With such a vast array of Monkees compilations easily available, another best-of would seem unnecessary. But on closer inspection, Rhino's Best of the Monkees is a superior set, improving on the label's 20-track Greatest Hits released in the mid-'90s. Two songs recorded during the MTV reunion during the '80s -- "That Was Then, This Is Now" and ...
Though this album bills itself The Ultimate Rock 'N Roll Collection: The '60s, it's neither ultimate, nor even that rock & roll; with the possible exception of Tommy James & the Shondells' "Mony Mony," it's a solid and diverse collection of '60s pop. Spanning hits like the Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love," the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl," and ...
Twenty-song collection including all of their big chart hits, as well as key album tracks like "(Theme From) The Monkees" and "Mary, Mary," and the ace B-side "Goin' Down." The slightly more extensive Arista anthology still has the edge, due to the inclusion of two good cuts ("Take a Giant Step" and "She") that are somehow omitted from this Rhino ...
Boyce & Hart, best known as frequent songwriters for the Monkees, were among the more successful West Coast pop/rock composers of the late '60s, also landing some material with other artists and making some records of their own, including the hit "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight." Only six of these 18 tracks were recorded by the Boyce & Hart duo ...
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, ...
It's 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 ...
This disc contains songs and snippets of dialogue from the Monkees' full-length feature film of the same name. Although their Emmy-winning television program had been cancelled in the spring of 1968, the quartet quickly regrouped and, with the assistance of budding actor/director Jack Nicholson, created a 90-minute surreal cinematic experience -- ...
25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits is subtitled "The Ultimate Collection," and it's hard to argue with that claim. It certainly qualifies as the most comprehensive collection on a single disc. The set is an overview of the entire bubblegum movement from the mid-'60s until its nominative demise in the early '70s. It includes most of the key tracks ...
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 wasn't only a commercial juggernaut, it also stands as one of the great debuts of all time, and while the record and the group have ...
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 ...
Oldies but Goodies, Vol. 3 collects 17 memorable pop and rock hits spanning three decades including the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," Lesley Gore's "It's My Party," the Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari," the Penguins' "Memories of El Monte," and Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Equally strong chart-toppers by the ...
Last Train to Clarksville and Other Hits highlights ten singles released in the '60s by the Monkees, including "Mary, Mary," "Porpoise Song," and "Last Train to Clarksville." Although this isn't a bad budget-priced disc, other sets are available with a superior track listing for not much more money. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
In its time, in the mid-'80s, Rhino Records' first volume of its Nuggets series was one of the basic starting points for a collection of mid-'60s psychedelic and garage punk music, and it still holds up for content. Almost everything here is a musical touchstone of the genres, either a major chart hit or an underground classic, and the little that ...
The Monkees were, of course, assembled more for their acting and comedic abilities than any musical ones, and many of their songs were simply disposable vehicles for a huge marketing machine, but the group eventually developed musical aspirations that yielded some strikingly good pop songs, including capable covers of Neil Diamond's "A Little Bit ...
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. ...
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 first disc, running just under 80 minutes and containing 29 songs, ...
One of the better Billboard Top Pop Hits collections, 1967 is nearly as scattered as some of the other volumes of the series but features so many classic songs that it still holds together as an album. Ranging from the mellow hippie pop of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" and the Mamas & the Papas' "Dedicated ...
Casey Kasem's America's Top 10 series often has a step or two on its competing retrospectives, and this 1960s volume is no different. It digs no deeper than the play list of your local oldies station, but packs in the hits and varies the styles with little filler. There are fuzzy rock classics from the Troggs, the Yardbirds, and Shadows of Knight, ...
Jukebox Hits of 1967, Vol. 1 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including the Monkees' "Daydream Believer," Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is," Brenton Wood's "Gimme a Little Sign," the Left Banke's "Pretty Ballerina," and Leslie Gore's "California Nights." Songs by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones, ...
Jukebox Hits of 1968, Vol. 1 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue," Classics IV's "Stormy," Merrilee Rush's "Angel of the Morning," and Henson Cargill's "Skip a Rope." Songs by Ray Stevens, the Mills Brothers, Mama Cass, and the Monkees complete this retrospective of 1968's musical ...
This budget ten-song selection has much to recommend it, kicking off with the Monkees' "I'm a Believer" and featuring such notables as the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," the Troggs' "Wild Thing," and the Young Rascals' "Good Lovin'." Tracks from Tommy James and the Shondells, Percy Sledge, the Righteous Brothers, the Mamas and the Papas, ...
This disc is as strong -- or maybe stronger -- than Volume One, and would command a slightly higher rating, if not for the use of some cover versions of the tracks listed, and a few glaring mistakes in the tracks and credits which are sure to disappoint some purchasers. The Three Stooges' theme music is promising enough, but is done just sloppily ...
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