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Byrds
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.6704
Byrds Album Rankings
2
One of the greatest debuts in the history of rock,Mr.
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3
Since I've already reviewedYounger Than YesterdayandTurn! Turn! Turn!, two of the Byrds' first four albums, it seems logical to go ahead and complete the circle, and give the lowdown on the other two.
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4
Let's put it on the line now.
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5
After a controversial slot at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in March '68, Skeeter Davis found The Byrds in the parking lot. "Don't worry about those people in there," she reassured.
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6
Gobble! Gobble! Being Thanksgiving and all, it would be wise to feature The Byrds today.
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7
The Byrds arestillamong the most underrated bands in rock history.
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9
The coupling of live tracks and studio tracks was deliberate of course.
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10
A true masterpiece this time round. Unfortunately, this albums stature has suffered not due to the psychedelic tinged production tricks.
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11
Track listing: 1) Tomorrow Is A Long Ways Away; 2) Boston; 3) The Only Girl I Adore ; 4) You Won't Have To Cry; 5) I Knew I'd Want You; 6) The Airport Song; 7) The Reason Why; 8) Mr Tambourine Man; 9)
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12
When I turned 20, Mom Pierce offered to buy me anything I wanted at the area record superstore.
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13
Track listing: 1) Tiffany Queen; 2) Get Down Your Line; 3) Farther Along; 4) B. B.
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14
Track listing: 1) Glory Glory ; 2) Pale Blue; 3) I Trust; 4) Tunnel Of Love; 5) Citizen Kane; 6) I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician; 7) Absolute Happiness; 8) Green Apple Quick Step; 9) My Destiny; 10
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15
More of the same, but with not quite as many stellar moments as the 'Tambourine Man' long-player.
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16
Someday, some enterprising soul will establish a code of etiquette for naming these career retrospective collections.
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17
Track listing: 1) Full Circle ; 2) Sweet Mary; 3) Changing Heart ; 4) For Free; 5) Born To Rock'n'Roll ; 6) Things Will Be Better; 7) Cowgirl In The Sand; 8) Long Live The King; 9) Borrowing Time; 10)
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18
Gene Clark was a one man Beatles. The Byrds were of course heavily influenced by The Beatles at this stage in their career. They went on to invent Folk Rock and help make Bob Dylan famous.
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19
Yeah, I know, every movie set in the 1960s rehashes "Turn! Turn! Turn!" -- to the point its actually become a soundtrack song and not a Byrds song.
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33
Minus Gram Parsons , the sound is more like the old Byrds with White 's guitar prowess.
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36
Forget about a career retrospective -- it's impossible to summarize the Byrds' hits in ten songs.
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39
This crucial two-CD sets collects 40 tracks--many of which were formerly available on out-of-print LPs, and 16 of which are previously unreleased--cut by various Byrds configurations before they hit
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44
Interpreting a Poet When Dylan sang "The Times They Are A-Changin'" in 1963, he sang it with the voice of a prophet; when the Byrds sang the same song in 1965, the times really were a-changing.
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