Monkees [Album Details]

The Monkees
Allmusic Biography : "Hey hey, were the Monkees/You know we love to please/A manufactured image/With no philosophies." In 1968, the Monkees addressed their own reputation in the song "Ditty Diego (War Chant)," which summed up the bad rap theyd received in the music press since they first emerged in the summer of 1966. The Monkees were talented singers, musicians, and songwriters who made a handful of the finest pop singles of their day (as well as a few first-rate albums) and delivered exciting, entertaining live shows. But at a time when rock music was becoming more self-conscious and "serious," the hipper echelons of the music press often lambasted the Monkees, largely because they didnt come together organically but through the casting process for a television series, and they initially didnt write the bulk of their own material or play all the instruments on their records. The fact that they later took creative control of their music was often overlooked, and the quality of their music, which featured the work of some of the finest session players and songwriters of the 60s, often seemed beside the point. Time has ultimately vindicated the Monkees, and their music still sounds fresh and engaging decades after it was recorded, but in some circles they never fully shook being branded as "the Pre-Fab Four," no matter how far they moved from the circumstances that brought them together. The Monkees story began in the fall of 1965, when Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider -- a pair of producers whose Raybert Productions had a deal with Columbia Pictures and their TV branch Screen Gems -- came up with an idea for a television series about a rock group. Inspired by Richard Lesters groundbreaking comedies with the Beatles, A Hard Days Night and Help!, Rafelson and Schneider imagined a situation comedy in which a four-piece band had wacky adventures every week and occasionally burst into song. The NBC network liked the idea, and production began on The Monkees in early 1966. Don Kirshner, a music business veteran who was a top executive at Colgems Records (a label affiliated with Columbia/Screen Gems), was appointed music coordinator for the series, and Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, a producing and songwriting team, signed on to handle most of the day-to-day chores of creating music for the shows fictive band. A casting call went out for four young men to play the members of the group, and Rafelson and Schneiders choices for the roles were truly inspired. Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were musicians with solid performing and recording experience who also had a flair for playing comedy, while Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones were primarily actors but had also dabbled in pop music and had strong vocal abilities. As the show went before the camera, Kirshner had Boyce and Hart take the four leads into the studio to begin recording the songs that would be featured on the show each week. While initially the cast was only going to provide vocals for material Boyce and Hart had already recorded, the producers were impressed enough with Nesmiths songwriting skills that they chose to use a few of his tunes and let him produce them. With this, the Monkees took their first step toward evolving into a proper, self-sufficient rock band. The Monkees debuted on NBC in the fall of 1966 and was an immediate hit in the ratings, while "Last Train to Clarksville," the groups first single, had become a number one hit a few weeks earlier (the self-titled debut album would top the chart in October). Rafelson, Schneider, and Kirshner shrewdly allowed the show to promote the records and vice versa, and while the notion that television time could sell pop records was hardly new (Ricky Nelson proved that almost a decade earlier), no one had made it work with quite the success the Monkees achieved almost immediately. Dozens of Monkees-related products flooded the marketplace, from toy guitars and lunch boxes to board games and models of the custom Pontiac the guys drove on the show. In late 1966, someone got the idea of booking a few live shows with the Monkees, and recordings of their early concerts prove that while not all four were virtuoso musicians, they worked well together on-stage and were an energetic, rough-and-ready rock band who could work a crowd. As the Monkees gained confidence in their abilities as performers, they began to chafe under the restrictions imposed on them by Kirshner, who had full control over what songs they would record and who would produce and play on the sessions. The Monkees early recordings found them working with a stellar team of songwriters (including Neil Diamond, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and David Gates, along with Boyce and Hart) and musicians (such as Glen Campbell, James Burton, Hal Blaine, and Larry Taylor), but Nesmith and Tork in particular were eager to show off their own talents (Nesmith was responsible for some of the Monkees most distinctive tunes). All four were stung by the negative publicity theyd received as rock critics declared they werent a "real" band and couldnt play their instruments (Nesmith and Tork certainly could, and Dolenz and Jones would become capable instrumentalists, but they werent allowed to play on their earliest recordings). When the Monkees were presented with copies of their second album, More of the Monkees, in January 1967, Nesmith and Tork were furious -- it was filled with material recorded for the TV show and the bandmembers had no input into its packaging or sequencing. This led to a standoff between the four Monkees, who demanded autonomy over the music they performed, and Kirshner, who didnt want to disrupt the hitmaking machine hed helped create. Eventually, Rafelson and Schneider sided with his stars (who could not be readily replaced) and Kirshner was fired in the spring of 1967. (Kirshner would later coordinate the music for the Archies, who as cartoon characters lacked the power to rebel against their producers.) Now calling their own musical shots, the Monkees recorded their third album, Headquarters, with Chip Douglas (aka Douglas Farthing Hatlelid) of the Turtles producing and playing bass. Outside of Douglas and a few string and horn players, the Monkees played all the instruments on Headquarters, and the album rose to number one on the charts in May 1967, proving the group members were more than capable of making memorable records on their own (and the closing track, "Randy Scouse Git," showed that the cultural changes that were making themselves known in America had not escaped the attention of TVs leading pop group). Another Monkees album appeared in November 1967, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., which is generally regarded as the groups finest work. While all four Monkees played and sang on the album, they also brought a few session players in for the recordings, hitting a middle ground between the polished studiocraft of the first two LPs and the more organic sound of Headquarters. While the Monkees now had the freedom to chart their own path in the recording studio, this also led to the musicians discovering their creative differences, and by the time they recorded The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (released in April 1968), the foursome were starting to splinter -- with each member essentially producing and coordinating 25 percent of the album -- and the bands collaborative energy began to dissipate. After two successful seasons, the Monkees television series was not renewed for the fall 1968 season, as the group hoped to launch a career in the movies. But Head, their first (and last) feature film, was a commercial disaster; it was an often clever and challenging satire of the Monkees own curious stardom and the culture that surrounded them, but it also quite literally had no plot and confounded the younger viewers who were the TV shows strongest fan base. The soundtrack album struggled to a relatively dismal number 45 on the charts, and shortly afterwards, Peter Tork opted to leave the band. The Monkees released two albums as a trio in 1969, Instant Replay and The Monkees Present, but while they both contained fine music that showed the group was continuing to mature, neither launched any major hits, and the bands commercial fortunes were clearly beginning to wane. In late 1969, Nesmith left to pursue a solo career (hed already released an instrumental solo album, The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, in 1968), and after a final Monkees album featuring just Dolenz and Jones, 1970s Changes, the group quietly dissolved. Nesmith went on to a critically respected and modestly successful solo career, cutting several excellent country-rock albums, and he enjoyed considerable success in the entertainment business, producing music videos and feature films as well as running a film and video label, Pacific Arts. Both Dolenz and Jones moved back and forth between acting and music, and in 1975 they teamed up with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to record a new album; the foursome then went out on the road, playing their new material as well as many of the Monkees hits. Torks music career stayed under the radar through much of the 70s, though he led a band called Release, operated a music production firm, recorded a Christmas single with Dolenz and Jones in 1976, and was courted for a solo deal with Sire Records. The Monkees television show stayed on the air for years in reruns after the group broke up, and in 1985, MTV presented a day-long marathon of Monkees episodes, tipping their hat to the show and the band that helped bring rock and television together. The marathon was a hit in the ratings and Monkees reruns became a regular feature on the network. That same year, producer and promoter David Fishof put together a Monkees reunion tour; while Nesmiths business commitments prevented him from joining his bandmates, Dolenz, Jones, and Tork were game, and the tour was a massive commercial success, resulting in much of the groups back catalog bouncing back into the charts. (Nesmith also made a guest appearance with the Monkees for their sold-out appearance at L.A.s Greek Theater, and appeared with them on an MTV Christmas video.) In 1986, Dolenz and Tork cut a new single, "That Was Then, This Is Now," which was tagged onto a Monkees hits compilation and became a hit. The success of the single prompted the Monkees (again minus Nesmith) to record a new album, but 1987s Pool It! didnt fare well with critics or fans, and the members soon went their separate ways again, though Dolenz and Jones occasionally worked as a duo. As the 30th anniversary of the Monkees debut loomed in the mid-90s, Rhino Records (which had reissued the groups back catalog in the 80s) assumed full control of the groups filmed and recorded legacy and began a series of definitive reissues. Another reunion tour was proposed, and the talks led to Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith, and Tork getting together to jam for the fun of it. They enjoyed the process enough that they decided to record a new album, and Justus, released in October 1996, became the first Monkees album written, performed, and produced solely by the four members of the band. The four Monkees appeared in a television special tied into the albums release (called Hey Hey, Were the Monkees), and they were set to take part in a world concert tour to promote the record. However, after a string of dates in the United Kingdom in 1997, Nesmith dropped out, and while the tour went on without him, the other three did little to hide their disappointment with Nesmith in the press. Another tour by the three-piece Monkees took place in 2001, but Tork left the show before the final dates; Tork told reporters hed quit, while Dolenz and Jones said hed been fired. Dolenz and Jones continued to work together, touring the U.K. and U.S. during 2002. They then went their separate ways and the band was quiet for years, skipping their 40th anniversary and pursuing their individual careers. When their 45th anniversary rolled around in 2011, the trio of Dolenz, Jones, and Tork decided to re-form and headed out on an extensive tour of North America that lasted throughout the summer. Further plans for touring were scotched by the bandmembers reluctance to spend the rest of the year wearing themselves out due to the grueling pace. It was to be their last set of performances with Davy Jones, who passed away at the age of 66 in February of 2012. His death proved to be the inspiration for Nesmith to rejoin the group, and at the end of the year they headed out for a string of reunion dates that featured a touching tribute to Jones each night. They toured in 2013 and 2014 as well, before Nesmith bowed out again. In the established Monkees tradition, Tork and Dolenz continued without him for a 2015 jaunt. At this point, it may have seemed that the Monkees were finished as a recording act, but in early 2016, Dolenz announced that the band had recorded a new album. Made up of songs that were never finished in the 60s and songs written for the band by modern artists like Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, and XTCs Andy Partridge, Good Times! was produced by Fountains of Waynes Adam Schlesinger and appeared on the bands longtime label Rhino in May 2016. The Monkees reunited with Schlesinger in 2018 to make the holiday album Christmas Party. Like Good Times! before it, Christmas Party featured songs by Partridge and Cuomo, along with a song co-written by Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey. Christmas Party unexpectedly proved to be a swan song for Peter Tork; he died on February 21, 2019, after a ten-year struggle with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer that attacks the salivary glands.
	Album: 1 of 45 Title: More of the Monkees Released: 1967-01-10 Tracks: 12 Duration: 28:35 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 She (02:38) 2 When Love Comes Knockin’ (at Your Door) (01:48) 3 Mary, Mary (02:24) 4 Hold On Girl (02:28) 5 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 6 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 7 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 8 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:57) 9 The Day We Fall in Love (02:24) 10 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 11 Laugh (02:29) 12 I’m a Believer (02:45)
More of the Monkees : Allmusic album Review : The Monkees second album More of the Monkees lived up to its title. It was more successful commercially, spending an amazing 70 weeks on the Billboard charts and ultimately becoming the 12th biggest selling album of all time. It had more producers and writers involved since big-shots like Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Jeff Barry and Neil Sedaka, as well as up-and-comers like Neil Diamond all grabbed for a piece of the pie after Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, the men who made the debut album such a smash, were elbowed out by music supervisor Don Kirshner. The album also has more fantastic songs than the debut. Tracks like "Im a Believer," "She," "Mary, Mary," " (Im Not Your) Stepping Stone," "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)," "Your Auntie Grizelda," and "Sometime in the Morning" are on just about every Monkees hits collection and, apart from the novelty "Grizelda," they are among the best pop/rock heard in the 60s or any decade since. The band themselves still had relatively little involvement in the recording process, apart from providing the vocals along with Mike Nesmiths writing and producing of two tracks (the hair-raising rocker "Mary, Mary" and the folk-rock gem "The Kind of Girl I Could Love"). In fact, they were on tour when the album was released and had to go to the record shop and buy copies for themselves. As with the first album though, it really doesnt matter who was involved when the finished product is this great. Listen to Micky Dolenz and the studio musicians rip through "Stepping Stone" or smolder through "She," listen to the powerful grooves of "Mary, Mary" or the heartfelt playing and singing on "Sometime in the Morning" and dare to say the Monkees werent a real band. They were! The tracks on More of the Monkees (with the exception of the aforementioned "Your Auntie Grizelda " and the sickly sweet "The Day We Fell in Love," which regrettably introduces the smarmy side of Davy Jones) stand up to the work of any other pop band operating in 1967. Real or fabricated, the Monkees rate with any pop band of their era and More of the Monkees solidifies that position.
