Younger Than Yesterday was somewhat overlooked at the time of its release during an intensely competitive era that found the Byrds on a commercial downslide. However, time has shown it to be the most durable of the Byrds' albums, with the exception of Mr. Tambourine Man. David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and especially Chris Hillman come into their own as songwriters on an eclectic but focused set blending folk-rock, psychedelia, and early country-rock. The sardonic "So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star" was a terrific single; "My Back Pages," also a small hit, was the last of their classic Dylan covers; "Thoughts and Words," the flower-power anthem "Renaissance Fair," "Have You Seen Her Face," and the luegrass-tinged "Time Between" are all among their best songs. The jazzy "Everybody's Been Burned" may be Crosby's best composition, although his "Mind Gardens" is one of his most excessive. [The CD reissue has six bonus tracks, including the fine Crosby-penned single "Lady Friend," and notably different alternate versions of "Mind Gardens" and "My Back Pages."]
The Byrds and I is a series of essays that tell the story of my life through each album from my favorite band.Part Four: Younger than Yesterday (1967), The Best of the Byrds (1967), and Blur's Think Tank (2003)y education on the Byrds first came from my father, and for the most part it involved the band's first four albums. I did skip ahead a little to 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo but, in ge...
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The Byrds and I is a series of essays that tell the story of my life through each album from my favorite band.Part Four: Younger than Yesterday (1967), The Best of the Byrds (1967), and Blur's Think Tank (2003)y education on the Byrds first came from my father, and for the most part it involved the band's first four albums. I did skip ahead a little to 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo but, in ge...
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| 1 So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star |
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| 2 Have You Seen Her Face |
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| 3 C.T.A. - 102 |
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| 4 Renaissance Fair |
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| 5 Time Between |
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| 6 Everybody's Been Burned |
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| 7 Thoughts and Words |
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| 8 Mind Gardens |
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| 9 My Back Pages |
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| 10 The Girl with No Name |
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| 11 Why |
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