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The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth album by the American rock band the Byrds, and was released in January 1968, on Columbia Records. [1] [2] The album represents the pinnacle of the Byrds' late-'60s musical experimentation, with the band blending together elements of psychedelia, folk rock, country, electronic music, baroque pop, and jazz.
Jan 15, 2023 · In contrast to the fitful progress of the ensemble through its third album, 1966’s Fifth Dimension, the fifty-five-plus years that have passed since the release of The Notorious Byrd Brothers has only solidified its stature as a supremely cogent piece of work. Hearing it with discerning retrospect now, it sounds as though it should rank as a ...
Sep 11, 2017 · The Notorious Byrd Brothers was a departure for the band, even more so than the explosively experimental “Eight Miles High.”. After principal songwriter Gene Clark left, the band, the band tried to shed their reputation as simply folk-rock Beatleized Dylans. Early in 1967, Younger Than Yesterday sought to return the former hit-makers to the ...
Apr 23, 2023 · Upon release in January 1968, The Notorious Byrd Brothers was well-received by critics; Robert Christgau called it “simply the best album the Byrds have ever recorded.” It failed to halt their ...
Jan 15, 2015 · The Notorious Byrd Brothers hit No. 12 in the U.K., but barely cracked the Top 50 in America. "Logically, a group which decays from a quintet down to duo, has to pay for the process with vitality ...
- Dave Swanson
Jun 22, 2020 · Marking The Byrds’ experimental era, their fifth album The Notorious Byrd Brothers was a gateway to the band veering away from their signature style without really abandoning the jangly sound of years gone by. While the album was sonically impressive, the infighting within the band broke them so much that The Byrds became a duo by the […]
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—Gene Clark recalling the encounter at the Troubadour folk club in Los Angeles that marked the genesis of the Byrds The nucleus of the Byrds formed in early 1964, when Jim McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby came together as a trio. All three musicians had a background rooted in folk music, with each one having worked as a folk singer on the acoustic coffeehouse circuit during the early ...
