The Best of The Monkees
The Best of the Monkees | ||||
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Greatest hits album by the Monkees | ||||
Released | April 23, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 1966–1969 | |||
Genre | Rock, pop | |||
Length | 1:07:56 | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Andrew Sandoval | |||
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The Best of the Monkees is a Monkees compilation released by Rhino Entertainment. It contains 25 songs from the Monkees' repertoire, listed in chronological order by release date. Also included is a bonus karaoke CD with five tracks. Unlike previous Rhino compilations, this one does not include any material from the 1980s or 1990s reunions, focusing strictly on the band's 1960s output.
The Best of the Monkees replaced The Monkees Greatest Hits, released in 1995 in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary celebration the following year.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated May 17, 2003, at number 51. It spent six weeks on the chart. Following the death of member Davy Jones on February 29, 2012, it re-entered at No. 20 with 17,000 copies sold (up 7,808 percent according to Nielsen SoundScan) for the week ending March 4, 2012. The album has since been certified Gold for selling 500,000 copies.
Track listing
- "(Theme From) The Monkees" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) – 2:18
- "Last Train to Clarksville" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:46
- "I Wanna Be Free" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:24
- "Papa Gene's Blues" (Michael Nesmith) – 1:59
- "I'm a Believer" (Neil Diamond) – 2:46
- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:24
- "She" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:39
- "Mary, Mary" (Nesmith) – 2:17
- "Your Auntie Grizelda" (Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller) – 2:28
- "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Diamond) – 2:15
- "Sometime in the Morning" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:28
- "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" (Diamond) – 2:47
- "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Nesmith) – 2:34
- "Shades of Gray" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 3:21
- "Randy Scouse Git" (Micky Dolenz) – 2:33
- "For Pete's Sake" (Peter Tork, Joey Richards) – 2:10
- "You Just May Be the One" (Nesmith) – 2:03
- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Goffin, King) – 3:15
- "Words" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:51
- "Daydream Believer" (John Stewart) – 2:59
- "Goin' Down" (Hildebrand, Tork, Nesmith, Dolenz, Davy Jones) – 4:23
- "What Am I Doing Hanging 'Round" (Michael Martin Murphey, Owen Castleman) – 3:07
- "Valleri" (Boyce, Hart) – 2:20
- ""Porpoise Song" (Theme from "Head") (Goffin, King) – 4:10
- "Listen to the Band" (Nesmith) – 2:28
Bonus Karaoke CD+G
- "(Theme from) The Monkees" (Boyce, Hart) – 1:25
- "I'm a Believer" (Diamond) - 3:13
- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Boyce, Hart) - 2:49
- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Goffin, King) – 3:39
- "Daydream Believer" (Stewart) – 3:14
References
- ^ The Best of The Monkees at AllMusic
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- Micky Dolenz
- Davy Jones
- Michael Nesmith
- Peter Tork
- The Monkees
- More of the Monkees
- Headquarters
- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
- The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
- Head
- Instant Replay
- The Monkees Present
- Changes
- Pool It!
- Justus
- Good Times!
- Christmas Party
- Listen to the Band
- The Headquarters Sessions
- Music Box
- The Monkees: Original Album Series
albums
- Greatest Hits (Colgems)
- Barrel Full of Monkees
- Re-Focus
- Greatest Hits (Arista)
- Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits)
- More Greatest Hits of The Monkees
- Monkee Business
- Monkee Flips
- Hit Factory
- Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees
- Missing Links
- Missing Links Volume Two
- Greatest Hits (Rhino)
- Barrelful of Monkees: Monkees Songs for Kids!
- Missing Links Volume Three
- I'm a Believer and Other Hits
- Daydream Believer and Other Hits
- The Monkees Anthology
- The Definitive Monkees
- The Best of The Monkees
- Monkeemania (The Very Best of the Monkees)
- Live 1967
- 20th Anniversary Tour 1986
- Summer 1967: The Complete U.S. Concert Recordings
- 2001: Live in Las Vegas
- Extended Versions
- The Mike & Micky Show
- "(Theme From) The Monkees"
- "Last Train to Clarksville"
- "I'm a Believer"
- "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
- "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
- "Daydream Believer"
- "Valleri"
- "D. W. Washburn"
- "Porpoise Song"
- "Tear Drop City"
- "Listen to the Band"
- "Good Clean Fun"
- "Oh My My"
- "Do It in the Name of Love"
- "Christmas Is My Time of Year"
- "That Was Then, This Is Now"
- The Monkees (episodes)
- Head
- 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
- Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
management
- Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story
- Discography
- Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart
- An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour
- The Monkees (book)
- The Monkeemobile
- New Monkees
- Songs
- Category