The Byrds - Playlist: The Very Best of the Byrds

Title: Playlist: The Very Best of the Byrds Artist: The Byrds Release Date: 10/28/2008 Label: Playlist Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Enhanced CD-ROM UPC: 886973921920 Genre: Rock Styles: Country-Rock, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, AM Pop Moods: Bittersweet, Reflective, Spacey, Wistful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Earnest, Eerie, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Pastoral, Poignant, Rustic, Soothing, Trippy, Complex, Confident, Earthy, Freewheeling, Gentle, Joyous, Organic, Reserved, Reverent, Cheerful, Intimate, Rollicking, Spiritual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. Spanish Harlem Incident
3. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
5. He Was a Friend of Mine
6. Eight Miles High
7. Mr. Spaceman
8. So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star
9. My Back Pages
10. Change Is Now
11. One Hundred Years from Now
12. Ballad of Easy Rider
13. Chestnut Mare
14. I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician
15. [CD-Rom Track]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Playlist 739219

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This is hardly the very best of the Byrds, although there are certainly some of the group's best songs here, including the iconic cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" that introduced Dylan, folk-rock and the Byrds to the world in one sharp, jangling shot, as well as Gene Clark's "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better," the John Coltrane-inspired "Eight Miles High," another brilliant Dylan cover, "My Back Pages," and Roger McGuinn's mythic and mystic "Chestnut Mare," but this band recorded so many great tracks that what's here just seems to barely scratch the surface. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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