Reviews (page 5 of 7)
The Byrds’ country album was a sweet and mellow listen. It’s a short album and mostly filled with covers. The doesn’t detract from it though. The album is a bit of a rebuilding too after the group fell apart during the Notorious Bird Brothers. It also is probably their last great album and their weakest in that regard. As much as it was a pleasant listen, I don’t think that it needs to be on the list, and I can see this one being set aside for future editions of the book. It gets a solid 3 for some decent tunes but and the Byrds taking a chance by going in a direction their fans didn’t expect but it didn’t really wow me enough make me want to listen again and if I didn’t already know their earlier albums it wouldn’t have motivated me to go and check them out.
Yeah
Country music, nothing special. It might have been important at the time, but it's nowhere near as good as the Eagles.
Lekker country albumpje
With new member Gram Parsons, The Byrds went into a much more traditional country direction with mixed results. It's quite a plain but sweet sounding mellow record with addition of instruments like banjo and fiddle on 'I Am A Pilgrim', steel guitar on 'The Christian Life' and 'You Ain't Going Nowhere' and others whuilst the up-tempo 'Pretty Boy Floyd' is firmly in the bluegrass mold, driven by banjo and mandolin. The usual vocal harmonies are present and correct. It's not a bad album but sadly I can't say there are many highlights compared with the previous 5 Byrds albums. The main problem: I don't think there was anybody in the band strong (or distinctive) enough on lead vocals to compete with Country greats like say Dolly Parton or Jim Reeves.
passaros
country and kickin!
Look, I will now and forever prefer the jangle pop Byrds over the country rock Byrds. But even I know this is a stone-cold classic.
'The Christian Life' has to be one of the most irritating, smug, prudish songs I've ever listened to. Jesus Christ, that was obnoxious, I can't believe I listened to it. The rest of it is fine, I guess, but that song made me kind of hate the vocalist for even deigning to perform that hacky-ass-number. Fuck this shit. 1/5 lmao
This was great. I've been struggling to find a route to get into alt country, for want of a better term. Sweetheart of the Rodeo might just open the door for me. It's a little dated in attitude and themes, but then so are most albums from the late 60's. There's a strong band theme with everyone working together. The choice of covers are strong.
Toques de country y de folk de un grupo muy mítico. Buen estilo de canciones. Con el ritmo apropiado. Para escuchar en ambientes relajados. Personalmente, noto que le ha faltado algo de variedad
A not-bad country album. Good background music, but there wasn't anything that made me go "Wow, this is some great country music!" To be fair, it's rare for country to make me say that, but still.
Never realized the The Byrds had such a country sound.
Jangling, twangling, churchy music. I don't listen to this kinda music much so it was nice to hear some lap steel guitar.
Some Byrds stuff I'd never heard before, a bit country, a bit twangy. Nice.
Country Byrds are country
A fine album. The cover is the best part about it I think. The Christian Life is a standout.
Country rock, goes on and on, but nothing inherently wrong with it.
Nie znalem Byrdsow z takiej strony, zawsze nasuwaly sie przychodeliczno popowe skojarzenia, a Sweethearth of the Rodeo to atak na calkiem inny gatunek, bardziej zakorzeniony w tradycji hamerykanskiej, wiec musi chodzic o country, ta plyta z 68 bylaby prawie kompilacja szlagierow gatunku, wiec trakow od Dylana, Guthriego, czy Haggarda, prawie bo jednak wsrod 11 trakow na tym srednio dlugim, bo 32 minutowym krazku, mozna znalezc dwa utwory bedace orginalnymi kompozycjami pana Grama Parsona, ktorego jest to jedyne nagranie z Byrdsami, ktore w tamtym okresie przechodzily wielkie szuflowanie, Crosby i Clarke odeszli w zapomnienie i dyktatorem naczelnym zostal McGuinn, ktoremu poza Parsonem towarzysza jeszcze Hillman i Kevin Kelley i sporo artystow sesyjnych, bo Byrdsowe podejscie do country cechuje bogatosc brzmienia, ktore w polaczeniu z jakoscia nagrania sprawia, ze swietnie sie tego slucha na monitorach, czlowiek ma wrazenie otaczajacej go sceny, wiec pomimo obaw, ze to juz nie te Byrdsy ktore znalem, dobrze sie sluchalo plyty przepelnionej tak chrzescijanskimi konceptami, wieksza czesc pierwszej strony mozna spokojnie zaklasyfikowac jako country gospel, do tego dodac opowiesci o dobrych bandytach, wyidealizowanej milosci i mamy klasyczne nashvillowanie, wiec nie dziwne hejty na plyte, bo przeciez popowa banda okrada ludzi ciezkiej pracy z ich dorobku muzyczno kulturowego i honky townowego brzmienia, ale zrobili to jakosciowo, a dodajac do tego Parsonowe kawalki, ktore wychodza troche ponad te koncepty i nawiazuja do jego stylu kosmicznej muzyki hamerykanskiej, ktora stara sie byc blendem tego co w hameryce grali najlepiej, dobrze sie zlozylo, ze poznalem wreszcie te postac, ktora ciekawila mnie od czasu pieces of the sky, na ktorym byl wspominany przez pania Emmylou, wiec na plejce znajdzie sie jeden z jego kawalkow, one hundred years from now, ktore porusza ciekawa kwestie tego jak bedzie za sto lat, ale nie od strony technologicznej, politycznej, czy ekologicznej, ale tego co czlowiek bedzie czul i co bedzie sie dla niego liczyc, czy beda choc troche podobni do piszacego utwor, jest to ciekawy koncept, bo rozwoj czlowieka pod wzgledem emocjonalnym nie jest w zadnym wypadku proporcjonalny do rozwoju intelektualnego, czego dysproporcje szczegolnie widac w ostatnich 200 latach cywilizacji, co jak pisal Koestler wrozy czlowiekowi rychly koniec, wiec wizja stu lat, ktore by mialy byc w roku 2068 jest interesujacym tematem do rozwazam, zwlaszcza biorac pod uwage wydarzenia dnia dzisiejszego i rosyjska agresje, ktora mozna ogladac w full hd i palac nienawiscia do drugiego czlowieka nie wychodzac z domu, piekna sprawa, drugim kawalkiem na plejke bedzie openingowy you aint goin nowhere, ktory jest dylanowym coverem
trad straight country
The Dylan numbers are the highlights here which is also my summary of The Byrds entire career.
Very reminiscent of 30-40s country music
Very old school country. Reminded me of the film Old Brother Where Art Thou!!
The Byrds are the Byrds in name only at this point. Gene Clark and David Crosby are gone. Yet the Byrds continue to release albums... Quite easy listening album (6/10) FT: You Ain’t Going Nowhere, Hickory Wind
So - the Byrds are ever weirder than I give them credit for. Was The Christian Life a joke or not? I wasn't clear. I figured it was a joke, but now I'm thinking about that a whole lot. Regardless, this is fine. Nothing really stuck with me, but it did make me wonder if Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats might have come from listening to this? Anyway, who knows.
I had no idea that The Byrds migrated to Country & Western. This is news to me. Even crazier? I kind of really liked this. It felt like they fully committed to the genre and I can't fathom that this was a popular direction amongst their fans at the time. Maybe I'm wrong. Either way, it takes some balls. Not something I'll listen to on repeat, but I'd return to it again and I wasn't expecting to have that reaction. Good album art, too!
