Reviews (page 5 of 8)
I wouldn't have thought full on country was the natural progression from psychedelic but hey. Very country. Which normally I like but I just had a country album so no novelty
A little too country for my taste, but enjoyable
This album is about half good and half not so good. The songs are either slow and boring or upbeat and well put together.
Good songs with a surprisingly driving rhythm, considering the slightly predictable style of music. An enjoyable listen, though not what I’d expected from the Byrds.
The Christian stuff was a bit icy for me, but I do like the sounds overall. You’re Still On My Mind, Pretty Boy Floyd, and One Hundred Years from Now were all very good in particular. Favorite song: You’re Still On My Mind. Rating: 6/10
This may not be true but this album sounds like it could be the invention of American folk/bluegrass. It is very solid all the way through. I believe we had another Byrds album earlier which was much more psychedelic sounding which I definitely like more. But this was a very nice early morning in Seattle while I woke up super early because of jet lag.
I’m usually not a country fan but this was pretty good.
It’s ok, I can see they are really happy
Kinda cool old country. Twangy, dark songs. Kind of Jesusy. Not bad
I thought I liked Country more than I actually do I guess. Only a 3 for me.
I thought I liked this album more, some pretty good pedal steel moments I guess. You ain’t goin nowhere is a classic. Gram parsons voice always has kind of bothered me
Listened Before? N Very interesting album. One of the earliest crossover attempts. I love that it rattled cages in Nashville, and I absolutely LOVE the cover art. The music is nice, although it does drag on near the end I enjoyed it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Good thing I like the Byrds, because my journey now includes 3 of their albums, 2 Gene Clarks, 1 David Crosby, & 1 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. HL: “You Ain’t Going Nowhere”, "You're Still On My Mind", “Hickory Wind”, "Nothing Was Delivered", "Pretty Polly" (bonus track) It gets a little snoozy at times, which might be because my love of country music is conditional and fickle. I have the Flying Burrito Brothers as well as Gram Parson's solo stuff to see whether this particular strain of country rock gets more interesting. Sweetheart of the Rodeo is still a pleasant listen overall, but the more albums I hear by the Byrds, the more I feel the 3 stars I gave to Younger than Yesterday was too harsh. October 12, 2023
This is prime old man country. That real grandpa country. That real yeehaw bullshit.
Too many christian themes for my taste, though the music itself was pretty good.
Really interesting historical country rock artifact! Not for me :)
It's a solid late 60s folk rock. I mean as a whole, it isn't exactly my cup of tea, and I think this list gets a bit heavy handed with it specifically, but it was still a very pleasant sounding album. The harmonies throughout were very good, and the instrumentals were simplistic in nature but fit the vibe very well.
First side was pretty generic, but the second side was more memorable. Nothing amazing, lots of twang and country-style rock that I didn't really love.
So apparently The Byrds had a country rock moment. I actually really liked how this album started, the first two songs both sounded interesting and somewhat modern. They're country, but in a fairly low-key nice way (I could have imagined The Avett Brothers or Jason Isbell or someone singing). And then it took the hardest turn that I absolutely did not see coming. Song #3 is "The Christian Life" and it's something. If I'm supposed to take it at face value, its possibly the worst song I've ever heard. If I'm not supposed to take it at face value (and it's like a parody of old conservative country fans) then it totally misses the mark for me and throws off the whole vibe of the album. I like to think its the latter (the Southern drawl was particularly over the top strong on this song, so maybe...), but it still just does not work. After that, the album settles into a perfectly fine but generally uninteresting country album. I guess this album kind of took country rock somewhat mainstream so maybe I should be giving it more credit, but I just really didn't think there was much interesting happening after the first two songs. The original album does end with "Nothing Was Delivered," which was written by Bob Dylan. I did like this one too, so this at least was bookended by good songs. The Spotify version has some additional songs that were added later, they're ok and are generally less "country" than the rest. There's also a few rehearsal takes on the Spotify version that are skippable. Apparently this album totally flopped back in the day, but is now considered to be pretty important for country rock. I think its largely just fine, occasionally quite good, and at one moment truly awful. A bit all over the board, but I'm glad I heard a few songs on this at least. Favorite song: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Other: I Am a Pilgrim, Hickory Wind, Nothing Was Delivered
Sympathique, pas révolutionnaire non plus.
