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Fifth Dimension (album)

Fifth Dimension
Studio album by
the Byrds
ReleasedJuly 18, 1966 (1966-07-18)
RecordedJanuary 24 – May 25, 1966
StudioColumbia, Hollywood
Genre
Length29:59
LabelColumbia
ProducerAllen Stanton
The Byrds chronology
Turn! Turn! Turn!
(1965) 		Fifth Dimension
(1966) 		Younger Than Yesterday
(1967)
Singles from Fifth Dimension
  1. "Eight Miles High"
    Released: March 14, 1966
  2. "5D (Fifth Dimension)"
    Released: June 13, 1966
  3. "Mr. Spaceman"
    Released: September 6, 1966

Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in July 1966 on Columbia Records.[1][2] Most of the album was recorded following the February 1966 departure of the band's principal songwriter Gene Clark.[3][4] In an attempt to compensate for Clark's absence, guitarists Jim McGuinn and David Crosby increased their songwriting output.[5] In spite of this, the loss of Clark resulted in an album with four cover versions and an instrumental, which critics have described as "wildly uneven" and "awkward and scattered".[2][3] However, it was the first Byrds album not to include any songs written by Bob Dylan, whose material had previously been a mainstay of the band's repertoire.[3]

The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and reached number 27 on the UK Albums Chart.[6][7] Two preceding singles, "Eight Miles High" and "5D (Fifth Dimension)", were included on the album, with the former just missing the Top 10 of the Billboard singles chart.[3][8] Additionally, a third single taken from the album, "Mr. Spaceman", managed to reach the U.S. Top 40.[8] Upon release, Fifth Dimension was widely regarded as the band's most experimental album to date and is today considered by critics to be influential in originating the musical genre of psychedelic rock.[3][5]

  1. ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 541–546. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
  2. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "The Byrds Fifth Dimension". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e Fricke, David. (1996). Fifth Dimension (1996 CD liner notes).
  4. ^ Hjort, Christopher. (2008). So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973). Jawbone Press. pp. 80–87. ISBN 978-1-906002-15-2.
  5. ^ a b Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 177–186. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel. (2002). Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Record Research Inc. p. 121. ISBN 0-89820-147-0.
  7. ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
  8. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel. (2008). Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research Inc. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.

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