	Album: 2 of 45 Title: Headquarters Released: 1967-05-20 Tracks: 14 Duration: 31:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 You Told Me (02:25) 2 I’ll Spend My Life With You (02:26) 3 Forget That Girl (02:25) 4 Band 6 (00:41) 5 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 6 Shades of Gray (03:22) 7 I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind (02:24) 8 For Pete’s Sake (02:11) 9 Mr. Webster (02:04) 10 Sunny Girlfriend (02:33) 11 Zilch (01:06) 12 No Time (02:11) 13 Early Morning Blues and Greens (02:35) 14 Randy Scouse Git (02:33)
Headquarters : Allmusic album Review : After the release of More of the Monkees, on which the band had little involvement beyond providing vocals and a couple Mike Nesmith-composed songs, the pre-fab four decided to take control of their recording destiny. After a well-timed fist through the wall of a hotel suite and many fevered negotiations, music supervisor Don Kirschner was out and the band hit the studio by themselves. With the help of producer Chip Douglas, the band spent some time learning how to be a band (as documented on the Headquarters Sessions box set) and set about recording what turned out to be a dynamic, exciting, and impressive album. Headquarters doesnt contain any of the groups biggest hits, but it does have some of their best songs, like Nesmiths stirring folk-rocker "You Just May Be the One," the pummeling rocker "No Time," the MOR soul ballad "Forget That Girl," which features one of Davy Jones best vocals, Peter Torks shining moment as a songwriter, "For Petes Sake," and the thoroughly amazing (and surprisingly political) "Randy Scouse Git," which showed just how truly out-there and almost avant-garde Micky Dolenz could be when he tried. Even the weaker songs like the sweet-as-sugar "Ill Spend My Life with You," the slightly sappy "Shades of Gray," or the stereotypically showtune-y Davy Jones vehicle "I Cant Get Her Off My Mind" work, as they benefit from the stripped-down and inventive arrangements (which feature simple but effective keyboards from Tork and rudimentary pedal steel fills from Nesmith) and passionate performances. Headquarters doesnt show the band to be musical geniuses, but it did prove they were legitimate musicians with enough brains, heart, and soul as anyone else claiming to be a real band in 1967. [Rhinos 1995 reissue adds six previously unissued tracks recorded during the Headquarters sessions including an early take of the single "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" and rare demos "Nine Times Blue" and "Pillow Time."]
	Album: 3 of 45 Title: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Released: 1967-11 Tracks: 40 Duration: 1:56:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Salesman (02:36) 2 She Hangs Out (02:58) 3 The Door Into Summer (02:50) 4 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 5 Cuddly Toy (02:39) 6 Words (02:57) 7 Hard to Believe (02:36) 8 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 9 Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (00:27) 10 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 11 Daily Nightly (02:33) 12 Don’t Call on Me (02:52) 13 Star Collector (04:31) 14 Goin’ Down (stereo mix) (04:27) 15 Salesman (alternate stereo mix) (03:08) 16 She Hangs Out (alternate stereo mix) (03:35) 17 Love Is Only Sleeping (alternate mix) (02:31) 18 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round? (alternate mix) (03:21) 19 Star Collector (alternate stereo mix) (05:02) 20 Riu Chiu (TV version) (01:32) 1 Salesman (02:28) 2 She Hangs Out (03:07) 3 The Door Into Summer (02:52) 4 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:33) 5 Cuddly Toy (02:39) 6 Words (02:55) 7 Hard to Believe (02:36) 8 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round? (03:09) 9 Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (00:26) 10 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 11 Daily Nightly (02:32) 12 Don’t Call on Me (02:54) 13 Star Collector (04:32) 14 Special Announcement (00:39) 15 Salesman (alternate mono mix) (02:35) 16 Cuddly Toy (alternate mix) (03:01) 17 Goin’ Down (mono single version) (04:24) 18 The Door Into Summer (alternate mix) (02:53) 19 Daily Nightly (alternate mix) (02:30) 20 Star Collector (alternate mix) (04:50)
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. : Allmusic album Review : After wresting control of the Monkees from Don Kirschner and recording the very good Headquarters album as a mostly self-contained unit, the bandmembers returned to using studio musicians to augment their sound as well as looking outside the group for the majority of the songs on their fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Whatever the reason for the decision, the resulting album is one of their best. Filled with hooky pop like "She Hangs Out" and the Harry Nilsson-penned "Cuddly Toy," psychedelic ravers "Daily Nightly" and "Star Collector" (both of which feature the newly invented Moog synthesizer), Mike Nesmith-produced rockers ("Love Is Only Sleeping"), and ballads (the lovely "Dont Call on Me"), the album is filler-free and fun-filled. That it contains three of their finest songs ("Words," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and the song that "invented" country-rock for better or for worse, "What Am I Doing Hangin Round?") means that not only is it one of the Monkees best, it is one of 1967s best. To think that both this album and Headquarters came out the same year! Most bands would be lucky to have two albums this good come out their entire career. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. is a must-have for any fan of smart, fun, and exciting 60s pop. It doesnt get much better than this. [Rhinos 1995 reissue of the album adds seven previously unreleased songs including alternate versions of "Daily Nightly" and "Star Collector."]
	Album: 4 of 45 Title: The Birds, the Bees & The Monkees Released: 1968-04-22 Tracks: 88 Duration: 3:58:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 Dreamworld (03:21) 2 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 3 We Were Made for Each Other (02:25) 4 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 5 Daydream Believer (02:58) 6 Writing Wrongs (05:08) 7 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:27) 8 The Poster (02:21) 9 P.O. Box 9847 (03:16) 10 Magnolia Simms (03:48) 11 Valleri (02:16) 12 Zor and Zam (02:10) 13 Through the Looking Glass (1968 stereo mix) (02:49) 14 Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (alternate mix) (02:36) 15 D.W. Washburn (1968 stereo mix) (02:50) 16 It’s Nice to Be With You (1968 stereo mix) (02:53) 17 Carlisle Wheeling (1967 stereo mix) (03:08) 18 Rosemarie (1968 stereo mix) (02:39) 19 My Share of the Sidewalk (1968 stereo mix) (03:01) 20 Alvin (alternate take) (00:22) 21 We Were Made for Each Other (alternate backing track) (02:46) 22 The Girl I Left Behind Me (1967 stereo mix) (04:32) 23 Little Red Rider (acoustic version) (02:30) 24 Lady’s Baby (1968 stereo mix) (02:25) 25 Ceiling in My Room (1967 stereo mix) (03:50) 26 I’m a Man (backing track) (02:56) 27 Me Without You (1968 stereo mix) (02:16) 1 Dreamworld (03:21) 2 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 3 We Were Made for Each Other (02:25) 4 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 5 Daydream Believer (02:58) 6 Writing Wrongs (05:08) 7 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:27) 8 The Poster (02:21) 9 P.O. Box 9847 (03:16) 10 Magnolia Simms (03:48) 11 Valleri (02:16) 12 Zor and Zam (02:10) 13 Alvin (1968 mono mix) (00:25) 14 While I Cry (1968 mono mix) (03:02) 15 D.W. Washburn (mono single mix) (02:49) 16 It’s Nice to Be With You (mono single mix) (02:53) 17 Come on In (1968 mono mix) (03:20) 18 Carlisle Wheeling (1968 mono mix) (03:03) 19 Rosemarie (1968 mono mix) (02:40) 20 The Girl I Left Behind Me (1967 mono mix) (02:46) 21 Seeger’s Theme (alternate version) (00:43) 22 Tear the Top Right Off My Head (Micky’s vocal) (01:55) 23 My Share of the Sidewalk (1968 mono mix) (03:03) 24 Lady’s Baby (1968 mono mix) (02:27) 25 Ceiling in My Room (1967 mono mix) (03:15) 26 Merry Go Round (1968 mono mix) (01:43) 27 Don’t Listen to Linda (1968 mono mix) (02:57) 28 Me Without You (1968 mono mix) (02:17) 29 Zor and Zam (TV version) (02:05) 30 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Teen Radio Spot (01:01) 1 Monkees Adult Stereo 8 Spot (01:00) 2 Tear the Top Right Off My Head (Peter’s vocal) (01:57) 3 Auntie’s Municipal Court (Mike’s vocal) (04:09) 4 P.O. Box 9847 (1968 alternate stereo mix) (03:22) 5 War Games (version one) (02:13) 6 Lady’s Baby (02:27) 7 Tapioca Tundra (1967 alternate stereo mix) (03:03) 8 D.W. Washburn (alternate mix with bass vocal) (02:56) 9 Nine Times Blue (version two — Davy’s vocal) (02:20) 10 Lady’s Baby (acoustic version) (02:20) 11 While I Cry (alternate mono mix) (03:05) 12 Shorty Blackwell (rehearsal) (02:55) 13 Laurel and Hardy (02:46) 14 Seeger’s Theme (acoustic version) (00:53) 15 Tapioca Tundra (acoustic version) (03:15) 16 Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) (02:08) 17 War Games (version two) (02:32) 18 (I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love (second recorded version) (03:48) 19 My Share of the Sidewalk (Mike’s vocal version) (03:12) 20 Shake ’em Up and Let ’em Roll (alternate vocal version) (02:11) 21 Changes (2009 mix) (02:25) 22 Merry Go Round (version one) (01:30) 23 Magnolia Simms (acoustic version) (03:15) 24 I’m Gonna Try (02:44) 25 Seeger’s Theme (Electric version) (00:42) 26 Magnolia Simms (stereo remix) (03:43) 27 The Girl I Left Behind Me (third recorded version) (02:57) 28 Merry Go Round (third recorded version) (01:42) 29 Nine Times Blue (version two — Mike’s vocal) (02:17) 30 The Party (2009 mix) (03:02) 31 I Wasn’t Born to Follow (backing track) (02:58)
The Birds, the Bees & The Monkees : Allmusic album Review : Not one of their better efforts, dominated almost wholly by session musicians (with the occasional songwriting and instrumental contribution by Mike Nesmith) and containing too many sickly sweet Davy Jones-sung numbers. It does have the hits "Daydream Believer" and "Valleri," as well as Nesmiths "Tapioca Tundra," which just inched into the Top 40, but overall the material is pretty weak.
