This is Poco's BEST album, period.

Review Score: (10/10)
The 1973 classic CRAZY EYES was founding member Richie Furay's last album with Poco. But while his mood is somewhat somber on both the title song and Gram Parsons' haunting "Brass Buttons", the other four bandmembers harmonize superbly, play as well as ever (especially the amazingly versatile Rusty Young), and otherwise seem not at all bothered by the impending split. Standout tracks include "Here We Go Again", Tim Schmit's look at ill fated, symbiotic romance; Paul Cotton's environmentally cryptic "Blue Water", and Young's "Fool's Gold", which is rivaled in quality among Poco's legendary hillbilly-style thigh-slappers only by "Rocky Mountain Breakdown" off perhaps the group's most underrated effort, 1974's SEVEN. And as usual, Cotton ably carries the responsibility of showcasing some no-frills western-style rock with "A Right Along", as well as doing ballad honors on J.J.Cale's lush,languid "Magnolia". However, even as I recognize fully the talented artists who remained in the band, it must be honestly noted that Poco, even though they produced several excellent albums after CRAZY EYES, was never really the same group after Furay left. Songs like "Let's Dance Tonight" and the panoramic title tune cement Furay's irreplaceable value as the band's best "chemist" when it came to consistently pleasing the tastebuds of country-rock fans who came of age in the 1970s. All things being equal, if you've only heard OF Poco but never actually HEARD them, This is definitely the CD to start with. CRAZY EYES is Poco's very best album - straight up!

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