Interesting listen - some decent songs and a nice change
decent music, terrible lyrics
Different style here from 5th dimension. A more folky and country style. The byrds do a nice job of making short and catchy songs. Felt like this album was pretty good and could listen again. Felt like a classic country style with a little bit of Dylan and the stones. 6.7/10
This is a very accessible and easy listening chill country album, but nothing too remarkable. I assume, looking at the Wiki, that it more notable in this time and context. I don't think I'll pick it up again. My top pick is the opening track 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere'.
Ok, but did I need an Americana Byrds album?
Je serai un peu moins dur que mon camarade d'écoute robpalombière, étant un fan de Gene Clark de la première heure. Seulement, il est vrai qu'enchaîner cet album très banal des Byrds après une écoute déjà compliquée des Minutemerde peut pousser à des conclusions hâtives sous le coup de l'émotion. Ici, nous savons raison garder, et attribuons à cet album la note qu'il mérite vraiment, à savoir un 3/5. Le 3/5 oubliable, celui où vous avez déjà oublié ce que vous venez d'écouter. Le générateur traverse une mauvaise passe en ce moment mais ne vous inquiétez pas, je viens d'avoir Robert au téléphone et il a tenu à m'assurer que tout devrait rapidement rentrer dans l'ordre.
Likes this more than I thought I would. Sounds like straight country, which is my least preferred genre, but they do well with it.
A good attempt, but it fell a little flat for me. Still, it's worth a listen.
Some okay songs, but I'm not a huge fan of the country rock style.
Gets better towards the end, but I dont really like the country numbers that much. But the harder tracks at the end make up for it.
nice and relaxing album of rock and country
Don't know the byrds super well, but never realized they delved into the country scene so deeply with little commercial success at the time. From what I understand, it had a lasting impact on the rock country scene that emerged later. It's an enjoyable album, though a bit heavy on the pop country for my taste. I like the banjo tracks the best. 3.0
The Byrds??...aren’t they that hippy flower loving folkish band from the 1960/70’s? How boooooring....sad face. ☹️ Maybe they are, but this album is anything but (thank goodness). It’s country but all electric and more swag than twang. Still plenty of twang...but in a good way. I’m thinking all these tracks are covers but certainly recorded in a more stylish and enjoyable fashion. Now, a piece of advice which is critical to many albums but I feel more poignant to this one. YOU MUST listen to it more than once. It is imperative for the listener to really gain an understanding of these songs as well as get maximum listening pleasure from them. 3 Stars!
I do love me some country music. I think this album represents what the 'country' genre is much better than the currently popular country-rock and is definitely what I prefer.
Aluksi oli, et "jiihaa ameriikan kantria". Yleensä pidän tämän tyyppisestä menosta, mutta tämä jotenkin oli vähän laimeaa/liian samanlaista. Kolme tähteä kuitenkin irtosi.
Comfortable Country
Hach, da freut sich das (Alt-)Country-Herz! Im direkten Vergleich ein warmer Balsam nach der Verprügelung durch die Sonics. Aber auch genre-intern mit z.B. Merle Haggard oder Ray Price neulich: viel mehr mein Ding. Das hier klingt sowieso schon so schön klassisch, und dann noch mit Byrds-Harmonien: man möchte ins Schwelgen kommen! Highlights für mich - vor allem wegen der hierzulande wahrscheinlich als eher klassisch gelernten Byrds-Melodien: You Don't Miss Your Water und Nothing Was Delivered; sehr schön auch der kleine Johnny-B.-Goode-Rip-Off mit Lazy Day. Bisschen mehr davon würde das Ding auch stärker Richtung 4 pushen. Aber so wie es ist, gefällt es mir einfach nur gut, und wir bleiben bei ner schönen, runden 3,3.
This album mixes some things that I definitively do not like, like country music and a kind of early stages of rock n roll, that I like very much, so it's for me a kind of definition of a medium album.
I’m not the biggest fan of country rock, but I enjoyed this. Made me realize how similar folk music and country are and how easily a folk rock song can become a country song.
Los Byrds es de esos grupos que son referencia de muchos artistas y al final no acabo de cogerles el punto. Este es considerado el primer disco de Country-Rock y a día de hoy suena muy, muy Country. Interesante por lo que vino después, siempre hay que valorar a los pioneros.
Great sounding country album, but offers little in diversity song to song. Not to mention that it proves to me that Byrds simply couldn’t write their own hits. But a good album overall.
Album correct mais rien qui m’a accroche. 3*
Country. Alegre. Bastante bueno.
Letras clásicas de country, con ritmos clásicos de country y arreglos de country, sólo que cuando fue hecho no eran clásicos ni tan reconocidos. Fácil de escuchar aunque un poco repetitivo, el disco no se mete en problemas - salvo dejar su origen psicodélico e incursionar en otro género - y entrega algo sencillo y agradable. Songs: You Ain't Going Nowhere, Hickory Wind, Lazy Days
Folksy 60s style, okay
Way more twang than i expected from these guys.
Didn't love it
Estaba leyendo que el género "oficial" de este disco es "Country Rock", aunque en lo personal me parece que es más bien Country, con una que otra canción de Rock. El disco está padre, pero la música Country no es lo mío, así que no tengo mucho que decir. Al menos ya tengo un buen disco de Country para usar si alguna vez se presenta la ocasión.
Decent country album however the songs all sounded too similar and none of them really stood out
Christian Life really weirdly religious. Otherwise seems kinda typically country.
Ikke lige min stil. Meget country. Nå det er sagt er det udmærket country, men ikke et genlyt værd
Too twangy, lacks an emotional or sonic punch. 2.5/5
historically it might be good because its the first country rock album but right now its a bit dated
Yeah it was pretty grand. A little bit repetitive.
Pretty boring, and secondly, I’m not a country fan; a few of the instruments are actually cool, but I wouldn’t listen to it a second time
I like this a fair bit but I don’t think it’s anything special and there are too many albums by The Byrds on the list. Nice to get something that sounds like country music but this album list is sorely lacking in country albums and iconic country artists. Wouldn’t mind less of this (and less Dylan!!) for more of that.
Folk Country is just bad... Go play Bluegrass you hippies
Eh, this was pretty mid. Nothing about it resonated. It's almost entirely covers of folk/country standards which makes the whole project less interesting and I question why it deserves a place on this list when I know The Byrds have much better albums. Maybe I’m just fatigued from several listens today. 2/5.
Not really my style, but it was a good listen.
Well crafted and played songs, but just too overtly country for me. They all tended to merge together after a while.
Just not for me, found it a complete bore.
What’s with the slow ponderous plodding sings? 3/4 time can still be fun , didn’t have to be played at 18th century waltz tempo. It does pick up the pace occasionally, but it’s still a chore to listen to this. I’m so sick of The Byrds.
It sounded a bit more country than rock to me, but there were some charming songs. Just not for me.
this is a very good cover but I do not feel like listening to a country album today. I started while driving to the Mets game and it felt like simply too many things I wouldn’t want to do with a typical day. Perhaps on my drive home. It’s just not for me but not unpleasant
i really just can’t imagine enjoying this record besides like a 60s theme bar somewhere. I’m sure there are some ppl who say This is music, and everything else that came afterwards is just noise.
