Good call on The Notorious Byrd Brothers! It's one of my favorite albums. The King-Goffin songs are both great and Crosby really shines on the album even though he's no longer in the group. McGuinn and Hillman also contribute strong songs. Artificial Energy, Natural Harmony, Draft Morning, Wasn't Born To Follow and Tribal Gathering are my favorite songs on the album.
The Notorious Byrd Brothers is a masterpiece and my favorite Byrds record as well. The thing that really stands out for me is Gary Usher's production chops. Insane
Great ranking! I gotta say that the Ballad of Easy Rider keeps climbing up on my list. Maybe top five. It just has a nice feel to the album and every song connects so well.
Thanks for sharing your insights! Here’s how I rank The Byrds’ 12 albums: 1. The Notorious Byrd Brothers 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! 3. Untitled 4. Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde 5. Ballad of Easy Rider 6. 5D (Fifth Dimension) 7. Younger Than Yesterday 8. Mr. Tambourine Man 9. Farther Along 10. Byrdmaniax 11. Sweetheart of the Rodeo 12. Byrds
Hello sir Here is my top 1. The Notorious Byrd Brothers 2. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 3. Mr. Tambourine Man 4. Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde 5. Fifth Dimension 6. Turn! Turn! Turn! 7. Younger Than Yesterday 8. Ballad Of Easy Rider 9. Untitled 10. Byrdmaniax 11. Byrds 12. Father Along
Another splendid rank job, Tom. My favorite being Younger Than Yesterday, I have no argument with any of the first five albums being a favorite. Each one being a stone classic. I also totally agree on the switching of tracks on 5d and Younger.
I think the best song on the reunion album is For Free. Dr Byrds and Mr Hyde is probably in my top five. I think it is way better than Sweetheart. Ballad Of Easy Rider is also in my top five. I don’t think Sweetheart of the Rodeo is Country Rock. It is straight up Country. The only Byrds album that I don’t have is Younger Than Yesterday. I agree with your 1 and 2. Enjoyed this video. I always like to hear peoples opinion on one of my favorite bands.
You may not understand how many of these countdowns are notoriously cringe-worthy. On the contrary, you are a true fan and so get this band. This was as good as it gets! Maybe I would have moved Sweetheart up after the cd restored some of Gram's vocals. But I am a fan! Well done!
5th Dimension is my favorite. As for compilations, why no mention of their double CD The Pre-Flyte Sessions, collecting all their 1964 demos including a few Dave Crosby solos, chocablock full of great pre-fame tracks, far too good to have remained unissued, including their original of You Showed Me, later a hit for The Turtles, but in much different style, The Airport Song ETC. But admittedly, their vocals needed a little polishing here and there. Most of the tracks on their first album were polished re-recordings of tracks from their previous demo sessions. I think that box set you mentioned is now deleted.
1 - The Notorious Byrd Brothers 2 - Younger Than Yesterday 3 - Mr Tambourine Man 4 - 5th Dimension 5 - Turn Turn Turn! 6 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo 7 - Dr Byrds and Mr Hyde 8 - Ballad of Easy Rider I didn't listened to their last 3 albums so I can't give a personal opinion
Hey Tom. How about Preflyte? I know it's just a compilation but there are a lot of great Gene Clark tunes on it. I'm sure you know the record. Younger than Yesterday is my favorite Byrds.
Preflyte was my first Byrds LP. It was a birthday gift from my mom when I turned 6. It’s those pre Columbia recordings. Great stuff. Younger Than Yesterday is a classic. So many top tier songs on that album.
The Byrds reunion album sounded like Souther-Hillman-Furay, the John David Souther album, and Pennywhistle (the pre-Eagles Eagles), "sweetened" by the same musicians, producers, and engineers, the Laurel Canyon Gang. Similar to the Wrecking Crew, the same musicians worked on a lot of albums recorded in LA, in the early 'Seventies, sometimes big hits, sometimes very professional elevator music. All of the above albums fall into the latter category, earnest attempts all the musicians played well on, but never jelled as a band, never worked together to make the material better, and the resulting albums show their lack of interest. Each has at least one really good song, and one to three others that can be listened to at least more often than more than seldom. Great list, I think I like Younger than Yesterday best, overall. It really reminds me of early 1967, just before "hippie", "Summer of Love", or "acid" dominated the conversation. Not to mention, the name "Viet Nam", a land at the southern end of the eastern coast of Asia, west northwest of Indonesia, and west southwest of the Philippines, that no one knew much about, but it had been a topic of conversation for years, and was now a shooting war, in the Summer of 1965. Of course, David, Roger, and Chris were palling around with John and Paul, so lysergic communing was inevitable, and David was never one to say, "No!" I've been listening to the Byrds since late May 1965, at Lakeside Amusement Park, in Denver. The park had a bandstand and a decent sound system, played the local Top 40 radio station on weekends. Suddenly one afternoon, those chords announcing Mr Tambourine Man came rolling out, and I was hooked. The song made sense, the sound was exactly what I had been wanting, thrashing my own guitar in search of the sound I wanted to hear. Ticket to Ride, released three weeks earlier than Mr Tambourine Man had been delayed on its trajectory to #1 by Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter in the top spot for three weeks. Catch the Wind, For Your Love, and Bring It on Home to Me debuted the same week, May 15,.
Great story! I owned that Souther Hillman & Furay album at one time but traded it in. You’re right that Byrds reunion album does have the vibe of that record. 😉
@@omarsalmeron5320 Rarely (raramente). Generalmente digo lo que pienso y trato de omitir lo menos posible. Hay pocas "respuestas simples" en la vida, y el rock 'n' roll fue mi vida, durante el período en cuestión.
The story behind the Byrds recording Hey Joe is that they did so at David Crosby's insistence because everyone and his brother was doing so e.g. The Leaves, Love, and others. The other members caved in and there you have it. Another instance of David Crosby being a wanker.
Crosby's personality is beyond defense but you're not doing him justice. He wanted the group to do Hey Joe for years and was an early proponent of the song before it's mid 60s popularity. Personally I think the issue with Hey Joe is that it's clear no one cares except for David about the track. Still I think Roger's guitar part is quite good and with a little bit of care it could have been a truly great recording
CANSADOR q muestres tantas veces Younger than Yesterday subiéndolo y bajandolo...por Dioooos...mal ranking para mí gusto...los 4 mejores Untitled , Younger than Yesterday The notorious Byrds brothers y Fifth dimension estos 2 últimos parejos...notoria diferencia hace la guitarra de Clarence White en Untitled
Byrdmaniax is definitely their weakest, however if you take the Roger McGuinn penned tunes, the two covers "Jamaica Say You Will" and "Glory Glory", as well as the "Green Apple" instrumental, more than half of the album is really good. The three Skip Battin songs weaken the record.
