The best single ever? It could well be. "Eight miles high" has it all: great melody, beautiful harmonies, good lyrics and innovative playing by the whole band, including Crosby's incredible rhythm guitar.
The flipside is a great track too, driving guitar chords and beautiful melody line. Crosby manages some intricate harmony lines again. It is a bit of a confusing song in the Byrds history as at least three versions were publicly released. This one is the single version (also known as the "raga version") and generally regarded as the best one. But I don't agree: I like the re-recorded version off "Younger than yesterday" better. Then there's also the "RCA-version", an early attempt to record the song, but it was still in its formative stage by then.
Rating:*****
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