The Byrds' Greatest Hits
Album by The Byrds
Released	August 7, 1967
Recorded	January 1965–December 1966
Genre	Rock
Length	32:17
Label	Columbia Records/Legacy
Producer(s)	Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, and Gary Usher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Byrds chronology
Younger Than Yesterday (1967)	The Byrds' Greatest Hits (1967)	The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)

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Track listing

1. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) - 2:29
2. "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) - 2:32
3. "The Bells of Rhymney" (I. Davies/Pete Seeger) - 3:30
4. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) - 3:49
5. "All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) - 2:04
6. "Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) - 3:51
7. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/Roger McGuinn/David Crosby) - 3:34
8. "Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:09
9. "5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:33
10. "So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman) - 1:50
11. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) - 3:08

• The Byrds' Greatest Hits was remastered and re-issued in 1999 with three new bonus tracks.

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Sources

• The Byrds' Greatest Hits CD booklet essay, Johnny Rogan, c.1999
• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002.

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