So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (Hillman / McGuinn)
Have You Seen Her Face (Hillman)
C.T.A. – 102 (Hippard / McGuinn)
Renaissance Fair (Crosby / McGuinn)
Time Between (Hillman)
Everybody’s Been Burned (Crosby)
Thoughts and Words (Hillman)
Mind Gardens (Crosby)
My Back Pages (Dylan)
The Girl with No Name (Hillman)
Why (Crosby / McGuinn)
Total Running Time: 35:29
Sales:
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Peak:
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37
Singles/ Hit Songs:
So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (1/9/67) #29 US
My Back Pages (3/13/67) #30 US
Have You Seen Her Face (5/22/67) #74 US
Notes: A CD reissue added “It Happens Each Day,” “Don’t Make Waves,” “Lady Friend,” “Old John Robertson,” and alternate versions of “My Back Pages” and “Mind Gardens.”
Awards:
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Review:
“Younger Than Yesterday was somewhat overlooked at the time of its release during an intensely competitive era that found the Byrds on a commercial downslide. However, time has shown it to be the most durable of the Byrds' albums, with the exception of Mr. Tambourine Man. David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and especially Chris Hillman come into their own as songwriters on an eclectic but focused set blending folk-rock, psychedelia, and early country-rock. The sardonic So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star was a terrific single; My Back Pages, also a small hit, was the last of their classic Dylan covers; Thoughts and Words was a flower-power anthem Renaissance Fair, Have You Seen Her Face, and the bluegrass-tinged Time Between are all among their best songs. The jazzy Everybody’s Been Burned may be Crosby’s best composition, although Mind Gardens is one of his most excessive” (Unterberger).
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