1. Meet The Monkees - Colgems 1966
Tracks:
1. (Theme From) The Monkees / 2. Saturday's Child / 3. I Wanna Be Free / 4. Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day / 5. Papa Gene's Blues / 6. Take A Giant Step / 7. Last Train To Clarksville / 8. This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day / 9. Let's Dance On / 10. I'll Be True To You / 11. Sweet Young Thing / 12. Gonna Buy Me A Dog / 13. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind (Early) / 14. I Don't Think You Know Me (Alt.) / 15. (Theme From) The Monkees (Early)
Rating : 6
2. More of The Monkees - Colgems 1967
Tracks:
1. She / 2. When Loves Comes Knocking / 3. Mary, Mary / 4. Hold On Girl / 5. Your Auntie Grizelda / 6. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone / 7. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) / 8. The Kind of Girl I Could Love / 9. The Day We Fall In Love / 10. Sometime In The Morning / 11. Laugh / 12. I'm A Believer / 13. Don't Listen To Linda / 14. I'll Spend My Life With You / 15. I Don't Think You Know Me / 16. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) / 17. I'm A Believer
Rating : 8
3. Headquarters - Colgems 1967
Tracks:
1. You Told Me / 2. I'll Spend My Life With You / 3. Forget That Girl / 4. Band 6 / 5. You Just May Be The One / 6. Shades Of Gray / 7. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind / 8. For Pete's Sake / 9. Mr. Webster / 10. Sunny Girlfriend / 11. Zilch / 12. No Time / 13. Early Morning Blues And Greens / 14. Randy Scouse Git / 15. All Of Your Toys / 16. The Girl I Knew Somewhere / 17. Peter Gunn's Gun / 18. Jericho / 19. Nine Times Blue / 20. Pillow Time
Rating : 9
4. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
Tracks:
1. Salesman / 2. She Hangs Out / 3. The Door Into Summer / 4. Love Is Only Sleeping / 5. Cuddly Toy / 6. Words / 7. Hard To Believe / 8. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? / 9. Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky / 10. Pleasant Valley Sunday / 11. Daily Nightly / 12. Don't Call On Me / 13. Star Collector / 14. Special Announcement (*) / 15. Goin' Down (*) / 16. Salesman (*) / 17. The Door Into Summer (*) / 18. Love Is Only Sleeping (*) / 19. Daily Nightly (*) / 20. Star Collector (*)
Rating : 8
5. The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees - Colgems 1968
Tracks:
1. Dream World / 2. Auntie's Municipal Court / 3. We Were Made For Each Other / 4. Tapioca Tundra / 5. Daydream Believer / 6. Writing Wrongs / 7. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet / 8. The Poster / 9. P.O. Box 9847 / 10. Magnolia Simms / 11. Valleri / 12. Zor And Zam / 13. Alvin (*) / 14. I'm Gonna Try (*) / 15. P.O. Box 9847 (*) / 16. The Girl I Left Behind Me (*) / 17. Lady's Baby (*)
Rating : 7
6. Head - Colgems 1968
Tracks:
1. Opening Ceremony / 2. Porpoise Song / 3. Ditty Diego / 4. Circle Sky / 5. Supplicio / 6. Can You Dig It / 7. Gravy / 8. Superstitous / 9. As We Go Along / 10. Dandruff? / 11. Daddy's Song / 12. Poll / 13. Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again / 14. Swami (Plus Strings) / 15. Ditty Diego-War Chant (*) / 16. Circle Sky (Live) / 17. Happy Birthday To You (*) / 18. Can You Dig It (*) / 19. Daddy's Song (*) / 20. Head Radio Spot (*)
Rating : 6
7. Instant Replay - Colgems 1969
Tracks:
1. Through the Looking Glass / 2. Don't Listen to Linda / 3. I Won't Be the Same Without Her / 4. Just a Game / 5. Me Without You / 6. Don't Wait for Me / 7. You and I / 8. While I Cry / 9. Teardrop City / 10. Girl I Left Behind Me / 11. Man Without a Dream / 12. Shorty Blackwell / 13. Someday Man [*] / 14. Carlisle Wheeling [*] / 15. Rosemarie [*] / 16. Smile [*] / 17. St. Matthew [*] / 18. Me Without You [*] / 19. Through the Looking Glass [*]
Rating : 6
8. The Monkees Present - Colgems 1969
Tracks:
1. Little Girl / 2. Good Clean Fun / 3. If I Knew / 4. Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye / 5. Never Tell a Woman Yes / 6. Looking for the Good Times / 7. Ladies Aid Society / 8. Listen to the Band / 9. French Song / 10. Mommy and Daddy / 11. Oklahoma Backroom Dancer / 12. Pillow Time / 13. Calico Girlfriend Samba [#] / 14. Good Earth [#] / 15. Listen to the Band [#] / 16. Mommy and Daddy [#] / 17. Monkees Present Radio Promo [#]
Rating : 4
9. Changes - Colgems 1970
Tracks:
1. Oh My Day / 2. Ticket On A Ferry Ride / 3. You're So Good To Me / 4. It's Got To Be Love / 5. Acapulco Sun / 6. 99 Pounds / 7. Tell Me Love / 8. Do You Feel It Too? / 9. I Love You Better / 10. All Alone In The Dark / 11. Midnight Train / 12. I Never Thought It Peculiar / 13. Time And Time Again / 14. Do It In The Name Of Love / 15. Lady Jane
