Eight Miles High - The Best Of The Byrds
The Byrds
2009
Eight Miles High - The Best Of The Byrds is a Rock album by The Byrds, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- shimmering
- nostalgic
- psychedelic
About
These 90 songs track The Byrds’ flight path as career-long pioneers. In the mid-’60s, they injected Dylan songs with snappy beats, jangling guitars, and sweet harmonies (“Mr. Tambourine Man”). Then they dressed up social commentary in supremely catchy pop tunes (“So You Want to Be a Rock ’N’ Roll Star”) and tripped out with wildly adventurous psych (“Eight Miles High”). Finally, they married country cadences with chiming rock (“Hickory Wind”), taking the traditional and making it something all their own.
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Tracklist
- 1Mr. Tambourine Man2:29
- 2Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)3:49
- 3Eight Miles High3:34
- 4I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better2:32
- 5Wasn't Born To Follow2:04
- 6Spanish Harlem Incident1:57
- 7So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star2:05
- 8All I Really Want To Do2:04
- 9Ballad Of Easy Rider2:02
- 10Mr. Spaceman2:09
- 11One Hundred Years From Now2:40
- 12He Was A Friend Of Mine2:30
- 13Wild Mountain Thyme2:30
- 14Hickory Wind3:29
- 15Goin' Back3:26
- 16Chestnut Mare5:08
Credits
Performers
- Chris HillmanBASS GUITAR VOCALS
- Michael ClarkeDRUMS
- David CrosbyVOCALS
- Gene ClarkVOCALS TAMBOURINE HARMONICA
- Jim McGuinnVOCALS TWELVE-STRING GUITAR
- Vern GosdinACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Clarence WhiteELECTRIC GUITAR
- Hugh MasekelaHORN
- Van Dyke ParksKEYBOARDS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold