Mr. Tambourine Man

Fitting for the time of release. A few great tracks but it all blends and feels like one long track.

It's enjoyable this, despite a couple of absolute clangers in there. Let's start with the good - the jingle-pop guitars are a loving homage to Rubber Soul era Beatles, and there are songs that, if they had the benefit of the Beatles' lyricists and musical energy, would have sat really well on that album. Also, the cover of Tambourine Man is actually very good. It feels totally different to Bob's, because of course it does, but it also stands up in its own right. The same definitely cannot be said of their truly diabolical All I Really Want To Do. It takes all the fun and mischief out of the Dylan version and makes it totally emotionless. And then of course, we have their cover of the Vera Lynn(!) classic We'll Meet Again. What the actual heck are they thinking here?

I remember noticing that there were, apparently, five Byrds albums on this list, and had been wondering when they'd get here. I'm pleased that the debut has popped up first. I thought it was good, and can't think of anything to add to the current top reviews about the lasting influence of their sound; it's clear. It's not hugely exciting, for my taste; I'm not really a jangle fan, but it's so well done (I actually did like the teeny, far away extra jangle tracks, like on Chimes of Freedom), and there was enough variety to just about keep me engaged, We'll Meet Again being a bit of a mis-step.

The opening two tracks are absolute masterpieces, but the rest of the album feels like filler material.

There are many better versions of this.

Quite unimaginative but it was ok. I'd rather listen to something else tho.

Really good album

I was already familiar with this album before listening. This is a seminal folk rock album. It has the band's signature sound, with great harmonies and jangly guitars. Some tracks have stood the test of time more than others, but overall this is a solid album. I would listen again for sure.

Bob Dylan wrote it and did it better. The Byrds suck. This is awful. And that pains me to say since this album is 1/3 Dylan covers. I just don't like all the Beatles influenced 60s rock. The Bells of Rhymney is the best song so far. They cut all the Dylan songs down. Pop music in the 60s sucked. There are a lot of great Dylan covers out there, these are not them. All of these bands just feel like crappy cover bands, from their stupid matching suits and haircuts on all their dumb tv performances to the knockoff Beatles harmonizing. Chimes of Freedom is a better effort.

Their harmonies are always a really pleasant listen

mr tambourine man feels like night changes by one direction vibey i like favorite song: I'll feel a whole lot better

The title track is iconic, of course. And the rest of the album isn’t far behind.

The album’s namesake opener is great. Also enjoyed "I'll feel a whole lot better" Album is consistently pretty good. Don't doubt yourself, babe, just listen.

Boring boring boring

They have a very distnctive sound, and I was surprised to hear - among the usual heartbreak material - a song hear that talks about the plight of refugees. Musically I can see why it's here. But this is my fourth Byrds album here. Fourth. That's ridiculous. Put this kne on this list, fine, but leave out the other three. And I'm hoping there isn't a 5th still waiting.

All hail the 12-string Rickenbacker guitar! The Byrds (and to a lesser extent Bob Dylan) birthed folk rock with their debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man- a brilliant album that was pivotal in changing the musical landscape in 1965 and influenced everyone from The Beatles to Husker Du to Wilco & beyond. One of the greatest debut albums of all time- it's absolute perfection from start to finish. What a treat to be reminded this morning just how essential 'Byrd Music' was in my musical upbring and how the more and more I listen to all sorts of sounds The Byrds remain near the very top of the heap on my list of great art produced in the 20th century.

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Some good songs here, but mostly filler

Dope

LIstening to this album makes me feel like it's oldies radio all over again even though I probably onl heard Turn Turn Turn and maybe the title song. Probably the influcence the band had on the landscape, or may have been similar to the grunge era or as Granpa Simpson said "which was the style at the time". Really nice and listenable, but repetitive.

3.5

3.0

32 minutes of folk pop perfection. The vocals are really standout and the Gene Clark tunes are where it's at for me. This is my 4th Byrds album from the generator and they are all pure gold. Really dig the fish eye lens album cover. Hippie music at it's finest.

Love the sound of a jangly Rickenbacker and these guys were the originators and masters of it.

A love letter to 12 string guitar... and to a lesser extent, tambourine.

*1965. *I didn’t know David Crosby was in the Byrds. *Very chill, enjoyable listen. *Mr. Tambourine Man is the only song I knew. RATING - 7/10

sort of enjoyed but don't remember atm

Essential 60's listening. Everything I would have expected of a 60's album. Not that I liked it all that much, because it's a mid-60's album. Once you get past the opening track, nothing really stands out. There's not a reason to come back. My Rating: 3/5

Very reminiscent of other Beatles sounds with the guitar and vocals. Makes sense that it was in response to those types of music. Title track is strongest and i think an improvement over Dylan's version.

It's pretty good, but a bit slow. The title track is of course great, the rest didn't impress all that much.

Classic! Love it!

8/10 Best songs: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better, It's No Use This album is pretty good overall, but the absolute standout is It's No Use, which is probably the best song I've heard in the last 15-20 albums. That alone gets this album 4 stars.

It takes a lot of nerve to cover three songs from the same Bob Dylan album. It takes even more nerve to cover a fourth Bob Dylan song after deciding that isn't enough, and then follow it up by naming the album after a Bob Dylan song. Past all of that, the album is just really boring. They're trying too hard to be every happy love song group from the same decade and it's just as uninteresting as a lot of the others. I feel like practically no 1960-1967 albums can get more than 3 stars from me because of that. It's all the same "I love you and you love me, let's go make a family" type stuff. Maybe the occasional "man why don't you love me anymore >:(" but either way I just get so bored of love songs really fast, especially 60s ones.

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Först. Rätt märkligt att ett album med extremt många covers kvalar in på denna lista (särskilt med tanke på vad som inte kommit med). Är soundet så unikt att det trots covers måste med. I beg to differ. Det är förstås inte dåligt. Även de egna låtarna, några, är ok. Men det är inte tillräckligt bra för ett högt betyg. Blir rätt trött på detta sound, och eftersom det dominerande, så känner jag mest "meh".

Varje låt i sig är rätt bra men ledsnar lite på det klämkäcka soundet över en hel skiva. Så mycket covers ska inte heller premieras.

My 4th Byrds album in just a few months... I can't quite understand the author's obsession with them. They're certainly a nice band, but most of their albums sound pretty similar. This one doesn't feature anything that I hadn't already heard in their other records, so I'm not sure what the point is. Anyway. I can appreciate the weird half-Beatles, half-psychedelic style of music they've created. There's something very soothing about it, and I do enjoy drinking my morning coffee to the sound of dreamy chimes. This record might not be as psychedelic as some of their later works, but it's still competent music that makes you feel carefree and untethered. As usual, the Dylan covers sound much better than the originals (further proof in my opinion that Dylan should absolutely have been a writer, not a musician). Probably won't listen again, but it's all right - there's a fifth Byrds album waiting for me on the list... 5/10

Non… most of the time this was a painful listen, with vocal harmonies that don’t always land and get tiring pretty fast. And the shadow of the Beatles is constantly hanging over the whole thing. It just annoyed me as a Dylan… but a good one.

Can't stand their sound.

Bob Dylan's songs are always better when somebody else sings.

My last Byrds album on the list. One of my favourite discoveries of this project has been the Byrds. Very interesting/lovely musical progression from this album (folk rock) to their psychedelic era to Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Country folk rock) Probably a 3.75

All these songs sound the same.

nice and smooth record

Great soft rock, gives beach and roadtrip vibes. Light hearted and upbeat for the most part.

