Reviews (page 7 of 8)
- Odd vibe that I can't tell if I like or not, but some songs are grooves - Some decent jams -Favorite songs: 5D, Mr. Spaceman
- solid album
Pff. 4th Byrds album? Other three I rated 1 2 and 3 stars. This the best of the 4 though, voices mising beautifully and some good songs. In mild mood, 3 stars. But enough folk&hippy stuff for now.
Mitigé. Comment écouter encore aujourd'hui tous ces solos de guitares approximatifs, de trip sous LSD ou autre... Quelques titres cools, mais des titres vraiment pénibles quand le guitariste semble pris de spasmes et jouer un morceau différent des autres membres du groupe (genre psychodrama city). Les trois premières chansons s'enchaînent bien.
Psychedelic folk by some of the greatest. Love it.
Jangly Dylan-influenced, vaguely Hippie folk pop. I can hear why some people really "dig it." Eight Miles High is a stand-out track. In short, the album is fine for what it is, but it's not my bag. It's my bag adjacent at best.
The Byrds' "Fifth Dimension" is an album that has its merits, but it doesn't quite manage to reach the heights of some of their other work. Released in 1966, this record sees the band venturing into a more experimental territory, incorporating elements of psychedelia, folk-rock, and even Indian music. While some may appreciate the adventurous spirit of the album, others may find it falls short of being a classic. One of the standout tracks on "Fifth Dimension" is undoubtedly their rendition of "Hey Joe." This cover showcases the band's ability to breathe new life into a familiar tune, making it feel fresh and distinctive. The Byrds' take on the song has a certain charm, with their signature jangly guitars and harmonies, that elevates it from being just another cover version. The album's title track, "5D (Fifth Dimension)," is also worth noting for its innovative fusion of different styles. This song combines a catchy folk-rock melody with more experimental sounds and lyrics that touch on themes of spirituality and cosmic exploration. It's a unique track that may resonate with those who are open to exploring diverse musical landscapes. However, "Fifth Dimension" as a whole feels somewhat inconsistent, with the quality of the tracks varying significantly. Some songs, like "Mr. Spaceman" and "Eight Miles High," may captivate listeners with their distinctiveness, while others, such as "I See You" and "John Riley," seem to be lacking that special spark that would make them truly memorable. Additionally, the production on the album is somewhat uneven, which can occasionally detract from the listening experience. While the band's experimentation with new sounds and ideas is commendable, the end result doesn't always come together in a cohesive manner. In conclusion, The Byrds' "Fifth Dimension" is a decent album with some highlights, like the standout track "Hey Joe." However, it's not a flawless record and may not be considered a classic in the band's discography. Fans of The Byrds who are keen to explore their more experimental side will find something to enjoy here, but those looking for a more polished and focused listening experience might want to look elsewhere in their catalog.
Surprisingly underwhelming. I liked other albums by the Byrds, but this one didn’t particularly wow me Saved tracks: Mr. Spaceman, 2-4-2 Fox Trot, Eight Miles High - alt, Why - alt
I liked it the more and more I listened. Pretty psychedelic and loved the guitar.
Fifth Dimension by The Byrds. The Wikipedia page said it was The Byrds' most experimental album by far, and I can nothing but agree. This album is so trippy, you'll need a map just to find your way back to reality. This album is a quintessential example of 60's psychedelic rock. It's like the musical equivalent of a lava lamp, except instead of blobs of goo, you get guitar riffs that sound like they're melting. And let's not forget about the lyrics, which are so deep, you'll need a scuba suit just to dive into them. Well, most of the time. The only standout track on the album for me was "John Riley". It's about some dude (presumably John Riley) who goes up to a random woman and asks her if she wants to marry him. Now, I don't know about you, but if some random dude came up to me and asked me to marry him, I'd be like "who the hell are you and why are you wearing a Byrds t-shirt?" But let's not forget about the interview at the end of the album, where only the answers can be heard and not the questions. I don't know about you, but that's some next-level trippiness right there. It's like the musical equivalent of trying to solve a Rubik's cube blindfolded. All in all, Fifth Dimension is a trippy ride through the 60's, and if you're a fan of psychedelic rock, then this album is definitely worth a listen. Just don't be surprised if you end up seeing colors that don't exist and hearing sounds that are coming from another dimension.
I think most people around my age are familiar with at least one song by the Byrds. Because, you know, I'm old. However, what's interesting is how some of the songs I had not heard from this album start to sound like other songs that I am familiar with. "John Riley," for example, has a rhythm track that sounds incredibly like "Heatwave." Listening to anyone else other than Hendrix doing "Hey Joe" always sounds weird. Even when they do it a completely different way to differentiate themselves from Hendrix. It still never comes off quite as good. I had forgotten "I See You" was theirs, although I had heard Yes cover it a bunch of times. The twangy guitar that is the Byrds' signature sound is unmistakeable, and it fits in to almost every song in this album very well, it even helps to give it a more timeless feel, not so helplessly locked in to the 60s. But in the end, many of the songs do not get past those trappings of when they were made "("I Come and Stand At Every Door?" Yikes.) and you could feel how dated they really are. It's only Eight Miles High and one or two others that really work. The version of the album I listened to had an instrumental version of "John Riley," with interview snippets from each of the Byrds tacked on at the end, That was... a choice. Probably if you were going to listen to this group, find a best of and go from there. Not a great starting point.
Yep, I get the appeal of putting this album on the list for its pioneering psychedelic sound - Eight Miles High is a great example. But a lot of other songs sounded like others' work - and I don't mean the remakes (Hey Joe - just doesn't hold up to Jimi). 5D felt like a mix of Dylan songs (yes, I know Dylan wrote songs for them before this album). And their arrangement of Wild Mountain Thyme kept making me think Mr. Tambourine Man was about to break out - so sounding like their own earlier stuff (that also owes credit to Dylan). It was fine, but doesn't really make me pine for more of The Byrds. And the Byrds are solid - I should want to look for more. This album doesn't do it.
There’s a bit of an inconsistency to Fifth Dimension. Even on their third album the Byrds seem to still be trying to find their sound. The song “Eight Miles High” is a classic though. I prefer some of the cover versions that I’ve heard over this one but those covers wouldn’t have existed without it. Speaking of covers, it seems that a lot of musicians at that time seemed to be covering “Hey Joe.” I did enjoy how different this was to the Love or Hendrix versions. The latter being the “definitive” one that is so well known. “I Come and Stand at Every Door” is one of the darkest songs of the 60s in my opinion. I’d like to rate this album higher but with the combination of this album sounding more like a collection of random songs rather than an album and the poor recording quality this only warrants a 3 or 3.5 at best.
3/5 Very mediocre
Tosi teknistä kitaratyöskentelyä tälläisessä 60 luvun rockissa.
Bright sounds of silver sun pickups is typically pleasing. But a few songs are downright skippable as well.
Zzzzzzzzzzz. I’m sure this is someone’s favourite album. Just not for me.
