Turn! Turn! Turn! (studio album) by The Byrds

Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 2,009th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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76/100 (from 237 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1965 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (191st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,009th)
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Turn! Turn! Turn! is ranked 6th best out of 26 albums by The Byrds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Byrds is The Notorious Byrd Brothers which is ranked number 760 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,362.

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.

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From 02/26/2023 12:24
Very influential, specially for the Beatles which took allot from their sound, but ofc The Beatles were far more consistent when it comes to good melodies. Also I find this band's covers of Bob Dylan to lack the emotion of the original, Lay Down Your Wery Tune is one of Dylan's strongest vocal performances and full of raw power, but here is kinda lifeless. Overall, it should be remembered more for its influence on the music of the 60s, but a bit inconsistent; though maybe I just need to listen to it more.
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From 12/19/2020 01:24
It's the Byrds' second album, released in 1965. That pretty much sums it up, sonically.

Maybe a slight sophomore slump, but true to their iconic sounds and delivery. Hard for fans of mid-60's era folk rock to pass up these harmonic, hymn-like musical goods.
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From 12/09/2018 14:43
Agree with the other comments that side two is rather weak. However the CD release includes several brilliant Gene Clark songs that weren't on the original album.
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From 05/29/2016 13:13
Basically an inferior version of, Mr. Tambourine man. Turn! turn! turn!, features the same ingredients, Dylan covers, some traditional songs, and some originals, but they just don't have the same freshness as the first album. The title track is nice, another U.S. No:1 hit for the band, and, the world turns all around her, is possibly the best of the originals, and, lay down your weary tune, is the best of the Dylan tracks. All in all, an inferior mirror image of the first LP.
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65/100
From 04/23/2016 18:42
This album starts out great but the songs progressively get worse and more boring.
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From 03/13/2016 14:53
The last three tracks are awful, the first eight are mostly good. Turn! is one of their best if not THE. The covers outnumber their originals on this album, that's a bit lame. Gene Clark came into his own with his compositions on this one.
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From 09/15/2015 15:36
Slightly weaker, compared to "Mr. Tambourine man", but still a solid album. "Turn turn turn" and "Set you free this time" are the highlights here. It's not very influential, compared to the other albums. That is the only problem here.
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95/100
From 02/08/2015 01:12
My second favorite from the Byrds, and actually better than the debut. Less Dylan-reliant (but still delivering one of the best covers with "Lay Down Your Weary Tune), featuring a couple of generation-defining songs (the title track and the beautiful JFK tribute "He Was a Friend of Mine") plus some consistently brilliant songwriting from Clark ("Set You Free This Time" a highlight). A perfect snapshot of the Sixties.
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From 01/24/2015 22:07
The title track is the best
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From 01/05/2015 21:28
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) and Oh! Susannah are my favorite!
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Best Albums of 1965
1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
5. Help! by The Beatles
6. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
7. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
8. My Generation by The Who
9. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
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13. Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
14. Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
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