MORE Byrds? Oh my god, this is just too much Byrds. Do we have to track their every release? What's next, recordings of their farts? At the beginning of this project I said that Elvis Costello was the most overrepresented artist on the list but the Byrds are some real strong contenders. Anyway, this is all fine. Mostly it sounds like Mr Tambourine Man and Bob Dylan, as you would expect. The Byrds sing We'll Meet Again was a surprise, though. It's No Use also reminded me of The Zombies' She's Not There.

It is a very easy listen, not perhaps as enthralling as 'Younger than Yesterday' or 'Fifth Dimension' yet it feels very anthemic. 8/10 [KEEP]

I have a soft spot for 60s rock like this. Tight melodies and good harmonies. Great picnic music

Superior to the other Byrds album we've gotten so far, and this is more of what I think of as their "classic" sound. Pretty massively influential especially with the interlocking guitar jangle and that Richenbacher tone - you can draw a line from this through Petty to REM and the Gin Blossoms (which is a good thing here). Incredible take on the title track that I think improves the Dylan version in every way. Here Without You and Bells of Rhymney were two back to back that I really enjoyed. Vocal harmonies are universally great throughout. A few times where it veers Beatles-esque but overall I think there's enough differentiation in the sound that the Byrds clearly carved their own lane.

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Their debut album. Rock / Folk. A rip on the Beatles and Bob Dylan, a very average version. Still, this is way, way better than that Sweetheart Of The Rodeo bollocks !

As much as I'm bewildered by the number of Byrds albums on this list, I'm actually enjoying each one of them. Also was today year's old when I realized Feel a Whole Let Better is a Byrds song and not a Tom Petty song (its on Full Moon Fever one of the all time great albums that sure as shit better be on this list).

Man how many bird albums can we do. They're not good.

Boring. Sounds too much like the beatles, not in a good way.

I don't see it.

nothing special I fear

It's better than the other The Byrds album I got previously, though that's not a very daunting task to achieve. Feels fine, started strong, got boring and felt like a ton of filler-songs afterward but eh, it sounds alright enough.

I really enjoyed this album. I like they also wrote harmony for almost all tracks. Very tasteful. Liked mr. Tambourine man.

i know that the Byrds are super influential, but this wasn't doing much for me. it was a fine listen, and there something about having 18 tracks in just about 45 minutes thats charming, but i could take it or leave it.

Great album for a lazy morning. Obviously the opening track is the one everyone knows, but the rest of the album had some great songs. Exactly what you’d expect from the mid-sixties.

A pleasant listen for Sunday morning tea while cooking breakfast for a guests that we're staying over.

What does it say that all the best songs are just Dylan covers?

I've heard two songs before. I respect their place in music history and appreciate the influence they had on what came after, but not my thing. Approaching hippy-dippy, like Donovan.

Heard Before? Certainly Notes: - one of the most notable guitar tones of the era, if not ever. - this obscures the fact that the whole mix is quite lovely, with well- placed drums and warm yet punchy bass. - glorious harmonies and stellar solo vocals. - the title track is simultaneously one of my favorite covers and one of my favorite album openers. - and yet and yet. none of these wonderful ingredients can fully disguise the weak lyrics and cribbed-from-Lennon/McCartney songwriting of the "love" songs. - but at least those songs are short. the painfully cheesy "Chimes of Freedom" seems interminable. Verdict: A beautiful sounding record in need of more variety and better songs. Listen Again? Probably not. Give me "Turn Turn Turn" or "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" any day.

Too many Bob Dylan songs

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Tambourine man isch en echt geile song. Alles andere isch eif chli rock us de 60er

Jingle jangle

It was fun to listen to, but basically a Dylon cover project. Wouldn't mind putting it on on a sunny day.

Perfectly pleasant but ultimately not noteworthy.

A little bored by this one. Enjoyed listening, but it felt a bit repetitive. I saw that a number of these tracks are Dylan covers - cool! Favorite song was the title track & I’ll feel a whole lot better

Jangle, wind, and folk-rock with open sky energy. Rating: 4.6/5 Short Review: This album feels like early morning sunlight through trees. Bright, melodic, and a little wistful, it took Dylan’s words and gave them wings — literally and metaphorically. Favorite Track: Mr. Tambourine Man. Iconic, airy, and endlessly resonant.

I think I liked this too

Mr. Tambourine Man // 2.5/5

Nice melodies and a short album length. 4.5/5.0:Excellent

another middle of the road album by the byrds. not bad but nothing special

well i guess they reeeeeeally wanted to sound like the beatles

It was decent. I little too hippie for me

Can see where the influence led, but this album doesn't grab me in a moden context. It's ok.

Hey mr tamboring man rape this good song for me. I’ll get sleepy and want to kill myself.

Title track is the hit here, but this is classic Byrds. 3.5/5

lyder næsten 1:1 som beatles (og nogengange bob dylan), så meget, at det næsten blev uinteressant. Åbentbart er fire sange også komponeret af Bob Dylan. Synes det var hyggeligt og rart, ligesom beatles, men ikke særlig unikt

Not their best work but Byrds cool. Really never liked Mr Tambourine man. Anyone's version.

3.5/5

Really enjoyed that - Beatles-esque with a little folkier spin. No songs necessarily stood out above the others, though. (4)

Dylan can write and the Burd’s can sing.

A shot at the British Invasion, but not my favorite sound. I'm more Farther Along, The Byrds, and Sweetheart Of The Rodeo.

quintessential 60s music. was trying to think of a reason to hate this and couldn’t come up with anything legit. this is solid

This is my first time listening to this album start-to-finish. I'm well-aware of a bunch of these tracks. It's a collection of classics and a real snapshot of time. I'd rate it good, but not great, though it is worth a listen.

Decent album. Good writing.

I mean, I really like this but is it a 4 or a 5? I'm going to give it the extra star because it has influenced so much music I like - especially through I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better, which is just the blueprint for every great jangly song since

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Monotonous. It put me to sleep.

Much better than the country version of The Byrds, although that sometimes seeps through. Light, late 60's music, upbeat and catchy in that style.

Just ok.

Sweet and easy mellow record. The 12-string guitar is soooo good.

Love the jingle jangle of it all. I liked this one.. Dylan covers and all rolled into a pretty good mash of music ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I'd rather just listen to The Beatles.

- To the dudes in the comments who think it's "beta cuck" to respect and want to be friends with a woman (you're dating or otherwise), chances are high that you're not "alpha", you're in the closet. It's totally fine to want men, but it's not fine to hate and objectify women just because you refuse to admit it to yourself and only want to show off to your guy friends to make them want you. hth. - A ton of classics on this album. It's full of great songwriting. The vibe is hippy 60s, but it still feels fresh, with its forward energy, interesting, sincere lyrics, and nice harmonies. - I love their cover of Mr. Tambourine Man - it's the definitive one, imo. Jangly and sweet like it should be. - It's not perfect - there are songs that are better than others (The Byrds Greatest Hits has the best ones on this album plus a few other hits, so I prefer it - that one gets an easy 5), but this is a great debut. I happily played it all day, wouldn't actively skip anything here, and will easily reach for it again.

Good enough to get a low 4. It’s just base-level solid rock.

a two

alfred hitchcock's the birds is a metaphor for me listening to this list and the byrds popping up so often. at least this one has that one byrds song everyone knows on it

This slid by pretty smoothly but did we really need this many albums by The Byrds?