Meh
Didn't like this as much as the other Byrds album I got. Nothing really stood out here and just pretty generic mid 60s folk rock.
So bored of psychodelic 60s rock. Pleasant enough but.. boring.
Classic sound.
I would certainly call myself as a Byrds fan but this album is no where near there best work. Of course Eight miles high was novel and groundbreaking at the time, Mr Spaceman and 5d are great songs as well. However the rest of the album is perhaps some of there weakest material. 2.5 but I'll round up this since it's the Byrds.
Not my favorite by The Byrds, although Eight Miles High is one of my favorite songs (and the Hüsker Dü cover my favorite version). Mr. Spaceman is a bit of a goofy novelty song, which isn’t a knock against it, it just sets it far apart from the rest of the record. I would like Wild Mountain Thyme much more if they had pulled McGuinns guitar more to the front and dropped the levels on the strings. But it’s the harmonies that make the song. Otherwise… not worth going back to for me.
Bland. Seemed to steal heavily from Bob Dylan. Will not revisit.
I actually enjoyed this Byrds album for the most part. Not 100% of it. It sure was better than that awful country one they had. Probably won't go back to it anytime soon, but wasn't the worst thing I've heard.
I kind of always think of The Byrds as the band that made Bob Dylan songs actually sound good. I like their blend of folk rock and psychedelia, and this album has got great examples of that. Mr. Spaceman is a fantastic folk-rock song, and 8 Miles High has one of the most iconic guitar intro lines. The rest of the album was decent, though the two hits mentioned resonated the most with me.
I liked this alright. Weird instrumentation/playing on the guitars pretty often, but I thought it was good. 3.49/5
Some of this sounds lame to me, while some of it sounds almost as vital as it was at the time. Real folk was definitely better, but the more exciting guitar tracks were pretty cool, would have liked more of that. C
norm
Simpatico
This was…acceptable. Happy enough to hear it burbling away in the background but I won’t rush back to it! All a bit invisible for me! But hey ho, it is what it is I suppose. Acceptable like I say but nothing more.
Just not for me, '8 Mile High' notwithstanding.
This album really shines when it leans into the more experimental songs such as 'I See You' and 'Eight Miles High.' The Byrds use eastern inspired melodic passages well and can play the more blues inspired pieces well. I enjoyed their cover of 'Wild Mountain Thyme' but was a bit perplexed by the inclusion of 'Mr. Spaceman,' a song which offers nothing lyrically or musically. Overall, it is a good album if a bit uneven.
Influential but unenjoyable
Top echelon stuff, this. A touch of absolute genius, when it comes to arrangement.
at their best they’re pure fire but sometimes - too often - they come off half-baked
Comecei a audição sem muitas esperanças que iria gostar, mas fui surpreendido positivavemente nas músicas do meio. O lado folk nunca foi meu forte, mas muito me agrada as camadas psicodélicas deste. Pontos altos para "I See You" e "What's Happening?". As guitarras de "Eight Miles High" aquecem o coração.
A couple childhood nostalgia songs on here.
Some great stuff on here, but not quite enough for it to stand out as a whole album
Very much the Byrds, so 60s. I don't mind it.
Favorite track: Captain Soul.
Kind of sounds more like Simon & Garfunkel than anything alt country.
Highlights: "I See You," "What's Happening?" Not even close to their best album, but some trademarks are here. "I See You" and "What's Happening" are pretty prescient -- there are sounds of 90s alt and 00s "post-punk" here. The smooth vocals in dark harmonies are the strength of their performance. But then, everyone apparently remembers it for "Eight Miles High," which is embarrassing. It gets hyped as "inspired by Coltrane and Shankar," which means these guys are lucky they didn't get the pants sued off them for defamation after associating those names with some of the worst guitar solos ever made. The album has a lot of tonal whiplash, going from a song about UFOs to the perspective of a child ghost of Hiroshima to a minstrel show about murdering your girlfriend, where the common thread is extreme pretension and sloppy performance. Maybe the strangest decision is to resolutely avoid meter and rhyme in much of the lyricism! It's easy to read Zappa and Beefheart's future lampooning into some of the arch psychedelic daze here, which almost dignifies it. Almost. The modernized covers of songs they love are some of the best and most enduring. At their best, they've aged better for our times than their bigger contemporaries. It's the deliberate "boundary pushing" that is the weakest part of the album.
PREFS : 5D (Fifth Dimension), Wild Mountain Thyme, Mr. Spaceman, I See You, What's Happening ?!?!, I Come and Stand at Every Door, Eight Miles High, John Riley MOINS PREF : Captain Soul
Unremarkable
Definitely the 60’s, slightly Beatles vibes Would not say this took me to the fifth dimension, maybe with the help of whatever drugs the band I could get there
Trying to trick reviewers into giving them five stars by having "fifth" in the title - but it won't work on me! Pretty good, certainly better than their other album I have heard, but no better than that.
Sci-fi themed, psychedelic Byrds? Love that, although the songs towards the end got a little dull.
Eight Miles High not withstanding, this is good, but not their best.
Really solid folk rock album. I enjoyed this immensely. Rest in peace David Crosby.
I prefer The Beatles
A bit dull
Pleasing to listen to, sounds like a cross between Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Bob Dylan. Simple arrangements, but nice melodies.
I enjoyed this. Not perfect but a fern good listen.
Very good harmony and rhythm. Really liked this one!
4.75
Good time, some of it seemed out of place, but overall good
Classic album
Pleasant enough psychadelia, nothing much to excite me.
Very Beatles like. Digged a couple songs more than others.
This actually wouldn’t be my first choice of a must listen Byrds album, but it was still great
This seems a bit of a mish-mash. Folk, psych, rock. Doesn't really hang together as an album. Eight Miles and Hey Joe are both great songs but the rest just jumped around too much. Am sure this was very innovative at the time, but it sounds dated now.
There's some great storytelling and imagery across the album. Plus also a little humour with Mr Spaceman. I suspect drugs were involved. It gets a little dark in places with I Stand at Every Door. That's best skipped if you haven't taken the happy pills in the morning. Hey Joe was interesting. A very mixed album. It's the type of record that needs your attention, rather than background music whilst you're working. Sadly I fell into the latter category this morning. I may come back and revisit.
There is such a thing as 1D chess, 2D chess, 3D and 4D most well known. But The Byrds were out here playing 5D chess, way back in 1966! From beyond far out, they proved themselves to be less interpreters of the increasingly mercurial Dylan but as the more consistent American rock band of their age (Beach Boys notwithstanding), giving us indelible gems that not only became emblematic of their era but also stood the test of time. Fifth Dimension is an important step forward.
Kohtuullisen tylsä levy jälleen. Voi heittää taustalle soimaan eikä kukaan häiriinny, mutta jos haluaa fiilistellä musaa niin tämä ei siihen sovi.