De la bonne country, pas mal dans l'absolu mais ça ne résonne pas particulièrement avec moi.
was this influential for country-rock? absolutely. did I want to listen to a man talk about choosing the Christian life for nearly three minutes? no.
Very folky
Mid
Never knew the back story on this side of The Byrds and who was in the band at the time. Pioneering country rock sound.
This album has Gram Parsons’ written all over it. I already have given him ample credit for the country rock sound so won’t uplift the rating again.
Month after month, year after year, this list keeps serving me up Byrds albums and daring me not to like them, and I just keep rising to that challenge. This album is fine, just like all the others, but just like all the others, it leaves me feeling pretty flat. This is especially true after seeing what Bob Dylan had been doing with folk for years at this point. I will say that this album takes on more of a country feel, which works for it, since it gives it more character than a lot of 60s folk albums. I can dig some slide guitar 3/5
I listened to this album when I was having a panic attack due to aggressive drivers around me on the highway. It was soothing. I listened to this album again sitting in front of my computer. It was aggravating. Definitely not my favorite from the Byrds. I normally like most of their music, but I think I've had enough of the country influence for a bit. Less than half of it was enjoyable (8 out of 19 is close, I'll give them that).
Se suposa que aquest disc és moltes coses: el resorgiment de The Byrds com a banda iniciadora del country rock, el naixement de Gram Parsons com una estrella, el punt de partida de tot un génere.... Jo només sóc capaç de veure una davallada en la creativitat pop del grup respecte als treballs anteriors; es posen a la ma de Parsons per escriure una nova pàgina en la seva història, que no deixa de ser interessant, però queda molt lluny de ser la millor
So, this was unexpected. I had no idea the Byrds became a country band. Very odd. Not bad, either.
More of a country sound due to the influence of Gram Parson who subsequently left the band. Its certainly not my favourite Byrds album, alienated some of their fans, and although critically aclaimed did not give them commercial success. Times a healer though, and this is a fine album, and of course contatins the fabulous You Aint Going Nowhere.
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This band definitely played around with some different genres. Not sure I expected this out of them - even after reading the album title. It's a solid country album by a group of good musicians. I just don't really like it. As a fan of their other stuff, it made this a little extra disappointing in some ways.
Un peu trop prêchi-prêcha pour moi, mais beaux accents western
Ok, this is my 4th (and I assume final) Byrds album from the list. They go folk and country on this one? Yeah, pretty nice! Good background listening, but not much grabbed my attention, which is now my verdict on 3 out of the 4. (I liked the psychedelia of "Mr Tambourine Man" so I guess that's my fave of the bunch.) Fave track - "I Am A Pilgrim" - thought it sounded like something from the "Anthology of American Folk Music" - bit of an Appalachian feel maybe? And sure enough, it was their arrangement of a traditional song. Nice.
A straight-forward country album by a British group. I appreciate the Louvlin Brothers track. All played competently, inoffensive when on, just... fine. Favorite tracks: "The Christian Life", "You're Still On My Mind"
pretty good stuff. Interesting this is the first country rock album.
Much more country than I was expecting, which isn’t a bad thing, it was just a bit of a surprise.
Oddly effective for this type of thing
I like other Byrds albums...this one was...ok.
Whoo boy. A fun listen, I guess, I liked it a little more as it wore on, at least to a point. It's hard to fault the songs they picked and the execution is solid. But an hour of it is a pretty big ask. I defer to the experts whether I actually needed to hear it. 3.5 rounding down for length and the indulgence of including rehearsal takes.
