This album received alot of negative press. I assume the critics were thinking that by reuniting the original Byrds would create a masterpiece of Byrds sounding songs. Instead they got an album of good country rock songs from five very influential musicians. Obviously Crosby,Hillman,McGuinn,Clark and Clarke were at a different stage musically in their careers when this album came out. They had moved on from the more pop oriented sound of the Byrds. Some very solid song writing("Long Live The King","For Free" some good covers(Neil Young's "See The Sky(About To Rain)" and "Cowgirl In The Sand" and most of all some quality musicianship(love the mandolin fills throughout the album) lead to an underappreciated effort. I think most people would be pleasantly surprised by this cd.