	Album: 5 of 45 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1969 Tracks: 14 Duration: 36:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 Daydream Believer (02:58) 2 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:10) 3 Cuddly Toy (02:45) 4 Shades of Gray (03:20) 5 Zor and Zam (02:08) 6 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:35) 7 She (02:27) 8 Randy Scouse Git (02:35) 9 I Wanna Be Free (02:24) 10 I’m a Believer (02:45) 11 Valleri (02:16) 12 Mary, Mary (02:12) 13 (Im Not Your) Steppin Stone (02:25) 14 Last Train to Clarksville (02:40)
	Album: 6 of 45 Title: Instant Replay Released: 1969-02-15 Tracks: 19 Duration: 51:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Through the Looking Glass (02:45) 2 Don’t Listen to Linda (02:49) 3 I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (02:44) 4 Just a Game (01:49) 5 Me Without You (02:11) 6 Don’t Wait for Me (02:36) 7 You and I (02:15) 8 While I Cry (03:01) 9 Tear Drop City (01:59) 10 The Girl I Left Behind Me (02:45) 11 A Man Without a Dream (03:04) 12 Shorty Blackwell (05:46) 13 Someday Man (02:40) 14 Carlisle Wheeling (alternate version) (03:11) 15 Rosemarie (early version) (02:15) 16 Smile (02:20) 17 St. Matthew (alternate mix) (02:44) 18 Me Without You (alternate mix) (02:12) 19 Through the Looking Glass (alternate mix) (02:48)
Instant Replay : Allmusic album Review : The year 1969 was a tough one for the Monkees. Their TV show was long canceled, their special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee was kind of a disaster (running up against the Academy Awards), and Peter Tork left the band. Despite all this, Instant Replay, the album they released in February of 1969, is actually quite good. Made up of a couple older songs they dug out of the vaults and newly recorded tracks done separately by each member, there are moments of pop brilliance sprinkled throughout and each of the remaining Monkees truly shines (some more brightly or oddly than the others). The old songs are perfectly Monkees-sounding; “Tear Drop City” was written by old friends Boyce & Hart and rocks like the "Last Train to Clarksville" knockoff it is, and "I Won’t Be the Same Without Her" is the kind of melancholy Goffin & King ballad Nesmith was always able to knock out of the park. Of the songs done by individual Monkees, they break down along more or less predictable lines. Nesmith’s two songs are strong country-rock ballads; “Don’t Wait for Me” gently rollicks along and “While I Cry” has one of Mike’s tenderest vocals. Micky’s two are weird and musically scattered, but impressive all the same; “Just a Game” is a tightly wound song that sounds like one of Davy’s showstoppers with its guts ripped out, while "Shorty Blackwell" is harder to describe and hearing it makes you wish Micky had really dedicated himself to music after the Monkees split. If he could have cranked out a whole album as "Broadway on acid" as this, it would have been amazing. Davy’s songs played to his strengths but showed some artistic growth too. Yeah, he was reliably sappy (“Don’t Listen to Linda”) and happily bouncy (“Me Without You"), but he also showed an impressively adult side on Goffin & King’s sophisticated ballad “Man Without a Dream” and, with the help of Neil Young (!) on guitar, rocked very hard on a very tough-sounding “You and I.” When you add up the catchy pop tunes, the weirdness, the heartfelt emotion, and the overall sound of the record, it stands with the group’s best work. Too bad it was ignored at the time and the band quickly splintered afterwards. [The bonus tracks added to Rhinos 1995 reissue make the album even more impressive. The non-album single "Someday Man" is one of Davys best songs; he gives the Paul Williams-penned track a healthy dose of bravado and style. The rest are outtakes and alternate versions, including a spare take of Nesmiths classic psych-country "Carlisle Wheeling."]
	Album: 7 of 45 Title: The Monkees Present Released: 1969-10-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 30:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Little Girl (02:00) 2 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 3 If I Knew (02:22) 4 Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye (02:20) 5 Never Tell a Woman Yes (03:47) 6 Looking for the Good Times (02:04) 7 Ladies Aid Society (02:41) 8 Listen to the Band (02:44) 9 French Song (02:25) 10 Mommy and Daddy (02:12) 11 Oklahoma Backroom Dancer (02:36) 12 Pillow Time (02:32)
The Monkees Present : Allmusic album Review : The Monkees Present was initially planned as a double LP with each member of the group taking a side for himself. When Peter Tork left the band, the idea was scrapped, but the idea of every Monkee for themselves wasn’t. Apart from the two Boyce and Hart songs that were rescued from earlier sessions from 1966 (and probably should have stayed in the can), all the songs were recorded in late 1968 and 1969 by Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Mickey Dolenz separately. While it could have made for a scattered LP that made no sense musically, instead Nesmith’s intricate country-rock, Jones’ jazzy, showy ballads, and Dolenz’ alternately crazed and intimate songs managed to fit together quite well. It helped that each member was operating near the peak of their skills. Nesmith’s "Listen to the Band" is a slight song but a brilliant sonic experiment, and "Good Clean Fun" rollicks like the best country music should. Jones’ "If I Knew" is sweeter than lemonade with extra sugar, and "French Song" shows off his impressive skills as a theatrical balladeer to great effect. Dolenz seems to be operating on some kind of insane plane of existence as he croons through the manic "Little Girl" like he’s barely holding on, howls through the pounding "Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye" like a manic pixie, channels his inner Nilsson on "Pillow Time," and basically loses it on the quite intense "Mommy and Daddy." Both musically and lyrically, he takes some real chances on these tracks: something he’d never do again. The level of commitment and craft the members invested in the album was impressive considering they had lost their TV show and really had no reason to exist anymore. Soon after the album’s release, Nesmith quit the group to make his own excellent solo albums, while Jones and Dolenz were left to carry on. As a last gasp though, The Monkees Present is better than it could have been, and a solid note for the band as a creative unit to go out on.[The 1994 Rhino reissue adds a demo of Nesmith’s "Calico Girlfriend" (done samba style), a spoken word effort by Jones, a hilariously square radio promo, and enlightening alternate versions of "Listen to the Band" (with expanded instrumental sections) and "Mommy and Daddy" (with different lyrics that were far too chilling to unleash on any lingering pre-teen fans the band may have accidentally still had).]
	Album: 8 of 45 Title: Changes Released: 1970-06 Tracks: 15 Duration: 39:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Oh My My (03:02) 2 Ticket on a Ferry Ride (03:29) 3 You’re So Good to Me (02:33) 4 It’s Got to Be Love (02:25) 5 Acapulco Sun (02:54) 6 99 Pounds (02:28) 7 Tell Me Love (02:38) 8 Do You Feel It Too (02:37) 9 I Love You Better (02:29) 10 All Alone in the Dark (02:52) 11 Midnight Train (02:07) 12 I Never Thought It Peculiar (02:28) 13 Time and Time Again (02:39) 14 Do It in the Name of Love (02:08) 15 Lady Jane (02:44)
Changes : Allmusic album Review : Calling their final album Changes made sense for the Monkees. Mike Nesmith had just departed, leaving only Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones to hold down the fort. The other big change was that after years of struggling to have their voices as songwriters and musicians heard, the remaining duo basically gave up and let the producers take over. The musical reins were given to legendary producer Jeff Barry (who had just come from a huge success with the Archies) and he and his cronies like Bobby Bloom wrote and performed the songs. Apart from one track written by Dolenz (the goofy country rock novelty "Midnight Train"), the Monkees were on hand to provide vocals only. While this could be seen as some kind of defeat and the end of the Monkees as an actual rock band, Changes ends up being a very good bubblegum record. Barry’s production is light and frothy, the songs are hooky and fun, and both Dolenz and Jones perform admirably given the likely somewhat humiliating situation. There are songs that rock harder than you’d expect ("99 Pounds," "Oh My My"), very sweet ballads (the gospelly "Tell My Love" and "You’re So Good to Me"), silly novelty songs ("I Love You Better"), a fun tropical-themed love song ("Acapulco Sun"), and even a vaudeville-y a Boyce & Hart number tacked on the end of the album (the wickedly out of place "I Never Thought It Peculiar"). There are even a couple songs that might make a discerning fan’s homemade best-of comp, namely the achingly pretty Dolenz-sung ballad "Ticket on a Ferry Ride" and "Do You Feel It Too, " a heartfelt love song that shows Jones at his sincere best. It may not be an incredibly inspired album, but it is a lot of fun and if they had stuck together (and with Barry), they could have had a nice little run of albums. Sadly, though, the record tanked completely and the Monkees name was retired soon after its release. [Rhinos 1994 reissue of the album added three very good bonus tracks, two of which ("Do It in the Name of Love" and "Lady Jane") were taken from the duo’s final sessions with Barry (and were eventually released under Dolenz and Jones’ own names on Bell Records in 1971. The other track ( "Time and Time Again") is a Jones co-write that was supposed to be on the record but was cut. Possibly because its hazy folk-jazz feel was too out of place. It is one of Jones stronger efforts and shows that had he stayed serious about making music, he could have done some interesting things.]
	Album: 9 of 45 Title: The Monkees Greatest Hits Released: 1976 Tracks: 11 Duration: 30:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 She (02:38) 4 Daydream Believer (02:58) 5 Listen to the Band (02:44) 6 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 7 I’m a Believer (02:45) 8 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 9 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 10 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 11 Shades of Gray (03:22)
	Album: 10 of 45 Title: Then & Now...The Best of the Monkees Released: 1986 Tracks: 25 Duration: 1:12:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:36) 4 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 5 She (02:38) 6 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 7 I’m a Believer (02:45) 8 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 9 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 10 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:37) 11 Randy Scouse Git (02:35) 12 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 13 For Petes Sake (02:12) 14 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 15 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 16 Words (02:54) 17 Goin Down (04:24) 18 Daydream Believer (02:58) 19 Valleri (02:20) 20 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 21 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:11) 22 Listen to the Band (02:44) 23 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02) 24 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (03:53) 25 Kicks (03:02)
	Album: 11 of 45 Title: Pool It! Released: 1987-08-01 Tracks: 12 Duration: 42:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Heart and Soul (03:54) 2 (I’d Go the) Whole Wide World (02:56) 3 Long Way Home (03:49) 4 Secret Heart (03:45) 5 Gettin’ In (03:02) 6 (I’ll) Love You Forever (03:23) 7 Every Step of the Way (03:20) 8 Don’t Bring Me Down (03:38) 9 Midnight (04:28) 10 She’s Movin’ in With Rico (03:20) 11 Since You Went Away (02:35) 12 Counting on You (03:47)
	Album: 12 of 45 Title: Missing Links Released: 1988 Tracks: 16 Duration: 41:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears (02:16) 2 If You Have the Time (02:09) 3 I Don’t Think You Know Me (02:14) 4 Party (02:45) 5 Carlisle Wheeling (03:19) 6 Storybook of You (02:52) 7 Rosemarie (02:28) 8 My Share of the Sidewalk (03:06) 9 All of Your Toys (03:08) 10 Nine Times Blue (02:09) 11 So Goes Love (03:07) 12 Teeny Tiny Gnome (02:28) 13 Of You (01:57) 14 Wargames (02:32) 15 Ladys Baby (02:27) 16 Time and Time Again (02:47)
Missing Links : Allmusic album Review : The Missing Links series of unreleased Monkees tracks was a great idea that became unnecessary and redundant when Rhino began peppering its reissues of the bands original discs with these very same cuts as "bonus selections." But if you didnt buy the expanded reissues, yet youre a big enough Monkees fan to even know these tracks exist, this album is a moderately worthwhile investment both for the sake of completeness and for the genuine quality of the songs. Standouts include the group effort "All of Your Toys" and a slew of Michael Nesmith tracks ("Of You," "Carlisle Wheeling," "Nine Times Blue") that presage his country music pursuits in the years to come. The collection is hindered, however, by the inclusion of some annoyingly childlike songs ("Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears," "Teeny Tiny Gnome") and by the relative lack of material showcasing Peter Torks erratic yet considerable talents. While in some cases the songs on Missing Links were not initially released for very good reasons, there are some true gems here, and as a whole its a winner for Monkee curators. (Note that the cassette version of this release has only 12 tracks to the CDs 16.)