Nothing special to see here
I will never complain about having the Byrds. Underrated band that pushed itself in every album. This album is slightly darker in sound than other works, but still a short and sweet 60s pop rock album.
As always a enjoyable album, good runtime, easy listening, what's not to like
Things moved fast in the 60's and this is one of those records where a good band is completely caught in a transition period, with the wrong personnel. You can hear elements of Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Gram is on the way, but not quite there), the mid sixties trippy psychedelia, some pretty ordinary B grade Rubber Soul knockoffs (I see you I See You), and some strange covers. What's wrong here? No Gene Clark is what's wrong, and it is no coincidence that he wrote and sang the absolute standout Eight Miles High. Gene was the star of this band, the songwriter and I'd think easily the best singer. Crosby, in all his various combos, is vastly overrated and it was no coincidence that McGuinn ditched him. McGuinn got it right booting old Davo, but blew it with Gene. It's that creative dysfunction that's influenced this record for the worst. Two stars for Eight Miles High.
Hmm. Not bad at first, but then the lead guitarist started sounding like he was stumbling over his own fingers. I gather (and can see why) this album is considered influential in the development of psychedelic rock, but it's not for me. Give me the smooth-flowing lines of their earlier music (and some of the more folky sounding tracks on this album) any day. 2.5 stars.
I love the psychedelic. Eight Miles High says it better than anything else. The rest of this albums is a bit all over the shop. Mr Spaceman delivers. The two extremely folkie tracks are folk classics : John Riley & Wild Mountain Thyme, which Dylan would perform at the Isle Of Wight Festival 3 years later. They both sound great here. The cover of Hey Joe is unnecessary, just like every other version apart from Jimi’s. Could have been a better slbum if Clark hadn’t left the band. But Eight Miles High was his departing gift. The Byrds never came to Australia, but I saw McGuinn, Hillman & Clark at the Regent in Sydney in 1978, & was not disappointed.
There are five (five!) Byrds albums on this list, which feels like a lot. This is a transitional album between their folk phase, and leading into psychedelia. Eight Miles High is a classic, and I like the run of side 2, which is a little bit more muscular, but the original songs are bit ho-hum (Eight Miles High excepted). The cover of Hey Joe is Ok (although not a patch on Hendrix), and the instrumental "Captain Soul" was vaguely funky, although now that I know it is a stab at covering "Get Out My Life Woman" by lee Dorsey, I'm a little less impressed. I understand the influence this album had, but it doesn't really stand up for me as a album worth listening to (Eight Miles High excepted). Side 1 is a 2 for me, and side 2 is a 3. I'll round up.
Folk-rock. Ni fu ni fa.
Psychedelic. Felt very Beatles-like. Not really my thing.
Who like this shit?
Surprisingly interesting album…
Way ahead of their time. I still prefer This Mortal Coil's version of "I Come and Stand At Every Door" though. Not my favorite psychedelia, but still obviously a seminal record. David Crosby, man. David Crosby. Obviously McGuinn is an uttery genius too.
Yeah. Liked. The one sided interview at the end was a trip. The song about the kid who died in Hiroshima was unexpected.
It's not harmful or anything; just doesn't do anything for me.
Nice album that feels very rooted in the time, so folk, some jazz, some indian influence. It gets a down vote due to some sloppy guitar work.
Mehhh. Better than the last Byrds album I had to listen to but not much. Instrumentals are good but the vocals are so boring. I feel like most songs sound the same.
As far as the Byrds go, this is a fun, different, and interesting album. They move away from poppy folk (which to me sounds anodyne and overplayed at this point) to more psychedelic vibes here. They also get points for directly crediting black sources of musical inspiration in their interviews. I'm not likely to listen to this again on purpose but I can see its importance and impact.
Robert Pollard and Peter Buck both owe Roger McGuinn royalties.
I liked this more than I liked other Byrds stuff. It was more vibey, a bit more convincing in its experimentation, and more interesting. Still kinda wishy washy. But I get it
"1960-luvun idea", siltä tää levy kuulosti
Tämä tuntuu pakkopullalta. Levy on tyyliltään huonolla tavalla folkkia: yksinkertaisen ja tarttuvan sijaan vaikeasti avautuvan genretietoista. Ja vaikka teoriassa on ollut oikea päätös jättää Dylan-biisit pois lp:ltä nro 3, käytännössä niitä olisi tarvittu enemmän kuin koskaan.
Ouais c'est bien mais bon finalement voilà quoi
à mon oreille, les Byrds peinent à prendre leur envol
Classic and hippie-ish.
1966 would mark the beginnings of psychedelic rock as we know it. While still sticking to their more folk rock roots, The Byrds would lean heavy into raga rock influences with Eight Miles High. This single would be the song that many will refer back to when recalling the first psych rock song. It's a shame that the production work done here is so shoddy that guitar solos sound terrible. While pioneering a whole new subgenre, the Byrds happened to be in a tumultuous period where they were without songwriter Gene Clark and producer Terry Melcher. The band also moved away from Bob Dylan songs, which put more focus on their songwriting abilities as a band. They're okay at it. While no doubt a significant cultural album, some weaker songwriting and production makes it difficult for me to fully appreciate this album. Still worth checking out, regardless.
4th Byrds album pushed at me here. Someone must have a crush on this band. As for me, I certainly don't share the sentiment. As with the previous 3 cases, this album is a bore-fest.
I liked this album, definite 60s sound - reminiscent of the Kinks for me.
Adding David Crosby didn't do much here, except turn the Byrds into a poor man's CSNY. The most interesting part of the Byrds was how they always seemed to get incredible members and make boring music. Favorite track: "What's Happening?!?!?"
It all sounds so familiar – the chiming and jangly guitars, the countrified frills, the dreamy lyrics, the tension between mellowness and a druggy sort of edginess – that it’s hard to remember how new it must have sounded in the mid-60s. It sounds so much less dated than much else from this era. One likes their take on “Rider,” an often dull and flavorless ‘60s chestnut.
That was sweet! Such a trip!
Great harmony and familiar guitar sound of this group from a bygone era.
Meh.
En saa aivan vastausta siihen miksi juuri tämä levy on kuuntelemisen arvoinen! Tavallaan tässäkään ei oo mitään vikaa, mutta ei myöskään mitään järin ihmeellistä. 2/5
Oikein mukava puolituntinen.
Laadukasta psykerockia osaltaan, sit joukossa jotain Lear Jet songeja. Vähän epätasainen, 3/5.
Not bad.
-Generally plain psychedelic rock. Nothing mind blowing. -"Captain Soul" is instrumental and they seemed to up the instruments for that -"2-4-2 Fox Troy (Lear Jet Song)" is pretty cool, lots going on in that one. There's the instruments in the left ear, pilot radio chatter/airline sounds in the right, and the vocals in the middle. That's pretty cool. -Overall just barely a 4
Second half was better, the version of Hey Joe was enjoyable. But overall is wasn't great.
