Name: The Notorius Byrd Brothers
Brand: The Byrds

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4867512

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2014-06-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Byrds

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Columbia

It captures the Byrds between the seminal folk-rock glories of their better-known mid-1960s triumphs and the equally influential country-rock that would soon follow, but the album is no holding action: with one time Beach Boy associate Gary Usher producing and Roy Halee engineering, the band weaves its signature vocal harmonies and chiming guitars through a lusher, more impressionistic art-pop tapestry that stops just short of post Sgt Pepper's cliche, employing phased vocals, sound effects, Moog synthesiser, and horns. Thematically, the project pits utopian innocence ('Tribal Gathering', 'Dolphins Smile') against a new wariness ('Artificial Energy', a cautionary look at amphetamines, and the Vietnam vignette of 'Draft Morning'). In a field of well-paced, inventive songs, the zenith is the silken, wistful 'Goin' Back', Carole King's poignant meditation on childhood and innocence.

The Notorius Byrd Brothers

Music GB