Reviews
"...Without a doubt the album most influential for generations of musicians interested in fusing country and rock...", "...sounds sharper than the original pressing...and outtakes featuring Gram Parsons add a rustic postscript. Anyone taken with the '90s alt-country of Wilco should visit this more authentic RODEO..." - Rating: A, 5 Stars Out of 5-"Spawning Several Generations of Rockers Who Were a Lil' Bit Country.", 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...the best of the pack....a full immersion into bluegrass, country and gospel...", Ranked #117 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "Dressing Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard songs in steel guitar and rock & roll drive, setting the stage for country rock.", Included in Q's "Best Alt.Country Albums of All Time"., "...Remixed and reshuffled, with Gram Parsons' vocals front and center, this sparkling reissue gives revisionist history a good name...", 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...their most influential album, a landmark at a crucial junction on pop's long, dusty road...", "...there was a time before the Eagles, when the Byrds made the steel guitar acceptable to hippies...The 20-bit remastering seems to add overtones to everything without adding anything to the price, and the five extra cuts...offer an illuminating glimpse into how they worked...", "...The material they've chosen to record, or rather, the way they perform the material, is simple, relaxed and folky. It's not pretentious, it's pretty. The musicianship is excellent...", 5 stars out of 5 -- "It now sounds like a prophecy of the way Nashville and L.A. embraced each other in the '70s."