Das Werk formte hier den charakteristischen Folk‑Rock‑Sound aus 12‑Saiten‑Rickenbacker und mehrstimmigen Harmonien. Der Titelsong – eine Dylan‑Coverversion – wurde zum internationalen Hit und definierte das Genre neu. Ein stilprägendes Album mit ikonischem Klang und zeitlosem Drive. Nicht jeder Track ist ein Volltreffer, aber als Gesamtwerk bleibt es ein Meilenstein – und zugleich eine liebevolle Erinnerung an eine m einer ersten CDs, die Best of Byrds.

First listen I wasnt too impressed. Through the day the album kept growing on me.

Another day, another 'debut' album full of covers, which was the style at the time.

I appreciate that jangly guitar and folk rock generally, but I prefer to listen to the bands they influenced.

cool debut that sounds part beach boys and part beatles. tough acts to be compared to. 2.5

Can’t beat a bit of jingle jangle guitar! I get the comparisons to the Beatles and there’s the use of Dylan songs but ultimately it just seems to work. Also it’s clear to hear other bands that have been influenced by this sound in later years.

Sort of a copy and paste review of the last album we had by them. Yes adding a jangle guitar sound to Bob Dylan songs is a great sound but how far can they take it?

This is a fantastic history piece of an album. They’ve tried to sound like Dylan and the Beatles, which doesn’t exactly work. The gritty lyrics against the ‘girls left me/girl stop crying’ songs just butt heads a bit painfully. But at the same time in doing so they’ve kind of invented what becomes the west coast psyche with the harmonies and jangly guitar (slow it down, add a bit of reverb and talk about drugs more and they’d have been there). So it somehow manages to be groundbreaking and a bit twee at the same time. Additional scoring considerations: - Their bowl haircuts are off the scale cool. - ‘We’ll meet again’, is totally awful. For the Brits, you just can’t cover that song at all. It just doesn’t and would never have the same powerful message and poignancy as the original.

The Byrds are great and, if possible, becoming underrated. They were (maybe) the best American rock band of the mid 60s and you can hear their influence reverberating in many corners of rock and pop. A lot of hay is made about the Beatles' attempts to keep up with Brian Wilson, but they were clearly also trying to keep pace with the Byrds. So it's a little surprising younger generations of the last 20 years or so have shown little interest in reviving them as they've revived some of their contemporaries. This album is incredible and, although probably not "perfect," there is a distinct sound here that changed popular music forever.

Sounds exactly like I expected, and was a decently fun album. Nothing about it made me super impressed, but enjoyable enough.

nice sound enjoyed it

This bob Dylan cover record is pretty good. Originals not bad either. Also this cat has a nice voice and we know the guitar is on point.

LOVED!! I listened to this multiple times in one sitting.

I'm realizing the Byrds are like the R.E.M. of the 60's. Jangly and chim-y sounding, with nothing too complicated about their sound, and they made great album after great album.

No private session used for Spotify. Definitely of it's time, it's not my time.

Meh. A worse Beatles

It's interesting, but it's mainly made up of covers, which makes me question it being on this list at a time where contemporaries were writing most of their own music.

Fine 60's music, but I'm not all that interested in that.

🥇all i really want to do 🥈don’t doubt yourself, babe 🥉mr tambourine man HM: i’ll feel a whole lot better, you won’t have to cry, the bells of rhymney, i knew i’d want you, chimes of freedom

Oh GOD do I hate the title cut! Arrrrrrgggh! I've only heard it 773 times counting this one! -1 point. The rest - - typical 60's rock/folk

Pretty cute but not super engaging or memorable. I zoned out for a couple of tracks while listening which isn’t a good thing.

Great songs, a little samey but no bad tracks. Had not know "Feel a whole lot better" was not a Tom Petty original

Wanted to like it more than I did.

Heel veel meer dan 'gezapig' kun je hier eigenlijk niet over zeggen. Wel geinig, maar ik hou het op een 3.

Was just fine. Sounded a lot like the Beatles in parts. Also, naming your album after a cover you did of an iconic bob dylan song is .. a choice. Wasn't bad though.

This album -- and all the other Byrds albums on this list -- really capture a moment in time. The Byrds make nice, pleasant, easy-to-listen-to folk-rock that bears the unmistakable stamp of the 60s. "It's No Use" is a good song, but the production is really holding it back. This is basically a hard rock song, but it's being produced with the same light and thin style as the folk-rock tracks. The drums are going wild but they sound tinny, and they're way too quiet for what's needed here. And the guitar solo that starts at 1:18 is only 6 seconds long. Why not let him rip for a while? It's over as soon as it starts! I can't help but feel like this song would have been way better in a different producer's hands.

It's a nice record, "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a nice cover, but from a pure listening perspective I don't know if there's really that much special-ness going on in this album. I read that it helped carve out the genre of "folk rock" so I'm sure it gets some points there. Production is kind of inconsistent and some weird choices were made, but that's pretty normal for this period of time. Kind of a hard rate for me because I want to give it a 2/5 but it's not a bad listen.

The opening track is a GOAT, even if it's a cover. High 2s.

The music sounds nice, but so similar. Historically significant, but musically not my bag.

Encore moins mon kiff que les Rolling Stones, tout se ressemble, rien ne m'ambience, une cacophonie pas désagréable mais sans plus.

A pretty sweet collection of tunes. I understand these are mostly cover songs, but they’re performed and arranged quite nicely. There’s a lot to appreciate in the playing and singing on this album—particularly the guitar parts are really cool the way that they play with each other. Overall, a solid listen.

Clearly a big influence on the Stone Roses 2 - a good album but not my thing

Day 168 Never heard this before, really enjoyed it. Highlights I’ll feel a whole lot better Here without you It’s no use

Another tough one to listen to. Some of those harmonies were painful. A two-hit-wonder so I'll give them a two.

The 3rd of 5 Byrd albums. I gave the previous ones both 2. This started more promisingly with the Mr Tambourine Man cover - which is very evocative both of the era and the Byrds template. The next few tracks are good also but I find very quickly the charm wears off and by track 6 I've had enough jangly guitars and harmonies. I struggle to find any emotional depth or interest in their music.

Mr Tambourine Man The Byrds are undoubtedly a great band, and of course are a hugely influential reference point, but do they have a truly great album? I really like 5th Dimension and you could easily argue Sweetheart of the Rodeo is their best album, although it's not necessarily representative of the ‘classic’ Byrdsian sound. But I’m not sure from this until SOTR that they released a coherently excellent album. That’s not to say this isn’t a great listen, even if it is a little patchy, with a couple of song choices like Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe and We’ll Meet Again not adding a great deal. However their mesmerising template of jangly, countrified, warmly harmonised folk rock is sweetly laid out over its fair share of classics, Mr Tambourine Man, I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better, The Bells of Rhymney, All I Really Want to Do and Chimes of Freedom, and I can only imagine how fresh and exciting this would have sounded in 1965. As well as those there are a couple great supporting songs in Here Without You and I Knew I’d Want You, Gene Clark showing what a good songwriter he is. Jim/Roger McGuinn’s lead guitar is of course fantastic, but Chris Hillman’s bass is excellent too, bouncing along nicely and he gets a great tone on Spanish Harlem Incident and Here Without You. I also never noticed until today that the intro to The Bells of Rhymney must have been a huge influence on If I Needed Someone. In the end, I think it’s a 4 for me. It’s a great album of course, but I don’t think it’s transcendently excellent compared to their peers and in the context of their outsized influence and the greatness of so many of the songs in their oeuvre. 🪺🪺🪺🪺 Playlist submission: I love I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better, but it has to be Mr Tambourine Man

Whilst I find listening to The Byrds' various albums has become tiresome, I did like the sound of this, and give it credit for being an impressive debut. All jangle-rock probably traces back to here as a primary source (noting that McGuinn ripped off Harrison to a large extent), and McGuinn never puts that Rickenbacker down, constantly picking around the chord shapes. Some charming if lightweight covers, a pleasant jangled aesthetic, often devoid of punch due to the commercial focus, and something of the baggy-trousered swing of a guitar playing, sandle-wearing vicar about it. And a burgeoning Gene Clarke, and classic title track. Not quite a four.

