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MY 50 ESSENTIAL SONGS OF THE 60s (50 items)
list by geojones100

Classic Rock: Favorite Songs (94 items)
list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz

Favorite Songs of All Time: 1965 (54 items)
list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz

Classic Pop: Favorite Songs (93 items)
list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz

I wrote something once called "Best Average Album", about this. I've also referred to "Fifth Dimension" being the better work; I'm not sure exactly, now.... I'll just have to juxtapose these two.... what, me? Contradiction?

It's just that.... it's just so damn much FUN listening to it. It's not like any of the individual songs seem *that* much better than average, nor is there anyt... read more

Description: Arriving just months after the folk-rock call to arms of their brilliant debut, the Byrds' second album closely follows the same formula, but what a formula: durable American folksongs (from Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and even Stephen Foster) and their own strong originals are laced with the band's keening vocal harmonies and chiming guitars in a mix since institutionalized as a perennial rock dialect. With Seeger's classic title song, the Byrds brought Ecclesiastes onto the charts, importing the urban folk movement's social and political consciousness to the pop mainstream. If the album couldn't repeat the revelatory impact of it Arriving just months after the folk-rock call to arms of their brilliant debut, the Byrds' second album closely follows the same formula, but what a formula: durable American folksongs (from Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and even Stephen Foster) and their own strong originals are laced with the band's keening vocal harmonies and chiming guitars in a mix since institutionalized as a perennial rock dialect. With Seeger's classic title song, the Byrds brought Ecclesiastes onto the charts, importing the urban folk movement's social and political consciousness to the pop mainstream. If the album couldn't repeat the revelatory impact of its predecessor, it's still an earful, from Gene Clark's urgent, ardent "It Won't Be Wrong" to Dylan's contemplative "Lay Down Your Weary Tune." Meticulously remastered, this restored version also boasts unreleased tracks and B-sides, including "She Don't Care About Time," noteworthy for a 12-string solo lifted from Bach. --Sam Sutherland ... (more) (less)