Fifth Dimension

by The Byrds

Fifth Dimension cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 July 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:24
  • Community rating: 4.27/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: N芒zim Hikmet, Chet Powers, Chris Hillman, Jim McGuinn, Van Dyke Parks, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Bob Gibson, Roger McGuinn, Ricky Neff

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following Gene Clark's departure, The Byrds leaned into raga-rock and jazz phrasing, utilizing twelve-string guitars to emulate sitar drones on tracks like 'Eight Miles High'. The record intertwines folk melodies with lyrical themes concerning space exploration, UFOs, and shifting consciousness.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, guitar-driven, harmonies, folk, acoustic, dreamy, guitars

Tracklist

  1. 5D (Fifth Dimension) (2:33)
  2. Wild Mountain Thyme (2:30)
  3. Mr. Spaceman (2:09)
  4. I See You (2:38)
  5. What's Happening? (2:35)
  6. I Come and Stand at Every Door (3:03)
  7. Eight Miles High (3:34)
  8. Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go) (2:16)
  9. Captain Soul (2:53)
  10. John Riley (2:57)
  11. 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) (2:12)
  12. Why - Single Version (2:59)
  13. I Know My Rider (I Know You Rider) (2:43)
  14. Psychodrama City (3:23)
  15. Eight Miles High - Alternate/RCA Studios Version (3:19)
  16. Why - Alternate/RCA Studios Version (2:40)
  17. John Riley - instrumental version 1 (16:53)

Credits

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