Ah, Sweetheart Of The Rodeo... Un album des Byrds qui sent bon la bouse de vache, le foin fraîchement coupé et le puritanisme rance des cambrousses américaines. Il a toujours été de bon ton, pour un groupe de rock en panne d'inspiration ou en pleine crise existentielle, de nous pondre un disque de country bien poisseux ou un album de Noël foiré. En 1968, les Byrds ont choisi la première option, et le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est qu’on en sort singulièrement désappointé. Pourtant, sur le papier, l'idée de mélanger le rock psychédélique d'un groupe phare de Los Angeles avec les racines les plus traditionnelles de Nashville avait de quoi intriguer. Sauf qu'au final, on se retrouve coincé dans un saloon de seconde zone avec de la paille entre les dents et une furieuse envie de zapper. C'est de la country pure et dure, et si ce n’est pas un mauvais album en soi, ce côté trop traditionnel et ultra-conservateur n'est absolument pas ma tasse de thé. On est à des années-lumière de la tension dramatique, de la noirceur crasseuse ou de l'expérimentation sonore que j'affectionne au plus haut point. C'est un disque qui s'écoute d'une oreille distraite pendant qu'on nettoie ses boots, mais qui ne viendra jamais faire vibrer la corde sensible du passionné de noise ou de cold wave qui sommeille en moi. Il faut dire que l'arrivée de Gram Parsons au sein du groupe a complètement bousculé le navire. McGuinn et Hillman, seuls rescapés du line-up d'origine, se sont laissés embrigader par ce dandy sudiste obsédé par la "Cosmic American Music". Résultat ? Un disque linéaire, sans surprise, qui a totalement dérouté le public de l'époque. Les hippies aux cheveux longs ont détesté cette incursion chez les rednecks, et les amateurs de country traditionnels ont chié sur ces petits jeunes de la ville qui venaient jouer sur leur territoire. Un suicide commercial parfait, une anomalie dans une discographie qui avait pourtant brillé par son avant-gardisme et ses envolées raga-rock. C'est le problème quand on laisse les clés du camion à un nouveau venu un peu trop envahissant : on finit dans le fossé, au milieu des vaches, à regretter l'époque où les guitares jangling ouvraient les portes de la perception. Musicalement, l'album s'ouvre sur une reprise de Dylan, "You Ain't Going Nowhere" : c'est pépère, ça trotte gentiment, la guitare pedal-steel pleure dans les coins et on s’ennuie ferme. Même les morceaux originaux comme "Hickory Wind", pourtant salués par la critique pour leur melancholie, me laissent de marbre. C'est larmoyant, c'est de la nostalgie de comptoir pour cow-boys solitaires qui regrettent leur maman et leur grand air. Le reste de l'album s'enchaîne sans véritable relief, oscillant entre prêches chrétiens ringards ("The Christian Life") et reprises de standards de la country que même les plus fervents habitués des pick-ups trouveraient redondants. On cherche désespérément le petit éclair de génie, la dissonance qui sauve, le sursaut d'orgueil d'un groupe qui a jadis rivalisé avec les Beatles, mais non : tout est calibré pour plaire à l'Amérique profonde, celle qui n'aime pas qu'on bouscule ses traditions. Je sauve tout de même la technique : les musiciens invités (notamment Clarence White à la guitare électrique et Lloyd Green à la pedal-steel) connaissent leur boulot sur le bout des doigts. Les harmonies vocales restent propres, héritage direct du savoir-faire des Byrds. C'est propre, c'est carré, mais c'est terriblement chiant. L'absence de relief et cette volonté farouche de coller aux codes d'un genre aussi codifié annihilent toute tentative de rébellion rock. Pour moi qui ai passé des années à défendre des ovnis sonores sur les ondes et à conseiller des disques abrasifs à des clients exigeants, ce Sweetheart Of The Rodeo fait figure d'aimable relique historique, un machin qu'on respecte pour ce qu'il a engendré mais qu'on ne sort jamais de sa pochette pour le plaisir pur. Au final, je lui attribue une note de 2 sur 5. Ce n'est pas un désastre au sens premier du terme, c'est une curiosité historique qui a pavé la voie aux Eagles et à toute la clique du country-rock des années 70, mais cela reste un immense rendez-vous manqué pour un groupe qui nous avait habitués à voler bien plus haut dans le ciel de la création musicale. Une escapade bucolique dont je me serais volontiers passé, surtout quand je sais qu'il me reste encore des centaines d'albums à écouter dans ce fichu bouquin des "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Allez, je retourne à mes disques de chevet, là où les guitares grincent, où la basse fait mal aux côtes et où l'air ne sent pas le purin.
I didn't like this. I like the folksy Byrds, not this countrified version of The Byrds. The singing was fine, but I didn't really like the songs.
Completely different sound from their other albums. If they hadn’t covered Dylan again, I wouldn’t know it was them. Sounds like it was an influential album, but it’s too country for me
Ugh, I hate country music. It says country rock, but I don't hear any rock in this.
This is what I expected an album by The Byrds to sound like and, while I didn’t hate it, it made no impact on me whatsoever.
Bland and forgettable but I baseline like folk more than rock so two stars instead of one
Easy going, but nothing outstanding for me. High 2.
Starts strong but I was sick of it by the end.
Two Byrds albums in a row? Damn. Mr. Tambourine Man last year, then The Notorious Byrd Brothers a month later, and then Fifth Dimension yesterday. All solid 3-star efforts that pale in comparison to the best of the 60s, but tower over most of the punk, post-punk, industrial rock, and 90s hip-hop entries on the list. My expectations are middling. Though it's a cover – most of these are – You Ain't Goin' Nowhere achieves its goal pretty effectively. Though I would hope for an intro that packs significantly more punch (particularly in the violent, passionate year that was 1968), a solid, catchy acoustic country tune works too. I Am a Pilgrim introduces a new instrument with the fiddle (violin spelled differently), which is alright but absolutely threatens to get old if it's used in more than a couple tracks. Next is the Christian Life... Wow. I hope the lyrics are satire, but they don't sound like it. A goofy song that I hope never to listen to again. The next enjoyable track doesn't appear until You're Still On My Mind, a forgettable but pleasant country attempt. And then Pretty Boy Floyd brings back the fiddle. I've heard they call it the fiddle because it fiddles with your restraint against throwing your phone across the room. Nothing Was Delivered, the closer of the original album release, is pretty good, I guess. Nice prominent bass part. All in all, though, it's very easy to tune this sort of music out. As the Byrds transform more and more into country-slop throughout the 60s, you can't help feeling vaguely disappointed. While paying little attention to the music itself. What is there to latch onto? Where is the spark, the passion, the innovation? Zero interesting chords or melodies or virtuosic solos. I kept imagining other 1968 albums – mainly Electric Ladyland and The White Album – during this listen. And wondering what the heck happened? All I Have Are Memories, the closing instrumental, contains an atrocious slide guitar (it wouldn't normally be atrocious, but it has no place in country music). You Got A Reputation is noticeably better than anything on the main release (except possibly the opening song). I wonder why it was relegated to "bonus track" status. Pretty Polly also stands out: that fluttery, semi-psychedelic guitar parts works wonders. 2/5 Key tracks: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, You're Still On My Mind, Nothing Was Delivered
1.5 Lasted up to Pretty Boy Floyd. As the album that launched a genre I detest I couldn't go on. Wanted to round this down to a 1* for kick-starting a terrible movement, but on the face of it it is less annoying than some of the shite which came after. Lucky escape for them though. This was still excruciating.
