The sixty-third album: #63 The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Back to our folk rock band, it feels like we're in a new stretch of folk music on the list (Bob Dylan is next). The same gentle rock plays through this album, with lyrics that are more refined and intelligent and require some more work. It's musing about life and the world a lot more, the title track inspired by Einstein's theory of relativity. It's a lot more challenging and interesting this way. The music also feels more ambitious and I do have to say that to me this is quickly became better than Mr Tambourine Man.
Perhaps it's because psychedelic rock infects the album as well. The subject matter suits it better, and Eight Miles High soudns just different enough in the same way Beatles songs will tend to go. It creates some strange and experimental sounds that take the music in its own direction, whilch is where its appeal for me really comes in.