Live It Up is the tenth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, their fourth studio album in the trio configuration, released on Atlantic Records in 1990. It peaked at #57 on the Billboard 200 with current sales of 300,000. It is the first of their studio albums not to gain either a gold or platinum certification by the RIAA. It was issued in all formats at the time (compact disc, cassette tape, and vinyl record).
After David Crosby’s release from prison, he reunited with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash for CSN tours in 1987 and 1988. The recording of the second CSNY studio album with Neil Young took place over the course of those years, but the quartet opted not to tour to promote it. The album was not well received, and Stills viewed it as “contrived”. In 1989, Stills and Young commenced tours with their own bands, while Crosby and Nash began work on what was to be a new Crosby & Nash record. Crosby was also recording his second solo album Oh Yes I Can that same year. Stills regrouped with Crosby and Nash to perform at the collapse of the Berlin Wall in late 1989, and the sessions for the new Crosby & Nash album evolved into the new Crosby, Stills & Nash one instead. Atlantic had encouraged the inclusion of Crosby into the Stills–Nash project that became Daylight Again back in 1981
Tracks
1 Live It Up (Joe Vitale) 03:55
2 If Anybody Had A Heart (Danny Kortchmar; John David Souther) 04:46
3 Tomboy (Stephen Stills) 03:19
4 Haven’t We Lost Enough? (Kevin Cronin; Stephen Stills) 03:07
5 Yours And Mine (Graham Nash; Craig Doerge; David Crosby) 04:44
6 (Got To Keep) Open (Graham Nash; Stephen Stills) 04:44
7 Straight Line (Tony Beard) 03:17
8 House Of Broken Dreams (Graham Nash) 03:20
9 Arrows (Michael Hedges; David Crosby) 03:53
10 After The Dolphin (Craig Doerge; Graham Nash) 05:04
Musicians
1 Live It Up
Bass (synthesizer) | Joe Vitale |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar | Stephen Stills |
Keyboards | Joe Vitale |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Background Vocals | The Williams Family |
Vocals | Graham Nash |
2 If Anybody Had A Heart
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar (solo) | Stephen Stills |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Guitar | Roger McGuinn |
Keyboards | Craig Doerge |
Keyboards | Joe Vitale |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Background Vocals | John David Souther |
Vocals | Graham Nash |
3 Tomboy
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Bass (synthesizer) | Joe Vitale |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar | Stephen Stills |
Guitar | David Crosby |
Acoustic Guitar | Graham Nash |
Keyboards | Stephen Stills |
Percussion | Michito Sanchez |
Vocals | Stephen Stills |
4 Haven’t We Lost Enough?
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Stills |
Vocals | Stephen Stills |
5 Yours And Mine
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Keyboards | Craig Doerge |
Keyboards | Joe Vitale |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Sax | Branford Marsalis |
Percussion | Tony Beard |
Vocals | David Crosby |
6 (Got To Keep) Open
Bass | Stephen Stills |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Stills |
Piano | Bruce Hornsby |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Accordion | Bruce Hornsby |
Percussion | Michito Sanchez |
Vocals | Stephen Stills |
7 Straight Line
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar (solo) | Peter Frampton |
Guitar | Stephen Stills |
Guitar | Tony Beard |
Percussion | Joe Vitale |
Vocals | Graham Nash |
8 House Of Broken Dreams
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Acoustic Guitar | Graham Nash |
Keyboards | Craig Doerge |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Vocals | Graham Nash |
9 Arrows
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Keyboards | Craig Doerge |
Sax | Branford Marsalis |
Percussion | Vince Charles |
Vocals | David Crosby |
10 After The Dolphin
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Keyboards | Craig Doerge |
Organ | Joe Vitale |
Synthesizer | Joe Vitale |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Vocals | David Crosby |
Vocals | Stephen Stills |
Vocals | Graham Nash |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Joe Vitale, Stanley Johnston
Edited By – Bill Dooley
Engineer – Stanley Johnston
Engineer – Niko Bolas (Track 10)
Engineer (Additional) – Allen Abrahamson, Charlie Paakkari, Eric Schilling, Jim Mitchell, Ray Blair, Scott Gordon, Joe Vitale
Engineer (Assistant) – Darryl Dobson, Larry Goodwin, Mike Bosley
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Stanley Johnston
Art Direction – Jimmy Wachtel
Cover Art – David Peters
Logo – Sarajo Frieden
Mastered At Masterdisk
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic
Copyright (c) Atlantic