• Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jul 8, 2014
Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    90
    Forty years on, these are still songs and performances few have equaled, let alone bettered. [Sep 2014, p.99]
  2. Sep 24, 2014
    70
    There's a pleasingly loose feel to the performances that serves to define those moments rather than slavishly attempting to recreate their studio recordings.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 28, 2014
    80
    When Young's in the spotlight, the set hits the heights. [Sep 2014, p.119]
  4. Aug 12, 2014
    80
    Four decades on, the enduring tales of ego clashes and drug-fuelled disarray have overshadowed the shows themselves, yet this painstakingly compiled set comes as something of a revelation.
  5. Aug 11, 2014
    100
    The word “essential” is bandied about quite a bit these days in reference to landmark recordings. Yet, here it applies in every sense. CSNY 74 is one for the ages.
  6. Aug 1, 2014
    89
    The craggy acoustic set sandwiched between electric workouts (metallic "Black Queen") counts off the hits ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart," "Guinevere," "Teach Your Children"), never better than Nash's breathtaking piano rendition of "Our House" at Wembley. Glimpse it on the rather short-shift, bootleg quality 40-minute DVD, where the foursome's harmonies cut through the cynicism of the times like a dove finally vanquishing the hawk.
  7. 80
    The determination to include generous dollops of each member’s solo output means that the acoustic set sags badly. But the obscure material is welcome.
  8. Jul 10, 2014
    85
    CSNY 1974 offers a deep and vulnerable portrait of band at the very height of its powers.
  9. Mojo
    Jul 8, 2014
    80
    Nash and long-time CSNY associate Joel Bernstein have produced the set with reportorial faithfulness, arranging the songs to mirror a typical marathon night and leaving the scars intact.... You also hear the group's genuine power and competitive fury at its height as the four rotate the spotlight through their individual songbooks. [Aug 2014, p.103]
  10. 70
    CSNY 1974 does an unerring job at capturing a must-capture moment in music history, it’s just the moment acquits itself as more a valiant effort than a resounding success.
  11. Jul 8, 2014
    80
    Tales of CSNY acrimony are legend, but this rancor rarely surfaced on record. Here, those brawling egos are pushed to the forefront, with all the pretty harmonies operating as an accent to the main event.
  12. Jul 8, 2014
    80
    The finest thing that CSNY 1974 does is serve as a clear snapshot of this band at this extraordinary moment in their lives. It captures the musical excess of the era perfectly, and showcases how the four of them had grown in different directions since they’d first come together a few years earlier.
  13. Jul 8, 2014
    90
    CSNY 1974 may be the closest we'll come to hearing a mid-Seventies reunion album from this band.

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