Younger Than Yesterday
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Younger Than Yesterday
Younger Than Yesterday is the fourth album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released on February 6, 1967 on Columbia Records (see 1967 in music). It saw the band continuing to integrate elements of psychedelia and jazz into their music, a process they had begun on their previous album, Fifth Dimension. In addition, the album captured the band and record producer Gary Usher experimenting with new musical textures, including brass instruments, reverse tape effects and an electronic oscillator.-Wikipedia
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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. Time, however, has shown it to be the most durable of the Byrds' albums, with the exception of Mr. Tambourine Man.
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Observer
2017- An album that found The Byrds in the delirious high of transition, at times gloriously scattershot with experimentation, for all its blemishes, Younger Than Yesterday still sounds as fresh today as it did in 1967.
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Paste Magazine
2015- (article originally appeared in Issue 10 of Crawdaddy in June, 1967). The latest works of the Byrds are on this album, ironically titled Younger Than Yesterday, on which the Byrds give us magic, science, religion, psychedelic sounds, lots of electronic stuff and technological tongues, love songs, Dylan (who could have been influenced by Whitman), rock ‘n’ roll, science fiction, some Southern California local lore, an African trumpet guy, a country and western guitar guy, a little bit of raga, and so forth.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
2017- Younger Than Yesterday, like so many Byrds albums from the period, was a transitional milestone that was firmly rooted in its era while simultaneously transcending it.
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The Rising Storm
2008- It’s a classic album that saw the group at the forefront of pop music – The Byrds were always three steps ahead of the game.
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The Old Grey Cat
2017- Released on Feb. 6, 1967 in the U.S., Younger Than Yesterday was greeted by lukewarm reviews and sallow sales, . . . . And, yet, Younger Than Yesterday is a wondrous album well worth repeated listens. The songs, save for one, are exquisite; and while it isn’t the best Byrds album, it certainly flies with them.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
Yup, in addition to McGuinn's already established songwriting talent, and Crosby's full emergence as a creative force in the band, Chris pops out of nowhere to contribute an INCREDIBLE set of numbers. Indeed, add all of these factors up, and I don't see any way not to give this the best-album nod.
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Album Liner Notes
1996. Younger Than Yesterday was Crosby’s last official album with the Byrds and, as such, marked the end of the band’s first golden era. In many ways, it is also the best of those first four albums, a brilliant demonstration of strength through versatility and argumentative diversity.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
The group continue with the psychedelic sounds of Fifth Dimension, but it’s a more mature and consistent effort.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Probably the best place to start with the original Byrds. Crosby is reaching his peak . . . ; the group harmonies are superb . . . ; and the usual hits . . . , enthusiastic Dylan covers ("My Back Pages"), and rockers ("Why") fill things out.
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Rolling Stone
1973- Younger Than Yesterday and Notorious Byrd Brothers stand with Mr. Tambourine Man as their greatest albums and I used to have a hell of a time choosing between them. . . . I would rate Younger Than Yesterday their best album, Mr. Tambourine Man second, and Notorious Byrd Brothers third.
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Excatholic4Christ
2018- Younger Than Yesterday: An underappreciated work that would be recognized decades later.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
2015- Listen to 'Younger Than Yesterday' for what it is, not what's it's claimed to be, and you'll be entertained, and given enjoyment with a sequence of very fine music.
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Progrography
2018- Country rock and Chris Hillman both “arrive” on Younger Than Yesterday. Produced by Gary Usher (fresh from Gene Clark’s first album), the band’s fourth album features an array of psychedelic effects including reversed tapes and electronic sounds that place it at the cutting edge of the post-Revolver landscape.
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Don Ignacio's Music Reviews
It's pretty obvious that this is one of The Byrds' greatest albums. It's probably not quite as great as its more revolutionary predecessor Fifth Dimension that helped launched the psychedelic movement --- but this follow-up is more diverse and fun to listen to. This is a classic band at their peak --- and it doesn't get better than listening to a great band at their peak, my friends!!!
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Philip completes music
2018- The album is just as good as the last one – as the band change, they go from strength to strength.
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Talk From The Rock Room
-2014. Long loved and often revisited, today in the rock room spins a mono version of the diverse ‘Byrds’ 1967 LP, Younger Than Yesterday. The record is a wonderful document of the post-Gene Clark group, showcasing Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman’s blossoming songwriting and composing skills.
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Nick's Vinyl Picks
2016- The Byrds’ Younger Than Yesterday may not be the L.A. band’s finest album but its the one I listen to the most. And, the one you listen to has to mean something. It may be The Byrds single most representative album as well.
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Mark's Record Reviews
Another outstanding 28-minute opus from the Byrds. How did all them '60s rockers get away with recording such dinkyass albums anyway? For the record, all four of these first Byrds albums pretty much get 10s from me. They're all just fantastic - maybe one weak song on each one.
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George Starostin's Reviews
There's nothing groundbreaking in Younger Than Yesterday, and yet it's often considered their best album, which I more or less agree with. Not that it has a lot of truly outstanding tunes, but it's just consistent, more so than any of their other records (well, Fifth Dimension is close enough, but it has two significant misfires, while Younger only got 'Mind Gardens').
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The Moon Under Water
2016- Younger Than Yesterday is an exceptional, often brilliant mix of genres, both old and new. That The Byrds were without borders says a great deal about the era in which they lived.
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Grinning Planet
The 1967 Byrds album Younger Than Yesterday is one of their most interesting albums because it was their best attempt at integration of the Byrds many faces: up-tempo folk-rock, pop, psychedelic folk, and country-rock.
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Robert Christgau
David Crosby's "Mind Garden" is a completely unlistenable acid meander, while four (three too many) innocuous folk-rock cum countryrock tunes by Chris Hillman are a familiar-sounding example of how an uninteresting self does its number. Never before did concept-master Roger (né Jim) McGuinn efface himself so disastrously on a Byrds album--and never after, either.
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1001 Albums in 10 Years
2016- I have never been more impressed with a single track & subsequently more disappointed when the rest of a ‘good’ album failed to reach such great heights
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Greenway
Time has shown it to be among the most durable of the band's albums. West Coast music at its creative peak - a masterpiece of psychedelic folk rock and roll.
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DM's Beatles Site
The record was not as revolutionary as Mr. Tambourine Man or Fifth Dimension, but the band had clearly reached a peak in their songwriting . . . . . . . I'll say that this is my very favorite Byrds' album and it's easily in my Top 10 list. It's very diverse, full of great songs and well performed as usual.
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Stupid Enough Unexplanaiton
2007- if you haven't heard this album and are looking for some top-notch folk rock, check it out.
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Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
2017- Maybe it’s a bit of a transitional period for the Byrds, but I listened to Younger Than Yesterday recently and it was indeed Super Outa Sight, blending Croz delusions with McGuinn psych and Hillman country rock.
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Independent
2017- . . . The Byrds had already helped invent folk rock and raga rock and would soon move on to pioneer country rock. On Younger Than Yesterday they effortlessly displayed their mastery of a diverse array of styles.
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