The Byrds' relationship with Dylan produced some polarized responses. The thing that stands out most on this album is the sheer breadth of songs, as well as the jangling compressed guitar and angelic harmony singing. Dedicated to Stanley Kubrick, it showed, if nothing else, that The Byrds weren’t taking themselves too seriously, right down to the chorus-“Some sunny day, hey, hey, hey”. The final track is a tongue in cheek rendition of “We’ll Meet Again”. The album contains covers of Pete Seeger and Del Shannon songs as well as three more from Dylan, including the second single " All I Really Want To Do", which opens side two. In fact, the prolific Clark supplies almost half the songs for the album, thus making his romantic pop sensibilities evident for all to hear. The slightly ambiguous/morose chorus-"I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you’re gone"-adds indecision and emotional depth to the lyric. The guitar riff has more than a hint of The Searchers' "Needles and Pins". It’s followed up by Clark’s “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better”, a song that launched numerous covers. At 2:20 minutes, it is the perfect pop song. The jangly chiming of Mcguinn’s 12 string Rickenbacker, Larry Knetler’s distinctive and melodic bass line, lush harmonies from Clark and Crosby with Mcguinn’s voice high in the mix. As the opening track on the album, it is not only gorgeous but a watershed in modern music history. When David Crosby first heard Dylan’s version he didn’t think the folky 2/4 style would work especially on radio, so The Byrds changed it to 4/4 added a 'Beatle-beat' and some guitar arpeggios at the beginning. The "Mr Tambourine Man" single was released on April 12 and rocketed to number 1 on both sides of the Atlantic.
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