	Album: 13 of 45 Title: The Monkees Released: 1988 Tracks: 12 Duration: 29:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Saturday’s Child (02:45) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day (02:35) 5 Papa Gene’s Blues (01:59) 6 Take a Giant Step (02:36) 7 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 8 This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day (02:19) 9 Let’s Dance On (02:30) 10 I’ll Be True to You (02:48) 11 Sweet Young Thing (01:57) 12 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:40)
The Monkees : Allmusic album Review : The Monkees first album was a huge success, following on the number one single "Last Train to Clarksville." The Monkees spent 78 weeks on the Billboard chart including an astounding 13 weeks at number one. The record wasnt only a commercial juggernaut, it also stands as one of the great debuts of all time, and while the record and the group have faced criticism from rock purists through the ages, it stands the test of time perfectly well, sounding as alive and as much fun 40 years later. Prefabricated? Yes. After a fast buck? Yes. Exhilarating? Yes! Fab? Definitely! The music may have been created by studio cats instead of the band themselves but the pros werent merely phoning it in. Listen to the aggressive guitars on "Saturdays Child," the raw romp of "Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day," or the cascading wall of guitars and fiddles on "Sweet Young Thing," and you know they werent just padding their bank accounts. They were playing some real rock & roll and you can credit the producers for that. Producers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart arent craftsmen on the level of Phil Spector (who was actually approached to produce the band but probably laughed the Monkees team right out the door), but they knew how to craft razor-sharp and exciting pop tunes with lots of spark, soul, and the occasional psychedelic touch. And they knew how to get great vocals from their group. While the Monkees themselves didnt do much more than sing, the singing they did was first-rate. Youd be hard-pressed to find a better pop/rock vocalist than Micky Dolenz; his work on "Take a Giant Step" and "Last Train to Clarksville" is thrilling and bursting with life. The other lead vocalist, Davy Jones, thankfully doesnt get a chance to show off his full range of annoyingly whimsical mannerisms; Boyce and Hart keep him under wraps and his vocals on "I Wanna Be Free" and "Ill Be True to You" are achingly sweet, even a little soulful in a very British way. Boyce and Hart werent the only great producers involved with the record, as a listen to "Papa Genes Blues" and "Sweet Young Thing" show that Mike Nesmith also knew how to produce great pop music, despite what Don Kirshner may have thought. The various producers, supervisors, and coordinators were also savants when it came to both writing (in Boyce, Hart, and Nesmiths case) and picking songs for the group. Indeed, the only songs that feel like filler are the rudimentary rocker "Lets Dance On" and the silly "Gonna Buy Me a Dog," but even these throwaways are charming and stand up to repeated listens. Its easy to see why kids were buying this record as fast as the label could press them up. Despite the origins of the group and the behind-the-scenes machinations, the music itself is young, exciting, and free. Who cares who did what and who didnt do what when the results are as rock-solid as "Last Train to Clarksville" or "Sweet Young Thing"? You could stack The Monkees up against almost any record of 1966 and the competition would be fierce, with this record coming out on top except in only a few cases.
	Album: 14 of 45 Title: By Request Released: 1989 Tracks: 80 Duration: 3:38:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:45) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 Saturday’s Child (02:46) 5 Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day (02:36) 6 Pap Gene’s Blues (01:59) 7 Take a Giant Step (02:36) 8 This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day (02:19) 9 Let’s Dance On (02:31) 10 I’ll Be True to You (02:48) 11 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:41) 12 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 13 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:38) 14 She (02:38) 15 When Love Comes Knockin’ (01:48) 16 Mary, Mary (02:24) 17 Hold on Girl (02:27) 18 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:29) 19 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:25) 20 Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow (02:18) 21 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:55) 22 The Day We Fall in Love (02:25) 23 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 24 Laugh (02:29) 25 You Told Me (02:25) 26 I’ll Spend My Life With You (02:25) 27 Forget That Girl (02:27) 28 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 29 I Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind (02:26) 30 Shades of Gray (03:23) 1 I’m a Believer (02:45) 2 For Pete’s Sake (02:13) 3 Sunny Girlfriend (02:32) 4 No Time (02:17) 5 Early Morning Blues and Greens (02:38) 6 Randy Scouse Git (02:36) 7 Words (02:53) 8 Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky / Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:43) 9 Salesman (02:40) 10 She Hangs Out (03:00) 11 The Door Into Summer (02:48) 12 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:30) 13 Cuddly Toy (02:40) 14 Hard to Believe (02:39) 15 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round (03:06) 16 Daily Nightly (02:31) 17 Don’t Call on Me (02:53) 18 Star Collector (04:24) 19 Dream World (03:20) 20 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 21 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:29) 22 The Poster (02:19) 23 Magnolia Simms (03:48) 24 Zor and Zam (02:08) 25 We Were Made for Each Other (02:23) 1 Daydream Believer (03:07) 2 Goin’ Down (04:24) 3 Porpoise Song (03:59) 4 Circle Sky (02:33) 5 As We Go Along (03:53) 6 Daddy’s Song (02:32) 7 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 8 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 9 Through the Looking Glass (02:43) 10 Don’t Listen to Linda (02:50) 11 I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (02:43) 12 You and I (02:16) 13 Tear Drop City (02:01) 14 The Girl I Left Behind Me (02:45) 15 A Man Without a Dream (03:05) 16 Valleri (02:20) 17 Listen to the Band (02:44) 18 Someday Man (02:39) 19 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 20 Mommy and Daddy (02:13) 21 Oh My My (03:02) 22 I Love You Better (02:29) 23 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (03:57) 24 Kicks (03:05) 25 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:01)
	Album: 15 of 45 Title: Hey! Hey! Its the Monkees Greatest Hits Released: 1989 Tracks: 18 Duration: 50:35 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:22) 2 Daydream Believer (03:08) 3 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:16) 4 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:25) 5 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:37) 6 Alternate Title (02:36) 7 D. W. Washburn (02:51) 8 Words (02:54) 9 Last Train to Clarksville (02:44) 10 I’m a Believer (02:45) 11 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 12 Listen to the Band (02:47) 13 Teardrop City (02:01) 14 Valleri (02:20) 15 Someday Man (02:40) 16 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 17 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 18 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02)
	Album: 16 of 45 Title: 20 Smash Hits Released: 1989-06-06 Tracks: 20 Duration: 51:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 Theme From the Monkees (02:18) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:43) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 (Im Not Your) Stepping Stone (02:23) 5 I Wanna Be Free (02:23) 6 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:49) 7 You Just May Be the One (02:01) 8 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:15) 9 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 10 Alternative Title (Randy Scouse Git) (02:35) 11 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:14) 12 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 13 For Petes Sake (02:09) 14 Shades of Grey (03:20) 15 Daydream Believer (02:53) 16 Valleri (02:11) 17 D.W. Washburn (02:45) 18 Teardrop City (02:00) 19 Someday Man (02:39) 20 Listen to the Band (02:42)
	Album: 17 of 45 Title: Missing Links, Volume Two Released: 1990 Tracks: 19 Duration: 47:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover	1 All the King’s Horses (02:18) 2 Valleri (02:34) 3 St. Matthew (02:44) 4 Words (03:04) 5 Some of Shelley’s Blues (02:30) 6 I Wanna Be Free (02:48) 7 If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again (02:45) 8 Come on In (03:09) 9 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:38) 10 Michigan Blackhawk (02:16) 11 Hold on Girl (02:45) 12 The Crippled Lion (02:52) 13 Changes (02:27) 14 Mr. Webster (02:55) 15 You Just May Be the One (02:00) 16 Do Not Ask for Love (02:58) 17 Circle Sky (02:27) 18 Seeger’s Theme (00:45) 19 Riu Chiu (01:28)
	Album: 18 of 45 Title: More Greatest Hits of The Monkees Released: 1990 Tracks: 12 Duration: 30:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover	1 Take a Giant Step (02:36) 2 Mary, Mary (02:23) 3 Sometime In the Morning (02:29) 4 Cuddly Toy (02:42) 5 Randy Scouse Git (02:39) 6 Words (02:51) 7 Valleri (02:19) 8 You Just May Be the One (02:02) 9 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:42) 10 Saturdays Child (02:47) 11 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:17) 12 For Petes Sake (02:12)
More Greatest Hits of The Monkees : Allmusic album Review : A companion disc to The Monkees Greatest Hits, Aristas More Greatest Hits is really only worth getting if you already own the first collection. Together, you get a nice selection of the Monkees biggest hits. Included here are such popular tracks as "Mary, Mary," "Valleri," and "Saturdays Child." While these are acceptable introductory albums, there are better compilations, Best of the Monkees [Rhino] being the place to start.
	Album: 19 of 45 Title: The Collection Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 55:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 Daydream Believer (03:08) 2 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 3 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:11) 4 Listen to the Band (02:44) 5 Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) (02:35) 6 Shades of Gray (03:21) 7 For Petes Sake (02:08) 8 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 9 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 10 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 11 I’m a Believer (02:45) 12 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 13 Valleri (02:20) 14 Cuddly Toy (02:40) 15 Hold on Girl (Help Is on Its Way) (02:28) 16 She (02:38) 17 Words (02:50) 18 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:37) 19 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 20 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20)
	Album: 20 of 45 Title: Listen to the Band Released: 1991 Tracks: 80 Duration: 3:44:45 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 4 Saturday’s Child (02:45) 5 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 6 Papa Gene’s Blues (01:59) 7 Sweet Young Thing (01:58) 8 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:44) 9 All the King’s Horses (02:18) 10 I’m a Believer (02:45) 11 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 12 She (02:38) 13 Mary, Mary (02:25) 14 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:38) 15 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:18) 16 Sometime in the Morning (02:32) 17 I Don’t Think You Know Me (02:18) 18 I’ll Spend My Life With You (02:29) 19 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:37) 1 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 2 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:47) 3 She Hangs Out (02:46) 4 All of Your Toys (03:07) 5 Love to Love (02:35) 6 You Told Me (02:30) 7 Forget That Girl (02:25) 8 You Just May Be the One (02:07) 9 Shades of Gray (03:25) 10 For Pete’s Sake (02:14) 11 No Time (02:20) 12 Randy Scouse Git (02:40) 13 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:22) 14 Words (02:59) 15 Daydream Believer (03:11) 16 Goin’ Down (04:27) 17 Salesman (03:02) 18 The Door Into Summer (02:52) 19 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:33) 20 Cuddly Toy (02:43) 21 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round? (03:14) 22 Daily Nightly (02:34) 23 Star Collector (04:26) 24 (Im Not Your) Steppin Stone (live) (03:52) 1 Valleri (02:20) 2 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 3 P. O. Box 9847 (03:24) 4 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 5 Zor and Zam (02:09) 6 Nine Times Blue (02:11) 7 Tear the Top Right of My Head (02:06) 8 Carlisle Wheeling (03:09) 9 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 10 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 11 St. Matthew (02:46) 12 Porpoise Song (04:13) 13 As We Go Along (04:11) 14 Circle Sky (live) (02:25) 15 Can You Dig It (03:25) 16 Long Title: Do I Have to do This All Over Again (02:40) 17 Tear Drop City (02:05) 18 A Man Without a Dream (03:05) 19 Through the Looking Glass (02:44) 20 I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (02:43) 21 You and I (02:14) 22 While I Cry (02:59) 1 Listen to the Band (02:28) 2 Someday Man (02:40) 3 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 4 Mommy and Daddy (02:13) 5 Looking for the Good Times (02:04) 6 Some of Shelley’s Blues (02:30) 7 Steam Engine (02:38) 8 Oh My My (03:02) 9 I Love You Better (02:29) 10 Do It in the Name of Love (02:09) 11 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02) 12 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (03:57) 13 Heart and Soul (03:55) 14 Gettin’ In (03:02) 15 Every Step of the Way (03:11)
Listen to the Band : Allmusic album Review : The very idea of a Monkees box set would have seemed inconceivable at any time before the 1990s, and probably still would to any label other than Rhino Records. Yet, this four-CD, 83-song compilation manages to justify itself very nicely, despite the existence of heavily expanded editions of most of the groups albums on CD, and the Missing Links volumes. Those individual CDs gathered together are for the true musical completists, whereas this is the documentary overview for the fan who wants five hours of fun and adventure. The song selection is a mix of important released material, essential outtakes that have shown up on Missing Links, and a handful of yet more unissued songs that slipped past the programming of those discs. Surprisingly, not a track is wasted, showing how deep one could go into the groups output and still come up with gold. Disc four is the weak link -- the group was breaking down, its prospects were fading by the week once the series was cancelled in 1968, and yet the individual members were carrying on in their music-making, using the Monkees name and the commercial doors it still opened. Little of the music sounded like "the Monkees" although there are some superb tracks by Michael Nesmith and some decent pop/rock numbers by Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones. The sound is excellent throughout, and the accompanying booklet would easily be worth the price of another CD, containing as it does a detailed history of each song in the set, how it came to be written and recorded, and the personal and business events connected with the group and coinciding with the recordings. Its all fun and musically very informative as well, and a great capper to the labels cycle of Monkees music releases.
