyrics. Later editions of the album had corrected lyrics inside the gatefold and thus did not include a correction sticker on the album.

Personnel

 * Bass - Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels, Stephen Stills
 * Congas - Gaspar Lawrawal, Rocky Dijon
 * Drums - Conrad Isidore, Dallas Taylor, "English Richie" (Ringo Starr)
 * Engineer - Bill Halverson
 * Guitar - Eric Clapton (on "Fishes And Scorpions"), Nils Lofgren, Stephen Stills
 * Keyboards - Billy Preston, Mac Rebennack, Nils Lofgren, Paul Harris, Stephen Stills
 * Lead vocals - Stephen Stills
 * Producer - Bill Halverson, Stephen Stills
 * Baritone saxophone - Floyd Newman, James Mitchell
 * Tenor saxophone - Andrew Love, Ed Logan, Sidney George
 * Trombone - Jack Helm
 * Trumpet - Roger Hopps, Wayne Jackson
 * Backing vocals - David Crosby, Fearless Freddy, Henry Diltz, Nils Lofgren, Stephen Stills
 * Pedal steel guitar (on "Change Partners") - Jerry Garcia