(Untitled) is the ninth album by the American rock band The Byrds, released in September 1970 on Columbia Records. It is a double album featuring live concert recordings from early 1970 on the first LP, and new studio recordings on the second disc. This was the band's first official release of live recordings and marked the debut of Skip Battin, who replaced John York as the bassist in late 1969.
The studio portion of the album predominantly features newly written, self-penned material. Among these songs are several composed by band leader Roger McGuinn and Broadway theatre director Jacques Levy for a planned country rock musical based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, titled Gene Tryp (an anagram of Ibsen's play). However, the musical project was ultimately abandoned, and five of the intended songs were recorded by The Byrds for (Untitled), though only four of them made it onto the final album.
The album reached number 40 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and number 11 on the UK Albums Chart. A single from the album, "Chestnut Mare" b/w "Just a Season," was released in the U.S. in October 1970 but did not make the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 121 on the Bubbling Under chart. In the UK, the single fared better, reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1971.
Upon its release, (Untitled) received positive reviews and strong sales, with many critics and fans considering it a return to form for the band. Today, the album is often regarded as the best work produced by the Byrds' latter-day lineup.
