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No Other [Deluxe Edition]
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  • Summary: The reissue of The Byrds singer-songwriter's 1974 solo release features a remaster mixed by Sid Griffin and producer John Wood with an addition disc of alternate versions of the tracks. A super edition box-set also includes a blu-ray of the film "The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making andThe reissue of The Byrds singer-songwriter's 1974 solo release features a remaster mixed by Sid Griffin and producer John Wood with an addition disc of alternate versions of the tracks. A super edition box-set also includes a blu-ray of the film "The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making and Remaking of No Other."… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. American Songwriter
    Nov 26, 2019
    100
    It’s a lovingly assembled package and the last word on a once misunderstood but now acknowledged masterpiece.
  2. Record Collector
    Nov 13, 2019
    100
    It is simply one of the most beautiful records ever made and anyone who hasn’t experienced it needs to stop reading and do so immediately. But for those of us who have, while they have already heard the best possible version of No Other (as we tend to learn from all box sets of this ilk, the best version got released), in these newly-discovered versions there is much to learn about and love.
  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2019
    100
    Newly-remixed outtakes reveal Clark's progress and a posh limited-edition box set version gives this excellent album the treatment it deserves. [Dec 2019, p.117]
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  4. Los Angeles Times
    Nov 8, 2019
    90
    The new version has been remastered from the original tapes, and the results are spectacular. ... Clark rightly considered it his masterwork, and decades later, this reissue has reaffirmed his belief. A seamless blend of American music — twangy guitars, a rhythm section that taps out dynamic funk and soul patterns, an understated mix of piano, synth and keyboards and lots of backing singers — it connects genres and movements with ease.
  5. Uncut
    Nov 15, 2019
    90
    Some will prefer the stripped-back, elemental performances that are compiled on the extra disc, and they are certainly magnificent recordings in their own right. But part of No Other's magic is its ambition. [Dec 2019, p.36]
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  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 13, 2019
    90
    A labour of well-deserved love. [Dec 2019, p.91]
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  7. Rolling Stone
    Nov 8, 2019
    80
    A fresh listen to No Other, Clark’s lone Asylum album, reminds you both of its beauty and its occasional more frustrating aspects. The songs, which stretch out to as long as eight minutes, aren’t played as much as unfurled. ... Shorn of the choir that appears on many of its songs, the outtakes are vital for the way they allow us to zero in on Clark’s singing. It’s easy to forget how robust a vocalist Clark could be

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  1. AppleJoost
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    I've got two songs endlessly on repeat the last few days. The first being the title track and the other being "some misunderstanding". BothI've got two songs endlessly on repeat the last few days. The first being the title track and the other being "some misunderstanding". Both being of an almost otherworldly quality that makes everything else sound unimpressive. "No other" has a groove that is spectacular and for lack of a better word, throbbing. "Some misunderstanding" is a retrospective of ones life that would've been fantastic if it was written by someone who is as old as Gene Clark would've been now. The thing is, that he was 29 years old and that just makes the whole song even more mindboggling. The sheer power that the relatively short lyrics have, blows me away every time I have it on.
    Of course I listened to the other songs, they're all fantastic and they will get their due attention. For now it's these two songs that deserve my utmost attention, just because they're so achingly good.
    Being an old Byrds fan, but a relatively new Gene Clark fan, discovering this album has been the second Gene Clark revelation of this year, the other being "Echoes". The thing with listening to those two Gene Clark albums, makes everything that the Byrds did, with the exception of Clark's songs, sound simple.
    "No other" is for me the greatest album of all time that never got what it deserved by miles. It might even be one of the greatest albums of all time. Gene Clark produced a work of epic proportions that deserves way more attention than what it's getting right now. The album has had a surge in popularity and certainly in appreciation from the critics and that's exactly what it deserves.

    My apologies for the rambling review, but I'm still shaken by the immense attention to detail, quality and depth of this album. Just listen to it and take some time with "some mistunderstanding" since it will be the best 8 minutes of the year and will leave you feeling melancholicly upbeat. It's a cry for hope from a man who had it all and after this album, sadly, lost it all. Things never seem to have been the same for Gene Clark and apparently he never really recovered from the fact that this gorgeous, perfect gem of an album tanked. Give the man his due and listen to it.    … Expand

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