 The reunion album , titled simply Byrds , was released on March 7 , 1973 to mixed reviews . As a result , a planned tour in support of the album failed to materialize . Among the album 's shortcomings , critics made note of a lack of sonic unity and the absence of the Byrds ' signature jangly guitar sound . Nonetheless , the album managed to climb to number 20 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart and number 31 in the UK . In the United States , the album became the band 's highest charting LP of new material since 1965 's Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! , which had also been the last Byrds ' album to feature Gene Clark as a full member . Among the tracks included on the album were McGuinn 's folk @-@ flavored " Sweet Mary " , the Joni Mitchell cover " For Free " , a re @-@ recording of Crosby 's song " Laughing " ( which had originally appeared on his 1971 solo album , If I Could Only Remember My Name ) , and a pair of Neil Young songs . The album also featured the Gene Clark compositions " Changing Heart " and " Full Circle " , the latter of which had provided the reunion album with its working title and was subsequently released as a single , although it failed to chart . 
