Fifth Dimension/Wild Mountain Thyme/Mr Spaceman/I See You/What’s Happening/I Come & Stand At Every Door/Eight Miles High/Hey Joe/Captain Soul/John Riley/The Lear Jet Song
With Fifth Dimension The Byrds start to move away from the folk rock of their first two albums to embrace psychedelia. The relatively low chart placings do not reflect the album's historic importance. Eight Miles High was a US No. 14 hit single. (US:24 UK:27)
"With Fifth Dimension The Byrds added to their folk/rock credentials with a ground breaking album. Space rock, jazz rock and much more are evident on this 1966 release."
"Eight Miles High is an early and glorious psychedelic masterpiece. And, it is a masterpiece, from start to finish. So much so, it still sounds absolutely thrilling and contemporary even today."
"After two albums filled with folk-rock, The Byrds decided it was time to go in another direction. That direction was Eight Miles High. Roger McGuinn's simple but effective guitar riff, combined with echoey vocal harmonies, makes this nothing less than a classic."
"The beginning of psychedelic rock as we know it started with this record."
"This is the work of a band that is finally finding its own orientation in its songwriting abilities. In doing so, strangely enough, they become traditionalist and innovative at the same time. It's clear that they are not folk rock anymore - they are more psychedelic and more artistically daring. Just listen to the way McGuinn plays that twelve string guitar like a trumpet in Eight Miles High."
"To some extent Fifth Dimension is dominated by Eight Miles High, quoted in some circles as the first true psychedelic single. The harmonies are dense, the bass growls in the background while McGuinn's fingers trip over the strings of his Rickenbacker in a series of jagged interludes."
"Fifth Dimension is a truly beautiful album with intelligent and masterful songs such as 5D, I Come & Stand At Every Door, and Eight Miles High that are some of the best ever recorded."
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