3.5

I mentioned the Byrds in a review of mine one or two albums ago, and lo and behold they appear to me once again. This is my third Byrds album, ahead of Younger than Yesterday and Notorious Byrd Brothers. For reasons I'd probably disagree with now, I really got off on the wrong foot with NBB, but I thought YTY was pretty solid. There's one or two songs in there which occasionally pop into my head, notably the title track. I'm hoping this album will continue in the same trajectory of their previous album. Hmm. I guess I liked this one, but my biggest problem with the Byrds is that their music is nothing I haven't heard before. It's just more perfectly-fine 60s pop rock. Emphasis on perfect, as they've captured this particular style of music better than any other pop rock act I've listened to, even if it means that their sound generally doesn't change. The guitars and vocals are pretty solid, but above all else I enjoy how earnest and idealistic this music is - you don't really see that anymore. I had a bit of difficulty getting into this album during the first half, but I found my footing during that second. Like Younger than Yesterday, this album has one or two distinctive and truly great songs on here, whereas the remaining tracks kind of linger in the background. Overall, this was a pretty solid listen, and I can respect the album for not going on longer than it needed to. Book time. First group to rival the Beatles. The cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was influential in popularising folk rock and jangle pop. Had a few successful singles. "Bells of Rhymney" influenced the Beatles' "If I Needed Someone". Influential among later music acts. Yeah, seems like a solid pick. I cosign this inclusion.

debiutancki albumik byrdsow z 65, najbardziej dziwi to jak rowno grali podczas gdy na kazdej plycie byl prawie inny sklad, chociaz slychac troche ewolucje brzmienia, na mr tambourine manie brakuje tego pazura countrowego, a calosc wydaje sie grana spiewana na jedno kopyto, jakby ktos chcial zrobic kopiuj wklej na zukowa modle, ale chyba najbardziej meczyla slodkosc lirycznosci tej plyty, bo poza tytulowym tamburyniarzem ktory otwiera krazek i chimes of freedom, oba traki autorstwa dylana, ktory poza nimi ma jeszcze kilka kawalkow, orginalne utwory bandy pisal pan clark, wiec 50/50 split coverow a orginalnych trakow, ale co z tego jak wszystko takie folkowo ckliwe, 31 minut i 12 trakow jest srednia, ale spotifaj fajna wersje zaproponowal gdzie byly do posluchania alternatywne tejki, no i tam mozna cos znalezc cos ciekawego, wiekszosc utworow dodatkowych ma wiecej rokowego charakteru lub po prostu zawiera jakas nietypowosc, bo typowosc jest najwieksza wada orginalnej czesci plyty, na plejke leci tytulowy tamburyniarz i ill feel a whole lot better z kociolka alternatywnego

parece coisa q o jonathan byers ouviria FAVS (top 3): i'll feel a lot better, all i want to do, i knew id want you mençoes honrosas: spanish harlem incident, here without you, chimes of freedom, we'll meet again album mttttt bom, achei as musicas curtas mas okayyyy nota final: 4/5

Folk music certainly existed before The Byrds — Dylan had already reshaped the landscape — but 𝘔𝘳. 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 marks the moment when folk fused with electrified pop and essentially launched a whole new genre. The bright jangle of the 12-string guitar and the tight vocal harmonies would become foundational for the Laurel Canyon scene and countless bands that followed. And honestly, the title track works far better here than in Dylan’s original form: concise, melodic, and transformed into something shimmering and airborne. The rest of the album may lean heavily on covers, but its impact is undeniable.

I'm sleepy and there are better albums I'm going to

solid 4

Another one where I know the band and some classics, but not much more, so let’s see. Just kinda feels like a heavily reduced Beatles impression. Missing the charm and inventiveness and just kinda jangley sameness throughout. Doesn’t feel much depth or skill and happy to close this one up early

The Byrds have a very distinctive sound. I had to look up what instruments they were playing because the sound is so unique.

The Boreds

Too folksy for me!

