The many vantage points in which one can dissect the legacy of the Byrds can feel simply boundless. While the studio innovations utilized on The Notorious Byrd Brothers (released the same year as country rock blueprint Sweetheart of the Rodeo) wouldn't necessarily be confused with that of Pet Sounds, it's a primary signifier of the record that never sufficiently got its due. Despite all of the mythos and legendary inner turmoil that reduced the band's lineup to a duo during the sessions, the record’s spacey psychedelic folk is a time and place never to be replicated . . .
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