Now (Graham Nash album)

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/now/graham-nash|title=Now by Graham Nash Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=24 May 2023}}

| rev1 = American Songwriter

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| rev2 = musicOMH

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| rev3 = Uncut

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Now received a score of 75 out of 100 based on four critics' reviews on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable" reception. Michael Gallucci of Ultimate Classic Rock felt that the album is "marked by the inevitable passing of time" and Nash "finds meaning, and something to say, in even the smallest of everyday occurrences". Ultimately he felt that he as Nash is "backed often by the sparest of arrangements, however, much of it leans toward the mundane."{{cite web |last=Gallucci |first=Michael |date=19 May 2023 |title=Graham Nash, Now: Album Review |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/graham-nash-now-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519155332if_/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/graham-nash-now-album-review/ |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}} Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter found the "material is softly lit and effortlessly assured, conveying the calming and caressing sound that all so frequently added its soothing sobriety to CSN and CSNY". Zimmerman also remarked on the "rallying cries" in multiple songs ("Golden Idols", "Stars & Stripes" and "Stand Up"), with other tracks like "Buddy's Back" with his former Hollies bandmate Allan Clarke "betray[ing] more than a hint of nostalgia".

Reviewing the album for musicOMH, Steven Johnson called it "moving" as well as a "generous, warm-hearted set of 13 songs, a distillation of his current interests and musical aesthetic". Johnson wrote that Nash's "longstanding themes are pursued amid uncomplicated arrangements and clear-sighted melodies", although there is also "grit and anger among the smoothness". Erin Osmon of Uncut wrote that the "personal and political meet" on the "soul-searching" album, one that "doesn't stray too far from the magic of his wheelhouse", although commenting that Nash "does update his propensities for the modern day, singing of current political turmoil, environmental destruction and his love for wife".

On the midweek UK Albums Chart dated 22 May 2023, Now placed at number 46,{{cite web |title=Official Albums Chart Update Top 100: 22 May 2023 – 28 May 2023 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/20230521/7502U |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715195451if_/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/20230508/7502u |archive-date=15 July 2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Official Charts Company}} debuting at number 97 on the final chart.

{{Track listing

| headline = Now track listing

| title1 = Right Now

|Writers Graham Nash length1 = 3:06

| title2 = A Better Life

|Writers George Merrill/Graham Nash length2 = 3:29

| title3 = Golden Idols

|Writers Graham Nash length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Stars & Stripes

|writers Graham Nash length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Love of Mine

|Writers Graham Nash length5 = 2:46

| title6 = Theme from Pastoral

|Writers Alan Prices length6 = 0:47

| title7 = In a Dream

| length7 = 2:14

| title8 = Stand Up

|Writers Graham Nash length8 = 3:02

| title9 = It Feels Like Home

|Writers Joe Vitale/Graham Nash length9 = 3:45

| title10 = Buddy's Back

|Writers Graham Nash length10 = 2:44

| title11 = Follow Your Heart

|Writers Graham Nash length11 = 3:38

| title12 = I Watched It All Come Down

|Writers Graham Nash length12 = 3:14

| title13 = When It Comes to You

|Writers Graham Nash/Todd Caldwell length13 = 3:12

| total_length = 38:43

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• Graham Nash – vocals, acoustic guitar (3, 4, 10), harmonica (5, 9, 11) nylon string guitar (5), hand claps (10)
• Todd Caldwell – Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 13), piano (1, 3, 7, 13), electric piano (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), celeste (10), hand claps (10), string arrangements (6, 7, 12)
• Shane Fontayne – electric guitar (1, 4, 8, 10), lap steel (1, 3), mandolin (4), slide guitar (4)
• Thad Debrock – electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 13), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 9, 10, 13), pedal steel (1, 2, 4, 9), harmonium (1, 9, 11), mandolin (2, 3, 9), baritone guitar (4, 13), nylon string guitar (11), bass (11)
• Adam Minkoff – bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13), drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13), percussion (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Allan Clarke – vocals (10)
• Brett Bass – upright bass (10)
• Toby Caldwell – drums (10)
• Beth Callen – hand claps (10)
• Hiroko Taguchi – violin (6, 7, 12)
• Whitney La Grange – violin (6, 7, 12)
• Jocelin Pan – viola (6, 7, 12)
• Alon Bisk – cello (6, 7, 12)
• Michael Olatuja – bass (6, 7, 12)
• Andy Taub - engineering
• Sam Wahl - engineering
• Michael Nunn - engineering
• Francis Haines - engineering
• Kevin Killen - mixing
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Amy Grantham - photography
• Norman Moore - art direction & design

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