1. You Ain't Going Nowhere - The Byrds, Dylan, Bob
2. I Am a Pilgrim - The Byrds, Traditional
3. The Christian Life - The Byrds, Louvin, Ira
4. You Don't Miss Your Water - The Byrds, Bell, William [1]
5. You're Still on My Mind - The Byrds, McDaniel, Luke
6. Pretty Boy Floyd - The Byrds, Guthrie, Woody
7. Hickory Wind - The Byrds, Buchanan, Bob
8. One Hundred Years from Now - The Byrds, Parsons, Gram
9. Blue Canadian Rockies - The Byrds, Walker, Cindy
10. Life in Prison - The Byrds, Haggard, M.
11. Nothing Was Delivered - The Byrds, Dylan, Bob
12. You Got a Reputation - The Byrds, Hardin, J.T.
13. Lazy Days - The Byrds, Parsons, Gram
14. Pretty Polly - The Byrds, McGuinn, Roger
15. The Christian Life - The Byrds, Louvin, Ira
16. Life in Prison - The Byrds, Haggard, M.
17. You're Still on My Mind - The Byrds, McDaniel, Luke
18. One Hundred Years from Now - The Byrds, Parsons, Gram
19. All I Have Are Memories - The Byrds, Kelley, K.
Amazon.com essential recording
After Chris Hillman dragged new friend Gram Parsons into the Byrds, they made an album as close to a country masterpiece as a rock act could ever make. In fact, the only tunes better than the definitive covers here of songs by Bob Dylan ("You Ain't Going Nowhere"), Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd"), and the Louvin Brothers ("The Christian Life") are Parsons's originals, especially the incomparable "Hickory Wind." Sweetheart wasn't the first country-rock album, but with its gorgeous three-way harmonies and sweet pedal steel, it remains the best. --David Cantwell
Album Description
Millenium digipak edition, with original artwork and 8 previously unissued bonus tracks, 'You Got A Reputation', 'Lazy Days', 'Pretty Polly', 'The Christian Life' (rehearsal take #11), 'Life In Prison' (rehearsal take #11), 'You're Still On My Mind' (rehearsal take #43), 'One Hundred Years From Now' (rehearsal take #2) & 'All I Have Is Memories' (instrumental). 2001.
Album Details
Digitally remastered millennium digipak edition,with 6 page booklet.
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Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1997-03-25)
- Publisher: Sony
- Label: Sony
- Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
- Studio: Sony
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 85 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #3460
Avg. Customer Review:
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Summary: Gorgeous, beautiful, heartfelt, sincere, one of the greatest albums I've ever had the pleasure to own... 2008-10-12
Comment: This is one of all time favorite albums, one that I've never gotten tired playing. It is also, I believe, the best album the Byrds ever put out. It gets labeled country rock, but to me, it is country music, pure and simple. It's not an album of a rock band dabbling around with country music, it's an album of a rock band actually playing it and playing it superbly. The feeling and love of this music comes through every note. If you didn't know better, you could have sworn this album was made by a real country band performing at the Grand Ole Opry.
The opener, You Ain't Going Nowhere, is one of the best Dylan covers the Byrds ever did. The song wasn't even recorded by Dylan by this time (it eventually appeared on Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 in a vastly inferior version to the Byrds's rendition). I always think of it as a Byrds song first. The version of the folk classic I Am a Pilgrim is the best I've ever heard. I love The Christian Life. Gram Parsons's vocal is so heartfelt that even non-believers can enjoy the song. Their rendition of You Don't Miss Your Water (a blues/country classic) is the best I've heard as well. Otis Redding covered this song too, but the Byrds give it more soul than Otis (which is not easy to do). I could go on praising every song, but I'll digress for now.
This is as great as any classic country album out there. It's a really special, moving, heartfelt, and beautiful album, made by a very underrated band. It's their best album, and one that grows even more profound and gorgeous everytime you listen to it.
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Summary: 40 years hence, it still holds up 2008-08-15
Comment: Sweetheart of the Rodeo
I was 14 when this LP was released. 40 years hence, I buy the CD. Loved it then; love it just as much now. The Byrds in their Nashville period. Simply great; 'nuf said.
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Summary: Worth the price 2008-07-03
Comment: I prefer a harder country sound, but my wife enjoys this CD and plays it often
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Summary: origins of the california rock sound 2008-05-08
Comment: Like the review says, this a full immersion into the Bakersfield sound and big departure from the Byrds work to date. This Buck Owens sound in heavy doses like this can be overwhelming to those not expecting it. Use with caution,
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Summary: Great Country Rock! 2008-02-09
Comment: This is great country rock. While I believe the Byrds never truly recovered after they lost Crosby, they did have Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons on this record, which is great! Its very southern gospel/countryish, but the music is fairly diverse, including some Dylan covers. I'd say its pretty Dylanesque country rock.
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