The Byrds

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Playlist: The Best of The Byrds

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This is hardly the very best of the Byrds, although there are certainly some of the group's best songs here, including the iconic cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" that introduced Dylan, folk-rock and the Byrds to the world in one sharp, ... more This is hardly the very best of the Byrds, although there are certainly some of the group's best songs here, including the iconic cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" that introduced Dylan, folk-rock and the Byrds to the world in one sharp, jangling shot, as well as Gene Clark's "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better," the John Coltrane-inspired "Eight Miles High," another brilliant Dylan cover, "My Back Pages," and Roger McGuinn's mythic and mystic "Chestnut Mare," but this band recorded so many great tracks that what's here just seems to barely scratch the surface. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	Mr. Tambourine Man	2:29
2	Spanish Harlem Incident	1:57
3	I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better	2:31
4	Turn! Turn! Turn!	3:54
5	He Was A Friend Of Mine	2:30
6	Eight Miles High	3:33
7	Mr. Spaceman	2:08
8	So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star	2:05
9	My Back Pages	3:07
10	Change Is Now	3:21
11	One Hundred Years From Now	2:40
12	Ballad Of Easy Rider (From the Columbia Motion Picture "Easy Rider")	2:02
13	Chestnut Mare	5:07
14	I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician	2:02