![]() Theyve got some creative moments, nice vocal. In contrast to the fitful progress of the ensemble through its third album, 1966’s Fifth Dimension, the fifty-five-plus years that have passed since the release of The Notorious Byrd Brothers has only solidified its stature as a supremely cogent piece of work. The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth album by the American rock band the Byrds, and was released in January 1968, on Columbia Records. Those combinations make Notorious Byrd Brothers a brilliant window onto an unforgettable place and time. A nice Byrds release, combining country, folk, rock, psychedelic, and some Stax records-esque Memphis horns. The reawakening of consciousness is ecstatically, psychedelically celebrated in “Natural Harmony.” The aura of a world in upheaval is caught like lightning in a jar on “Change Is Now,” with its evocation of hope and uncertainty, familiarity and daunting strangeness. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) FULL ALBUM Vinyl Rip lethalintoxication4900 32.3K subscribers Subscribe 33 Share 1.7K views 3 years ago side one: 1. ![]() Stones in the pathway include hard drugs (“Artificial Energy” elliptically warns that speed kills) and war (“Draft Morning” peers inside the mind of a young man being shipped off to Vietnam). David Crosby and Michael Clarke were simply out. Utopian idealism commingles with darker visions: Spiritual yearning is evident in songs that look to nature (“Dolphin’s Smile”), childhood (“Goin’ Back”) and the group mind (“Tribal Gathering”) for guidance. The Notorious Byrd Brothers is completely spaced out. The album’s ethereal, fresh-scrubbed sound owes much to producer Gary Usher, the auteur behind countless Sixties surf-pop records and co-author of Beach Boys classics like “In My Room.” Burbling Moog synthesizers and purring steel guitars join in on the Byrds’ minty-clean folk-cosmic odes.
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