Pleasant easy listening
Some really good stuff on here and some absolute bollocks. Standard Byrds album by this stage 👍🏾
bom album, fortemente inspirado pelos beatles
3.5/5. fine psychedelic folk rock, but a bit same sounding
psychedelic and hard. i like it.
Monotonous
Parce bem construido, gostei de uma musica "Captain Soul"
I hadn't heard of the Byrds before this, on first listen, these tracks sound heavily influenced by the Beatles, in particular Rubber Soul (interesting that this was released one year after that), and also Simon and Garfunkel. It's a bit shit that they did sooo many covers but I guess that was more normal and common in the 60s so that's ok. So overall this album does not feel very ground breaking or original, and also I get what critics mean by saying this feels scattered. However, I think we can put a positive spin on that to say it's got cool variety. Also the main artists they have been influenced by and even consistently covered are all top faves of mine so ok I do really like their music and I really enjoy this album. Particular faves are Wild Mountain Thyme and Hey Joe. The interview at the end was very interesting and also confirmed that they were indeed obsessed with the Beatles. I also read that their main songwriter in the band left right before they recorded this so that obviously adds to the scattered/varied feel, I think it's a good thing!
I didn't know Spaceman was by the Byrds! Loved that song as a child. I really enjoyed this album in a number of ways, folky Beatles like.
Love it. Funnily enough a song from this album came on straight after finishing the Beach Boys. Again, a really nice album with summery vibes
This is alright - nice album but nothing really stood out. 6/10.
The album was ok but it never clicked with me. I enjoyed some of more experimental guitar work but overall sounded like it was missing something.
The Byrds is another band I grew up with and loved. Memorable Bob Dylan covers included My Back Pages and Mr. Tambourine Man. Fifth Dimension is the first Byrds album that did not include a Dylan cover. However, it does include some traditional songs such as Wild Mountain Thyme and John Riley. The progression from the traditional songs to songs like Eight Miles High and Mr. Spaceman is what makes this album stand out. The Byrds' experimentation and innovation may have helped generate the Psychadelic Rock genre. However, they always kept their folk rock roots. The harmonies of McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman are beautiful. It is no wonder that Crosby, Stills, and Nash followed with great harmonies. Finally, McGuinn's 12 string Rickenbacker adds to the signature sound of the Byrds and is in evidence on this album.
More Byrds? Surely there are other bands that deserve to be included ahead of the Byrds second or third (or fourth or fifth!) best album. But OK, it's my album today, lets give it a spin. By turns great (Eight Miles High), interesting (5D), pretty but boring (Wild Mountain Thyme), just boring (I come and Stand at Every Door), and downright weird (Mr. Spaceman). Overall pretty listenable, especially if you have any fondness for psychedelic rock.
The best Byrds album? I prefer having Gram Parsons in the mix, but this works.
Chill. Like a glass of water with two ice cubes.
Sus arpegios discordantes son interesantes al inicio pero después de 4-5 canciones son medio hartantes. Fuera de eso nada me pareció que sobresaliera. What's Happening es la mejor
Ahora sí, algo de The Byrds que realmente me gustó y que me hizo debatir entre 4 y 5 estrellas. Si bien todavía tienen sus momentos de voces en coro muy dulce y armonizado, el resto del disco tiene grandes momentos, en especial un sonido de la guitarra muy rasposa, como con algu de blues pero con psicodelia al mismo tiempo. Entiendo mejor como es que esta banda fue tan importante influencia.
Not a huge fan, but distinct sound.
Not bad. Some classic tracks here but many fall short. Levels throughout the album were odd also trying to do a bit much on thr guitar. Can tell how this album is influential though not one of the best of its time.
This album feels like it really couldn't decide what it wanted to be, so it ended not being that much of anything. Some of the individual tracks sound pretty good, but as a whole it's just not good enough.
The album was just alright. It was not noteworthy in anyway. I did not skip any songs. Thankfully it was a short album. It is better than a two so I will round up.
Early rock n roll making strides. The 60s English sound is ever present.
I was a bit disappointed with this. The songs felt a bit slight, to be honest.
One of the more forgettable Byrds albums, nothing much here to distinguish it from the other run-of-the-mill guitar-driven 60s albums. Some melodic flavor here and there, but again nothing to write home about.
There are a lot of nice melodies but I guess you had to be there?
The Byrds continue their jangly folk rock sound but delve into psychedelia, who would popularize the genre. Early usages of psychedelic pop are employed here: cryptic surreal lyrics, beautiful yet ominous singing, raga-structured guitar, and cloudy repetitive instrumentals where everyone seems to do their own thing. Sounds like they're still trying to copy Bob Dylan with the vocals in "5D" and harmonica in "Captain Soul." Some early country rock with "Mr. Spaceman." As a fan of their jangly guitars and harmonious singing, there were only a few songs I didn't care for much. It's a fantastic effort as always. Favorites: Wild Mountain Thyme, I See You, What's Happening, Eight Miles High, Hey Joe, 2-4-2 Fox Trot, Why
Really disjointed, but still a great listen. You've got to be in the mood for a little bit of everything. This is the one where they didn't need Gene Clark (or Bob Dylan). Best track: Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
Good sound, but couldn't really get into the album.
The Byrds getting weird with it and not singing any songs written by Dylan eh? I don't know... Experimental possible originating point of psychedelic rock? Okay, I guess that's something. Turn! Turn! Turn! is stiff competition though, the pinnacle of success for the Byrds and probably their most worthwhile contribution to music. I can vibe with this, but it doesn't get me high.
The good thing about this album is its brevity. Key songwriter Gene Clark's departure from the group prior to this album is evident by the rambling inconsistent songwriting. It appears that when a song got complicated in the writing process, they decided to stop right where the problem occurred. The supposed influence of psychedelic rock this album is purported to carry is a bit of a stretch in my book. The only thing that puts this album on a must listen list is that you can see what happens to a group that loses it's motivation and of course, without a single Bob Dylan cover to carry them, only 8 Miles High (a subpar song at best) is the lone standout.
An OK psych folk album, but there is just no reason to have 5 (!) The Byrds albums on this lyst, considering the criminal number of omissions.
Var ekki að dansa neitt sérstaklega við fyrstu hlustun, en þessi vinnur verulega á við aðra. Oftast skemmtilegt létt sjöunda psychadelíurokk og ágætlega flutt. Ekkert meistarastykki, en vel áheyrilegt.
Such an influential album. Guitars are spectacular
8 mile high is a brilliant track, some of the others sounded like sub-optimal Beatles
byrds more like the nerds
Fine record, has a few nice moments of harmony but nothing inherently outstanding.
This is my third Byrds album. It also happens to be the first Byrds album that doesn't rely on any of Bob Dylan's songs. He may not have his songs featured, but the influence is still heavily there, at least early on. Better than 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo,' not as good as 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'Fifth Dimension' was an interesting, sometimes psychedelic ride with the Byrds that ultimately didn't really wind up anywhere super noteworthy.
começando a chamar na psicodelia
Excellent.