	Album: 21 of 45 Title: 16 Smash Hits Released: 1994 Tracks: 16 Duration: 44:28 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 The Monkees (Title Track) (02:18) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:43) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 (Im Not Your) Stepping Stone (02:23) 5 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:50) 6 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:44) 7 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:14) 8 Words (02:54) 9 Daydream Believer (02:50) 10 Valleri (02:13) 11 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 12 D.W. Washburn (02:45) 13 Porpoise Song (04:13) 14 Teardrop City (02:01) 15 Listen to the Band (02:44) 16 Someday Man (02:38)
	Album: 22 of 45 Title: Best: Im a Believer Released: 1996-05-13 Tracks: 25 Duration: 1:11:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 2 I’m a Believer (02:45) 3 (Im Not Your) Steppin Stone (02:23) 4 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 5 A Little Bit You, A Little Bit Me (02:48) 6 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:18) 7 Words (02:54) 8 Daydream Believer (02:58) 9 Valleri (02:20) 10 DW Washburn (02:47) 11 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 12 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:44) 13 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 14 Porpoise Song (04:13) 15 Listen to the Band (02:29) 16 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 17 Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day (02:39) 18 Shades of Gray (03:22) 19 You Told Me (02:27) 20 Star Collector (04:22) 21 She Hangs Out (02:43) 22 Tear Drop City (02:05) 23 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02) 24 Dont Listen to Linda (02:48) 25 You and I (02:14)
	Album: 23 of 45 Title: Missing Links, Volume Three Released: 1996-06-14 Tracks: 24 Duration: 51:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (TV version) (00:50) 2 Kellogg’s Jingle (00:12) 3 We’ll Be Back in a Minute (00:22) 4 Through the Looking Glass (alternate version) (02:35) 5 Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care) (03:20) 6 Penny Music (02:39) 7 Tear the Top Right Off My Head (02:05) 8 Little Red Rider (03:18) 9 You’re So Good (02:42) 10 Look Down (02:51) 11 Hollywood (02:17) 12 Midnight Train (demo version) (02:28) 13 She Hangs Out (single version) (02:35) 14 Shake ’em Up (02:10) 15 Circle Sky (alternate mix) (02:32) 16 Steam Engine (alternate mix) (02:25) 17 Love to Love (alternate mix) (02:30) 18 She’ll Be There (02:35) 19 How Insensitive (02:32) 20 Merry Go Round (01:44) 21 Angel Band (03:25) 22 Zor and Zam (TV version) (02:07) 23 We’ll Be Back in a Minute #2 (00:23) 24 Tema Dei Monkees (01:09)
	Album: 24 of 45 Title: Justus Released: 1996-10-15 Tracks: 12 Duration: 39:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 Circle Sky (03:33) 2 Never Enough (02:58) 3 Oh, What a Night (03:12) 4 You and I (02:57) 5 Unlucky Stars (03:11) 6 Admiral Mike (03:23) 7 Dyin’ of a Broken Heart (03:09) 8 Regional Girl (03:16) 9 Run Away From Life (02:43) 10 I Believe You (03:41) 11 It’s My Life (03:41) 12 It’s Not Too Late (04:03)
Justus : Allmusic album Review : As the final reunion album from the Monkees -- and the first one featuring Mike Nesmith, who produced the record -- Justus isnt bad. Nesmith occasionally steers the group toward country-rock, but the record is largely comprised of nondescript pop/rock that is neither remarkable nor unpleasant. Frequently, the Monkees show their age with strained vocals, but Justus is far from the disaster of Pool It!, and it may stir warm, nostalgic memories from many long-term fans -- if theyre willing to sift through the mediocre songs that form the bulk of the album.
	Album: 25 of 45 Title: The Greatest Hits of the Monkees Released: 1997 Tracks: 25 Duration: 1:06:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 I’m a Believer (02:45) 3 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 4 Daydream Believer (02:58) 5 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 6 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 7 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 8 She (02:38) 9 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 10 Mary, Mary (02:16) 11 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:35) 12 Forget That Girl (02:25) 13 For Pete’s Sake (02:11) 14 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 15 Listen to the Band (single version) (02:30) 16 Daily Nightly (alternate mix) (02:31) 17 Cuddly Toy (02:39) 18 Words (02:51) 19 Love Is Only Sleeping (alternate mix) (02:32) 20 Someday Man (02:40) 21 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 22 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 23 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:11) 24 Tear Drop City (02:00) 25 Valleri (02:20)
	Album: 26 of 45 Title: Im a Believer and Other Hits Released: 1997 Tracks: 10 Duration: 28:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 I’m a Believer (02:45) 2 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:38) 3 Shades of Gray (03:24) 4 Cuddly Toy (02:41) 5 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 6 Heart and Soul (03:45) 7 Someday Man (02:40) 8 Ceiling in My Room (03:13) 9 Listen to the Band (02:29) 10 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20)
I'm a Believer and Other Hits : Allmusic album Review : From the Rhino Records budget subsidiary Flashback comes the ten-track Im a Believer and Other Hits EP. While there is no indication on the front cover artwork, this release has several notable inclusions -- chief among them the previously unreleased ballad "Ceiling in My Room." Also included -- in a decidedly haphazard running order -- are the A- and B-sides of the 45s "Im a Believer"/"Im Not Your Steppin Stone," "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"/"The Girl I Knew Somewhere," and "Someday Man"/"Listen to the Band." Although neither "Cuddly Toy" nor "Shades of Gray" were issued as singles, they were included on the 1969 Monkees Greatest Hits package. "Heart and Soul" is the A-side of their first single for Rhino Records from their 1987 reunion flop, Pool It! This compilation has taken a lot of flak from casual fans as well as collectors. "Ceiling in My Room" -- the only unique track on the disc -- is best described as a weepy and introspective milquetoast affair sung by Davy Jones. After less than 30 seconds, it is easy to understand why this track has rightfully remained vaulted. It is wholly unequal to even the most tepid of Jones contributions to any Monkees recording. In fact, "On the Day We Fall in Love" from More of the Monkees seems aggressive by comparison. The other side of the argument is that this is indeed a bargain-priced compilation. However, more important for the insatiable Monkees enthusiast are the lesser-circulated 45 versions of the tracks issued as singles. For example, "Im a Believer" and "Im Not Your Steppin Stone" contain notably different mixes. While this 1997 disc is relatively easy to locate, the same cannot be said of Daydream Believer and Other Hits, which includes the unissued side "You Cant Tie a Mustang Down" and was inexplicably discontinued shortly after its 1998 release.
	Album: 27 of 45 Title: Anthology Released: 1998 Tracks: 50 Duration: 2:19:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:34) 4 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 5 Papa Genes Blues (02:01) 6 Saturdays Child (02:44) 7 Sweet Young Thing (01:58) 8 I’m a Believer (02:45) 9 (Im Not Your) Steppin Stone (single version) (02:23) 10 She (02:38) 11 Mary, Mary (02:17) 12 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 13 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 14 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:15) 15 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:38) 16 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 17 All of Your Toys (03:02) 18 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:35) 19 You Told Me (02:27) 20 Forget That Girl (02:25) 21 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 22 Shades of Gray (03:24) 23 For Petes Sake (02:12) 24 Randy Scouse Git (02:35) 25 No Time (02:07) 1 Pleasant Valley Sunday (single version) (03:09) 2 Words (single version) (02:51) 3 Daydream Believer (02:58) 4 Goin’ Down (04:25) 5 The Door Into Summer (02:48) 6 Cuddly Toy (02:41) 7 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 8 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 9 Star Collector (04:25) 10 Valleri (02:20) 11 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 12 Zor and Zam (02:08) 13 Porpoise Song (Theme From “HEAD”) (single version) (04:10) 14 As We Go Along (03:52) 15 Circle Sky (live version) (02:27) 16 Through the Looking Glass (02:45) 17 You and I (02:17) 18 While I Cry (03:01) 19 Listen to the Band (single version) (02:33) 20 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 21 Mommy and Daddy (02:21) 22 Oh My My (03:03) 23 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02) 24 Heart & Soul (03:43) 25 You and I (02:57)
Anthology : Allmusic album Review : Rhinos Listen to the Band box set was for the collectors, and their terrific 20-song Greatest Hits was for the casual fans. Their third attempt at a Monkees compilation, the double-disc Anthology falls somewhere in between. Over the course of an exhausting 56 tracks, all of the groups hits are hauled out again, with such fine album tracks as "She," "Take a Giant Step," "Your Auntie Grizelda," "You Just May Be the One," and "What Am I Doing Hangin Round" added for good measure. On the surface of things, this seems like a good thing, but the set is padded out with lesser album cuts and latter-day tracks from their three reunion albums that makes Anthology more of a chore than a pleasure. Since there are no genuine rarities here, it wont quite appeal to collectors, and since Greatest Hits suits the purposes of the average fans, it remains a mystery just who this set is for, even if it is loaded with good music.
	Album: 28 of 45 Title: Daydream Believer and Other Hits Released: 1998-03-17 Tracks: 10 Duration: 28:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 Daydream Believer (02:56) 2 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 3 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 4 Words (02:51) 5 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 6 Valleri (02:20) 7 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 8 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 9 Oh My My (03:02) 10 You Cant Tie a Mustang Down (previously unreleased) (02:53)
Daydream Believer and Other Hits : Allmusic album Review : While it may have gone unnoticed due to generic and less than enticing cover art, Daydream Believer and Other Hits contains more -- albeit only slightly -- than ten recycled Monkees tracks. This 1998 budget CD is the companion to Im a Believer and Other Hits. Both compilations contain the A- and B-sides of three Monkees singles as well a lone previously unreleased track -- although the songs are programmed in a seemingly random fashion. The contents of this release include the "Pleasant Valley Sunday"/"Words," "Valleri"/"Tapioca Tundra," and "D.W. Washburn"/"Its Nice to Be With You" 45s, as well as the A-sides of the "Daydream Believer," "Good Clean Fun," and "Oh My My" 7" releases. "You Cant Tie a Mustang Down" -- a bubblegum rocker featuring a Davy Jones vocal -- makes its debut here. The track was cut during an ill-fated recording session that record producer Don Kirshner held with only Jones, basically in an effort to hijack the Monkees project for himself. Politics aside, the song is not very good and is more akin to something the Archies might have had a go at. By the time that these later singles were issued, most of the album mixes were also used on the 45s. There are a few differences worth noting, however. The most obvious are on "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Tapioca Tundra," and the title track, "Daydream Believer." In these cases, subtle yet significant alterations can be heard -- evident mainly on the vocals, as they were usually cut long after the instrumental backing tracks. While Im a Believer and Other Hits remained in print for several years, Daydream Believer and Other Hits was deleted from Flashbacks catalog shortly after being issued. The rarity of the disc has made what should have been a six-dollar impulse item at Wal-Mart into one of the most absurdly and astronomically priced of "budget" rarities. Enthusiasts with more disposable income than common sense are advised to search online auctions for their chances at paying too much for too little on Daydream Believer and Other Hits.
