Originally this was the highest selling album out of the four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their 1970 chart-topping album Déjà Vu, until it was overtaken by Neil Young's After the Gold Rush. Stills commented it would have been No 1 (most likely on the Record World Charts where at peaked at No 2) if it hadn't been for George Harrison releasing All Things Must Pass at the same time.
Originally, this album was among Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's four high-profile releases following Déjà Vu in 1970 and was the top-selling until After the Gold Rush surpassed it. Stills indicated that if not for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass being released at the same time, this album would have been No. 1.