Mom can we listen to The Beatles? We have The Beatles at home. The Beatles at home:
We’ve had a lot of albums like this on the list so far. This one is a mix of easy-going soft rock and more psychedelic music. I’d rate it as good but not especially great. Highlights: “What’s Happening?,” “Eight Miles High,” “Captain Soul” Interesting to start to hear repeats of songs on this list. Joan Baez did a version of “John Riley” and of course Jimi Hendrix does the most famous version of “Hey Joe.”
Pros: After the third track, the lead guitar playing gets kind of weird and experimental in both tone and melody. I like that. Cons: - It feels a little... kitsch-y to me? Listening to the third track, Mr. Spaceman, sounds like some faux classic rock music? Like something Tim and Eric would make in order to make fun of classic rock?... - I kind of felt bored by it and I don't really have a great reason for it being on this list.
I love Eight Miles High - a cracker of a song. And there are some other good tracks there. I'll go back to it.
Folksy
Not my cup of tea. Just came off a bit too dated for my modern ears. Songs I did like were: Mr. Spaceman, What's Happening?!?!, Eight Miles High, John Riley, Why, and I Know My Rider (I Know You Rider).
It has a very distinctive style, which I enjoy, but I don't know if this soft folk does a lot for me. It's fine
It is quite appropriate that on 4/20, I got the album with "Eight Miles High" on it. This is The Byrds' 3rd album with the majority of songs without founding member Gene Clark who left during the recording. This album does jump around quite a bit stylistically. They were influenced at the time by Ravi Shakar so a few songs have an Indian influence in the music and guitar (Raga). You hear more of a country influence in a few other songs. And, they do cover four songs. Maybe, the absence of Gene Clark had something to do with this??? Anyway, this album does have "Eight Miles High" which is an absolute monster of a song. Supposedly named after how high you fly in an airplane. Right. Great unique guitars blending together with one playing the Raga (Indian) style and the other one trying to imitate the playing of John Coltrane. Woah! But the sound is fantastic. Considered the first psychedelic song. A few other highlights include "5D" - great Byrd harmonies and "I See You" - the Raga guitar more clearer here. Overall, an fairly enjoyable if uneven listen but there is "Eight Miles High."
Just about as 60s as you can get. It gets very samey very quickly, by halfway through I was willing it to end. It's not that it's bad, it's just repetitive and really loses its way quite early on.
Nice, if often cheesy psychedelic pop folk.
A decent album. Nothing totally wowed me but it was enjoyable.
Larry Byrds are boring to me... Zzzzzzzzzzz
Non mi è dispiaciuto. Mi ricordano un sacco di gruppi di cui non mi ricordo il nome, lol.
Bit too trippy an experimental, seemed to be trying everything possible and while that's commendable a good album it does not make
Chilled - prefer to the Beatles.
A solid offering, again highlighting their folky style of rock. Good guitars and harmonies against some strong songwriting.
Pretty good early psych rock. Didn't realize 5D was about the theory of relativity...
On paper The Byrds could have been designed specifically to tick all my favourite jangly, folky, Americana musical boxes. In reality, every time I listen to them I just… don’t get it?
The is a little sugar on this album and thats Eight Miles High which is a track you need to here before you die. The rest of the album is very dated and at times drags you down a folksy psychedelic black hole. I also like the Trad Scots/Irish song Wild Mountain Thyme but it is not as well done as The Silencers or Corries versions. Also Hey Joe is Naw Joe! My least fav to date
I liked this. You could hear the influences this band had on many bands that came after them.
Blues rock
FIVE STARS An all-time classic and a personal favorite of mine. Up to 1966, The Byrds had enough assets in their game to consider they had already established the perfect formula in their very first LP, *Hey Mr Tambourine Man*, and that there was no reason for them to veer off-course three albums in after the success they had. That formula is that cliché most listeners still associate The Byrds with today: use Dylan's shortest, catchiest tunes, cover them by adding melifluous vocal harmonies that are complete u-turns from Bob's rough, nasal timbre and inflexions, wait for those covers to hit the charts, and then cash in. Of course, you could still replace Dylan with Pete Seeger and The Bible (see "Turn, Turn, Turn"), traditional tunes or everything in between. But in its core, the formula didn't change a bit. Not that individual members of the band were frauds and impostors as they performed those skilled transformations. Coming themselves from the US folk scene, they had learned how to translate those folk staples into a more pop-oriented language, but thanks to their original background, they could also instill those rendition with a much-needed sense of authenticity. Both serious and commercial, folk and rock, The Byrds were at the crossroads of everything the sixties were all about. With Gene Clark, The Byrds also had a main songwriter in their ranks, admittedly, and the covers were interspersed with originals, too. But even if Clark seemed like a competent songwriter in his own right, this didn't fool audiences. As influential as The Byrds were on the overall sound of the mid-sixties, they were first and foremost seen as performers. And it was never a problem. The sixties going as fast as they did, it soon became one, however. Especially when Gene Clark left the boat at the exact moment when true authorship started to become a huge plus for pop audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. After Clark's departure, Jim McGuinn and David Crosby had no choice but to step in and increase their songwriting output. That some reviewers have considered that the two guitarists were still in the process of learning the ropes of that trade in 1966 is a little baffling given how the originals on this album could easily be deemed superior to most of Clark's endeavors. The original songs shine throughout the whole LP, leaving many earworms in their trail, from enticing opener "5D" to the John Coltrane and Ravi Shankar-inspired "Eight Miles High", a cryptic track (partly written by Clark before he left) about soft drugs--a tune logically banned on the radio--often quoted as the the first psychedelic rock song ever penned. *Psychedelic*. The word is like that magic carpet on which most of the band members sit Ali-Baba style on the album's front visual. It is a promise to fly to outer worlds of the mind, a promise that's also in keeping with the Sci-Fi themes in some of the songs. "Mr Spaceman" is for instance a tongue-in-cheek country-rock pastiche of sorts referring alien abductions. And the fifth dimension of "5D" is one inspired by Einstein's foray into theoretical physics, not lysergic drugs, contrary to audience's expectations at the time. But such misunderstanding is not necessarily a betrayal of what the song--and the album to which it inspired the name--is all about. Open your mind. Feel that awe (and possible terror, too) when the gates of perceptions are blown far wide. As hackneyed and cliché that philosophy may read today, what's impressive about the album is how fresh, effortless and spontaneous the results of that preliminary foray into a new world appear today. That pop freshness is partly explained by the fact that the Byrds were instigators of that psychedelic trend, and not mere followers of it (the rougher and more garage-oriented version of that trend exemplified by The 13th Floor Elevators came out in the exact same year, for instance). And like many other instigators they were not necessarily understood as they should have been. Short yet insistent bridges and breaks with reverse-tape-recorded guitars, raga-like flourishes and other sitar-inspired riffs abound during the record. The move was challenging for