Not a huge fan of country but I don't hate it. Wouldn't choose this to listen again, though.
mmm nada nuevo
Eh
The 4th Byrds album on this list (fortunately only 1 more to go). Generally I have scored them a 2 and have found the jangly guitar and harmony stick underwhelming. This album breaks the mold and goes all country. I liked the soft country rock/folk of the opener (You aint going nowhere) and the next track (I Am a Pilgrim). Unfortunately thereafter my interest fell off a cliff and all the songs started blending into each other with too much country twanging.
Pleasant but bored me
Ik droomde vannacht dat ik op Youtube een vrijwel niet bekeken opname vond van een band bestaande uit oude mannen, in Amerika, die eigenlijk alle nummers van Nirvana hadden geschreven en die jaren na dato aan het touren waren in kleine zaaltjes, met wat dus hun eigen werk was, terwijl het publiek dacht dat ze gewoon met een leuke coverband te maken hadden. Ik dacht: dit moeten de mensen weten; Ik heb nieuwe informatie! En nog mooier: In de pauze van hun optreden werd Hoedenplank van Opgezwolle ingestart, maar dan wel een alternatieve versie waarbij de intro sample ('En waar komt dat geluid dan vandaan') wat langer door ging en wat meer tekst had dan anders. Ik werd in m'n droom zwaar enthousiast, omdat anno 2026 die sample vooralsnog beschouwd wordt als een stukje lost media. Mensen zijn ernaar op zoek, zonder succes. Ik dacht in m'n droom: Misschien kan ik de code nu kraken, ik heb meer tekst om naar te zoeken dan anderen, dit is een doorbraak; Ik heb nieuwe informatie. En toen schreeuwde m'n wekker me wakker. Het was een droom. Het was niet echt. De doorbraak ligt niet in Amerika bij een bende optredende boomers die eigenlijk Heart Shaped Box hebben geschreven. Ik zal niet degene zijn die het tv fragment zal terugvinden waarin de intro van Hoedenplank te horen is. Het daalde, zoals vaker wanneer je wakker wordt uit een leuke droom, wat lelijk in. Het was maar een droom; Ik heb geen nieuwe informatie. En dat is het thema van de dag of misschien wel de week. De lijst dwingt me voor de vijfde keer naar The Byrds te luisteren, daarna voor de tweede keer naar The Pogues en daarna, kwam ik zojuist achter, ook nog voor de derde keer naar The Doors. De lijst begint te kraken en piepen. En ik ook. In het begin van de challenge merkte je al eens dat er teveel terugkerende artiesten waren, maar nu de lijst tegen z'n einde loopt is het helemaal erg. Het is geen ramp, maar het is soms wel jammer. Ik heb dus geen nieuwe informatie. Daarom geef ik De Vogyls nu een keer een onvoldoende. Ja en vooruit, het stukje country wat ze meenemen op dit album helpt ook niet mee. Twee sterren.
pretty normal and standard, not as bad as people said in the reviews but nothing to write home about
============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== -------------------THE BYRDS------------------ ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- -------------------SWEETHEART----------------- ---------------------OF THE------------------- ---------------------RODEO-------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------(1968)------------------- ============================================== ============================================== -----------------CALIFICACIÓN----------------- --------------------★⯨☆☆☆-------------------- --------------------(1,77)-------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== 1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (★★⯨☆☆) 2. I Am a Pilgrim (★⯨☆☆☆) 3. The Christian Life (★⯨☆☆☆) 4. You Don't Miss Your Water (★⯨☆☆☆) 5. You're Still on My Mind (★⯨☆☆☆) 6. Pretty Boy Floyd (★☆☆☆☆) 7. Hickory Wind (★⯨☆☆☆) 8. One Hundred Years from Now (★★★☆☆) -La mejor del álbum quizás... 9. Blue Canadian Rockies (★⯨☆☆☆) 10. Life in Prison (★★☆☆☆) 11. Nothing Was Delivered (★★☆☆☆) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE TOTAL 2,5+1,5+1,5+1,5+1,5+1+1,5+3+1,5+2+2 = 19,5 ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE PROMEDIO 19,5 / 11 = 1,77 ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CALIFICACIÓN FINAL ★⯨☆☆☆ (1,75) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== COMENTARIO -Definitivamente el "country" es un insulto a la historia, la condición y la evolución de la música humana... No sé qué hicieron los pájaros estos más que involucionar y convertirse en un dinosaurio con pantalón vaquero y muy mal gusto. -Le voy a poner 2 estrellas porque al menos está bien hecho, bien ejecutado por más que no me guste el estilo, a diferencia de la mierda auditiva que consumí antes de este álbum, lo peor que escuché hasta ahora, Sonic Youth, y su cosa/álbum "evol", o más bien "invol" de involución. ============================================== ==============================================
Nope. I tried, I really did. But decided it wasn't really worth my time.
Country done well.
Sorry a disappointment for me I couldn't wait for it to finish dreary country
I’ve tried several times to like this album.
no.. just no.. not for me
more wife killing music and not as good as willie
ehhh
Nope. Not my jam.
Pretty generic country rock album that didn't really capture my interest outside of a few moments. Inoffensive but puzzling for its inclusion in the project. Top tracks: You Ain't Going Nowhere, Hickory Wind
Country isn’t rly a genre for me and this was REALLY country. The first song off this is a song I’ve had in my rotation for at least a year but the rest was very subpar of that. Every song sounded pretty similar but it did create a nice atmosphere. Overall not for me but I didn’t mind it Fav Song: You Ain’t Going Nowhere 5.3/10
Just not really my thing. I felt like I should be in a wooden house on the prairie
Meh
Gee, second country album in a row, what’s wrong with this generator..Anyway, if Johnny Cash I can tolerate, this one I can’t. Especially those violins.
Nah niet mijn muziek
Cero interés suscitado
Kinda country/folk like. Maybe a little honkey tonk. Not my thing
Bluegrass feel. Recognized only the first song.
Finally, the fifth and last Byrds album on this list. Nearly all tracks are covers of country songs or played in country style. I don't particularly like The Byrds or Country music, so it's a bad combination for me. The other 4 albums were better, but to be fair, I can't give this just 1 star.
ok so its time for me to complain. for your information, i didnt cry when i received my fourth neil young album. i didnt run when i get to listen a third elvis costello album. i didnt sigh when i was forced to listen to all four of led zep's epynomous albums. i was covered with joy when my fifth david bowie album arrived. i was even happy when i listened to the third nick cave album. but the byrds are just too unneccesarry. 2.5/5!
1. you - 1 2. pilgrim - 2 3. life - 2 4. uuater - 2 5. mind - 2 6. boy - 2 7. uuind - 3 8. yearz - 1 9. blue - 2 10.Prison - 2 11. Delivered - 1 12. Reputation - 1 13. Lazy - 0 14. Polly- 1
they sound very different here, i wasn’t a big fan i like their other style of a more rock based style, it was okay
I didn't look at what I was about to listen to, so I was expecting an album of Vietnam war movie soundtrack hippie bullshit. I was happy to find this wasn't that. And while I didn't love it, I do love some of the 90s country rock that sounds like it owes it sound to this album.
