Nash was somewhat back on form for this album, a busted Crosby/Nash project that he salvaged. The focus is the environment and the tone is preachy in the extreme — one reason it was a major turn-off to critics in the midst of the punk boom — but some of the melodies are engaging and occasionally surprising, and the passion with which Nash approaches his material almost makes it work, though it probably would've come out better had Crosby been able to contribute to his part of the album. (Bruce Eder)

1 Earth & sky (Nash) 2 Love has come (Nash) 3 Out of the island (Nash) 4 Skychild (Nash) 5 Helicopter song (Nash) 6 Barrel of pain (Nash) 7 TV guide (Nash, Vitale) 8 It's all right (Nash) 9 Magical child (Nash) 10 In the 80's (Nash) Musicians: Jackson Browne - vocals David Lindley - guitar, violin, vocals Graham Nash - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals, producer Stephen Stills - guitar Joe Walsh - guitar Gloria Coleman - vocals Leah Kunkel - vocals Nicolette Larson - vocals Joe Vitale - flute, drums, keyboards Joel Bernstein - guitar, keyboards, vocals John Brennan - guitar Cece Bullard - vocals David Crosby - guitar Craig Doerge - keyboards, piano (electric) Tim Drummond - bass Brenda Lee Eager - vocals Armando Hurley - vocals Stanley Johnston - producer Cleo Kennedy - vocals Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar Russ Kunkel - percussion, drums Joe Lala - percussion Steve Lukather - guitar (2) George Perry - bass Joe Vital - organ

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