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Croz is the fourth studio album by American musician David Crosby. The album was released on January 28, 2014, by Blue Castle Records.^[1][2] It is Crosby's first studio album in 20 years.^[3]

Background[edit]

In a November 2013, interview with Rolling Stone, David Crosby spoke about the album, saying: 'I wanted to challenge myself. Most guys my age would have done a covers record or duets on old material. This won't be a huge hit. It'll probably sell nineteen copies. I don't think kids are gonna dig it, but I'm not making it for them. I'm making it for me. I have this stuff that I need to get off my chest.'^[4] He also spoke about why they decided to release the album independently, saying: 'We didn't have any money. None. We could have gone and gotten a deal, but everybody in the music business is very leery about the big companies and what kind of lifespan they might have. Most people are doing it on their own, so that's what we did.'^[4]

In the same interview, he explained that 'If She Called' was inspired by a group of prostitutes that he saw near his hotel in Belgium, saying: 'It was cold out and they had these skinny legs. They were trying to entice these drunk animals to fuck them. It was so gross, man. So sad. I imagined these girls had come from Kosovo or some place really hideous and they were working their way west, trying to get their way out of the horror show that happened in the middle of Europe. But that's all imaginary. Mostly, I started thinking about where they hide their heart, their soul, their spirit when they're doing it. How do they disassociate? You can be damn sure they do.'^[4]

He also spoke about what 'Set That Baggage Down' was inspired by, saying: 'That's a thing you learn in AA. I went there for about fourteen and half years. You have to look at what got you there. You have to look at the mistakes, and I made some horrific ones, and then you have to learn from them, figure out how to not wind up there again. You have to set that baggage down and walk on. If you spend all your life looking over your shoulder at the things you did wrong, you're gonna walk smack into a tree.'^[4] He also spoke about how he got Mark Knopfler to play guitar on 'What's Broken', saying: 'That was a huge piece of generosity on Mark's part. We sent him the song and he just fucking killed it. He did me a huge favor and we don't even know each other. He's just brilliant.' He went on to explain how he got Wynton Marsalis to play trumpet on 'Holding on to Nothing', saying: 'He's a consummate musician. 'I took a chance and asked him and he just said, 'Yeah, send me the tape.' What he played was just beautiful. He has tone for days.'^[4]

In a January 2014, interview with Billboard he spoke about recording the album, saying: 'We decided we were making a record, and, God, it's been the most wonderful experience. I don't know how we pulled it off, 'cause we don't have any money. Actually, I do know how we pulled it off; my son has a studio (the Bamboom Room in Altadena, Calif.) he built into his garage, and I would go down and sleep there on his fold-out couch and we would work on it. It took us about two and a half years to do it.'^[5] He also spoke about the songs on the album he wrote with his son James Raymond, saying: 'He brings chemistry. These songs, we worked a lot on them, man, on things like 'The Clearing' or 'Dangerous Night'...There's probably six different sets of words to 'Dangerous Night' and four or five sets to 'Find a Heart,' different iterations of words that we kept going back and forth, 'This isn't good enough' or 'This really, really opens up another place for us to go. Let's look there.' It's such an alive process. The communication is so good between James and I. It's...well, the evidence is there before you' on the album.'^[5]

Critical reception[edit]

Croz was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 71, which indicates 'generally favorable reviews', based on 11 reviews.^[6]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying 'That Croz prefers certainty to the untrammeled melancholy of If I Could Only Remember My Name is a reflection of where he stands in 2014: he's aware he's building upon a past he sometimes pines for, yet he's restless enough to forage ahead into new territory, but only when he's surrounded by cozy, familiar settings.'^[7] Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album four out of five stars, saying 'Recorded at his son's home studio, David Crosby's first solo studio album in two decades has a pleasingly jazzy feel, the arrangements full of blocky piano chords and big string bass which, with Crosby's much-envied harmonies, create a pleasant fug.'^[12] Andy Gill The Independent gave the album three out of five stars, saying 'It’s been 20 years since David Crosby’s last solo offering, but Croz finds his fire undimmed, and his freak flag still proudly flying, if slightly tattered.'^[9] Aaron Lavery of Drowned in Sound gave the album a six out ten, saying 'Anyone expecting a Bowie-esque return to centre stage or a fiery riposte in the style of Neil Young will be disappointed – but Crosby has never been a master of reinvention or an instinctive musical wanderer. If you’re looking for a neat musical reminder that David Crosby is one of the most influential men of his era – and can still sparkle with some of that same musical magic today, Croz is a worthy listen.'^[8]

