Thanks largely to input from Flying Burrito Brother Chris Hillman, Stills's 1972 release is more of an ensemble work than an of his other excursions from his friends David Crosby and Graham Nash. And barring his first, it's more enjoyable.

Each side of the original double album bore a heading which (if sometimes vaguely) classified its songs.

"The Raven" (side 1) thankfully did *not* include many overt references to Rita Coolidge (cf. Stills' first solo album). Among its songs, Jet Set is notable for having the same riff and chord progression as another smash hit from 1972, Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way.

With their fiddle, pedal steel guitar, unison vocals and lyrics about the environment and Jesus, it is the songs on "The Wilderness" (side 2) that set this album apart, for they all make sense within the framework of country music.

"Consider" (side 3) features mainly acoustic numbers.

The sound of "Rock & Roll is Here to Stay" (side 4) is just what you would expect from such a title, with the addition of the odd fiddle break here and there. Its centerpiece is the 8 minute The Treasure (Take One). One wonders whether or not the vocals on Takes Two or Three were any more intellegible.

With the Manassas band, Stills also released the somewhat less good Down the Road.