Mr. Tambourine Man (studio album) by The Byrds

From slatsheit 11/08/2024 01:51

This album is horrendously underrated, on this site and elsewhere. In my opinion, in contrast to what others have said, MTM is great from beginning to end, absolutely zero filler (in sharp contrast to Turn Turn Turn...). A great compendium of top-quality Gene Clark tracks with well-chosen covers, fantastically arranged with those harmonies and rock music's single greatest sound - clean-toned 12-string electric.

My favourite Byrds album.

From VictorVale 10/09/2023 11:38

Álbum reproduzido e homenageado até hoje.

I began doing a 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart and guess what? The first Dylan cover that came to mind was The Byrds' version of 'Mr Tambourine Man". It is one of those covers, where it becomes so much bigger than the original - and to think they only used one of the 5 verses that Dylan composed ` now that is commercial magic. I have included The Byrds' cover in my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.

On this album there is a couple of nice songs with great Dylan-like, folky sound, but it has some filler too.

This album starts off with a 1-2 punch not seen in many other albums with the fantastic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr Tambourine Man” and the simply infectious “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better”. What follows is a consistently good collection of melodic pop songs that doesn't quite live up to the super high standards set by the first 2 songs. Still a very good album nonetheless.

Extraordinario debut de los Byrds y piedra angular del folk-rock.

This is where the journey begins for the Byrds - imprinting their iconic, pioneering, jangly folk rock sounds upon the world in this dizzying release.

I found the strength of their sound to correlate somewhat with tempo - the faster songs tend to stand out as bright spots amongst the slow, folk-drenched fillers.

Perhaps I should be more generous to this - it's The Byrds' debut release, after all. Certainly a pioneering record by McGuinn and co., first heard 'round the rocking world here in '65.

couple of hits

From 2nd-Impressions 10/04/2020 00:07

62/100

Best tracks: Mr Tambourine Man, I Feel a Whole Lot Better, Here Without You
Worst tracks: Spanish Harlem Incident, I Knew I'd Want You, It's No Use, We'll Meet Again