Jerry Shriver of USA Today gave the album three out of four stars, writing that Crosby 'crafts a soul-baring, poetic and mostly engaging work that will please longtime fans.'^[13]Gary Graff of The Oakland Press gave the album three out of four stars, stating that the '11 tracks [are] laced with tasteful intricacies and nuanced sonics that sound just fine up front but reveal more layers with each successive listen.'^[11] David Welsh of musicOMH gave the album three out of five stars, saying 'Croz, like its maker, is something of a curiosity. In an aural sense, it’s perfectly proficient yet frequently bland. Thematically, there is little light and an awful lot of shade. It’ll never go down as a classic of the Crosby canon, yet it is quite unlike anything else he’s ever done. Perhaps it’s best summed up in four simple words – one for the purists.'^[10]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• David Crosby – lead vocals, electric guitar (8)
• Todd Caldwell – Hammond B-3 organ (2)
• Steve DiStanislao – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11), percussion (2, 4, 11)
• Marcus Eaton – acoustic guitar (1-7, 9, 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 4-7, 9, 11), electric guitar (4), electric sitar (4), 12-string acoustic guitar (8)
• Shane Fontayne – electric guitar (2, 4, 6, 7, 9), bass guitar (7), percussion (7) , backing vocals (7)
• Mark Knopfler – electric guitar (1), guitar solo (1)
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet (3)
• Kevin McCormick – bass guitar (2, 6), fretless bass (3)
• James Raymond – acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11), Fender Rhodes (1, 3, 11), synthesizer (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11), synth bass (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), virtual pedal steel (1), percussion programming (1), backing vocals (2, 5, 9), drum programming (4, 7, 9, 10), sampled acoustic and electric guitars (4), sampled acoustic guitar (10)
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar (11)
• Steve Tavaglione – EWI (10), soprano saxophone (11)

Production[edit]

• Producers – Daniel Garcia, David Crosby and James Raymond.
• Recorded and Mixed by Daniel Garcia
• Additional Engineers – Bil Lane, Eddy Santos, Glen Suravech and Rich Tosi.
• Additional recording (B3 organ) on Track 2 – Kevin Madigan
• Additional recording (trumpet) on Track 3 – Jeffrey Jones
• Recorded at The Bamboom Room (Altadena, CA); Radio Hill Recorders (Los Angeles, CA); Rumor Mill Recording (Santa Ynez, CA); Groove Masters (Santa Monica, CA); Jazz At Lincoln Center (New York, NY).
• Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab (Ojai, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Brian Porizek
• Photography – Daniel Garcia, Marcus Eaton and Buzz Person.

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^'iTunes - Music - Croz by David Crosby'. Itunes.apple.com. 1941-08-14. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
2. ^'Croz: Music'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
3. ^''CROZ,' David Crosby's First Solo Studio Album in 20 years, Set for Release in January'. David Crosby. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
4. ^ ^abcdeAndy Greene (2013-11-05). 'David Crosby Announces New Solo Album 'Croz' | Music News'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
5. ^ ^ab'David Crosby Amazed He Pulled Off 'Croz,' First Solo Album in 20 Years'. Billboard. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
6. ^ ^ab'Croz Reviews'. Metacritic. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
7. ^ ^abErlewine, Stephen Thomas (January 27, 2014). 'Croz - David Crosby : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
8. ^ ^abLavery, Aaron (January 21, 2014). 'Album Review: David Crosby - Croz'. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
9. ^ ^abGill, Andy (January 25, 2014). 'Album reviews: Asgeir, Sheryl Crow, Drowners, Bill Callahan, David Crosby, Snowbird - Reviews - Music'. The Independent. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
10. ^ ^abWelsh, David (2014-01-22). 'David Crosby – Croz'. musicOMH. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
11. ^ ^abGraff, Gary (January 27, 2014). 'The Listening Room: David Crosby, the Autumn Defense and more'. The Oakland Press. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
12. ^ ^abWoodcraft, Molloy (January 26, 2014). 'David Crosby: Croz – review'. The Observer. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
13. ^ ^abJerry, Shriver (January 27, 2014). 'Album of the week: David Crosby's 'Croz''. USA Today. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
14. ^'Spanishcharts.com – David Crosby – Croz'. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
15. ^'David Crosby Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

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The Hit List 2.7 for iOS Released

Today we're releasing version 2.7 of The Hit List for iOS. It brings some big changes, which we're excited to tell you about.

Free for All

Yes, that's right, our iOS app is now free! Here at Karelia, we care deeply about lists and what they can mean for personal productivity. We believe that on phones — the devices we carry and use all day — it's critical to have high quality lists and scheduling functionality available to everyone.

