Thursday, August 31, 2006

The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Top 500 Countdown Update)

Similar to The Harder They Come this album has more of a collection feel than the feel of a structured album. I don't know me and The Byrds just don't seem to get along. Nothing they do is ever good enough for me it seems. I don't know how to explain it, but this album feels like one of those concerts you see on TV with a bunch of artists where they come together and do a tribute to someone. This is like The Byrds tribute to country music. There are certainly much better country albums than this that could be on this list. Perhaps the reason this is so high on the list is because of the fact that it was such a popular rock band doing country, but that still doesn't make it a great album. This doesn't even compare say to Workingman's Dead by the Grateful Dead another group that made a sharp country turn.