Honestly enjoyable. I’m a little out on religiosity in lyrics, but it’s more humble Baptist Christian rather than evangelical. I really enjoy the full country ensemble twang band with just the right amount of fiddle/violin and weird instruments that sound like they are cobbled from someone’s backyard junk. You can hear some current artists which is what I like about these seminal albums
Solid country and western with a bit of rock edge here and there
Cozy country, but nothing that stands out honestly. I didn't listen to the lyrics that much, so maybe it's about pain and misery, what do I know. Definitely something I could put on if I was in the mood for some country background music though.
A pretty standard country album. If you are in the mood for some country this is decent but nothing special for me. It finishes on a high note with Lazy days and Pretty Polly. Those songs are maybe the least country songs on the record as well.
Klinkt als een standaard country plaatje
Day 93 I live in the city, but work in a small village quite removed from there; I don't own a car, so I have to ride a bus which leaves me at the outskirts of the town and then I have a 20 minute walk before I get to my workplace. Today is a beautiful, warm sunny day, the sky is bluer than it has been so far this year, and the green is greener too, and while I walk through the village and watch the small houses and the pick up trucks passing, this music sounds just beautiful. I can sense that it is done in a really heartfelt way, I get a sense of how much they loved country music; the harmonies are superb, and while I usually mistrust any attempt at involving Judeo-Christian traditional values, it all comes across with such a level of candor and innocence that I just can't prevent myself from smiling. But all this, as sweet as it sounds, can also be problematic to me: it works at very specific times, when apparently I am in a very special mood. I get the same thing with The Beach Boys, everything is so white, pure, well-intentioned, that I end up missing the grit of say The Sonics, or The Monks. Ok, that might be a bit extreme as an example, but I trust the reader to understand what I mean. Having said that, I really liked You Got a Reputation and Lazy Days, which sound more soulful/garage, somehow Beatles-y, and Pretty Polly, with its story about a gambler that could as well have been told by Johnny Cash, but I am seeing now that those were additional tracks in later releases. All in all, I enjoyed this album pretty much, but I doubt I will attempt to repeat the experience again any time soon.
It was fine but I didn't expect it to be *this* country
There are so many of their albums in this generator! I really enjoy them but wasn’t feeling the more Christian songs.
On first listen nothing…waited a day to see if something was stuck in my head or my opinion changed, nothing. Just somewhat pleasant mediocrity.
Not my cup of tea, but must admit that listening to this album was not a burden. Some songs were pretty cool with catchy harmonies and nice instrumentation. I can definitely understand why this work alienated some Byrds fans at the time, but seen in retrospective, it looks like a decent effort. Plus, Gram Parsons’s spectrum lurking these songs gives it extra points.
Easy-going country music. Pleasing to the ears.
I'd be much more interested in hearing the results of Roger McGuinn's original idea to make a genre spanning double album that started with bluegrass and ended with proto-electronica. That would've been a wild ride. Gram Parsons is cool and all, but I like him better on his own, rather than trying to use The Byrds as the platform for his musical vision.
Not what I expected from the Byrds. Apparently seminal work of country-rock but I generally don't like this sort of honky-tonk country. It gets worse the longer it goes. The Christian Life is hilarious, was that their song to try to appease the country folks saying "look we aren't just crazy hippies!"? It's pretty interesting that they were so derided by the country music community initially as well as losing the majority of their psych crowd. I guess I can respect them for doing what they want and ignore the market, but definitely not for me.
Good times. Y'all.
This was more country than I expected, though after reading about it I guess that was the intent. It was pretty good but not something I really would gravitate to.
Byrds goes Country. En helt okej platta.
I don't particularly like this album. But country changed to something so much worse in the late 80s and has never recovered. Just the fact that this is actual country, done competently raises my review of it. Having said that, the outtakes at the end of the Spotify version were far better than the record 8tself.