Of course, we wish to stay in business! We continue to offer the premium power and functionality of The Hit List for Mac for just $49, and are exploring bringing some of those premium features to iOS.

Apple Watch

As a small independent company, there is a limit to the time and resources we have available. In light of that, we have made the difficult decision to remove support for Apple Watch for now.

The App Itself

And now we come to the really interesting stuff: what improvements have been made to the app in this release? Well, almost too much to cover here! We've been hard at work on many smaller bits of polish for this release to add power and streamline your workflow. We'll be writing more in greater depth later to better demonstrate the benefits you can see, but for now, here are some highlights:

SMARTER TASK LISTS

We've made several improvements to how tasks in a list can be sorted and arranged. You can see this on the Today screen, where tasks are now automatically ordered by priority, giving you a better view of the day. On the Upcoming screen, tasks for the week are broken down by individual days. We've also introduced a new option to sort lists by the date that each task was created.

“PUSH' SYNC

If you work with multiple devices, you'll really appreciate this. Whenever you make a change on one device, it is immediately 'pushed' to all your other iOS devices. Your lists will never be out-of-date on your phone again.

AND MORE!

Plenty more polish has gone into this release, and we can't wait for you to get your hands on it. Grab it from the App Store today, and don't forget that The Hit List on iOS is now free, so tell your friends and family!

Karelia’s Mac Apps Ready for High Sierra

It's here, and we're ready too! Sandvox, The Hit List, and Stars — our Mac apps are all good to go with High Sierra.

On Monday Apple released the latest version of macOS: High Sierra, and we've worked to ensure our apps are ready for it:

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• The Hit List has been updated to version 1.1.30 to resolve compatiblity issues and fix a couple of bugs which had crept in.
• Sandvox version 2.10.10 was already High Sierra compatible.
• Stars has also been updated to version 5.1 for improved compatibility with High Sierra, iTunes 12.7, and Apple Music. Get it from the Mac App Store.

Your apps can be updated with the built-in “Sparkle” mechanism if you got them directly from us, or through the Mac App Store.

That’s it for now. Happy upgrading!

The Hit List 2.6 for iOS Released

Now that iOS 11 is released, we’re happy to announce that The Hit List is ready for it. Yesterday we've released version 2.6, with the following changes:

• Tweaked home screen layout for easier access to creating lists and searching
• Spotlight search for tasks
• iOS 11 compatibility improvements
• Folders can be deleted without having to first delete all their contents
• Fixed issue where trying to create a new tag on iPad would create a list instead

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The main thing you'll notice is search is now a little more prominently featured. There are buttons conveniently in reach at the bottom of the screen for starting a search, and for creating new lists/folders/tags.

But most importantly, The Hit List is now integrated with Spotlight. What does this mean? On any home screen of your phone, you can swipe downwards to bring up a search field. Type in there and iOS searches the web, your contacts etc., and now your tasks!

Say you remember making a note of something related to your electricity bill, but not sure which app that was in? Spotlight will search them all and ta-da, yep it was The Hit List you used for that. Tap it and the app will launch so you can see/edit the full details and check it off.

And of course, as hinted at the top, this version of The Hit List is ready to go for iOS 11. We've squashed some compatibility bugs and now it's in tip-top shape. iOS 11 also introduces some exciting features to the platform and we look forward to being able to adopt some of them soon and bring you even greater power to your workflow.

So if you haven't already, head over to the App Store and grab yourself the latest update. As always, we appreciate any reviews you post there.

Karelia’s Mac Apps Ready for Sierra

Sandvox. The Hit List. Tangerine!. Stars. If you are ready for Sierra, these apps are ready for you!

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If you are using Sierra, you should have no problem using the latest version of our Mac apps:

• Sandvox has just been updated to version 2.10.8. This solves some Sierra-specific issues related to publishing and document language choice, along with some other issues. If you got Sandvox from the Mac App Store, be sure to use the store’s update mechanism to install this new version.
• The Hit List is at version 1.1.26 and works just great.
• Tangerine! is still helping you build custom playlists at version 1.4.3a.
• Stars continues to help you rate your iTunes songs at version 5.0.2. Get it from the Mac App Store.

Your apps can be updated with the built-in “Sparkle” mechanism if you got them directly from us, or through the Mac App Store.

Thanks for using our apps!

The Hit List, ready for iOS 10

Today Apple is releasing iOS 10. It will probably be available by the time you read this!

We’ve recently updated The Hit List for iPhone& iPad to version 2.5.6, to be ready for iOS 10. Grab it from the app store while it’s hot!

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