The Best of Crosby & Nash

For the 2002 compilation, see The Best of Crosby & Nash: The ABC Years.

The Best of Crosby & Nash is a compilation album by Crosby & Nash released in 1978. It features tracks from the artists' solo albums as well as by the duo, although does not contain their biggest hit as a pair, "Immigration Man". Their final album on ABC Records, it is out of print, superseded in 2002 by a survey of their work for ABC released on compact disc.

The Best of Crosby & Nash
Compilation album by Crosby & Nash
Released	1978
Recorded	1971–76
Genre	Classic rock
Label	ABC Records Atlantic
Producer	Stephen Barncard Bill Halverson David Crosby Graham Nash
Crosby & Nash chronology
Crosby-Nash Live (1977) The Best of Crosby & Nash (1978) Another Stoney Evening (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Music Week	[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Work Out"	Graham Nash	4:45
2.	"The Wall Song"	David Crosby	4:37
3.	"Wild Tales[2]"	Graham Nash	2:18
4.	"Carry Me"	David Crosby	3:35
5.	"Out of the Darkness"	David Crosby, Graham Nash, Craig Doerge	4:24

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Southbound Train"	Graham Nash	3:54
2.	"Laughing [3]"	David Crosby	5:20
3.	"Chicago[4]"	Graham Nash	2:55
4.	"Bittersweet"	David Crosby	2:39
5.	"To the Last Whale... (A. Critical Mass/B. Wind on the Water)[5]"	David Crosby, Graham Nash	5:35

Personnel

• David Crosby – vocals all tracks except "Wild Tales" and "Chicago"; electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," and "Carry Me"; guitars on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing" piano on "Bittersweet"
• Graham Nash – vocals; piano on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," "Chicago," and "To the Last Whale..."; guitar on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," "Laughing," and "Chicago"; Hammond organ on "The Wall Song" and "Chicago"; harmonica on "Southbound Train"; tambourine on "Chicago"

Additional personnel

• Craig Doerge — electric piano on "Bittersweet" and "To the Last Whale..."; Hammond organ on "Love Work Out"; piano on "Carry Me"; keyboards on "Out of the Darkness"
• Carole King — Hammond organ on "Bittersweet"
• Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing"; electric guitar on "The Wall Song"
• Danny Kortchmar — electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "Out of the Darkness," and "Bittersweet"
• David Lindley — slide guitar on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
• James Taylor — guitar on "Carry Me" and "To the Last Whale..."; backing vocals on "To the Last Whale..."
• Tim Drummond — bass on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
• Leland Sklar — bass on "Carry Me," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
• Chris Ethridge – bass on "Southbound Train" and "Chicago"
• Phil Lesh – bass on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
• Russ Kunkel — drums on "Love Work Out," "Carry Me," "Out of the Darkness," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
• John Barbata – drums on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," and "Chicago"; tambourine on "Chicago"
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
• Jackson Browne — backing vocals on "Love Work Out"
• Joni Mitchell — backing vocals on "Laughing"
• Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison, Rita Coolidge – backing vocals on "Chicago"
• Jimmie Haskell — string arrangements on "To the Last Whale..."
• Lee Holdridge — string arrangements on "Out of the Darkness"
• Sid Sharp — orchestra leader on "Wind on the Water" and "Out of the Darkness"

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs[6]	150
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[7]	145