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- Date Released: June 23, 1971
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Released 1971, Originally Recorded 1970, 1971, (P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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As legend has it, the Byrds wrapped up the basic tracks for Byrdmaniax in early 1971 and then hit the road for a concert tour, leaving producers Terry Melcher and Chris Hinshaw to polish the final mix. Melcher and Hinshaw then proceeded to add copious overdubs to what the group had set down, drowning the songs in a swampy morass of keyboards, horns, strings, and massed background singers in the misguided hope of making the album sound more "commercial" (even Clarence White's superb lead guitar often gets lost in the murk). The shame of it is that the aural gingerbread managed to spoil what might have been one of the Byrds' better albums; it's hard to imagine what Skip Battin's goofy "Citizen Kane" or Roger McGuinn's witty "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" were intended to sound like originally, but "I Trust" and "Kathleen's Song" are lovely if you can listen past the overproduction, and "Green Apple Quick Step" gives White and Gene Parsons plenty of room to show off their old-time country chops. Not an awful album, but Byrdmaniax is hardly the pleasure it could have been in the hands of a more tasteful production team. [The 1999 CD reissue adds three bonus tracks, including an un-overdubbed alternate take of "Pale Blue" that indicates how the album was originally intended to sound.]
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| 01. |  |
Glory, Glory |
4:03 |
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| 02. | |
Pale Blue |
2:22 |
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| 03. | |
I Trust |
3:19 |
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| 04. | |
Tunnel Of Love |
4:59 |
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| 05. | |
Citizen Kane |
2:36 |
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| 06. | |
I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician |
2:03 |
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| 07. | |
Absolute Happiness |
2:38 |
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| 08. | |
Green Apple Quick Step |
1:50 |
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| 09. | |
My Destiny |
3:38 |
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| 10. | |
Kathleen's Song |
2:40 |
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| 11. | |
Jamaica Say You Will |
3:27 |
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| 12. | |
Just Like A Woman |
3:56 |
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| 13. | |
Pale Blue |
2:33 |
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| 14. | |
Think I'm Gonna Feel Better |
2:34 |
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| 15. | |
Byrdgrass |
3:19 |
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15 Total Tracks, 45:57 Total Length
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Credits
- Clarence White - Guitar // Clarence White - Vocals // The Byrds - Main Performer // Gene Parsons - Drums // Gene Parsons - Drums (Snare) // Gene Parsons - Photography // Skip Battin - Bass // Terry Melcher - Piano // Terry Melcher - Producer // Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel // Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Guitar (Steel) // Byron Berline - Fiddle // Byron Berline - Violin // Ed Caraeff - Photography // Chris Hinshaw - Producer // Chris Hinshaw - Engineer // Larry Knechtel - Organ // Larry Knechtel - Piano // Larry Knechtel - Keyboards // Glen Kolotkin - Engineer // Roger McGuinn - Banjo // Roger McGuinn - Guitar // Roger McGuinn - Vocals // Paul Polena - Reeds // Paul Polena - Strings // Paul Polena - Horn // Eric Prestidge - Engineer // Jim Seiter - Percussion // Jim Seiter - Tambourine // John Berg - Design // John Berg - Cover Design // Virginia Team - Cover Design // Anne Garner - Design // Dinky Dawson - Engineer // Don Jim - Photography // Don Jim - Cover Photo // Derek Lepper - Photography
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