Aujourd'hui on va causer d'un monument, d'une pierre angulaire, d'un truc tellement culte qu'on n'ose plus trop le critiquer de peur de se prendre une fatwa par les puristes à sandales. On parle de "Mr. Tambourine Man" des Byrds, sorti en 1965. Mais d'abord, remettons l'église au milieu du village. Je suis né en 70, donc j'ai raté le coche du Summer of Love de peu, et franchement, vu la gueule des redescentes d'acide, c'est peut-être pas plus mal. Mais bon, j'ai quand même bouffé de la musique toute ma vie, j'ai traîné mes guêtres derrière les comptoirs d'un disquaire indépendant, et j'ai usé les faders d'une radio libre. Tout ça pour dire que mon oreille, elle est un peu tannée, elle aime quand ça gratte, quand ça sature, ou quand ça vous prend aux tripes. Pourquoi je vous raconte ma vie ? Parce que quand je pose "Mr. Tambourine Man" sur la platine aujourd'hui, en 2026, j'ai un sentiment plus partagé qu'un hipster devant un rayon de vinyles dans le magasin lowcost du coin. Commençons par ce qui fâche, comme ça c'est fait. Putain, que ça a mal vieilli. Je sais, je sais, c'est un blasphème. On parle de l'album qui a inventé le folk-rock, rien que ça. Mais soyons honnêtes deux minutes entre nous. La production, elle est pas juste "d'époque", elle est carrément anémique. On dirait que tout le spectre sonore a été passé à la Javel pour enlever le moindre gramme de gras. C'est plat, bordel. Ça manque de coffre, de profondeur. Quand t'as l'habitude d'écouter des trucs produits par Steve Albini ou même des vieux enregistrements de jazz qui ont du grain, là, t'as l'impression d'écouter la musique à travers une boîte de conserve reliée à une autre boîte de conserve par un fil de laine. C'est là que je me dis : "Mec, cet album, il hurle pour un remastering, un vrai". Pas le genre de remastering où on pousse juste le volume pour que ça tape plus fort sur Spotify, non. Un travail d'orfèvre pour aller chercher les fréquences perdues, pour redonner un peu de corps à cette rythmique qui sonne parfois comme des cartons à chaussures. C'est un album intemporel, oui, c'est indéniable, mais il a pris un sacré coup de vieux dans les gencives. C'est le paradoxe total : c'est culte, mais techniquement, c'est daté, tellement daté que ça en devient presque touchant, comme regarder une vieille émission télé en noir et blanc où tout le monde fume sur le plateau. Mais attention, ne me faites pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit. Si je mets un beau 4 sur 5 à cette galette, c'est pas pour faire joli ou pour respecter les quotas de classiques du blog. C'est parce que, malgré ce son de transistor, la magie, elle est là. Les compositions, les amis, c'est du nectar et on ne peut pas toucher à ça. Quand Roger McGuinn (qui s'appelait encore Jim à l'époque, le mec change de prénom comme de chemise) fait sonner sa Rickenbacker 12 cordes, il se passe un truc. C'est ce fameux son "jingle-jangle", cette signature sonore qui a matrixé tout le monde, des Beatles (qui s'en sont inspirés pour "If I Needed Someone") à R.E.M., en passant par les Stone Roses et toute la clique de l'indie pop des années 80-90. Sans cette guitare, pas de Johnny Marr, pas de Peter Buck. C'est l'ADN de la pop moderne qui se joue là. Et puis il y a les voix, ces harmonies... C'est juste à pleurer. McGuinn, Gene Clark et David Crosby, quand ils ouvrent la bouche ensemble, c'est pas juste des mecs qui chantent, c'est une chorale céleste sous hélium. Ils ont réussi le tour de force de prendre du Dylan – qui, soyons francs, chantait comme un canard enroué à l'époque – et d'en faire des hymnes pop scintillants. Le morceau titre, "Mr. Tambourine Man", c'est l'évidence même. Dylan a écrit les paroles, mais les Byrds ont écrit la légende du morceau. C'est une prière électrique, un truc qui te transporte direct, même si la prod te retient un peu au sol. Mais le vrai héros caché de cet album, pour moi, c'est Gene Clark. Ce mec est un génie tragique, un songwriter de l'ombre qui mérite tellement plus de reconnaissance. "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better", c'est peut-être le meilleur morceau de l'album, et c'est de lui. C'est la quintessence du "je t'aime, moi non plus", avec une énergie qui préfigure presque le power-pop. Et que dire de "Here Without You" ou "You Won't Have To Cry" ? C'est d'une beauté mélancolique à te fendre le cœur. Clark avait ce truc en plus, cette sensibilité à fleur de peau qui balance parfaitement avec le côté parfois un peu plus "scolaire" ou "cérébral" de McGuinn. D'ailleurs, parlons-en du mélange car on a du Dylan à toutes les sauces ("All I Really Want To Do", "Spanish Harlem Incident", "Chimes of Freedom"), on a du Pete Seeger avec "The Bells of Rhymney" qui est juste sublime, et puis on a... "We'll Meet Again". Ouais, la chanson de Vera Lynn, le truc de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Qu'est-ce que ça fout là ? C'est la touche d'humour, le petit délire de fin de soirée, ou peut-être un clin d'œil au "Dr. Folamour" de Kubrick. C'est kitsch, c'est bizarre, mais ça passe, parce que c'est les Byrds et qu'ils ont l'air de s'amuser. Ce qui est fascinant avec cet album, c'est qu'il est à la charnière de tout. On est en 65, Dylan vient de brancher l'électricité (en partie grâce à eux, d'ailleurs), les Beatles sont en train de muter, et les Byrds arrivent avec ce mix improbable : la poésie beatnik, les instruments du rock, et des harmonies vocales dignes des Beach Boys. C'est le "folk-rock" qui naît sous nos yeux, ou plutôt dans nos oreilles. C'est l'Amérique qui répond à l'Invasion Britannique en disant : "Eh les gars, nous aussi on sait faire des coupes au bol et des mélodies qui tuent, mais on a des paroles un peu plus costaudes que 'She loves you, yeah yeah yeah'". Alors oui, quand je l'écoute aujourd'hui, avec mes oreilles habituées à des sons un peu plus extrêmes, ça me fait sourire. C'est léger, c'est aérien, c'est presque inoffensif en apparence. Mais c'est trompeur car sous le vernis un peu craquelé de la production d'époque, il y a une écriture solide comme du béton armé. C'est la preuve que tu n'as pas besoin de distorsion à fond pour être intense (même si, on est d'accord, une bonne grosse disto ça fait toujours du bien par où ça passe). C'est un disque de "découverte" par excellence. Si tu veux comprendre d'où vient la moitié de la discothèque indé de ces trente dernières années, tu es obligé de passer par la case Byrds. C'est la racine. Et même si la racine est un peu sèche et qu'elle aurait besoin d'un bon arrosage technologique pour retrouver sa verdeur, elle tient toujours l'arbre debout. Je repense à mes années chez le disquaire. Si un gamin venait me voir en me demandant par où commencer avec le rock des années 60, je lui mettrais peut-être pas ça direct dans les mains s'il écoute du Korn (c'était la mode à l'époque, ne jugez pas), mais s'il avait un t-shirt des Smiths ou de R.E.M., je lui dirais : "Tiens, prends ça. C'est le papa de tes groupes préférés. Le son est un peu maigrelet, on dirait qu'il a sauté un repas, mais la musique, elle, elle va te nourrir pour un moment." En résumé, "Mr. Tambourine Man", c'est comme une vieille photo de famille un peu jaunie. Les couleurs sont passées, le cadre est un peu ébréché, mais quand tu la regardes, tu ne peux pas t'empêcher de ressentir une émotion. Tu vois les sourires, tu sens l'époque, et tu te dis que c'était quand même une putain de belle journée. Il faut juste accepter de faire l'effort d'abstraction. Oubliez vos caissons de basse, oubliez la compression moderne qui vous écrase le cerveau. Mettez-vous en condition, imaginez-vous en 65, sur le Sunset Strip, avec des lunettes rectangulaires fumées et une chemise à jabot (ouais, bon, peut-être pas le jabot). Et laissez cette Rickenbacker vous chatouiller les tympans. C'est un beau 4 sur 5, ferme et définitif. Parce que les classiques, on les respecte, même quand ils ont des rides. Mais s'il vous plaît, messieurs les ingénieurs du son, si vous m'entendez : un petit lifting ne ferait pas de mal. Juste pour que les basses existent, pour de vrai.

Decent. A little dated now, some of the songs perhaps a little simplistic, but that sound is still iconic.

Mr. Tambourine Man - 3.5/5 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - 4/5 Spanish Harlem Incident - 3/5 You Won't Have to Cry - 4/5 Here Without You - 4/5 The Bells of Rhymney - 3/5 All I Really Want to Do - 3.5/5 I Knew I'd Want You - 3/5 It's No Use - 3.5/5 Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe - 3/5 Chimes of Freedom - 3/5 We'll Meet Again - 3.5/5 She Has a Way - 2.5/5 I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - Alternate Version - 3.5/5 It's No Use - alternate lead guitar overdub - 4/5 You Won't Have to Cry - alternate vocal track/take 2 - 3.5/5 All I really Want to Do - Single Version - 3.5/5 You and Me - instrumental backing track- take 13 - 2.5/5

Jangly Rickenbacker, second meeting with that Crosby guy. It's alright, i guess. Marked down for doing mainly covers; a lot of Bob Dylan's work. Mark added for not sounding like Bob Dylan. We'll Meet Again was a jarring listen.

very boring

Blah

I’m sure they were influential and there are a couple of nice tracks but overall there’s a softness that rubs me the wrong way.

