Younger Than Yesterday
The first Byrds album without Gene Clark, with Chris Hillman stepping forward as a writer.
The Byrds, 1967
- Released
- 6 February 1967
- Recorded
- 28 November to 8 December 1966
- Studio
- Columbia Studios, Hollywood
- Label
- Columbia
- Producer
- Gary Usher
- Length
- 29:11
Gary Usher produced at Columbia in Hollywood. The working title was Sanctuary, and the final one comes from a line in My Back Pages. Hillman wrote and sang four songs on his own and co-wrote the title single. Crosby insisted on Mind Gardens and on a new version of Why, and he thought covering Dylan again was a step backward.
The album reached number 24 in the United States and number 37 in Britain. The singles So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star reached 29, My Back Pages 30 and Have You Seen Her Face 74. Billboard predicted the group would be riding high on the album charts again, and Richard Goldstein of the Village Voice found nothing new or startling in it. David Fricke called it the Byrds' first mature album in Rolling Stone in 2007.
Track listing
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star2:05
- Have You Seen Her Face2:25
- C.T.A.-1022:28
- Renaissance Fair1:51
- Time Between1:53
- Everybody's Been Burned3:05
- Thoughts and Words2:56
- Mind Gardens3:28
- My Back Pages3:08
- The Girl with No Name1:50
- Why2:45
Personnel
- Roger McGuinn 12-string guitar, vocals
- David Crosby rhythm guitar, vocals
- Chris Hillman bass, vocals
- Michael Clarke drums
- Hugh Masekela trumpet
- Cecil Barnard piano
- Jay Migliori saxophone
- Vern Gosdin acoustic guitar
- Clarence White guitar
- Daniel Rey percussion
- Gary Usher producer
More from The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965), Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965), Fifth Dimension (1966), The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968), Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), (Untitled) (1970), Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 (2008)
Sources
- Younger Than Yesterday, Wikipedia
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star, Wikipedia