Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in July, 1966 (see 1966 in music) on Columbia Records, catalogue item CL 2549 in mono, CS 9349 in stereo. The album stayed on the Billboard Albums chart for 28 weeks, peaking at #24 and reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart. Two preceding singles, the seminal "Eight Miles High" from March 14, 1966 and "5D (Fifth Dimension)" from June 13, 1966 were included on the...
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Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in July, 1966 (see 1966 in music) on Columbia Records, catalogue item CL 2549 in mono, CS 9349 in stereo. The album stayed on the Billboard Albums chart for 28 weeks, peaking at #24 and reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart. Two preceding singles, the seminal "Eight Miles High" from March 14, 1966 and "5D (Fifth Dimension)" from June 13, 1966 were included on the album. Additionally, a third single taken from the album, "Mr. Spaceman", peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Among the first songs recorded for the album was "Eight Miles High", an early excursion into psychedelic rock and a fusion of Coltrane-influenced guitar, played by Jim McGuinn, and raga based musical structure from Indian classical music. The song was pivotal in transmuting folk-rock into the new musical form of psychedelia. Regardless of its innovative qualities, many radio stations refused to play the record,...
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