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Thousand Roads

Thousand Roads is the third solo studio album by the rock artist David Crosby, a founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released on May, 4 1993 on Atlantic Records. It was the last solo studio album from Crosby until Croz in 2014.

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Jul 12, 2026
Read time
≈ 3 min
Length
617 w
Citations
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Source
Thousand Roads
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 1993
RecordedJuly 1992–January 1993
Studio
GenreRock
Length47:30
LabelAtlantic
Producer
David Crosby chronology
Oh Yes I Can
(1989)
Thousand Roads
(1993)
It's All Coming Back to Me Now...
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar1
Robert ChristgauC−2

Thousand Roads is the third solo studio album by the rock artist David Crosby, a founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released on May, 4 1993 on Atlantic Records. It was the last solo studio album from Crosby until Croz in 2014.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hero" (featuring Phil Collins)Phil Collins, David Crosby4:39
2."Too Young to Die"Jimmy Webb5:45
3."Old Soldier"Marc Cohn4:58
4."Through Your Hands"John Hiatt4:33
5."Yvette in English"Joni Mitchell, David Crosby5:53
6."Thousand Roads"David Crosby4:31
7."Columbus"Noel Brazil4:26
8."Helpless Heart"Paul Brady4:18
9."Coverage"Bonnie Hayes3:22
10."Natalie"Stephen Bishop4:55

B-sides

Song Single Writer
"Fare Thee Well" "Hero" Emily Saliers

Personnel

Strings on "Helpless Heart"

  • David Campbell – arrangements
  • Suzie Katayama – contractor
  • Armen Garabedian – concertmaster
  • David Young – string bass
  • Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama and Daniel Smith – cello
  • Scott Haupert, Maria Newman and Evan Wilson – viola
  • Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Ruth Johnson and Dimitrie Levici – violin

Production

  • Jan Crosby – executive producer
  • Phil Collins – producer (1)
  • Nick Davis – co-producer (1)
  • Don Was – producer (2, 4, 8)
  • David Crosby – producer (3, 5, 9)
  • John Leventhal – producer (3)
  • Dean Parks – producer (5)
  • Glyn Johns – producer (6, 7)
  • Stephen Barncard – co-producer (9)
  • Phil Ramone – producer (10)
  • Graham Nash – art direction
  • R. Mac Holbert – cover art
  • Guido Harari – cover photography
  • Bill Siddons and Debbie Meister for Siddons & Associates – management
  • Gelfend, Rennart & Feldman – business management

Technical credits

  • Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
  • Nick Davis – engineer (1)
  • Rob Eaton – guitar overdub recording (1)
  • Rik Pekkonen – engineer (2, 4, 8)
  • Paul Dieter – engineer (3, 5, 10)
  • Glyn Johns – engineer (6, 7)
  • Stephen Barncard – engineer (9)
  • Ed Goodreau – engineer (9)
  • Simon Metcalfe – assistant engineer (1)
  • Dan Bosworth – assistant engineer (2, 4, 8)
  • Steve Onsuka – assistant engineer (5)
  • Bob Salcedo – assistant engineer (5, 10)
  • Mike Kloster – assistant engineer (9)
References

References

  1. William Ruhlmann (1993-05-04). "Thousand Roads - David Crosby | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  2. Christgau, Robert (November 23, 1993). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved July 5, 2013.