It was good but not really something I’d listen to randomly
22nd February 2023 Listened while driving to and from the first Rita rehearsal! Out for dinner at Kibou in the evening for our anniversary. Nice blend of the Byrds soft harmonies with classic country. 3.5 if I could.
Not really my thing but pretty decent for the genre
Fine
A decent take on classic country, but nothing jumped out to me.
Weird album. Good country sound. Wouldn’t call it rock
Gentle. Undemanding. I wonder, is there is a Rock Family Trees of the Byrds? That would be quite a task, thrashing the myriad associations into anything resembling a coherent narrative. (mind you, there's no reason for it to be coherent. These relationships were anything but.) (Re. RFT. There isn't. Cowards. There is a Fleetwood Mac one, though. Needs updating, one imagines. Never a dull moment with those ones either.)
Genre: This Byrds material is Folk/Rock. I love the Byrds, but nothing on this album really hit the spot for me. There was nothing wrong it, but it wasn’t “Mr Tambourine Man” or “Turn, Turn, Turn (earlier releases). I won’t be revisiting this album.
Country rock. Ni fu ni fa.
A bit too country and too folk for me. I liked the second half more Saved tracks: You Got A Reputation, Lazy Days, Pretty Polly
Country rock. Ni fu ni fa.
Folk, normal.
I like country rock, but this was maybe a bit too high a ratio of country to rock. Still love the Byrds and appreciate the great harmonies though. They were definitely innovators, but this one is not among my favorites. 3 stars.
Not my favourite byrds record
PREFS : You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, The Christian Life, One Hundred Years From Now, Life in Prison, Nothing Was Delivered MOINS PREF : I Am a Pilgrim
Country-rock is a genre I don't immediately warm to, and the balance has to be exactly right. It is pretty much spot on here and it's a great listen. It's 3 and a half rather than 3, but probably for me not a 4 though for lots of others clearly will be.
Nice easy listening
Very nice
Another interesting one by The Byrds, each of their albums so far has had a very distinct sound and personality which I really appreciate. This one felt a bit samey after a while but I had a great twenty minutes or so with it
Good country sounding music
Reminded me of the Dead but got a little repetitive. 3.5/5.
Yeah I’d rather listen to any earlier Byrds album over this. Too little variety.
The Byrds in general aren't exactly my thing (except for their more jangle pop and raga stuff), but I do recognize the importance of this album, and it overall doesn't have any bad songs, just forgettable ones. You Ain't Going Nowhere is cool, and Pretty Polly is severely underrated.
We hadden The Byrds eerder, en toen is het me niet opgevallen dat ze zulke stichtelijke teksten hadden. Misschien komt dat omdat ze hier meer de countrykant opgaan.
Not sure why this album generator loves The Byrds so much
Maybe least favorite offering for this band from this list. Still too many Dylan covers, and ones I don’t think do much for the songs. The traditional and pseudo-traditional themes in this rockified Country have the same bizarre twinge as most of Zeppelin’s blues covers.
Enjoyable.
Somewhere between 3 and 4
No idea this was a country album. Thought the Byrds were the tambourine man people. Maybe they are. They're Taylor before Taylor was born.
Pretty interesting change of pace. The harmonies are nice and there are some pretty cool guitar parts hidden amongst the songs. The songs themselves are pleasant, but pretty boring. The Christian Life was a bit clever/cheeky, but otherwise nothing exceptionally interesting. Still a fine listen.
Prefer the earlier Byrds much. This is quite pleasant sounding though!
Guess what, it's a Byrds album and the best songs are Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie covers. They're not at their best when they go full country, and they go full country a lot here. Best track: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Not a big Byrds fan. I was actually interested in this since I generally like country rock and was curious to hear an album important to the genre. It was OK. It sounded run if the mill, which might not be their fault but because so many have tried to reproduce the sound. A respectful 3. Maybe this would've sounded better when it first dropped, but if I want this style I'll go to Uncle Tupelo, Lucero, etc
Country? Wasn't expecting that. Not bad though. 3/5
The Byrds lose their jangle and vo full country with Gram Parsons. Ridiculed by the country establishment at the time. Ots fine but it can be a tiresome genre with so many clichéd tropes.
