![]() I’ve heard it, and like it, but it reflects the members’ solo careers more than it does the band’s original sound. McGuinn carried The Byrds name on until 1973, when the original five reunited for a one-off self-titled album before the band broke up. After 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Hillman and Parsons both left the band, and this page’s coverage stops – after this McGuinn was the only original Byrd remaining. Crosby was fired during the recording of The Notorious Byrd Brothers, and his replacement Gram Parsons led the group into country music. My favourite Byrds’ albums are 1967’s Younger Than Yesterday and 1968’s The Notorious Byrd Brothers, where they explore different sonic textures, and Crosby, Hillman, and McGuinn are all contributing great songs. But there are plenty of terrific songs on their albums – ‘Eight Miles High’, ‘Mr Tambourine Man’, and ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ are classic 1960s singles, and there are many gems to be found. Along with the record company’s demand for quick material – the group released their first six albums in little over three years – their career arguably wasn’t as sparkling as it could have been. Chris Hillman was an accomplished musician, converting to bass after growing up as a bluegrass player he was a dark horse as a writer and vocalist on the group’s strongest albums, and he went on to play a supporting role on significant albums like The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Gilded Palace of Sin and Stephen Stills’ Manassas.Īll four vocalists in the original band wrote songs, and the group having so many talented voices made group dynamics tense – right from the start, Clark and Crosby were vying for who got the rhythm guitar and who got the tambourine. David Crosby had a great ear for harmony and went on to achieve fame with Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Gene Clark was the most prolific songwriter in The Byrds’ early career – although he left during the recording of their third album, he went on to have an artistically satisfying solo career. Frontman Roger McGuinn (he changed his name from Jim while exploring Subud mysticism) had a distinctive 12-string guitar sound and a pretty voice. The Byrds had a huge talent pool at their disposal. The combination of an ornate yet organic sound, coupled with Dylan’s intricate lyrics, proved highly influential and launched the genre of folk-rock. Overall, this is a very raw and unrefined Byrds sound and the later releases really improve on this lack of cohesiveness present on this album.The Byrds started as a folk band, but their single ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ crystallised their distinctive sound, with Roger McGuinn’s ringing twelve-string guitar and the group’s gorgeous harmonies. I think there isn't much point in returning back to this album once you have listened to it, just pick out the superior songs and listen to those instead. They are just there and pass the time on the album so it feels a bit more fleshed out. Then there are 3 to 5 nothing tracks that are just filler and aren't memorable or enjoyable at all. 102 sounds awfully cringey nowadays and the ending on the track makes me feel so uncomfortable. There are a few more songs that come close to this quality but the majority of songs are far off it. The simple composition of it with its great lyrics and wonderful vocal makes for just pure bliss. This record possibly has the greatest Byrds song ever made on it in My Back Pages which is just such a stunning and brilliant listen. There are some extremely beautiful cuts on this record but they are let down by the failed attempt to be experimental and the slower more boring tracks. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on. (*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings) The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation). However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page! Younger Than Yesterday collection Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. Latest 20 charts that this album appears in: Sort ranksĬrosby, Stills, Nash & Young ~ together and apart ![]()
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