There were some hideous 'CSNY' albums around then...CSNY's American Dream, Stills' Right by You, Nash's Innocent Eyes, Neil's Landing on Water etc etc etc. Ghastly, with the odd nice song drowning in over production and nasty keyboards...
American Dream was one of those albums you desperately wanted to like because it was the four of them back together after Crosby's time in prison but you came to realise that it was impossible for them to recapture the magic of Deja Vu and accept it for what it was. But the one standout track for me was Crosby's Compass.
American Dream is the album that introduced me to the world of CSNY. I was in Garon Records, Oxford, circa 1990 and it was being played in the background. Thought that it was an excellent slab of AOR and bought it on the spot. If I'd known anything about the band's past, I might have been non-plussed about the updated sound but happily, I was able to listen without the weight of history colouring my experience and I still enjoy it all these years later.
Big fan of most of their music, these days, individually and collectively.