The Byrds - The Byrds' Greatest Hits [Expanded]

Primary Artist
The Byrds
Album Title
The Byrds' Greatest Hits [Expanded]
Release Date
March 30, 1999 
Time
39:11 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Bruce Eder
Without question, The Byrds were one of the great bands of the '60s and one of the few American bands of their time to continually turn out inventive, compelling albums. As they were recording a series of fine records, they released a number of classic singles that defined their era. The original 11-song LP version of The Byrds' Greatest Hits did an excellent job in 1967 of chronicling the peak years of their popularity, before withering personality conflicts and the resulting personnel changes altered their sound radically, first into a glorious psychedelic/folk/electronic/pop flourish on Notorious Byrd Brothers and then into country-rock on 1968's Sweetheart Of The RodeoRead More