Super Hits (Byrds album)

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Super Hits

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
All Music Guide link
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 It has since been replaced by 2003's more comprehensive The Essential Byrds.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

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

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

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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