Temu Beatles

Day745 - probably my favorite byrds album even though its mostly covers. i’m a big fan of “i’ll feel a whole lot better”

Unfortunately uninteresting to me. There is a great choice of Dylan songs on here, but each of them is a big step down from Dylans own version for my tastes. The other material really doesn't grip me at all. I understand the importance of the band and I'm glad in a sense I listened through a couple of times, but I didn't find it interesting.

yayaya

The title track is probably the best Dylan cover of all time not performed by Jimi Hendrix. I always just wish it was the entire song instead of the shortened version, because I never want it to end. The rest of the album is pretty great too.

day 8

Good stuff

Good 60s political pop music

A little dated, but still a solid album.

a surra nos beatles, pqppppp

Very meh

stinky

I know I’m probably supposed to love old classics like this but I just don’t. A lot of the tracks sound the same to me, jangly guitar just isn’t my thing.

Love the Byrds, and haven't listened to them like this is probably two-ish years? Used to be apart of my psych rock playlists, where they've shuffled on frequently. This was a good throwback.

Mr. Tambourine Man is an album that feels historically important and musically pleasant, but not especially gripping as a full listen. The jangly guitars and harmonies are instantly recognisable, and there is a light, breezy quality running through the record that makes it easy to sit with. It captures a very specific moment where folk and pop gently collided, and it does that job well enough. Where it falls a little flat for me is in its consistency, and not always in a good way. The sound barely shifts across the album, with similar tempos, textures, and moods repeating from track to track. While the playing is clean and the vocals are polished, the songs themselves often feel slight, drifting by without much tension or emotional pull. After a while, everything blends into the same pleasant but indistinct haze. By the end, Mr. Tambourine Man feels more like a foundation than a destination. I appreciate its influence and its place in the wider story of popular music, but as an album experience it does not demand much attention or reward deeper listening

Very fun album, but otherwise not special

Ah a classic Byrds album. This is the easiest music in the world to listen to. Soothing and just a classic. 4.5 leaning 4

This is one that I've already listened to prior to this 1001 albums generator. I don't know if I liked it more than before, but I will say I enjoy early Byrds more than later Byrds.

sounds like the beatles, guitar is a nice sound but quite samey, not bad not amazing

The arrival of folk, rock, what a treat. Arguably the Byrds best album, certainly part of my collection. It's nice that we're spending some time in my wheelhouse with these last few albums.

Not quite a five-star classic for me, but its importance is undeniable. The jangly 12-string Rickenbacker sound and lush harmonies practically invented folk-rock, and you can hear its DNA in countless artists since—Tom Petty being the most obvious heir to this style. While the title track and “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” shine, some covers feel a little lightweight compared to Dylan’s originals. Still, as a blueprint for an entire genre, it’s hard to overstate its influence.

It had to be cool listening to this when it was new. This feels aged today, and very much like a Beatles cover band. (Hey, lots of groups trying to cash in on that sound) Overall, it becomes a very middle of the road album. Nothing to love or add to a playlist. Nothing that is terrible or makes me want to destroy and copies. So, right up the middle with a 3.

Didn't love. Felt like discount Beatles

7/10

2.5/5. It is a very listenable album, but there’s also so many albums from its time that do what it does better. admittedly doesn’t help that I’m a big Dylan fan so every time one of the Dylan covers came on I just wanted to listen to the original instead. But yeah, it’s okay and pleasant, but nothing I’d return to.

Feel a Whole Lot Better is probably my favorite Byrds song.

Приятная музыка середины 60-х. Она меня не удивляет, но это то, что я буду слушать даже в глубокой старости. Лучшая песня: Here Without You

Good album, better than I expected. The song Mr Tambourine Man was probably my least favorite track on here - but maybe that’s because I’ve been hearing it my whole lie. But it was a nice surprise to find so many other goods songs on this record.

Oldie. Not bad, nothing special. It is very strange that the album is named after a Bob Dylan song released some month earlier and covered here as the first song on it. 3 points, very close to 2.5.

Impressive musicianship for sure, but a bit bland and too little variation for me. A 2.5 that becomes a 3 because we have to vote with whole numbers.

7/10

I don't remember the last The Byrds album that I was dealt being as dreary or as listless as this one. There's practically no variation from track to track, each of them occupying a similarly dull jangly rock space and seemingly on a sequential mission to outdo themselves in the dullness stakes. The title track in particular is an abomination. A proper mood killer.

The most successful Dylan cover band. I like the Byrds for the most part but their signature harmonies and jangly guitar sound can get pretty same-y and a bit fatiguing. Their cover of "We'll Meet Again" was awful. They influenced Tom Petty's sound so I have to give them credit for that.

don’t love their dylan impression but overall pretty good

Always love to hear the Byrds but this is boilerplate relative to them in my opinion. 3.5

A new and very influential sound for Rock and Roll. Lot of covers here and I normally wouldn't give 5 stars for this many covers but they are mostly Dylan covers 😁

Sånn passe

had not heard before every song sounded like turn turn turn but wasn't turn turn turn no favourite or least favourite but enjoyed, very beatles ish

It's an album full of covers, so the pressure is really put on the music itself for the "creativity" side. To the Byrds' credit, the covers are done fairly well, and they're generally great picks. There's a reason Dylan is recognised as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. But the sonic creativity is a little lacking, especially when you realise it's not just the first couple of songs that sound the same, but in fact the entire dang record. Unfortunately, it's pretty clear that the Byrds are more built to be a "singles band" than an "album band". All the songs have near-identical textures, mostly notably the jangly guitar sounds, same softish singing, and omnipresent tambourines. (I guess the album name makes sense.) Other than the title track, the main standouts are the rare ones that take a drastically different tonal approach. Here Without You is one such song: it's missing a lot of the higher frequencies, and the feel is "darker" somehow. It's No Use has a strange tentative/stop-and-start melody that I kind of dig. The guitar line in Chimes of Freedom is simple but very pretty and distinctive. As for the star of the show... The opener/title track is darn good and instantly recognisable for anyone who even remotely listens to 60s music. Instrumentally and vocally, it's completely distinct from the (equally great) Dylan version. I like the two about the same, though the smoothness of vocal harmonies in the Byrds' version ekes out the competition. And the melody is just fantastic. That is really what I think. (Oh by the way, which one's Byrd?) 3/5 Key tracks: Mr. Tambourine Man, Here Without You, Chimes of Freedom

So now we come to the third Byrds album on the list. The song Mr. Tamborine Man brings back memories of a time when I was still interested in hippie culture and the girls that went with it. That was a long time ago, and the girls are no longer what they used to be. Beyond that, I couldn't care less about the album. I hope this was the last album by this overrated band on the list. 2/5

Volvo songs

I'm a sucker for the folk-bluegrass Laurel Canyon vibes that toss in a bit of the surf rock flowery guitar.

Go byrds dh The byrds rock though, Crosby has not let me down yet

I remember thinking as Grant started playing that this sounds like The Byrds and I cannot say if that is a good or bad thing but pleasant enough

Transports you to the 60s. Took Dylan songs and made them janglier. Did the Byrds elevate Dylan or popularize him by simplifying him? Cool to learn about its place alongside 1965's Bringing it All back Home and Highway 61 revisited and how it influenced him to pivot to electric (as recently depicted in "A Complete Unknown" among others) All a relative blind spot to me so it's cool to see it in context. Essentially invented folk rock, which went on to influence genres such as psychedelic, country rock, power pop, jangly guitar, etc. First American response to British invasion rock. You can hear the Beatles' influence. I've also admitted to being under-familiar with the "CSN extended universe" (there is a tangled infographic out there). But sitting with albums like this and learning a bit about it is a good way to fill this gap. Generally a pleasant listen that wouldn't necessarily stand out given that its sound was replicated many times over in the future. But i think i'll bump it a star after what i've learned about it and it's context when it came out in 1965, and how much future music draws an influence line to this.