The first Byrds album I’ve ever heard. I… have no clue why this is on here. I don’t hate country, to be clear, in fact, I enjoy a fair bit of 50’s-70’s country. But this is just not very remarkable country. I’d take a Cash, Merle, Nelson or Cline record from this era any day over this. Maybe it’s influential, maybe it’s not, but whatever the case, it’s not enough to make me care.
Way toooo country. No thank you.
I know this is a "classic" album according to some, but I found it bland for a Byrds album, and that's saying something.
Just a bit too boring for my liking Best Song: Nothing Was Delivered Rating: 4.5/10 Stars: 2
Holy shit, why are there too many albums from certain artists on this list?! Fuck off!
Как же меня заебало это кантри сраное Причем нормально же эти типы делали. И вдруг они откатываются до базовых настроек.
Mixed feelings, s jedne strane su mi kul, s druge mi idu užasno na kurac kršćanske reference. 2/5, 4/10
womp womp womp womp womp
Country.
Easy listen, but not something I’ll go back to.
sundjerbob ahh muzika
I did not, in fact, need to hear this before I died.
I’m absolutely delighted that the generator blessed me with back-to-back country albums this weekend 🙄 I can at least appreciate this one a bit more and it wasn’t as insulting to my intelligence as Steve Earle but this just isn’t for me.
I listened to this a while back and remembered this was not what I thoght of the Byrds but read into it they made a country-style album. so not for me
If you love country, you’ll like the Byrds.
It's too country for my taste. I can see why some would enjoy it, but it's just not my cup of tea. I don't think it's bad though!
Didn’t really do it for me but I liked some of the raw sounds.
Again, a consistent problem with most of the albums on here are just that they’re bang average. I didn’t really need listen to this before I died, it wasn’t that special.
I usually hate country music but I didn't mind this.
So I learned something today. The Byrds made fricking country music - and it totally sucks. The few songs I’ve heard from them earlier have been really different from this twangy, redneck, boring shit. To me this feels nothing like rock. The best thing about listening to this album was when I noticed that the original record had only 11 songs, and I could end the listening before the extras Spotify had added. Favourite songs: None.
Felt like a drag to get through - didn't do too much for me.
I'm starting to get the impression that I don't enjoy a lot of country
This is a very middling album that I find too plain to be offensive. I'm never one to dislike relaxed country songs but from the opening tracks I found something missing, maybe lacking authenticity. I found the religious lyrics very salient, which added the overall dated feel of the album.
I don't really like this one much but ok if u do Will I listen to again: 0%
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
Their sixth album. Country / Rock / Folk. I am on a run of a lot of country this last week or two. I listen to all albums in full. I don't skip a single note. That Country twang and diddley doodling on every single track in the genre is going to give me PTSD. It's like scratching finger nails down a chalkboard.
Nothing Was Delivered = just about sums this album up
A totally irrelevant album that just splits a baby down the middle. The worst of everything country and rock. Much like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, in all of their configurations, it doesn't speak to me. And I have never enjoyed trust fund kid Gram Parsons’ take on country and country rock. I respect that The Byrds took risks, but I cannot imagine a time in my life where I would want to reach for an album like this. Felt like I was in an endless auditory blur of country shuffle and pedal steel guitar for 40 minutes (I skipped all the tracks that were not on the original release). Having said all that, the best thing about this album is the album cover which is pretty cool. I can see why it ended up in a museum. Competently produced, engineered, and recorded, but not for me.
Wait a minute, this isn't jangly rock. This is country.
It’s good to experiment every once in a while but, this was a failed experiment. It does not help that I am not really a country fan.
But really bad, but pretty boring. I kind of liked the songs that Bob Dylan wrote.
meh. old school country is a hard sell in the best of circumstances. this ain't it
Pretty country album
Quite twangy country, didn't love it
Otro de country Basta 4/10
This is the Byrds at their most uninspiring. It feels like they reached the point where they either needed to evolve, take another step, reinvent themselves, and they landed on exploring a genre for which they had little to offer beyond their signature sound. I think they had just lost steam and made a poor choice - and it pretty much ended them as a relevant band. Fortunately, it doesn't undo their earlier greatness.
I mean, yeah, it's nice enough, but it's also boring. It's too country for me.
Even with a name like Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, I was not mentally prepared for a Byds country album going in. My only experience with the Byrds has been with their early psychedelic material, so the transition to country was surprising. Once the flashbang wore off, the country I was listening to was just okay. It definitely gives off the pastoral country vibes if that's something that entices you. I'm just not sure I'm a huge fan of the psychedelic harmonies in this country setting. The whole thing feels very carefree and light, best represented in You Ain't Goin' Nowhere which feels like rocking back and forth on a bench swing. I just don't think this has enough challenge or grit to it for it to be a country release that I enjoy. I love the traditional instrumentation, but it's a little too bubblegum in its presentation for me. Throw in some lyrical themes I couldn't really care less about and you get a pretty unimpressive country album.
Competently made record, but just really not my thing. Don't have much else to say about it. 2/5
Idk man I think they do hippie rock better
Interesting album from the Byrds, very unlike their other two, was not the biggest fan of this one. It wasn't terrible, it just really wasn't great. Especially their inventiveness and psychedelic aspects on their other albums. Nothing stood out, not one song. I also would like to add I am not a country hater, there is good country out there. But this was cookie cutter country, just bland and nothing to really grab the interest of the listener. I will say, its interesting to listen to in comparison to their other albums. Gives you a wider window into the artist as a whole, which to be honest I kind of like in a weird way, even though I didn't particularly enjoy the album. 5/10?
Bad bad bad, not my scene at all ! The Christian life needs banishing to hell
Not a fan
Pretty far far away from being my favourite Byrds stuff!! I’m normally here for country but I don’t think it suits em, could barely even muster a yee haw. I didn’t hate it but won’t be hurrying to listen again
More 60s bullshit
Second Byrds album for me, didn’t like the first one. Hated this one. It was on a fast track to one star. Then we got to Lazy Days. Bloody great song. Then it’s followed up by Pretty Polly, another great track. I wish I had enjoyed the rest of the album as much as these two cause I’d be looking at a 4 or 5 star but it is what it is. Top Track - Lazy Days
I think this was one of those "you had to be there" things
We hadden al aardig wat albums van de Byrds gehad, en aardig wat zouteloze countryplaten. En nu moet dat dus gecombineerd. De nummers van Dylan zingen ze met de maniertjes van Dylan, overigens. We leren er verder niks nieuws van, het doet denken aan die bushokjes met lege reclameposters: hier had een betere plaat kunnen staan.
Yep, daar zijn ze weer, die Byrds. Om er dan toch wat goeds over te zeggen. De albums hadden toch steeds hun eigen stijl. In dit geval vooral een nog wat meer Amerikaans geluid; zelf zo sterk dat het zich totaal niet onderscheidt.
Gram Parsons heeft maar 1 album, dit album, gemaakt met the Byrds, maar op de wiki wordt wel gesproken van de Gram Parsons era. De man drukte een vrij zwaar stempel blijkbaar. De eerste klanken zijn ook onmiskenbaar country en dat is iets wat ik totaal niet met the Byrds associeer. Dat the Byrds groot zijn geworden met Dylan-imitaties is wel wat ze meenemen van de eerdere albums. Ook hier is een van de singles een werkje van Dylan. Het folky element blijft wel behouden, maar de countrysaus is dik en overheersend. Maar ach, het duurt een half uurtje, we hebben er weer kennis van genomen. En bedankt, 2 sterren voor de moeite.