general audiences, yet The Byrds took their chances, catching some fans and even music critics off-guard. The covers were also more interesting and riskier than anything that the band had ever attempted (no Dylan anthem to be heard there). It's a risk that paid off, generally speaking, and nowhere did it pay off more brightly than on that mysterious musical rendition of a poem by Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet, a quite obscure reference for western audiences. "I Come And Stand At Every Door" is indeed as hypnotic as it is slowly powerful, yet never does it come off as a pretention dirge, so beautiful its intricate harmonies are. At its core, it is a miniature lesson in patience and meditation, one that Crosby would use to great effects again in his own song "Everybody's Been Burned" on the next album. But it's mostly one of many tracks on the album that manages to transcend tts sixties psychedelic context to become something a little more timeless than that, and one can only regret Crosby didn't *really* explore this trend further later on. Obviously, opening your mind also encourages a spaghetti-at-the-wall approach. Even as recently as the last ten years or so, some critics have indeed complained of the topsy-turvy nature of this record marking the Byrds' transition from folk-pop translators of Dylan's repertoire into psychedelic adventurers. But complaining about any lack of cohesiveness here might be missing the point, since the twists and turns in the tracklisitng are part of the appeal here devised for receptive souls tired by standardized listening (and thinking). It's the sort of standard The Byrds had actually set upon themselves during the earliest part of their career, and one can guess they were tired, too. Fortunately, it didn't take them long to find a way out. After *Fifth Dimension*, The Byrds would even use what they had learned from the recording of this preliminary masterpiece to great effects on their two next records, often heralded as their very best. I sometimes wonder why those records, which are a bit of a mess themselves, are never judged as harshly as *Fifth Dimension*. Maybe it's because it takes *more* time for certain minds to open, and that contemporary critical reaction only caught up with The Byrds once Crosby was out of the picture, namely with *The Notorious Byrd Brothers*, leaving the two previous LPs with a more "difficult" critical reputation. But the magic carpet started flying here, with this very album. And to this mind also tired of standardized thinking, it has never flown more beautifully than when it soared like this to the lysergic skies, and beyond them. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 971 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 11 (including this one). Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 7 Albums from the list I will *not* include in mine (as I think many others are more important): 9 Albums I might not be able to judge (some might end up on my final list but it's because I recognize how culturally important they are): 2]
Solid from beginning to end but no YES! songs so it falls flat. Just come up forgettable.
There are some original songs, some are average
Folk, blues and traditional. Fairly bland, felt a little like a contractual obligation album.
My late grandmother loved this band, so this album reminds me of her.
It was enjoyable, but I probably won’t go back to it.
I love this. It's incredibly uneven, and feels as though there wasn't much consensus internally regarding direction. But that's the kind of album I love; a bit scattered, but intensely artistic throughout, with a real sense of building a new movement for pop music.
Snooze
A fantastic album, just an absolute joy to listen to
It’s fine
Like so many albums from this time, you can feel the beginnings of psychedelic music
Some decent songs! Good bass playing especially on Captain Soul.
Pretty good! I can take or leave this style of music but I enjoyed this well enough, playcounts indicate the better tracks across the board.
60s album? Check. Psychedelic? Check. Has to be a 4/5 then doesn't it really? That it does, that it does.
This album was uninspiring enough that I can't even be bothered to write a proper set of listening notes.
Really easy listening, can't really fault it. Nothing jumps out as an absolute banger but equally nothing jumps out in the other direction either. Been listening for this for 4 hours on repeat I think.
Sure it's a pivotal album in terms of folk pop, country and psychedelia but it is patchy! Again, some great songs, and too many not so great ones. If you want a better cover of Hey Joe, go listen to the one by Love on De Capo, also released in 1966.
Hey Joe was great, interesting album but overall not for me
Another artist I am familiar with and have listened to but first time listening through a full album. Decent folk rock which makes for good background music.
Not a bad album, first half of the album seemed mediocre, but the second half I enjoyed
It was ok. Nothing super memorable. Would probably forget about it.
Very much of their time. I had forgotten that Hey Joe was a cover, Jimi was out here claiming people’s tracks and wiping them out of history
Forgettable. Didnt enjoy other than spaceman; and that was aighjt.
First album I have heard after a long Thanksgiving break (long, but much needed!). Unfortunately, I do not have a ton to say about this one. I enjoyed the initial listen, but I didn't feel myself immediately impressed. It reminded me of a more upbeat/British invasion version of Simon and Garfunkel, but I don't think it ever hit the heights of either that genre or that group. I thought the guitar work was poor overall which is never a good thing, and I felt like I was listening to the album on shuffle as the track order did not seem very cohesive (2-4-2 Fox Trot should not be a closer). However, some parts were catchy, and the vocals were pretty strong so it could have been a lot worse. 2.5/5. NOTE: I had no idea that David Crosby was the singer for this group. Now the folk connection I made makes a lot more sense!
Hippies
Niet mijn favoriete album van The Byrds, maar toch best tof!
Wel oké. Eight Miles High en John Riley vind ik tof, maar verder vind ik het behoorlijk gedateerd klinken.
Mooie 60's sound. Ik kan dit wel waarderen al zouden er wel een paar wat pittigere nummers tussen mogen zitten. Het is allemaal wel erg kabbelend en braaf.
Mooi maar iets te veel zingen-bij-een-kampvuur naar m'n zin.
Truly a surprising album. Never have I given The Byrds a second thought, nor thought them anything but 60's "rock". Wasn't expecting proto-psychedelic folk. What.
Great album! Lots of variety Favourite tracks: Hey Joe, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mr. Spaceman
The sound of psychedelia. Perhaps not quite as good as their earlier "classic pop" but still beautiful harmonies.
Meh, didn't love it
A handful of great tunes does not a great album make. Eight Miles High, the big hit, has much to recommend it: thoughtful lyrics, a memorable tune, and Indian influences, although Roger McGuin's 12 string guitar solos haven't aged well. The rollicking Mr. Spaceman is genuinely funny and makes great use of country conventions. Best of all is the title track, with its moving description of a psychedelic epiphany and relentless structural momentum. And of course, the harmonies are gorgeous throughout. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is filler or worse. Wild Mountain Thyme, John Riley, I Come And Stand At Every Door are pleasant enough but forgettable folk-rock. I See You is a lesser attempt at the psychedelia of Eight Miles High. 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) and the instrumental Captain Soul are throwaways. The country-tinged cover of Hey Joe falls completely flat, verging on self-parody. Worst of all is the cringy What's Happening?!?!, a pompous and condescending screed from David Crosby. Why anyone considers Fifth Dimension a classic is beyond me. Maybe people are seduced by the well-known hits and overlook the rest. I dunno.
