From the Hollies you've got "Carrie Anne," "King Midas in Reverse," and "On A Carousel," all appearing here in their original mono mixes for the singles. From CSN there's alternate mixes of "Teach Your Children" and "Cathedral," as well as the more familiar "Marrakesh Express," "Our House," and "Just A Song Before I Go." The Crosby/Nash collaboration is represented by songs like "Immigration Man," "Wind On The Water," and "To The Last Whale." Nash's solo work is also given ample space including both lesser known songs, as well as the hits like "Chicago (We Can Change The World)."
Rhino also gets kudos for the packaging here. Reflections comes in a box made to look like one of those dusty old hardbound books you might find gathering dust on a library shelf, which gives the package a very classy look. Inside there is a book full of great pictures, and personal annotations from Nash on each and every song here. Did you know for example that the Crosby/Nash song "Mutiny" was written after Neil Young walked out (or rather flew off) on a session for one of the many scuttled CSNY reunions over the years? Neither did I.
For all of the great stuff that is here however, an anthology this complete is not going to come without some filler. To that effect, latter-day CSNY albums like the forgettable American Dream probably occupy more space than they should.
Overall however, Reflections is both satisfying and surprising for much the same reason. There's just way more great music here than you would have ever thought possible from that guy with the highest voice on all those records by Crosby, Stills, Nash and occasionally Young. Reflections is a welcome reminder of that, and a fitting career retrospective.
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