There are a couple good songs on here, and the rest aren't bad, but they slip into the background so easily and totally blur together, which I don't think was intentional and brings the album down to two stars.
Once again The Byrds have totally surprised me. Sweetheart of the Rodeo is a complete country album from folky psychedelic band. They are like a completely different band, which in a way is impressive and I get that it’s an important album in country rock being mainstreamed but again, it’s not for me. It all sounds exactly the same. 5.2/10
It's not bad. It just kinda drags on a bit too long
I tried - I really did. Initial listen I assumed was a parody. Then I read a little bit about the origin of the album and the interpersonal dynamics and gave it another listen with an open mind. I enjoy country and bluegrass, can definitely appreciate old timey music. I just couldn't turn the corner, sorry fellas.
Oh man, I didn't enjoy this. I was hopeful.
No more C&W please
this challenge has taught me some valuable lessons. one of which is that i fucking hate the byrds
Not really my cup of tea
So. Many. 2*. I'm not one much for country, and this is pretty much the worst kind of country as far as I'm concerned. I'm only giving it a 28 because it's the Byrds. But I also think I'm being generous because it's the Byrds.
A middling country-folky album. Not terrible but the songs all just kind of sounded the same to me. Not quite my jam
The Good: We get to do a little bird watching… The Bad: I forgot my binoculars… The Ugly: The parked car underneath a tree is left full of… He-Haw! However, I don’t feel like He-Hawing… and the faux-drawl just isn’t doing it for me. Don’t know if it is because I am tired of these past 2-3 weeks with countless sub-par albums, that I need to listen to something really great to get excited. This album did not do the trick for me. As a matter of fact, I would throw this album straight out of the window into a ravine, thus ensuring that nobody else would have to listen to the album. Don’t get me wrong, there’s musicianship on display, and the songs aren’t half badly written… however, if you’ve been psychedelic rock, stick to that, or go to rock, don’t start he-hawing things up in the hopes that you will get applause left and right. Imagine Crosby Stills Nash and Young doing a disco album… just doesn’t work. So, I will be a bastard and throw 2* their way… sorry folks, just not my cup of tea at this moment.
Uh this sucked
Decent Rock, not my preferred genre.
not for me
Tää levy oli liian kantria. En tykännyt. Tutuin biisi oli Jeff Walkerin (Carcass) ”You’re Still On My Mind”-cover.
Truly not for me.
listen up you byrd motherfuckers my name is gram parsons and we're making a christian country album now some really over the top jesusy stuff but it's pretty good other than that (partially because it's so unbyrdsy)
not the most invested i've ever been in yeehaw music, but it was perfectly fine yeehaw music for sure. 2.5
I don’t appreciate the insinuation that non-Christians are immoral. 0 stars for that. I enjoyed Pretty Boy Floyd, but I prefer Woody Guthrie’s version.
What? Sorry I fell asleep. Listen there IS good country. There is good twang. It's just not this.
This is my first exposure to The Byrds (forgive me) and this is not at all what I thought The Byrds’ sound was? I’m assuming Sweetheart of the Rodeo was somewhat of a departure for them (especially thanks to the bonus theatrical track of a woman insisting that this WAS indeed The Byrds). On the whole, this album was a little too country for me. I did enjoy the liberal use of the banjo and the fiddle throughout (I’m not anti-country!!!). “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and “Blue Canadian Rockies” have broken through for me but not my fave album of this journey!
I’m sorry to say I was ready for this to be over within the first minute of starting the album and it didn’t grow on me Had a brief flicker of joy when the opening of I Am A Pilgrim reminded me of the start of 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps
This is apparently a seminal album in country rock? I didn't much care for their psych stuff on the Notorious Byrd Brothers and didn't much care for rut Gram Parsons album that came up before. Well, he didn't improve them at all. Pretty generic and boring country (again, Steve Earle exists). Life in Prison was awful. Also the slide guitar sounded awful. And it's not the guitar. Ben Keith on Neil Young"s Harvest shows how lovely it can be.
I'm not into country music. It shares parts with other music I don't mind, but I don't like the vocal twang they employ and I'm not into slide guitar cheesiness and this album had both. It also had god stuff, which doesn't help me. Right at the end there were a track or two without the slide guitar which was better. Those tracks were a bit more bluesy too. There are some really nice harmonies on here and there were some fascinating parts that swap from unison to harmony and back again. It's not for me. I didn't enjoy it and won't be putting it on again. Furthermore when reading up about it it sounds like there were other plans for the album to be wider reaching and cover more genres like a history of American music, that sounds like it could have been fascinating but instead gram parsons pushed them into making a country album, then he left the band. That makes it feel more disappointing to me.
Poeh, een uur lang country luisteren, het moet je hobby maar zijnzeg... En dat is dit ook zeker niet, ik kan me een eerder album van The Byrds herinneren waar veel meer afwisseling in zat en meer spanning in te vinden was. Dit is eerlijk gezegd nogal saai. Mijn grootste issue met country? Het is ontzettend simpel, zeker qua instrumenten. Eigenlijk elk nummer voelt hetzelfde, hilarisch om te horen van iemand die van techno houd, maar het is wat ik vaak vind. Tel daarbij de teksten die... Tsja me gewoon niet zo interesseren en je hebt een country album. Ik hou gewoon niet zo van country. Dit zou heel goed een fantastisch country album kunnen zijn, dat kan ik gewoon niet echt goed beoordelen op het moment. Ik heb ook niet echt een favoriet nummer, ben gewoon blij dat het voorbij is.
Eh. This style of country rock is not really my jam. I can recognize this is a foundational album that set the stage for the genre... but I've never liked the genre. I appreciate the authenticity of the sound compared to, say, a lot of country pop rock nowadays, but this all blends together and just does my head in.
This is #day499 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… yay, here's to my first The Byrds record on this list. As I've mentioned a couple of times, country is among my worst genres on this journey and will likely stay that way until the end of it. This kind of music just does nothing for me. This is a low 2 out of 5. Looking forward to, wow, #day500.
yeehaw hvis man lytter til meget country kan man måske høre, hvordan det her er mere moderne og påvirket af rock og psycheledlia, men for mig lød det som alt andet country
Ja det var da en ret god klassisk country plade ig
I liked Nothing Was Delivered, You Ain’t Going Nowhere, You Got A Reputation, Lazy Days - the more rock side of the country rock album. I really didn’t like: Life in Prison, The Christian Life. Everything else I just didn’t particularly like.
Dios dejen de recomendarme albums de este mismo estilooo No lo he escuchado porque ya sé que va a sonar como los otros 20 albumes de esta misma clase que me han recomendado
This album is more like Christian country. Not their best album
It’s passable country but like, why would the Byrds do this?
Enjoy their psychedelic albums more. Standout song: Nothing was delivered
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I don’t like country.
I listened through this not too long ago. Listening to it again, it has no business being on this list. It's pretty basic folk country and nothing more.
Country aint my thang
This was decidedly not for me.
Fine country music. Not my style. Strange to hear from the byrds
2.1 The Christian life was bad the first time you didn't need to sing it twice.
Country vibes, John Denver? Banjo baddie- 2/5
Twang trauma.
better than expected
Some of the songs are good, very Americana. But so god damn samey that I cant score it well.