Not sure about this one. It's not an unpleasant listen but the contributions to music writ large seem a little bit subtle. If Roger McGuinn's 12-string sound is important, you can get it from listening to the title track (the lead-off) and then go take a nap. This isn't a pan but the inclusion of this record seems to be a little bit along the lines of 'Tradition is something a Baby Boomer did twice' in terms of its real relevance. I can draw a straight line from this to Tom Petty but it's so smooth as to be featureless. Petty has so much more growl and angst. Some have said that it sounds like a mix of the Beach Boys and the Beatles but I think those comparisons do a grave disservice to both of those groups. Maybe it sounds like their earlier, less-challenging work. The kicker: Spotify really wanted me to listen to the Dylan recording of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' instead of the album, so I listened to that first. It was a better version. It feels really weird not to like this -- I love vocal harmony. Possibly the least-offensive, most milquetoast of all the 60's classics I've yet listened to. 3/5

вот это было максимально битлово, приятный)

Classic byrds, mellow and easy listening

I should have respect for this album. I know why it’s important. But this really is nothing compared to the Beatles and Beach Boys.

Sounds the same as the rest of the pop-rock from that time. Not great, not terrible. 3/5

I enjoyed this album. They sound a bit like the Beatles.

Do you really need to cover several songs

Really liked this, much better than any Dylan and better than their other albums we’ve had. Love the sound the feel and it’s remarkable how much better a Dylan song is without that buffoon singing.

to be fair-they do sound better than Dylan does. but to get your notoriety from performing covers of contemporaries? meh

# Album Name: Mr Tamborine Man # Artist: The Byrds # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Starts out with a classic. drops from there on in. Not bad. But certainly didnt grab me. # Top Tunes: Mr Tamborine Man # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Listened to the whole album It was good I couldn’t pick out any songs that I would say are my favourite. There was a cover of we’ll meet again which was okayish idk if it was a cover or they just interpolated it but it was good. Maybe a revisit is needed to fully hear all this album had to offer this is also my first day in a while of doing the daily albums so maybe this was another reason I couldn’t get into it well

A remarkable debut which stands with other titanic releases of the era, including those by The Beatles, Kinks, and Rolling Stones. Folk-tinged jangle pop with great harmonies, solid songwriting, and strong performances (including turning Dylan’s songs into remarkable pop craft). The Byrds should have been bigger, but lineup changes which drove major stylistic changes (including a hard tilt toward country) made them a bewildering follow.

I don’t think this is for me personally.

actually enjoyed this more than i thought! nice to listen to whilst getting chores done

You can't have the Beatles, we've got the Byrds at home

Anyone doing Dylan songs without making me listen to Dylan sing is fine by me. It's a bit too hippy for my tastes, but can't deny how good that Rickenbacker guitar sounds.

Jangly 60s music in a great way. A reminder that the Beatles weren't the only jangly band about and kinda refocussing the way I think about 60s music. Tambourine Man is so much better than Dylan's version. All I Really Want To Do. I recognise. What a good tune. Well meet again. I also recognise. But not such a good version (you can't beat Vera Lynn. 3½

mehhh and ehhh

I was suprised at the amount of Bob Dylan covers. They were well done. The original songs were less memorable, typical 60s folk music. It was enjoyable

Doesn't do much for me. Inoffensive. Can't give it a particularly high or low score.

This debut album from The Byrds, released in 1965, is an album that is now decades old, yet its sound remains instantly recognizable and enduringly influential. The album starts on a high note with the title track, Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man". This track is a quintessential example of a cover song that seemingly elevates the original, it's often cited as being superior to Dylan's own version - I enjoy Dylan's version just as much. The true legacy of "Mr. Tambourine Man" lies in the sound it pioneered: the distinctive, shimmering jingle-jangle of Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker 12-string guitar. This sound, combined with the band's precise and excellent vocal harmonies and arrangements, creates an influential sonic template. It is this influence on subsequent genres and bands that earns the album its place on "must-listen" lists. While its influence is undoubtedly five-star, the album's contents range from "good to excellent," making it a fine and pleasant listen overall. The track listing is neatly split: five songs are original compositions (primarily penned by Gene Clark), and the remaining seven are covers, including four different tracks from Bob Dylan. The album’s consistent sound and quality make it a solid experience, defining the style of the mid-60s American rock scene. It's an album that gets five stars for its influence but as an album, musically, it achieves four stars. Side one 1 "Mr. Tambourine Man" (5/5) 2 "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (5/5) 3 "Spanish Harlem Incident" (4/5) 4 "You Won't Have to Cry" (3/5) 5 "Here Without You" (3/5) 6 "The Bells of Rhymney" (4/5) Side two 1 "All I Really Want to Do" (4/5) 2 "I Knew I'd Want You" (3/5) 3 "It's No Use" (3/5) 4 "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe" (3/5) 5 "Chimes of Freedom" (5/5) 6 "We'll Meet Again" (3/5) Total - 45 Average - 3.75 186/1001 102/186 albums reviewed were new to me.

Wayyyy too saccharine for me. Pollyanna vibes. Barely made it through.

Iconic sounds in both the twang of the guitar and the harmonies in the voices. Easy to listen to anytime.

Not the worst album ever, not great either.

We have the Beatles and Bob Dylan at home. 2/5

Of all the five Byrds albums on this list, Mr. Tambourine Man is probably the best one. Not only it includes their great Bob Dylan cover, which the album is named after, but also presents a style that gave rise to many followers in the years to come. I don't think we would get all the Jangle Pop, C86, and other such "college radio" staple movements in the 80's and 90's if it weren't for this album. I do wonder why their other stuff sounds more traditionally 60's psych-pop though. Key tracks: Mr. Tambourine Man

Beach boys bitch

An album of lacklustre Bob Dylan covers. 2/5.

Ok

Just OK.

So weird to me that this was released with 5 Dylan covers. Ultimately I enjoyed it though.

Sounds like if A Hard Days Night-era Beatles covered Dylan. What’s not to like?

Either I know more Byrds' songs than I thought or they are so familiar because they sound the same.

The Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man is what ignited my love for jangly guitar music.

How can a band clearly influence so much I love and yet sound a bit insipid themselves?

I've heard a lot of bands, quite a few in a row at this point, that have a very similar sound to this. It isn't phenomenal, but it isn't bad either. A good listen with some fun tracks. I got some moderate enjoyment out of it.

Boring, totally fine, rock of its era. I’m sure it was a lot more exciting at the time.

Not good

Let's NOT meet again, Byrds.

pretty boring

Cute.

I enjoy The Byrds don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think they needed 3 spots on this list

3.6

Great stuff.

It's just fine. Doesn't speak to me

The only Byrds songs I was familiar with prior to hearing this were their hits, so this album was all but new to me. For the most part, I really liked it and it seems that Tom Petty was really influenced by them…but Tom Petty is one of my favorites. Anyway, this isn’t a perfect album, but it gets four stars from me.

Music of the mid to late-60's has such a distinctive sound, helped in part by this band. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better is the standout on this album.

Entendi que é bem antigo (anos 60 e influências de beatles e dylan), porém não achei nada que me demonstrasse alguma empatia além disso, pelo contrário soou bem simplório (lógico se comparando com beatles)..enfim, poderia até ganhar mais, mas vou dar apenas dois...inclusive escutei dois álbuns e não saiu da mesma...enfim, passo, vou procurar outras coisas...