Ovo je vrlo utjecajan album u razvoju americane ali meni nikad nije skroz lega
A few good songs Ion fuck with country tho
Standard country music, it's OK
Not my cup of tea: too much country here
5/10. Another meh album from the birbs
Wow. So the Byrds are to blame. Seriously, this is in fact the first Country Rock album. It sounds more like a country album. Or at least what I consider a straight-up country album. As it is, I am not a big fan of that type of music, but recognizing that this is really the first instance of this type of genre makes me a little more appreciative of it. Probably my favorite track was the Dylan track "Nothing Was Delivered."
Meh. Not a big fan of country or of country rock (and hard to see the difference here). Nothing terrible but nothing all that memorable either. I'll give it a 3 knowing that this was a major pioneering album for the country rock sound and a fairly big departure from The Byrds earlier sound.
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.
Country rock eh? Hit or miss. But I like some of the songs tho.
yawnfest. great cover tho!
Late 60s folk rock with country flavour. Very mid.
A little too hick for me. I didn't realize the Birds were so country western. Maybe I'm thinking of the Byrds for the British invaders.
I expected another boring 60’s rock album, but instead got The Byrds country album. Good for what it is, but every song kinda sounded the same. I think I preferred it to their other albums, but nothing more than a 2 for me.
Nice harmonies but very traditional country sounding. Not really my thing.
I like country rock, but this was bland.
When I saw the Byrds were next up I was quite excited. I've heard a little of their music and was keen to discover more. Sadly, this album cured me of that. I didn't enjoy it, I've decided to blame the presence of Gram Parsons, I didn't enjoy his album on this list either. In some ways I have the same criticism of this album that I had of his one - it is a bit blancmange - ok but bland
Disappointing
It sounds all the same
I don't really know what to make of this in terms of whether I liked it or not. It's a country album played by rock musicians which sometimes shows through. I'm not really much for the style but the talent is there, and weirdly the songs that are written to be something else (the Dylan covers especially) translate really well. There is a crossover for folk and country obviously but I was surprised when I looked up the details. The Parsons songs are easily the worst ones on here - you can tell they weren't country songs originally and they just sound like folk songs sung by someone with an accent. It's strange to me that there are more than a few albums in this list that are largely covers, but at least these take the time to push a new style on them. I think this may have been the first proper country-rock album, if such a thing exists, and for that it deserves some plaudits, but other than that I didn't find too much here I personally really loved.
Far too twangy.
I was under the impression that The Byrds were more of a hippie/psychedelic rock band and less of a Christian country rock band…
Hard to see where the innovation was here, as it was just country by a non-country band.
A bit too country for me.
I would understand if this was ironic but they're seriously trying to play country in 1968 Parsons did so much better on his own with the Flying Burrito Brothers
Occasional moments of beauty can't really save this turgid nonsense
meh
I think I was a bit distracted when listening to this but even so it kind of passed me by and didn’t really grab me like earlier Byrds albums
I mean, I don't feel any particular way about this tbh. Very whatever. 2
Really boring..
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.
What’s the difference between country rock and country? I don’t know either. Maybe the hippies should just stay in their lane. We’d all be happier that way.
Interesting how even in the 60s when a bands luster starts to fade they just turn Country to extend their career. Simple formula and fans are easy to please I suppose. Bad music, bad songs, bad album.
Snoozefest. The musicianship & songwriting is “fine”, but I find this meandering country vibe so tedious and even when making a conscious effort to listen, it fades into the background. I guarantee I will forget all about this album and that’s okay. Nothing about it is terrible but it bores me. 4/10.