	Album: 29 of 45 Title: Im A Believer Released: 2000 Tracks: 14 Duration: 43:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:23) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 (Im Not Your) Steppin Stone (02:24) 5 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 6 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:36) 7 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:12) 8 Words (02:52) 9 Daydream Believer (03:00) 10 Goin Down (04:26) 11 Valleri (02:23) 12 The Porpoise Song (Theme From the Head) (04:12) 13 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:05) 14 Heart and Soul (03:44)
	Album: 30 of 45 Title: Headquarters Sessions Released: 2000-09-21 Tracks: 84 Duration: 3:55:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 She’s So Far Out, She’s In (tracking session takes 1 & 2) (04:00) 2 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (tracking session composite takes 1 to 16) (07:13) 3 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (master backing track take 22) (02:59) 4 All of Your Toys (rehearsal) (01:53) 5 All of Your Toys (tracking session composite takes 1 to 10) (05:33) 6 All of Your Toys (master backing track take 20) (03:09) 7 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking session composite featuring take 15) (03:24) 8 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking overdub session takes 1 & 2) (04:15) 9 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (master backing track take 13a) (02:41) 10 Seeger’s Theme (demo) (01:25) 11 Can You Dig It (demo) (02:20) 12 Nine Times Blue (demo vocal) (02:14) 13 Until It’s Time for You to Go (demo vocal) (03:05) 14 She’ll Be There (demo vocal) (02:36) 15 Midnight Train (demo vocal) (02:30) 16 Sunny Girlfriend (acoustic remix of master vocal) (02:15) 17 Sunny Girlfriend (tracking session take 7 with scratch vocal) (02:37) 18 Mr. Webster (tracking session take 28) (02:12) 19 Band 6 (stereo master) (00:42) 20 Setting Up the Studio for Randy Scouse Git (studio dialogue) (06:19) 21 Randy Scouse Git (tracking session composite) (06:29) 22 Randy Scouse Git (alternate version take 18 vocal) (02:27) 23 You Told Me (master backing track) (02:27) 24 Monkee Chat (studio dialogue) (02:40) 1 You Told Me (take 15 with rough lead vocal) (02:34) 2 Zilch (Peter Tork vocal track) (01:06) 3 Zilch (Davy Jones vocal track) (01:09) 4 Zilch (Micky Dolenz vocal track) (01:07) 5 Zilch (Michael Nesmith vocal track) (01:08) 6 I’ll Spend My Life With You (master backing track take 9) (02:32) 7 Randy Scouse Git (master backing track take 23) (02:40) 8 Forget That Girl (rehearsal) (02:56) 9 Forget That Girl (master backing track) (02:34) 10 Where Has It All Gone (first version) (tracking session take 1) (02:51) 11 Memphis Tennessee (02:09) 12 Twelve-String Improvisation (03:07) 13 Where Has It All Gone (second version) (master basic track take 12) (02:37) 14 Jericho (02:28) 15 Forget That Girl (rough backing vocals) (02:36) 16 Peter Gunn’s Gun (03:40) 17 I Was Born in East Virginia (informal recording vocal) (02:30) 18 Forget That Girl (Rejected overdub session vocal) (05:10) 19 Randy Scouse Git (alternate mix with unused tag vocal) (02:57) 20 Micky in Carlsbad Caverns (studio dialogue) (01:05) 21 Pillow Time (take 1 vocal) (07:22) 22 Shades of Gray (master backing track take 98) (03:44) 23 Masking Tape (tracking session composite takes 6 to 8) (04:50) 24 You Just May Be the One (tracking session composite) (03:18) 25 You Just May Be the One (master backing track) (02:08) 26 No Time (first version) (tracking session composite takes 3 to 5) (04:44) 27 Blues (excerpt) (04:04) 1 I Can’t Get Her off My Mind (master backing track) (02:33) 2 Banjo Jam (excerpt) (03:14) 3 Cripple Creek (01:49) 4 Six-String Improvisation (00:46) 5 The Story of Rock and Roll (first version) (tracking session take 23) (02:43) 6 Early Morning Blues and Greens (master backing track) (03:10) 7 Two-Part Invention in F major (informal recording) (01:35) 8 The Story of Rock and Roll (second version) (tracking session take 5a) (03:27) 9 Don’t Be Cruel (00:47) 10 For Pete’s Sake (master backing track) (02:19) 11 No Time (second version) (tracking session composite) (04:10) 12 No Time (second version) (master backing track take 7a) (02:43) 13 Just a Game (demo takes 1 to 3) (03:54) 14 Fever (01:51) 15 Sunny Girlfriend (master backing track) (02:37) 16 No Time (second version) (master take 7a with backing vocals) (02:31) 17 All of Your Toys (mono master) (03:02) 18 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (mono master) (02:39) 19 For Pete’s Sake (mono master) (02:12) 20 I’ll Spend My Life With You (mono master) (02:25) 21 Forget That Girl (mono master) (02:24) 22 You Just May Be the One (mono master) (02:02) 23 Shades of Gray (mono master) (03:20) 24 Band 6 (mono master) (00:38) 25 Sunny Girlfriend (mono master) (02:33) 26 Mr. Webster (mono master) (02:04) 27 You Told Me (mono master) (02:24) 28 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (mono master) (02:34) 29 Zilch (mono master) (01:07) 30 Early Morning Blues and Greens (mono master) (02:34) 31 Randy Scouse Git (mono master) (02:35) 32 I Can’t Get Her off My Mind (mono master) (02:28) 33 No Time (mono master) (02:09)
Headquarters Sessions : Allmusic album Review : Like many Rhino Handmade releases (available only via Internet), the Monkees Headquarters Sessions is marketed for fanatics. Indeed, this set - which contains over three discs filled with all the outtakes and studio chatter you could ever hope for or need -- is essentially the Holy Grail of Monkees material. Informal versions of "Cripple Creek," "Dont Be Cruel," "Nine Times Blue," "The Story of Rock and Roll" (made into a modest hit by the Turtles), and "Shes So Far Out, Shes In" are only a handful of the sets rarites. On the tracks that would become the Headquarters album, it becomes obvious this was an amateur band struggling to get through a simple take. However, you can feel the camaraderie (even though Davy Jones is absent from most of this) between musicians Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork, while actor Mickey Dolenz is heard numerous times throughout apologizing for yet another drum flub. In this potentially volatile scenario, there is a sense of friendship and lack of studio ego, which is exactly why this package is so charming. These are mainly actors, struggling to prove their musicianship, maintaining their cool while finding out the hard way how difficult the recording process actually is (and how good Don Kirshners studio musicians were). After Headquarters, the Monkees would never attempt to go into the studio again depending wholly on themselves. Their individual musical direction, especially in Nesmiths case, would be required from then on, with the final results being mixed at best. Along with the mainly unreleased instrumental versions of these tracks, studio flubs and conversations is the scrapped mono version of Headquarters with a completely different song sequence that included Nesmiths "The Girl I Knew Somewhere."
	Album: 31 of 45 Title: 20 Greatest Hits Released: 2000-12-19 Tracks: 20 Duration: 55:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 5 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 6 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:44) 7 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 8 Words (02:55) 9 Daydream Believer (02:58) 10 Valleri (02:20) 11 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 12 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 13 Its Nice to Be With You (02:50) 14 Porpoise Song (04:13) 15 Tear Drop City (02:05) 16 Listen to the Band (02:28) 17 Someday Man (02:40) 18 Good Clean Fun (02:18) 19 Oh My My (03:02) 20 Take a Giant Step (02:31)
20 Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : The Monkees 20 Greatest Hits does an effective job of chronicling the majority of the bands biggest hits from the mid-to-late 60s. Most of the familiar radio tracks are featured, including "Im a Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "Daydream Believer." Also included are later singles of equal quality but released while the groups popularity was waning: "Someday Man," "Its Nice to Be With You," and Mike Nesmiths "Listen to the Band." Audiophiles should especially be on the lookout for this gold disc.
	Album: 32 of 45 Title: Music Box Released: 2001-02-20 Tracks: 99 Duration: 4:29:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 I Wanna Be Free (Fast version) (02:47) 3 Lets Dance On (02:30) 4 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 5 Take a Giant Step (02:33) 6 All the Kings Horses (02:16) 7 Saturdays Child (02:43) 8 Papa Gene’s Blues (01:59) 9 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 10 Sweet Young Thing (01:58) 11 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:41) 12 I Dont Think You Know Me (First Recorded version) (02:16) 13 I’m a Believer (02:45) 14 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 15 She (02:38) 16 Mary, Mary (02:16) 17 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 18 Of You (mix) (01:58) 19 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (extended version) (02:48) 20 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:53) 21 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 22 When Love Comes Knockin (At Your Door) (01:48) 23 Do Not Ask for Love (First Recorded version) (03:00) 24 Valleri (First Recorded version) (02:32) 25 Ill Be Back Upon My Feet (First Recorded version) (02:35) 1 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 2 She Hangs Out (02:33) 3 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:34) 4 All of Your Toys (03:08) 5 Love to Love (02:28) 6 You Told Me (02:26) 7 Ill Spend My Life With You (02:24) 8 Forget That Girl (02:25) 9 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 10 Shades of Gray (03:21) 11 For Pete’s Sake (02:11) 12 Sunny Girlfriend (02:33) 13 No Time (02:07) 14 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 15 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 16 Words (02:51) 17 Daydream Believer (02:58) 18 Goin Down (04:23) 19 Salesman (02:36) 20 The Door Into Summer (02:49) 21 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 22 Cuddly Toy (02:40) 23 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 24 Daily Nightly (02:32) 25 Star Collector (04:24) 1 Valleri (02:20) 2 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 3 Dreamworld (03:21) 4 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 5 P. O. Box 9847 (03:13) 6 Zor and Zam (02:10) 7 Carlisle Wheeling (First Recorded version) (03:33) 8 Tear the Top Right Off My Head (02:06) 9 The Girl I Left Behind Me (First Recorded version) (02:41) 10 Nine Times Blue (02:09) 11 Come on In (03:09) 12 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 13 Its Nice to Be With You (02:52) 14 St. Matthew (02:43) 15 Porpoise Song (Theme From “HEAD”) (single version) (04:10) 16 As We Go Along (03:52) 17 Ditty Diego-War Chant (00:49) 18 Circle Sky (live) (02:24) 19 Can You Dig It (03:22) 20 Daddys Song (long version) (03:27) 21 Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (02:38) 1 Tear Drop City (02:00) 2 A Man Without a Dream (03:04) 3 Through the Looking Glass (02:41) 4 I Wont Be the Same Without Her (02:40) 5 You and I (02:13) 6 While I Cry (02:59) 7 Shorty Blackwell (05:39) 8 If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again (02:45) 9 Smile (02:19) 10 Listen to the Band (single version) (02:29) 11 Someday Man (02:40) 12 Some of Shelley’s Blues (02:30) 13 Mommy and Daddy (02:13) 14 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 15 Looking for the Good Times (02:04) 16 Steam Engine (02:24) 17 I Never Thought It Peculiar (02:27) 18 Midnight Train (02:07) 19 Oh My My (03:02) 20 I Love You Better (02:28) 21 Do You Feel It Too? (02:36) 22 Do It in the Name of Love (02:08) 23 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:03) 24 Heart and Soul (03:56) 25 MGBGT (live) (02:36) 26 Every Step of the Way (single version) (03:13) 27 Oh, What a Night (03:13) 28 You and I (02:55)
Music Box : Allmusic album Review : Its hard not to wonder why the four-disc Music Box even exists. After all, Rhino has not only released definitive reissues of all of the Monkees studio albums, complete with bonus tracks, but the label has a series devoted to rarities (Missing Links), a single-disc greatest hits album, a double-disc anthology, and another four-disc box, Listen to the Band, which is excellent. So where does that leave Music Box? Well, it is "reconfigured" into a booklike box, which must appeal to somebody, but more importantly, it tries to pull off a nifty trick -- providing an exhaustive overview for the casual listener, while filling in the holes for those serious fans who only have the proper reissued albums. On both counts, this works well. Lets get the basics out of the way: This sounds great, and Andrew Sandovals liner notes are terrific, particularly the song-by-song breakdown that not only includes the Monkees reflections, but also those of various producers and songwriters. Then, theres the song selection, which is impeccable for the first three discs, which devote a year each to 1966, 1967, and 1968, blending hits with rarities, album versions, and alternate takes, never once seeming like a sop to collectors. The fourth disc is a little more problematic, just because it spans from 1969 to 1996, containing reunion tracks that some fans may rather not hear, but it still has more than enough minor gems that will please the dedicated. And, when it gets right down to it, Music Box succeeds on two counts: Everyone who needs to plug in gaps will be satisfied with this (plus theyll like the fine flow of the songs) and, more importantly, this is a wonderful choice for anyone looking for a good, thorough overview of the Monkees best, delving far deeper than the hits. It doesnt really trump Listen to the Band, but its nearly an equal.