Favorite Byrds remains Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

The kings of jangle - it’s hard not to feel optimistic listening to this era of the Byrds. The fact this is half covers knocks my review, but the excellence of I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better balances it out.

Why?

Favorite Track: Mr. Tambourine Man

Nostalgic and very good.

The is The Byrds album that I admire most. The love songs, the sentimental songs, the psych and boogie songs. Its all so good. Its a perfect stepping stone of what rock would and could be come. I really love the Dylan cover among other old folk classics. (We'll Meet Again, The Bells of Rhymey). This album rocks. In some way, it feels like The Byrds could have been The Beatles. They were definitely punching at that weight. What a cool band.

Jesus this was slow.

I dunno man it's kinda too old, probably good then Will I listen to again: 4%

Voyons, un autre album mid des Byrds… y’en a combien dans liste, j’ai l’impression d’en avoir eu trois cette ann-WOWOWOH, Y’A 5 ALBUMS DES BYRDS DANS LA LISTE??!

I'm digging it but while I'm familiar with a couple of songs don't know how often I would listen to it. 2.5/5

Solid. Classic

jangly Dylan. Oh… as somebody who have already listened to the origin version i guess this is a drastic improvement over the original. but every song sounds the same. 3/5

Decently fun, but never really got into it.

Some classic jangly rock and roll here. Enjoyed a lot of it. Highlights: "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All I Really Want to Do"

The Byrds are over-represented on this list, but this album deserves the honor. It sounds great and apparently spearheaded folk rock — or folk psychedelic rock? The album arrived in 1965, in between Dylan’s two transformative albums: Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61. It also arrived after Beatles For Sale but before Help! Given that context, it’s all the more remarkable that the Byrds offer a distinct sound and such a strong album top to bottom. Of course, they cover Dylan like crazy - that was how it worked then. It was actually Dylan and Lennon/McCartney who changed those norms by writing their own original songs and crafting albums as an art form. But hey, the Byrds’ sound influenced George Harrison and maybe even the overall vibe of Rubber Soul, so props to them as well. 5/5 for the best album I’ve heard yet by The Byrds at a time when they were laying foundations with the greats.

This is the album that explains everything. They may have relied heavily on covers, but they weren't performing by numbers or just spitting out straight covers. They developed and brought their own sound which helped shape music for multiple decades. This is a straight masterclass in songwriting (and covering other songwriters), and it is fun to listen through. Of the Byrd's entries on the list, this is the most important.

"Nice" is probably the best word to describe this album, the covers are done pretty well, and the instrumentation evokes a nostalgic feeling that would later be mined to deeper effect by the Mamas and Papas. There isn't too much of substance outside of the covers though, and quite a bit of the album is forgettable

Classic Must listen

A couple of reasonable tracks, and you can see where it could go, but overall nothing ground breaking.

++: Mr. Tambourine Man, I'll Feel a Whole Better, Spanish Harlem Incident, You Won't Have to Cry, All I Really Want to Do, It's No Use, Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe, Chimes of Freedom, We'll Meet Again +: Here Without You, The Bells of Rhymney, I Knew I'd Want You 8,5/10

Very listenable, upbeat, fun mid 60s sound.

File this one under milk toast hippie bullshit. It’s painfully generic. I like a lot of what the Byrds and Gene Clarke put out but this one didn’t have anything that made me excited.

There might be something about older albums having shorter run times. Although I did appreciate a few of the alternate versions at the end cap of the album. Overall a decent listen but nothing spoke to me. Good for a sunday evening I suppose

Light 3

I'll feel a whole lot better är inte dum, Roger McGuinnes röst är skör och fin, men jag är inte så förtjust i Dylan-tolkningarna.

Really goddamn solid! 13 bite-sized bangers, super clean production and really pleasant vocals.

4*

Jangly guitar is always a good thing, and this is pretty jangly. And the title track is obviously a banger. Overall it's pretty decent without ever really grabbing me. I've heard better versions of Chimes of Freedom and, frankly, We'll Meet Again is a bizarre choice, particularly to end the album. But there are a lot worse records. For a mid 60s recording there's nothing really weird (other than the choice of the final song) and no one's trying to do anything odd with early stereo, which is a Good Thing. Perfectly listenable to without being really striking.

Somewhere between beatles and dylan. competent, but less playful

Nice harmonies, nice jangles. Completely forgettable. Like most of the things in this exercise, glad I listened to it, didn't hate it but probably wouldn't ever return to it.

first listen i mean, it's good

Well, I'd certainly rather hear these guys singing Mr. Tamourine Man than Dylan, I guess. Re: the Wikipedia entry—I believe no one who hasn't spent some time in a legitimate choral ensemble should be allowed to use the phrase "complex harmony singing" because, like... I find it quite simple, actually. Lmao. Whatever. None of this is unpleasant, I just don't really think I was in the mood for it today. I'll come back when I'm ready for all the jangle.

His voice was annoying

Guitars that shimmer and shammy in a jangle jam, harmonies like honey layered over … percussion. This is an exquisite record of note for anyone tracing the provenance of guitar-based genres as diverse as indie and shoegaze, but outside “the sound” I struggle to attach myself to many of the songs (even the Dylan compositions which, say what you want of the man (as I do), exhibit an obviously superior level of craft). I’ll risk the tag of criminally hip and say that my favourite track here wasn’t even appended until a 1996 reissue, and has an only half finished sort of feel to it. Still, there’s something special and Gene Clarke-y about “She Has a Way” – a sort of distance, even pensiveness; some feat given the lyrics’ describing a twee vignette of unrequited love. Tracks like “I’ll feel a whole lot better” and the title track showcase The Byrds’ chemistry wonderfully; certainly, the extent of their influence on pop and rock from the mid 80s on can’t be understated (I guess it takes a generation). A good record, a great sound.

So pleasant and nice the whole way through. Then the alternate leads come through and bring it all together with something different. High 4 rounding up to 5 because no faults

Not my thing at all

The first American successful challenge to British chart dominance. Mr Tambourin Man

Like, I don't really hate it but I also don't really love it. I'm pretty familiar with most of this and I just don't fuck with melancholy, unless it's mellon collie. Jokes aside, it's fine and I would never ask someone to skip it if they were vibing to it but on my own, I'm gonna skip that shit.

This record gives us Peter Buck and I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better. Thar gets us at least a 3.

2.83

Good stuff by The Byrds!

Such a warm sounding album. The first song is the best part but it's a great debut and helped define a sound.

The Mr Tamborine Man cover is such a solid opening track. This is a fun, quick moving 1960s album. A few covers, but the compositions are pretty good. Obviously had an impact on American music. I'm just not fully sold on it. Quite a few forgettable songs.

Having not been around when this album came out it’s hard to not compare it to what I grew up with and what’s around now without being biased towards what I prefer. I understand it was of its time and so I won’t go lower than 3, despite it not really being for me.

Just ok. The music is better than the whiny vocals. There were so many fantastic bands at this time that it’s hard to believe this album is better than others I’ve not heard.

Sensacional aparición. Muy buenas versiones de Dylan. Sonido influyente en su época.

Folf-Rock, 1965 -> 3

White boys be a-funkin'

A good folk rock album from one of its pioneering bands.

It was ok, nothing very original about it, could hear vocals striving to be Bob Dylan at times. One song sounded remarkably like very early Who, another like Nights in white satin and some tracks made me think thats what the Beatles would sound like if they could play their instruments properly and got a decent vocalist. some of it jolly background noise.