Fuck it all. I know ifi was raised with country, it would hit me in a different way. But I wasn't, so it doesn't.
Long, kinda boring, and way more country than I expected
Oh dear. One track was decent but the rest were very bad, dull and joyless. This list has a few very poor albums that are on there just because they are the beginning of a new genre regardless of the quality.
Kind of boring... No original takes here and nothing special
2 out of 5. Following up Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors from yesterday is a tough gig, and while everyone played well here this album didn't make it for me. I also have to say the album art is great, and normally I'm not into the cowboy stuff.
It’s been a week for cozy mellow albums. This is one of those types that sounds good, and is always reminding me of other albums I want to listen to more. The Christian Life is absolutely bone-chilling.
Strong start, but turns into a plotting wall of sameness pretty quickly
Tried and failed to get into country rock. This goes down with the Eagles as over rated.
Much as I like The Byrds, it's the Gene Clark/David Crosby era that really grabs my attention, especially when they were doing Dylan’s songs better than Dylan did them. With Gram Parsons, it all went a bit too 'Dukes of Hazard' for my liking, with the vocal harmonies and that signature chiming 12-string seeming to take a back seat. 'One Hundred Years from Now', stands out, harking back a little to their earlier sound, but for the most part, this one loses me a bit.
Plodding.
Very country
The Rodeo??? Keep dreaming you wannabe british americans. 2/5
The Byrds ditch David Crosby and spawned the genre of country rock. Thanks guys, we have suffered ever since. Maybe this album is a cautionary tale of what happens when you do too many drugs? The first two songs are just boring, then the Christian Life is an absolutely terrible song, perhaps enough to drop this album to a one singlehandedly. You Don't Miss Your Water is pretty bad as well. Just these boring, formulaic country jangles everywhere--music for the unimaginative. Some of the later songs aren't as annoying, but that's about as good as this album gets. Groundbreaking it may be for people who like country rock. For those who don't like country rock, blame the Byrds. 2/5
Had no idea they made a country record. These dude were trailblazers! I can hear their influence in a ton of other bands
Not my cup of tea, the first half was fine but then I found it a bit repetitive, and I just don't like Country. I'm sure that for country music fans this is good, but I just wasn't feeling it.
The Byrds and I just never really hit it off.
65
Seriously disappointed in this one.
I need a little less country. I need a lotta bit of rock and roll.
I thought I liked the Byrds but overall this album didn't land for me on this listen.
Favorite tracks: Lazy Days, Pretty Boy Floyd, Pretty Polly Very confused by this album - I haven't really listened to The Byrds, but I never thought of them as country. My favorite track was easily Lazy Days as it's the closest to rock, but I did also enjoy their storytelling tracks. This album is definitely the closest I've come to liking country!
Meh. Good thing it wasn’t any longer.
ok i'm 4 songs in and this is severely not for me.
was not expecting honkey tonk.
I can’t listen to an hour of this
Not my thing.
Doesn't hold up. Boring and basic. A fine background listen, that's about it
Nothing exciting.
Country Beatles?
What in the Crosby-less garbage is this? Some of it is ok I guess but most of it sucks.
There's nothing bad about these guys; there's just something about the genre and instrumentation and pace that grinds my gears. It might just be leftover aversions from childhood. But I'm never going to get through this whole album.
A little too much gospel for me
Having listened to "White Light" by Gene Clark (a member of The Byrds) I was a little worried about this album. My parents never listened to the Byrds while I was growing up so this is my first time listening to them. Like so many of some of these albums on this must listen to music list i wonder not only why was this one selected but why do we need to listen to 5 other albums by the Byrds. If they are all like this they will all be middle of the road country rock, no need to get all worked up 5 times for this. I think that there are just better representations of this sound.
Kantri roots meininkiä. Liian kristillistä paskaa. Varmaan äänestää Trumpiakin.
Not so bad considering I don’t like country music. But not that good, either. At least they’re not BritPop like every other album on this list.
I'm not a country fan typically, but I appreciated this album for what it was. I liked the more upbeat songs best. Didn't care for the overly Christian themes on some songs.
Got boring pretty quick.
Lord what a boring album. Not painful though so there's that. 2
Will not go back to this. First song, Bob Dylans cover is probably the best.
100% unnecessary. A mediocre country album from a decent rock band. Maybe the peak example yet of this list's tedious infatuation with 60s/70s white guys over everything far more interesting, experimental or diverse from the past 30 years. That said, 100 Years From Now is pretty cool.
Like alright I guess, got a bit bland at points but not the worst thing ever, still only 2 stars though
nothing special for me
Slow rodeo music
this album felt lackluster. the strong start quickly fizzled out and it all blended together for me.
Butterflies And Zebras And Moonbeams 1001 Albums Generator 79 (07/22/2025) The Byrds, the vessel with which David Crosby got his start in the musical world, are often dismissed as a "Bob Dylan cover band". After listening to their sixth studio album (and first album without Crosby), Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, I have to say that description is not accurate. I find Bob Dylan much more interesting. Okay, that's a bit of an asshole thing to say. When this album started with You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, I felt like I could hear a really interesting band that honestly sounded like it was an inspiration for a lot of great alt-country that came way later. The guitar work was interesting, the vocal harmonies were beautiful, and the song was exceedingly sell-written. Oh wait, this is a Bob Dylan song. Okay well. Damn. The second track, I Am A Pilgrim, is just classic bit of bluegrass with fiddle and all. This album really starts out quite strong. Other highlights include the piano-led You Don't Miss Your Water (again the slide guitar here is amazing) and the upbeat, harmonized Blue Canadian Rockies. The last song, Nothing Was Delivered, is also a really nice song that reminds me of the more country-tinged moments in the Beatles' discography. It also does this cool thing I love where it switches between swung and straight. However, most of this album was nothing special. As I said, the start and end are strong, but the whole stretch in the center is pretty dreadful, forgettable country rock. It's clear that the boys in The Byrds have lots of talent, and I do think that my mood on any given day will affect my feelings about that day's album (today was a shitty day), so maybe I am being unfair. However, in two listens, nothing really stuck with me. It seems that this album is quite a change in style for The Byrds. Perhaps I will enjoy their earlier records more. But as it stands now, I cannot call myself a fan. 2/5, propped up by some really high quality tunes amidst a sea of blah. Favs: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere I Am A Pilgrim Nothing Was Delivered Least Fav: Life In Prison
By far the most country I've heard The Byrd's play in, so it's not surprising that most of this wasn't really all that interesting to me
Didn't make it to the end. Just sounded like a country album, rather than the more 60s soft rock sound they're known for 2/5
Not the Byrds at their best…
I'm not sure what it was, but I wasn't feeling the folksy gospel country sound this album was putting out. It feels awfully patronizing. Not a fan.
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I hate country shit usually this was extra unbearable
Honestly don't get it with The Byrds. Absolute snoozefest.
Not a fan but also not upset with this. I understand the lore, but it's not my cup of tea. Some songs on here I enjoyed, but nothing special.
As a country album, it is more palatable than others on this list. That being said, it is still not a great album and looks like most of the songs are not originals. 2.5/5 Won't listen again
Not my favorite. Felt very beatles with a country twist but not as good.
