| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | Moose74 (6)
08/01/2008 | Give them 4 stars for being pioneers first in the area of folk rock and then, with the influence of Gram Parsons, in the joining of country and rock.
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| Limpin' Trenchfoot (18)
11/01/2006 | IMO this band suffers even more from rose -tinted spec syndrome than The Beatles. They penned or covered the odd decent tune e.g. 8 miles high but overall their output is pretty forgettable. let's face it apart from 'Mr tambourne man' I bet no non fan can name any other Byrds hit. And a big minus for spawning all those jangly Rickenbacker geetar bands like Tom Petty etc.
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 | rockerrreds (7)
07/11/2006 | Along with The Velvet Underground,my favorite group.Remarkable body of work,cutting edge for its time and still sounds fresh today.
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 | CandyLucy (1)
05/25/2006 | They're only good track is a Dylan cover.
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| minsun (0)
01/30/2006 | Marvellous innovative band
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| kimteacher (0)
12/28/2005 | Really good, especially 1966- 1967
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 | oscargamblesfro (81)
12/18/2005 | While I am NOT necessarily stating that the following claim is true, a reasonable CASE can be made that this is the most influential American rock band of their era, with the possible exceptions of The Doors, The Beach Boys, and The Velvet Underground being their only serious competition for that title. A fantastic, commercial and/ or experimental group (often on the same song) trailblazing band, good musicians, great singers, and equally superb at the following : folk, folk-rock, country, experimental jazz and Indian flavored tunes, psychedelia, "space rock," and many other genres. The best interpreters of Dylan tunes, and very few bands, really just a handful, have ever put out 4 albums in a row as great as "Fifth Dimension," "Younger Than Yesterday," "Notorious Byrd Brothers," and "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" were. Always changing, always breaking boundaries: a timeless and profound band.
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 | GenghisTheHun (177)
10/26/2005 | In the mid-sixties when the Byrds came out, I was awe-struck. I just listened to it over the 4th of July weekend, and it is still great. I think after all this time that the bass-guitar makes the band! I hate to say it but I like Spanish Harlem Incident and Chimes of Freedom the best on the first album!
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 | kingguiness (13)
09/02/2005 |
The best band in American Music history! I prefer the early version of the band but the Gram Parsons Country Rock style of the latter years is also very good.
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 | WeaselsRippedMyFlesh (1)
10/29/2004 | The single most influential American band in rock and roll history. Undebateable. Only the Beatles loom above they Byrds, who developed and legitimized more rock forms than any other band: folk-rock, country-rock, acid-rock, album-oriented rock, and so on. There is no substitute.
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 | CapAnson (1)
09/17/2004 | No staying power.. the originals were quite good, but didn't last long.
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| sljones (1)
09/13/2004 | I recently re-discovered The Byrds wonderful sound when I went to a Roger McGuinn concert. Then I went out and bought a CD with most of their hits: Eight Miles High, Mr. Tambourine Man, etc. Amazing, and that 12-string guitar, awesome. Their sound was very unique.
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