	Album: 33 of 45 Title: The Definitive Monkees Released: 2001-02-26 Tracks: 60 Duration: 2:37:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) “The Monkees” (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 4 Saturday’s Child (02:41) 5 I’m a Believer (02:45) 6 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 7 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 8 She (02:37) 9 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:48) 10 Mary, Mary (02:16) 11 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:32) 12 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:13) 13 Shades of Gray (03:20) 14 Sometime in the Morning (02:27) 15 For Pete’s Sake (02:09) 16 Forget That Girl (02:22) 17 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 18 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 19 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 20 Words (02:47) 21 Daydream Believer (02:56) 22 Goin’ Down (04:21) 23 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round (03:04) 24 Cuddly Toy (02:37) 25 Valleri (02:20) 26 Porpoise Song (Theme From “Head”) (04:09) 27 Listen to the Band (02:31) 28 That Was Then, This Is Now (03:34) 29 Heart and Soul (03:17) 1 Tema Dei Monkees (01:12) 2 So Goes Love (03:07) 3 Teeny Tiny Gnome (02:27) 4 Mr. Webster (alternate version) (02:54) 5 Hold on Girl (alternate version) (02:44) 6 Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears (02:17) 7 Love to Love (alternate version) (02:30) 8 Midnight Train (demo) (02:29) 9 She’ll Be There (02:34) 10 Riu Chiu (01:31) 11 Circle Sky (alternate version) (02:32) 12 Merry Go Round (01:44) 13 Wargames (02:32) 14 Seeger’s Theme (00:45) 15 Party (02:45) 16 Shake Em Up (02:10) 17 Rosemarie (02:28) 18 Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care) (03:22) 19 Look Down (02:52) 20 The Crippled Lion (02:51) 21 Hollywood (02:17) 22 How Insensitive (02:32) 23 The Michigan Blackhawk (02:16) 24 My Share of the Sidewalk (03:07) 25 If You Have the Time (02:09) 26 Time and Time Again (02:50) 27 Storybook of You (02:52) 28 You’re So Good (02:41) 29 Steam Engine (alternate mix) (02:24) 30 Angel Band (03:25) 31 Little Red Rider (03:17)
The Definitive Monkees : Allmusic album Review : This two-CD set, issued in Europe about a week before Rhino Records expanded box appeared in America, resembles either a considerably expanded and upgraded version of the old Arista Records set Then & Now..., or a more entertaining successor to Rhino Records 1998 Anthology. The disc, running just under 80 minutes and containing 29 songs, is for the listener who wants the hits and the best album tracks all gathered in one place, including ubiquitous numbers like the television series second-season end credit track, "For Petes Sake." These have been remastered, so theres lots of presence in all of the playing, and the vocals never sounded better; the songs all have thick, dense textures, much heavier and harder and upfront than they did on the radio in 1966-1967, with good stereo separation. This set is proof, as though any were needed, that the nicest thing ever to happen to the Monkees music was getting it moved into the hands of Rhino Records, whose library was the source for these masters.
	Album: 34 of 45 Title: The Essentials Released: 2002 Tracks: 12 Duration: 33:18 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 I’m a Believer (02:45) 5 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 6 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 7 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 8 Words (02:51) 9 Daydream Believer (02:58) 10 Valleri (02:20) 11 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:11) 12 For Petes Sake (02:11)
The Essentials : Allmusic album Review : This disc is a reminder of what a great singles band the Monkees were. You could stack up these 11 songs against almost any other bands Top 11, and the Monkees would prevail. Some might even say they give the Beatles a run for their money. Songs like "Im a Believer," "Stepping Stone," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "Daydream Believer" are timeless classics in anyones book. There is not a weak song to be found, and on that account, The Essentials is almost a better compilation than the Monkees Greatest Hits compilation from 1995. While that disc includes some classic songs that werent hit singles and presents a more complete picture of the band, it also includes some of the groups later, inferior work and two tracks from the 80s reunion years. The Essentials focuses on the early years when the Monkees were a hit-producing juggernaut; the only track from their later period is the bewitching "Porpoise Song" from the Head soundtrack. If you are looking for great non-single tracks, check out the Anthology collection or better yet, the Music Box box set. If you are looking for just the hits, this disc certainly delivers.
	Album: 35 of 45 Title: The Best of the Monkees Released: 2003-04-29 Tracks: 25 Duration: 1:08:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 Papa Gene’s Blues (01:59) 5 I’m a Believer (02:45) 6 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 7 She (02:38) 8 Mary, Mary (02:16) 9 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 10 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:15) 11 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 12 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:51) 13 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:34) 14 Shades of Gray (03:21) 15 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 16 For Pete’s Sake (02:11) 17 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 18 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 19 Words (02:51) 20 Daydream Believer (02:58) 21 Goin Down (04:23) 22 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 23 Valleri (02:20) 24 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:11) 25 Listen to the Band (02:28)
	Album: 36 of 45 Title: The Platinum Collection, Volume 2 Released: 2005 Tracks: 20 Duration: 52:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 Last Train to Clarksville (02:45) 2 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 3 Forget That Girl (02:22) 4 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round (03:04) 5 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 6 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 7 DW Washburn (02:47) 8 Mary, Mary (02:16) 9 For Pete’s Sake (02:09) 10 Daily Nightly (02:33) 11 Words (02:47) 12 Someday Man (02:40) 13 Lets Dance On (02:30) 14 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:09) 15 Valleri (02:20) 16 She’ll Be There (02:34) 17 Come on In (03:09) 18 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:53) 19 All of Your Toys (03:02) 20 Tema Dei Monkees (01:08)
	Album: 37 of 45 Title: Daydream Believer: The Monkees Collection, Volume 1 Released: 2005-09-12 Tracks: 20 Duration: 51:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) “The Monkees” (02:20) 2 I’m a Believer (02:45) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:48) 5 She (02:37) 6 Daydream Believer (02:56) 7 The Girl I Knew Sometime (02:33) 8 Shades of Gray (03:20) 9 Salesman (02:35) 10 Listen to the Band (02:31) 11 Cuddly Toy (02:37) 12 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 13 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 14 Tear Drop City (02:00) 15 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:13) 16 Sometime in the Morning (02:27) 17 Can You Dig It (03:25) 18 Take a Giant Step (02:30) 19 Sunny Girlfriend (02:33) 20 Riu Chiu (01:31)
	Album: 38 of 45 Title: The Very Best of the Monkees Released: 2006-10-06 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:04:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) “The Monkees” (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:48) 5 Daydream Believer (02:55) 6 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 7 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 8 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 9 Valleri (02:20) 10 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:32) 11 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round (03:04) 12 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 13 DW Washburn (02:47) 14 Mary, Mary (02:16) 15 Shades Of Grey (03:19) 16 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:13) 17 Words (02:47) 18 Cuddly Toy (02:37) 19 Tear Drop City (02:00) 20 Someday Man (02:40) 21 Porpoise Song (Theme From “Head”) (04:09) 22 She (02:37) 23 Forget That Girl (02:22) 24 Listen to the Band (02:31)
	Album: 39 of 45 Title: The Works Released: 2007-11-12 Tracks: 68 Duration: 3:08:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:19) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:45) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 4 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 5 Saturday’s Child (02:42) 6 Sweet Young Thing (01:58) 7 Papa Gene’s Blues (02:00) 8 I’m a Believer (02:45) 9 She (02:37) 10 Mary Mary (02:16) 11 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:20) 12 Hold on Girl (02:45) 13 A Little Bit of Me, a Little Bit of You (02:48) 14 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:32) 15 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:13) 16 Sometime in the Morning (02:27) 17 You Told Me (02:25) 18 Forget That Girl (02:22) 19 You Just May Be the One (02:02) 20 Shades of Gray (03:20) 21 For Pete’s Sake (02:10) 22 No Time (02:09) 23 Early Morning Blues and Greens (02:35) 1 Randy Scouse Git (02:33) 2 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 3 She Hangs Out (02:57) 4 The Door Into Summer (02:50) 5 Cuddly Toy (02:38) 6 What Am I Doing Hanging’ Round? (03:05) 7 Words (02:51) 8 Star Collector (04:28) 9 Daily Nightly (02:33) 10 Goin’ Down (04:46) 11 Daydream Believer (02:56) 12 Dream World (03:21) 13 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 14 We Were Made for Each Other (02:24) 15 Valleri (02:20) 16 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:26) 17 Writings Wrongs (05:08) 18 Porpoise Song (Theme From Head) (02:56) 19 Circle Sky (02:31) 20 Can You Dig It (03:22) 21 Daddy’s Song (02:29) 22 Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (02:37) 1 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 2 Through the Looking Glass (02:42) 3 I Won’t Be the Same Without You (02:41) 4 Me Without You (02:10) 5 Don’t Listen Tot Linda (02:48) 6 Don’t Wait for Me (02:34) 7 A Man Without a Dream (03:02) 8 Little Girl (01:59) 9 Looking for the Good Times (02:02) 10 Never Tell a Woman Yes (03:45) 11 Listen to the Band (02:41) 12 Mommy and Daddy (02:12) 13 Oklahoma Backroom Dancer (02:36) 14 Oh My My (03:01) 15 Ticket on a Ferry Ride (03:29) 16 Acapulco Sun (02:53) 17 Tell Me Love (02:38) 18 Do You Feel It Too (02:36) 19 Midnight Train (02:07) 20 Angel Band (03:24) 21 Little Red Rider (03:18) 22 That Was Then, This Is Now (03:34) 23 Heart and Soul (03:17)
	Album: 40 of 45 Title: I’m a Believer: The Best of The Monkees Released: 2007-12-03 Tracks: 36 Duration: 1:40:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) “The Monkees” (02:20) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 3 I’m a Believer (02:45) 4 (Im Not Your) Stepping Stone (02:20) 5 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:48) 6 Daydream Believer (02:55) 7 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 8 She (02:37) 9 Mary, Mary (02:16) 10 The Girl I New Somewhere (02:34) 11 Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow (02:16) 12 Shades of Gray (03:20) 13 Sometime in the Morning (02:27) 14 Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) (02:34) 15 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 16 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:07) 17 Words (02:47) 18 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 1 Valleri (02:20) 2 DW Washburn (02:47) 3 Tear Drop City (02:00) 4 Someday Man (02:37) 5 Goin’ Down (04:21) 6 Cuddly Toy (02:38) 7 Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") (04:09) 8 As We Go Along (03:52) 9 Circle Sky (02:33) 10 Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (02:38) 11 For Petes Sake (Closing Theme) (02:09) 12 Love to Love (02:28) 13 Forget That Girl (02:22) 14 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 15 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 16 Daddys Song (03:27) 17 Star Collector (04:24) 18 Can You Dig It (03:22)
I’m a Believer: The Best of The Monkees : Allmusic album Review : Although they were a prefab group put together to be a watered-down television version of the Beatles, the Monkees, at least viewed backward through the lens of time, turned out to be a pretty fair pop outfit, and this two-disc overview of their career is the proof of that. From their first single, the infectious "Last Train to Clarksville," to later, more experimental fare like the odd but still fascinating "Tapioca Tundra," the Monkees delivered a pretty impressive legacy of catchy songs, and if many tended to dismiss them back in the day as a media-manufactured joke, its the Monkees whove had the last laugh.