Yay hippies
Great baseline album of 60s era. Comfortable listening
Side 1 is my favorite 60s aesthetic. The chiming 12 string. The multi part harmonies. The swirling organ. The innocent, vague, disorienting lyrics. A trippy phased guitar solo. The "Laurel Canyon sound". Quote I like from FJM in current context “The sound of Laurel Canyon is entertainment lawyers screaming at their dogs.” Somewhere around Side 2 it gets a bit threadbare and hollow. So in a way this album represents the arc of the counterculture it embodies. Starts beautiful, optimistic, original, entrancing. Becomes unsustainable and ultimately too one dimensional to adapt to the times a changin'. B+
Good album. Nails the cool, chill, transcendental, raw, dirty energy of 60s LA. The lyrics, transitions and sound mix can get a bit clunky at times. Love the sitar/guitar sound, the harmonies abd there are some standout parts from the rhythm section. 3.5 but giving a 4.
Some bangers, some flops, some great stuff, some low stuff.
This album makes it clearer to me why the Byrds were pitched as America's answer to the Beatles. The instrumentation and production of this album bears a lot of similarities to Rubber Soul. It's all fine, but not particularly interesting. 3/5
Not bad not great, liked the early psychedelic aspects
Yesterday a Gene Clark album, today the Byrds! The Byrds were real innovators, being on the forefront of folk rock, alt-country, and psychedelic rock. Eight Miles High from this album is an epic song, an all-time classic. It's an amazing accomplishment on its own and stands the test of time. The rest of the album is good, but nothing too special. 3.5 stars.
Buen disco
Typische 60s muziek. Niet erg speciaal
El folk psicodélico empezó aquí, o eso dice la wikipedia. Solo conocía "Eight Miles High" pero en general el disco está bien pero no es para volverse loco. Interesante la versión de "Hey Joe" que luego hizo famosa Jimmy Hendrix.
good
4/5 - good for when it was
Not bad, but not quite my case either
I'm not a big Folk rock dude at the end of the day. Don't super care for the psychedelic's sound too much either. I fully understand some people like this one a lot. However, Not for me, I found it kind of annoying at times. I wish I enjoyed the fucking tamborine more as a general rule. I don't.
Too sing songy. Like a children's kid bopz album. 9 people harmonizing the entire song. I know that's their thing, and hey, I think those kid bopz albums sell too. But I'm not a customer.
Je croyais pourtant avoir été clair dans ma critique de la semaine dernière au sujet des Byrds et de leur incapable leader Gene Clark... Je vais donc devoir me répéter. Gene Clark et sa bande de joyeux singes n'apportent aucune plus-value à la musique. Ils reprennent un coup l'air de La Marseillaise (cf Eight Miles High), plagient ensuite le bon vieux Jimi (cf Hey Joe) même si ce dernier n'a sorti son tube que l'année suivante, et se permettent de clore leur album avec deux morceaux indisponibles dans votre zone géographique. En résumé, un immense foutage de gueule.
J'ai écouté cet album sans y prêter la moindre attention, étant donné la nouvelle assourdissante que mon camarade robbulière m'a partagé aux alentours du quatre-heures, alors que je degainais une belle nectarine: Jonny Halliday a fait découvrir Jimi Hendrix, en lui proposant la première partie de son concert. Par lien logique, on peut donc en conclure que Jimi Hendrix a chanté devant de gros motards français remplis de whisky, chantant en coeur "Oh Marie, si tu savais". Pas sur qu'il ait connu plus intense durant sa modeste carrière qui s'en est suivie.
some really wacky guitar parts (Eight Miles High) that sound like a small mammal running up and down the fretboard. love the trippy vibes, the 60s must have been fun
Bit hit and miss; weird mix of styles, covers etc. Jangly AF. Eight Miles High is still a tune and I do like What's Happening?
What a nice surprise. The Byrds show a nice variety of pleasant harmonies and catchy psychedelic folk tunes on Fifth Dimension. None of it is truly excellent, but it's definitely above average on most parts. 3/5.
ну такое
Again, typical '60s harmonic folk-ish rock. Nothing exciting about it.
Amazing.
This is one of those albums that speaks so much to it's era, experimental and influential for its time but probably not altogether palatable for modern listeners. The quality of the songs varies overall, but the album still has some great ones. It's like they wanted to try a bunch of stuff and threw everything at the wall, so the songs don't all work together. I liked it better the second time around, so it improves on repeat listening. Musically speaking, it's so pretty and so quintessentially the Byrds. The harmonies are pretty perfect and the guitar work is out of this world. Jangly, occasionally trippy, textured little gems. Fave songs: Mr. Spaceman, What's Happening, Eight Miles High
I have no idea why you would start an album with this song. If I was going off of this song alone it’s a one star. I was thinking to myself during the 2nd song what do people do while listening to this? Drive down a dirt road? And then was immediately jarred by Mr. Spaceman. - Ending edit: I didn’t make it all the way through this album and have decided not to try.
Скучная монотонная нудятина по инструменты, в основном гитара.
J'aime beaucoup eight miles high et i come and stand by every door. Par contre je suis pas fan de mr. spaceman, qui etait apparemment une des plus appreciees de l'album.
Safety first. There was some Competent Musicianship, and some Solid Songwriting, but nothing that stood out one way or the other, save the impossibly mawkish I Come and Stand at Every Door - and that for the wrong reasons. All told, it sounded like how I imagine 60s music to sound when I’m asked to imagine it (not that often, weirdly!) which either indicates influence or cliche. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
This is when I finally got over to the west side of "the island". My kinda territory. Freshwater, Totland Bay, Tennyson Down, Headon Warren. Sumptuous. Drove along the famed Military Road and gobbled up the sights. Rocked Modern Vampires of the City and Sgt. Peppers in the car. Distant cousins in the way they make excessive studio clowning signify. The Byrds can only dream.
I liked this one more than the other byrds album
3.5
Some really nice sounds, ultimately a bit too pretty for me but I do appreciate that this band and album helped shape rock n roll.
I really enjoyed this one. Quirky and all over the place and very of it's time for sure, but what a time. Particularly like the wild guitar playing on this one.
The Byrds for me are like comfort 60s music, it sounds nice but nothing I'd throw on to listen to. Nice harmonies and a chill tempo for the most part. I'm sure if I grew up with it I'd think differently.
mr spaceman of tambourine man?
3.4 tofkes tofkes, kvind het wel goed klinken
Goeie sesh! Mr spaceman en eight miles high als mijn favoriete
An average album. Nothing really stood out while listening either good or bad. 6.0/10
Not my thing im afraid
Really good 4.7 stars
Not sure this one has aged that well - except for Eight Miles High - it was probably quite new and different in 1966!
Enjoyed, but think the lead guitarist thinks he’s better than he actually is.
I liked this album but I think it falls into this book's pitfall of so much kinda generic classic rock. Good album some good songs
easy to listen, hard to adore
strong 3
Respect to psychedelic rock and the influences it’s had on future artists but this just wasn’t for me.
5D (Fifth Dimension) is by far the best song on this joint, but still enjoyable nonetheless.
