Buffalo Springfield boasted three major songwriters: Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay. That's one reason they were already splitting apart when they made their second record (another was Young's distaste for "groupies, drugs, shit"). Again has masterful L.A. folk rock (Stills' "Bluebird"), pioneering country rock (Furay's "Child's Claim to Fame") and raw R&B rock (Young's "Mr. Soul"). It ends with Young's suitelike "Broken Arrow," a hint of how brilliant and odd his solo career would be. He called the song "the end of something -- and the beginning." Less than a year later, the band called it quits.

(Rolling Stone)