Pretty horrible to listen to. I don't get it. 2/5
(i) You can tell if it's a decent album by the numbers - the first track is 9 time more popular than the next ranked. It's a one track + filler timewaster. (ii) Whoever thought that this band is the missing link between the Beatles and Dylan needs their head examined. This very weak gruel. At best it's a competent country album. If they could have just been satisfied with that, they'd be more credible.
Little too preachy for me
You’re not Marty Robbins. You’re not Waylon Jennings, or Willie Nelson. You’re not even Johnny Cash. You’re a privileged pretender and I’m glad you’re dead. This is the U2, or Coldplay, of country music.
Das ist mir zu religiös, und zu stark country für die byrds . Noch OK denn You ain't going nowhere ist schon gut
Net schlecht aber nicht so mein Ding
Context: "'Sweetheart Of The Rodeo' changed the world of progressive country music forever, and it was a wild thing to experience back in 1968." Rating: Sucks in 2026. 2/5.
I'm sure this is important and influential and stuff but I found it boring as hell. The only thing that caught my ear was the absolutely dogshit soulless cover of "You Don't Miss Your Water." So boring I accidentally listened to the Special Edition Nonsense.
Sounds like the belle of the ball killed the byrds with one stone. A band in turmoil and on a downward slide picks up a new member/zealot in an attempt to transition to the ever more popular country music - hippies go country. You have a couple of Dylan cover, a Chuck Berry inspired (best song) and some traditional folk songs, and you get a last ditch effort before going down like the Titanic. The Radio Spot at the end of the album sums up their desperation. (2.06*s) See, it is The Byrds. With eleven trips to the country - why not fly with them? ‘Cause the album is not that good. Makes The 1001 Must Hear List because it’s the first time a band tried to go country (and started the early county rock genre.) P.S. The Eagles may want to thank The Byrds for breaking the ice…
I'm not much a fan of the 60s country style. If the Byrds had chosen a Hank William's style, that'd be great. They did do a bluegrass song. Anyway, I wish Graham Parsons had switched up some. 2.5/5
2/5. Better stuff came out of the country-rock trend this album started
normally i do like collages for each album on here, but honestly i dont even give a fuck enough to do that for this one
Havr always found the Byrds to be bland and this detour into country does nothing to change that
I really tried, but I couldn't. Country music really gets on my wick.
Not a bad crossover album. Not what I was expecting from a byrds album.
Not what I expected from the Byrds, with a distinct lack of jangly guitars. This was definitely in the bad country category for me. The best track was a bonus track which I accidentally listened to. The rest of them were pretty rubbish, with an unwelcome reappearance of the Louvin brothers’ material… Disappointing.
I had this already. I have five projects going, so it happens. But this is the first time I have gone back into an album I gave a 1. Honestly, it doesn’t really deserve that. But… there are, inexplicably, five (5) Byrd albums on this list. It’s just… yeah. Maybe not on the level of six (6) Elvis Costello albums, but really let’s be serious. And this album. It isn’t making me feel quite as stabby as it did before. But what’s the deal? The Byrds got the jump on The Stones and The Flying Burrito Bros. by a whole year? They foresaw the future of country? The pedal steel guitar playing stood out more this time around. But man, this album annoys me. 2 Boolean: I just don’t know —————————
This one was a groovy, classical country album with lapsteel, guitar, banjo, fiddling, the whole works. Released in 19568?!?! Imagining this is quite a precedent-setting album as far as genre and style go. I appreciate the concept of "settling down" and the mindfulness towards Christianity, women, etc. It's country is showing. Too bad I'm just not partial towards the genre or sound. A good album, but just not for me.
Is Country the Britpop of America? Because I don't get the appeal of this at all
Great album to discover through this as it's important to listen to things like this to further develop my taste, as far as a country sound this wasn't a slog to get through
Perfect album for square dancing! Otherwise it blows.
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.
Psychedelic 60's rock to country, um, pass. Polished and pleasant but no.
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
dazed and confused?
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!
I feel like this is too much America for my European ass...
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?