This is fine but it's no sweetheart of the rodeo
Great album.
not my genre
great
5D (fifth dimension): excellent Wild mountain thyme: average Mr. spaceman: very good I see you: good What’s happening?: excellent I come and stand at every door: very good Eight miles high: good Hey Joe (where you wanna go): good John Riley: above average 2-4-2 fox trot: below average Why: very good I know my rider: very good Psychodrama city: average 7/10
Very good memories of this album. And the listening was
Reminded me of Crosby, Stills and Nash mixed with the Beatles a little bit. Good but I'd have to be in the mood for it.
Hard to know what to make of this album, or the Byrds in general really since so much of their output was covers. Apparently this record was important in shaping psychedelic rock, and you can hear that in a few of the tracks. Some nice arrangements and ‘I see you’ and ‘eight miles high’ particularly interesting and impressive in equal measure
Interesting. Don't know if it was groundbreaking. Quite eclectic.
16th July 2021 Listened on the phone in the morning of a very sunny Friday. Not bad but quite forgettable sadly.
Kinda psychedeliccy, kinda Rock & Roll, but quite soft for what I expected. Still alright, a few ok songs off there but not really my thing.
Rather enjoyable album. 4/5
this was literally just fine. i can't complain but i definitely can’t rave about it either so very middle of the road. 60s folk rock is generally the vanilla of music
fairly generic 60s band music. there are no hidden gems in this one.
Now that's folk-rock. One of those bands that I often heard about but never listened too. I was surprised
Some great songs, terribly recorded though which Is a shame
A little bit before my time….was 8 years old but remember 8 miles high
ug... this is going to be painful. its fine. aggressively fine. still two stars at best though. IDK why it rubs me the wrong way so much.
first song sounds terrible -- very 60's/hippie/blecchh I think they have a couple of pop-y tunes, so maybe they can get a 2. I'll be shocked if they earn a 3, and not surprised if it's only a 1.
Pretty good record
Du bon vieux rock qui s'écoute tout seul
Ah yeah
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sure
Ooooh they sound better than the birds I normally end up with. The last one sounded like a hungover Johnny Vegas gargling gravel out of a weasel's armpit. Squealed like a dirty hog when I slipped it in her wrongun. Tells me she was pissing rusty blood out of her ass for 6 weeks. Pints of the stuff. 3 stars and a bag of chips.
Not even real birds.
It probably did sound like the 5th dimension in 1966 with elements of experimental chamber psych, but in 2021, it sounds very 2D. Pleasant enough...you can hear the lads have had some lsd and are trying something different here, but it wasn't anything that piqued my interest for too long.
So high on acid that they forgot how to spell "Birds". Quite impressive that they managed to write these pleasant ditties in that sort of condition really.
Fair to middling
5.5
A classic psychedelic sound- guessing it's the inspiration for a lot of later work given the year. Somehow, it holds up today. A pleasant amount of variety in each song.
the byrds are what we thought they were. if i wanted some annoying 70s psychadelia, i'd love it.
Leppoisaa 60-luvun hipahtavaa musaa. Vähän surffi-/avaruusrautalankaa. Levy tuli kuunneltua pariin kertaan taustamusiikkina, jäi aika hajuttomaksi ja mauttomaksi lätyksi.
Jingly
Another fairly boring one.
nothing special.
Bit bored of it after hearing some of the songs so often.
Pretty goofy! Some hits and some misses on here. 6/10
Very weird. 6
good
Pionty wymiar, czyli klasyczna plyta klasycznej bandy, pionierow psychodelicznego rokowania juz od samego poczatku dzialalnosci i psychodelicznych aranzacji dylanowych songow, ale jakos nigdy nie mialem okazji przesluchac zadnej ich plyty, do dzisiaj, pionty wymiar, to otwierajacy trak 5D jak najbardziej pasuje, praktycznie wszedzie bardziej lub mniej mozna sie doszukac inspiracji kultura psychodelii, albo jak same byrdsy to okreslany, czyli filozofia, rok filozoficzny takim pojeciem starali sie operowac z tego co slyszalem na wywiadzie z ostatniego instrumentalnego traku, ktory jest raczej komentarzem na temat plyty przez czlonkow bandy, ale ktorych dokladnie to nie wiem, albumik traci najbardziej na tym, ze sluchalem go w stereo ktore bylo zmontowane z wersji mono, wiec takie sterego biednego czlowieka, a w tamtych latach o wiele lepsza jakosc nagran jest w mono, bo stereo jeszcze bylo czarna magia i tak samo jest w tym przypadku, najbardziej to czuc na samolotowym traku 2-4-2, i samplowanymi silnikami, przed odsluchalem myslalem, ze tylko crosby i mcguinn robia robote na wokalach, na niektorych trakach cala banda sie chorkuje dla psychodelicznego viba, bo wokale i tamburinski najbardziej go tutaj buduja, ale znowu niedoskonalosci techniczne wychodza nawet przy nagrywaniu wokalu, na hey joe mozna uslyszec dyszenie do mikro lub inne przebitki, folkowym akcentem jest z pewnoscia dlugosc i budowa trakow, bo zazwyczaj 2-3 minutowe kompozycje nic dluzszego, no i harmonja na kapitanskim traku ala dylanowy niuans, na plejke wedruje 5D i psychodrama city, bo 8 mil wysoko juz tam siedzi, gdybym przesluchal mono wersji pewnie bym o wyzej ocenil, ale spotifaj nie daje opcji, a szkoda bo psychodelia ktora stara sie wejsc w polemike z filozofia to dobry koncept
Generous 3
I still like the jangle and there's some good songs on here. Still very uneven. Hey Joe is terrible
7/10. birb. Their version of Wild Mountain Thyme was a bit lame, actually
3.6 - Some solid tracks on this: "Eight Miles High", "Why", "Hey Joe." Sounds like fairly typical hippy guitar rock of this era with some psychedelic elements shining through especially in some of the extended guitar solos.
Los Beatles de California, muy crema
"Eight Miles High" Released: March 14, 1966 "5D (Fifth Dimension)" Released: June 13, 1966 "Mr. Spaceman" Released: September 6, 1966
Agradable y muy melódico. Un gran avance
Cool, another band that tried LSD and realized they could make music. I'm really trying hard to come up with new creative ways of saying "this shouldn't be on this list, why do I have to listen to these" but it's Monday so the juices aren't flowing yet. I had this on in the background while I was working and it was relaxing but nothing to write home about.
Nice 60s vibes. Beattles style in some parts, but less moving
Some decent tracks but probably not anything I’ll come back to. I think something that I’ll nitpick about several 60s albums on this list that are in the rock/folk/psychedelia area have production that sounds fuzzy (mostly on the guitars and vocals) and that decreases my overall enjoyment of them. 7
Some cool psychedelic stuff in the beginning but mostly forgettable in the second half
interesting stuff
The most generic 60s rock ever. I’ll give it this: it makes me appreciate the Beatles a lot more.