Wild Tales (album)

Wild Tales is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, released on Atlantic Records in 1974. It peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard 200. Nash blamed its failure to chart higher in the United States on a supposed lack of support and promotion from Atlantic Records. Following the protracted breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in late 1974 and early 1975, Nash left the label and signed a four-album contract with ABC Records as a duo with his CSNY partner David Crosby.

Wild Tales
Studio album by Graham Nash
Released	2 January 1974
Recorded	Rudy Records, San Francisco, California
Genre	Rock
Length	31:16
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Graham Nash
Graham Nash chronology
Songs for Beginners (1971) Wild Tales (1974) Earth & Sky (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C–[2]
Galeria Musical	[3]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[4]

Contrary to later reports, the darker tone of this album was not inspired by the murder of Nash's then-girlfriend, Amy Gossage, by her brother - that tragedy happened more than a year after the release of this LP. Rather, Nash was in a somber mood in the wake of the failures of his relationships with Joni Mitchell and Rita Coolidge, and the unwillingness at the time of the other members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to reunite for a new album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Graham Nash.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild Tales"	2:18
2.	"Hey You (Looking at the Moon)"	2:14
3.	"Prison Song"	3:10
4.	"You'll Never Be the Same"	2:48
5.	"And So It Goes"	4:48

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grave Concern"	2:45
2.	"Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)"	2:51
3.	"I Miss You"	3:04
4.	"On the Line"	2:35
5.	"Another Sleep Song"	4:43

Personnel

• Graham Nash: acoustic guitar (4,7), electric rhythm guitar (1,2,6), electric piano (3,10), piano (8,9), harmonica (3,7,9), vocals
• John Barbata: drums
• Joel Bernstein: acoustic guitar (2,10)
• David Crosby: vocals (3,5,9)
• Tim Drummond: bass guitar
• Harry Halex: electric piano (5), acoustic guitar (9)
• Stanley Johnston: voice montage (6)
• Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar (2,4,5,9), dobro (10)
• David Lindley: electric slide guitar (1,6), mandolin (3)
• Dave Mason: twelve-string guitar (7)
• Joni Mitchell: vocal (10)
• Joe Yankee (a pseudonym for Neil Young): acoustic piano (5)

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs[5]	34
Canadian RPM 100 Albums[6]	62
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[7]	22
US Record World Album Chart[8]	24

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Wild Tales at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 8 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Nascimento, Anderson S. (In Portuguese)
4. Rolling Stone review
5. "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. Canada, Library and Archives (16 April 2013). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
7. "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
8. "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.