	Album: 41 of 45 Title: Monkeemania: The Very Best of the Monkees Released: 2011-05-16 Tracks: 57 Duration: 2:34:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme from) The Monkees (02:21) 2 Last Train to Clarksville (02:47) 3 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 4 Saturdays Child (02:44) 5 Papa Genes Blues (02:00) 6 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 7 I’m a Believer (02:45) 8 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:24) 9 She (02:40) 10 Mary Mary (02:18) 11 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 12 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (extended version) (02:50) 13 Sometime in the Morning (02:29) 14 When Love Comes Knockin (At Your Door) (01:49) 15 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (02:49) 16 She Hangs Out (02:35) 17 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:34) 18 All of Your Toys (03:08) 19 Randy Scouse Git (02:35) 20 You Just May Be the One (02:04) 21 Forget That Girl (02:26) 22 Shades of Gray (03:24) 23 For Petes Sake (02:12) 24 Sunny Girlfriend (02:34) 25 You Told Me (02:26) 26 No Time (02:09) 27 Salesman (02:37) 28 The Door Into Summer (02:49) 29 Daily Nightly (02:33) 30 Star Collector (04:25) 1 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:09) 2 Words (02:51) 3 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 4 Cuddly Toy (02:41) 5 Daydream Believer (02:58) 6 Goin Down (04:24) 7 Valleri (02:14) 8 Ill Be Back Up on My Feet (02:29) 9 PO Box 9847 (03:16) 10 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 11 DW Washburn (02:49) 12 Daddys Song (03:28) 13 Porpoise Song (theme from Head, alternate stereo mix) (04:13) 14 As We Go Along (03:55) 15 Can You Dig It (03:25) 16 Circle Sky (alternate mix) (02:32) 17 Do I Have to Do This All Over Again? (02:40) 18 Tear Drop City (02:02) 19 A Man Without a Dream (03:04) 20 Someday Man (02:40) 21 Listen to the Band (02:29) 22 Some of Shelley’s Blues (02:30) 23 How Insensitive (02:32) 24 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 25 Mommy and Daddy (02:13) 26 Oh My My (03:02) 27 The Monkees (TV version) (00:51)
Monkeemania: The Very Best of the Monkees : Allmusic album Review : One in a long, long line of Monkees compilations, the 2011 U.K. set Monkeemania (The Very Best of the Monkees) may cover familiar territory but it nevertheless does its job very, very well. There are a couple of oddities and alternates peppered throughout the 57 tracks on these two CDs -- a previously unreleased extended version of “Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow),” some TV versions of songs and alternate stereo mixes -- but these are details for collectors, the kind who meticulously keep track of these variants. For the rest of us, Monkeemania serves up all the hits and many of the best cuts from their albums, adding up to a generous, thorough overview of the classic ‘60s pop quartet.
	Album: 42 of 45 Title: Original Album Series Released: 2012-09-11 Tracks: 89 Duration: 3:51:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Saturday’s Child (02:45) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day (02:39) 5 Papa Gene’s Blues (01:59) 6 Take a Giant Step (02:31) 7 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 8 This Just Doesnt Seem to Be My Day (02:09) 9 Lets Dance On (02:32) 10 Ill Be True to You (02:49) 11 Sweet Young Thing (01:58) 12 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:44) 13 I Cant Get Her Off My Mind (unissued early version) (02:55) 14 I Dont Think You Know Me (unissued alternate version) (02:18) 15 (Theme From) The Monkees (unissued early version) (00:52) 1 She (02:38) 2 When Love Comes Knockin’ (at Your Door) (01:48) 3 Mary, Mary (02:16) 4 Hold On Girl (02:29) 5 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 6 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 7 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 8 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:53) 9 The Day We Fall in Love (02:26) 10 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 11 Laugh (02:29) 12 I’m a Believer (02:50) 13 Don’t Listen to Linda (alternate version) (02:28) 14 I’ll Spend My Life With You (alternate version) (02:30) 15 I Don’t Think You Know Me (alternate mix) (02:19) 16 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (long mix) (02:53) 17 I’m a Believer (early version) (02:52) 1 You Told Me (02:25) 2 I’ll Spend My Life With You (02:26) 3 Forget That Girl (02:25) 4 Band 6 (00:41) 5 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 6 Shades of Gray (03:22) 7 I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind (02:27) 8 For Pete’s Sake (02:11) 9 Mr. Webster (02:04) 10 Sunny Girlfriend (02:33) 11 Zilch (01:06) 12 No Time (02:08) 13 Early Morning Blues and Greens (02:35) 14 Randy Scouse Git (02:40) 15 All of Your Toys (03:02) 16 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:38) 17 Peter Gunn’s Gun (03:38) 18 Jericho (02:02) 19 Nine Times Blue (02:07) 20 Pillow Time (04:00) 1 Salesman (02:37) 2 She Hangs Out (02:57) 3 The Door Into Summer (02:50) 4 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 5 Cuddly Toy (02:39) 6 Words (02:51) 7 Hard to Believe (02:35) 8 What Am I Doing Hangin Round? (03:08) 9 Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (00:27) 10 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 11 Daily Nightly (02:33) 12 Don’t Call on Me (02:52) 13 Star Collector (04:26) 14 Special Announcement (00:36) 15 Goin Down (alternate mix) (04:46) 16 Salesman (alternate mix) (02:37) 17 The Door Into Summer (alternate mix) (02:52) 18 Love Is Only Sleeping (alternate mix) (02:32) 19 Daily Nightly (alternate mix) (02:31) 20 Star Collector (alternate mix) (04:52) 1 Dreamworld (03:21) 2 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:05) 3 We Were Made for Each Other (02:25) 4 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 5 Daydream Believer (02:58) 6 Writing Wrongs (05:08) 7 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:27) 8 The Poster (02:21) 9 P.O. Box 9847 (03:16) 10 Magnolia Simms (03:48) 11 Valleri (02:16) 12 Zor and Zam (02:10) 13 Alvin (00:27) 14 I’m Gonna Try (02:44) 15 P.O. Box 9847 (alternate mix) (03:15) 16 The Girl I Left Behind Me (early version) (02:40) 17 Lady’s Baby (alternate mix) (02:29)
Original Album Series : Allmusic album Review : Rhino repackaged and re-released the first five Monkees LPs on Colgems -- The Monkees, More of the Monkees, Headquarters, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., and The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees -- as a slipcased box set. Its not a bad way to acquire the albums if you dont already own them, but isnt recommended for the casual fan.
	Album: 43 of 45 Title: Classic Album Collection Released: 2016 Tracks: 126 Duration: 5:27:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover	1 (Theme From) The Monkees (02:20) 2 Saturday’s Child (02:45) 3 I Wanna Be Free (02:25) 4 Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day (02:41) 5 Papa Jeams Blues (01:59) 6 Take a Giant Step (02:35) 7 Last Train to Clarksville (02:46) 8 This Just Doesnt Seem to Be My Day (02:08) 9 Let’s Dance On (02:30) 10 I’ll Be True to You (02:49) 11 Sweet Young Thing (01:57) 12 Gonna Buy Me a Dog (02:41) 1 She (02:38) 2 When Love Comes Knockin’ (at Your Door) (01:48) 3 Mary, Mary (02:17) 4 Hold On Girl (02:28) 5 Your Auntie Grizelda (02:30) 6 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (02:24) 7 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (02:16) 8 The Kind of Girl I Could Love (01:53) 9 The Day We Fall in Love (02:25) 10 Sometime in the Morning (02:30) 11 Laugh (02:29) 12 Im a Believer (02:46) 1 You Told Me (02:25) 2 I’ll Spend My Life With You (02:26) 3 Forget That Girl (02:25) 4 Band 6 (00:41) 5 You Just May Be the One (02:03) 6 Shades of Gray (03:22) 7 I Cant Get Her Off My Mind (02:31) 8 For Petes Sake (02:11) 9 Mr. Webster (02:04) 10 Sunny Girlfriend (02:33) 11 Zilch (01:06) 12 No Time (02:11) 13 Early Morning Blues and Greens (02:35) 14 Randy Scouse Git (02:35) 1 Salesman (02:36) 2 She Hangs Out (02:58) 3 The Door Into Summer (02:50) 4 Love Is Only Sleeping (02:31) 5 Cuddly Toy (02:39) 6 Words (02:51) 7 Hard to Believe (02:36) 8 What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round (03:08) 9 Peter Percival Pattersons Pet Pig Porky - Pleasant Valley Sunday (00:27) 10 Pleasant Valley Sunday (03:15) 11 Daily Nightly (02:32) 12 Don’t Call on Me (02:52) 13 Star Collector (04:26) 1 Dream World (03:21) 2 Auntie’s Municipal Court (04:04) 3 We Were Made for Each Other (02:25) 4 Tapioca Tundra (03:06) 5 Daydream Believer (02:57) 6 Writing Wrongs (05:08) 7 I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (02:27) 8 The Poster (02:21) 9 P.O. Box 9847 (03:16) 10 Magnolia Simms (03:48) 11 Valleri (02:20) 12 Zor and Zam (02:09) 1 Opening Ceremony (01:11) 2 Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head") (03:04) 3 Ditty Diego – War Chant (01:26) 4 Circle Sky (02:31) 5 Supplicio (00:47) 6 Can You Dig It (03:22) 7 Gravy (00:11) 8 Superstitious (00:07) 9 As We Go Along (03:53) 10 Dandruff? (00:39) 11 Daddy’s Song (02:29) 12 Poll (01:12) 13 Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (02:38) 14 Swami – Plus Strings (05:14) 1 Through the Looking Glass (02:43) 2 Don’t Listen to Linda (02:50) 3 I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (02:43) 4 Just a Game (01:52) 5 Me Without You (02:14) 6 Don’t Wait for Me (02:39) 7 You and I (02:15) 8 While I Cry (03:03) 9 Tear Drop City (02:01) 10 The Girl I Left Behind Me (02:45) 11 A Man Without a Dream (03:04) 12 Shorty Blackwell (05:40) 1 Little Girl (02:00) 2 Good Clean Fun (02:19) 3 If I Knew (02:22) 4 Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye (02:20) 5 Never Tell a Woman Yes (03:47) 6 Looking for the Good Times (02:04) 7 Ladies Aid Society (02:41) 8 Listen to the Band (02:44) 9 French Song (02:25) 10 Mommy and Daddy (02:13) 11 Oklahoma Backroom Dancer (02:36) 12 Pillow Time (02:32) 1 Oh My My (03:02) 2 Ticket on a Ferry Ride (03:30) 3 You’re So Good to Me (02:33) 4 It’s Got to Be Love (02:25) 5 Acapulco Sun (02:55) 6 99 Pounds (02:28) 7 Tell Me Love (02:38) 8 Do You Feel It Too (02:37) 9 I Love You Better (02:28) 10 All Alone in the Dark (02:52) 11 Midnight Train (02:07) 12 I Never Thought It Peculiar (02:28) 1 A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (02:49) 2 She Hangs Out (02:35) 3 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (02:37) 4 All of your Toys (03:08) 5 Goin’ Down (04:24) 6 D.W. Washburn (02:49) 7 It’s Nice to Be With You (02:52) 8 Porpoise Song (Theme From Head) (04:09) 9 Someday Man (02:40) 10 Do It in the Name Of Love (02:07) 11 Lady Jane (02:45) 12 That Was Then, This Is Now (04:02) 13 Daydream Believer (03:02)
	Album: 44 of 45 Title: Good Times! Released: 2016-05-27 Tracks: 13 Duration: 36:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover	1 Good Times (02:46) 2 You Bring the Summer (03:00) 3 She Makes Me Laugh (03:01) 4 Our Own World (02:45) 5 Gotta Give It Time (02:18) 6 Me & Magdalena (03:34) 7 Whatever’s Right (02:00) 8 Love to Love (02:30) 9 Little Girl (02:42) 10 Birth of an Accidental Hipster (03:31) 11 Wasn’t Born to Follow (02:54) 12 I Know What I Know (03:31) 13 I Was There (and I’m Told I Had a Good Time) (02:16)
	Album: 45 of 45 Title: Christmas Party Released: 2018-10-12 Tracks: 15 Duration: 45:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover	1 Unwrap You at Christmas (03:32) 2 What Would Santa Do (03:15) 3 Mele Kalikimaka (02:25) 4 House of Broken Gingerbread (02:51) 5 The Christmas Song (03:40) 6 Christmas Party (03:05) 7 Jesus Christ (02:37) 8 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (03:31) 9 Silver Bells (03:27) 10 Wonderful Christmastime (03:33) 11 Snowfall (02:55) 12 Angels We Have Heard on High (02:48) 13 Merry Christmas, Baby (02:57) 14 Riu Chiu (TV version) (01:30) 15 Christmas Is My Time of Year (03:12)