Super Hits (Byrds album)

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Super Hits
Super Hits cover
Compilation album by The Byrds
Released July 21, 1998
Recorded 1965-1971
Genre Rock
Length 27:57
Label Columbia/Legacy
Producer(s) Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, Gary Usher and The Byrds
Professional reviews
The Byrds chronology
The Byrds
(1990)
Super Hits
(1998)
Live at the Fillmore - February 1969
(2000)


Super Hits is a budget hits compilation released by Columbia/Legacy in 1998. It contains the Byrds' biggest hits as well as a few fan favorites. It has since been replaced by 2003's more comprehensive The Essential Byrds.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) - 2:20
  2. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" (Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) - 3:34
  3. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) - 3:35
  4. "So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) - 2:04
  5. "Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) - 1:50
  6. "Artificial Energy" (Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman/Michael Clarke) - 2:17
  7. "Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) - 5:08
  8. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional, arr. Roger McGuinn) - 2:30
  9. "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) - 2:01
  10. "America's Great National Pastime" (Skip Battin/Kim Fowley) - 2:38

Super Hits never charted in either the U.S. or the UK

[edit] Sources

  • AllMusicGuide.com
The Byrds
Roger McGuinn | Chris Hillman | David Crosby | Gene Clark | Michael Clarke
Gram Parsons | Kevin Kelley | Clarence White | Gene Parsons | John York | Skip Battin
Discography
Studio albums: Mr. Tambourine Man | Turn! Turn! Turn! | Fifth Dimension | Younger Than Yesterday | The Notorious Byrd Brothers | Sweetheart of the Rodeo | Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde | Ballad of Easy Rider | (Untitled) | Byrdmaniax | Farther Along | Byrds
Live albums: Live at the Fillmore - February 1969
Compilations: The Byrds' Greatest Hits | The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II | The Original Singles: 1965-1967, Volume 1 | The Original Singles: 1967-1969, Volume 2 | Super Hits | The Byrds Play Dylan | The Essential Byrds
Box Sets: The Byrds | There Is a Season