This was actually a very cute album, considering I'm not a country fan. At times reminded me of The Eagles and other times, Father John Misty.
I had no idea The Byrds took a left turn toward country. The only songs I knew by them were very much of the 1960s. I am not a huge country fan, but appreciate the artistry. That being said, there are MANY true country bands/artists that do it way better than The Byrds. If anything, they are appropriating an entire genre.
Though it's often called a country rock album, *Sweetheart Of The Rodeo* leans heavily towards the country side of the equation, and in doing so doesn't bring much new to the table. Only "One Hundred Years From Now" comes anywhere close to a country/rock fusion (and is the most successful track on the album).
An okay country-folk rock album. It wins no points for being cool, but is a pleasant listen.
This was a very plodding plinky plonk country album. Not for the likes of me.
I Like The Christian Life is way too Christian for me and overall the whole album is just too regressive, it feels like being trapped at a hoedown in a barn where you're worried the locals will lynch you if you leave. I've seen a few people suggest that this album is tongue in cheek or ironic, but it's still too easy to interpret straight. No thanks.
I can appreciate the tone switches across this album, but I have a difficult enough time getting on board with The Byrds when they do their normal thing. This album didn't set itself apart enough to warrant a spot on this list.
There are a few songs on here that I can tolerate, and I actually don't mind country, but this type of country instrumentally on the core of the record just drives me insane. Vocally they don't even really sound like a country band; in some ways this makes it better, some ways worse. Songwriting is solid enough and why I can at least give it a 2.5; I can see someone else liking this more but this just isn't for me.
Listens: 2.5 Standout tracks: No No thanks. Dislike this "classic" type of country music. Too twangy, to southern. Not psychedelic enough, which apparently was a deviation from the Byrd's previous album. Disappointing.
Not my cuppa, but my horse loved it.
Not for me - managed a listen but not one I’d come back to.
Have never heard this album before, not bad but I wasn't expecting the twang. It's good for the genre, but this genre isn't really something that I'm into. I don't regret listening to it because it does seem unique but probably won't be putting it on again.
I like the vibe of this album and the opening song is incredible, but there’s too many duds
The Byrds... great.. 1968.... GREAT... Country.... Bleh. It all starts to sound the same after 10 mins.
I am not a fan of country music, and this song sounds very generic, but it isn't unlistenable.
Excellent mix of country music with blues and maybe rock? Unexpected but pleasant cocktail. Can recommend for those who like country music in general.
It's listenable, but it just makes me irritated for some reason. There are many albums on this list that sound like this record, and most of them act on the sound better. Nothing really grabbed my attention besides the opener. Boring country from the 60's.
I despise country but this is country rock, so I managed to slog through it. Not something I’d seek out on my own but I also wouldn’t hate it playing in the background somewhere (like I would hate country).
Oh no, not another country album.
After loving the Notorious Byrd Brothers and liking Mr Tambourine Man, I'm starting to wish the list had stopped there as they're appealing to me less and less with each entry. Here, The Byrds recruit country music 'pioneer', Gram Parsons (why?) and make an album of covers that was supposed to be something else when they came up with the idea. Parsons then apparently steered them towards this new direction, caused fights within the band and then left before it came out. Seems to me it should've been shelved but no, they released it anyway. I don't like the style at all and it feels pointless listening to albums of covers on this challenge unless they're doing something really groundbreaking or interesting with the songs. The only redeeming feature here is that The Byrds do lovely vocal harmonies so it was never actively bad to listen to. It was just a bit boring and pointless.
Hippie dippie bullshit
I like The Byrds but not because of this album.
I like some Byrds songs, but not these.
I think this might be the first Byrds album that I’d say I didn’t love. It still was a pleasant little jaunt, but it didn’t seem to have as many beautifully crafted vocal harmonies as I’d come to expect. It also felt more country than folky, so wasn’t quite to general sound I anticipated either. It still isn’t a bad album, but it didn’t really feel like a Byrds album to me. I think I’ll be sticking with the others.
I'm very much into 60s - 80s country, so an album like this is very much in my wheelhouse. That said, I liked this album, but there's nothing special here. Almost the entire album sounds like filler. This is totally inoffensive and easy to listen to, but I just keep waiting for it to get better and it never did. The especially frustrating part for me is I like this band AND I like this genre. I guess I just had expectations that weren't met. I feel like giving this three stars is too generous, and two stars is too harsh. Whatever rating I end up giving to this album isn't one I'm going to be satisfied with. At least it's a short listen, so I only had anxiety about its underperformance for about half an hour. ⭐⭐
Dull but not as bad as others from Burds.
A phrase I’ve had rattling about my brain for a while and finally a chance to use it - Generic biddle.
It sounds crystal clear, beautiful melodies and harmonies, excellent playing - I can absolutely see why/how many people might 5/5 this one. I just cannot connect with it, and not just because I really am not a fan of the Byrds. Purely on personal preference / taste (pedal steel, overly-twangy vocals, weirdly religious lyrics?) I won't listen again. 5/10 2 stars
My dad's favorite band from the 60's. I've never heard this one but knew a few tracks from youth/radio and covers ("You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"). This was the start of country rock as we know it and I suspect that's why it's on this list. A big change from the songs they showcased at the start of their career ("Turn! Turn! Turn!", "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"). Not my thing, it just felt dated, manufactured, and just barely true country. I didn't make it all the way through most of the tracks. It just didn't speak to me at all. Not enjoyable and again it didn't feel authentic for a bunch of California boys. It must be on this list due to influence but that's where the accolades end. 2 stars I guess.
No more country
I'm usually all for country rock, but I found this a little bit boring. None of the songs really stuck out to me or made me want to listen again. I did appreciate the overall sound, though.
Music’s alright, but the lyrics got major Bible camp energy.
Not offensive. Charming in some ways. 100x better than any modern country. Just not really my speed.
Yeah chief this just ain’t it. I’ve never been a big country fan, but wondered if maybe the problem was I was mostly exposed to post 9/11 country. Maybe the old shit would be better, more like good folk music with more soul. Then I hit something like “The Christian Way” and I honestly don’t know if I’m listening to a parody song it’s so on the nose. First 2 star review.
Hippy meets köntry? Macht das sinn - glaubes nöd. Muss es sinn mache - theoretisch nöd. Heds mi abgholt - denkes nöd. Gids gnüegend sterblis - nöö 2 bluemigi saloons us züri
the byrds sind anschienend doch meh köntry und weniger classic rock als ich sie in erinnerig gha han scho nöd so spass gmacht, darum haui mim pferd nur 2 mal uf d‘fudibagge
Volvemos luego del descanso de Semana Santa al reto con ésta banda que sólo ubico de nombre. Disco tranca que, como vengo sosteniendo en comentarios anteriores, es de un género difícil de enraizar en otras latitudes más allá de Estados Unidos. Sin nada más para agregar, me despido hasta mañana.
I wasn’t really into this album at all. The Byrds do a decent job of crossing over into the country genre, but I’m not really a country guy, so this didn’t speak to me much. I’d only been exposed to the albums Turn Turn Turn and Mr Tambourine Man when I was younger, and I never liked them enough to dive deeper into their discography. I got this album and thought it would be more of that kind of generic 60’s vibe, and instead it was worse. It was country. And Crosby was already gone at that point. Not my thing.
Dans Country-rock, il y a certes rock, mais il y a surtout country.