Rating : 2
10. Missing Links - Rhino 1987 ( 66-70 )
Tracks:
1. Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears /2. If You Have the Time / 3. I Don't Think You Know Me / 4. Party / 5. Carlisle Wheeling / 6. Storybook of You / 7. Rosemarie / 8. My Share of the Sidewalk / 9. All of Your Toys / 10. Nine Times Blue / 11. So Goes Love / 12. Teeny Tiny Gnome / 13. Of You / 14. War Games / 15. Lady's Baby / 16. Time and Time Again
Rating : 6
11. Missing Links Vol 2 - Rhino 1989 ( 66-70 )
Tracks:
1. All the King's Horses / 2. Valleri / 3. St. Matthew / 4. Words / 5. Some of Shelly's Blues / 6. I Wanna Be Free / 7. If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again / 8. Come on In / 9. I'll Be Back up on My Feet / 10. Michigan Blackhawk / 11. Hold on Girl / 12. Crippled Lion / 13. Changes / 14. Mr. Webster / 15. You Just May Be the One / 16. Do Not Ask for Love / 17. Circle Sky / 18. Seeger's Theme / 19. Riu Chiu
Rating : 6
12. Missing Links Vol 3 - Rhino 1990 ( 66-70 )
Tracks:
1. (Theme From) The Monkees (TV Version) / 2. Kellogg's Jingle / 3. We'll Be Back In A Minute / 4. Through The Looking Glass / 5. Propinquity / 6. Penny Music / 7. Tear The Top Right Off My Head / 8. Little Red Rider / 9. You're So Good / 10. Look Down / 11. Hollywood / 12. Midnight Train (Demo) / 13. She Hangs Out (Single) / 14. Shake 'Em Up / 15. Circle Sky (Alt.) / 16. Steam Engine (Alt.) / 17. Love To Love (Alt.) / 18. She'll Be There / 19. How Insensitive / 20. Merry Go Round
Rating : 6
13. Music Box ( 4 CD Box Set ) - Rhino 2001 ( 66-70 )
Tracks:
1. (Theme From) The Monkees / 2. I Wanna Be Free [Fast] / 3. Let's Dance On / 4. Last Train to Clarksville / 5. Take a Giant Step / 6. All the King's Horses / 7. Saturday's Child / 8. Papa Gene's Blues / 9. I Wanna Be Free / 10. Sweet Young Thing / 11. Gonna Buy Me a Dog / 12. I Don't Think You Know Me [First Vers.] / 13. I'm a Believer / 14. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone / 15. She / 16. Mary, Mary / 17. Your Auntie Grizelda / 18. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [Prev. Unissued Extended Vers.] / 19. Of You [Prev. Unissued Mix] / 20. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [Prev. Unissued Extended Vers.] / 21. Sometime in the Morning / 22. When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door) / 23. Do Not Ask for Love [First Vers.] / 24. Valleri [First Vers.] / 25. I'll Be Back up on My Feet // 1. Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You / 2. She Hangs Out [Single] / 3. Girl I Knew Somewhere / 4. All of Your Toys / 5. Love to Love / 6. You Told Me / 7. I'll Spend My Life With You / 8. Forget That Girl / 9. You Just May Be the One / 10. Shades of Gray / 11. For Pete's Sake / 12. Sunny Girlfriend / 13. No Time / 14. Randy Scouse Git / 15. Pleasant Valley Sunday [Single] / 16. Words / 17. Daydream Believer / 18. Goin' Down / 19. Salesman / 20. Door into Summer / 21. Love Is Only Sleeping / 22. Cuddly Toy / 23. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? / 24. Daily Nightly / 25. Star Collector // 1. Valleri / 2. Tapioca Tundra / 3. Dream World / 4. Auntie's Municipal Court / 5. P.O. Box 9847 / 6. Zor and Zam / 7. Carlisle Wheeling [First Version] / 8. Tear the Top Right off My Head / 9. Girl I Left Behind Me [First Version] / 10. Nine Times Blue / 11. Come on In / 12. D.W. Washburn / 13. It's Nice to Be With You / 14. St. Matthew / 15. Porpoise Song / 16. As We Go Along / 17. Ditty Diego -- War Chant / 18. Circle Sky [Live] / 19. Can You Dig It? / 20. Daddy's Song [*] / 21. Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All over Again // 1. Tear Drop City / 2. Man Without a Dream / 3. Through the Looking Glass / 4. I Won't Be the Same Without Her / 5. You and I / 6. While I Cry / 7. Shorty Blackwell / 8. If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again / 9. Smile / 10. Listen to the Band [Single] / 11. Someday Man / 12. Some of Shelly's Blues / 13. Mommy and Daddy / 14. Good Clean Fun / 15. Looking for the Good Times / 16. Steam Engine / 17. I Never Thought It Peculiar / 18. Midnight Train / 19. Oh My My / 20. I Love You Better / 21. Do You Feel It Too? / 22. Do It in the Name of Love - Micky Dolenz / 23. That Was Then, This Is Now - Micky Dolenz / 24. Heart and Soul / 25. MGBGT [Live] / 26. Every Step of the Way [Single] / 27. Oh, What a Night / 28. You and I
Rating : 6
14. Pool It - Rhino 1995
Tracks:
1. Heart And Soul / 2. (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World / 3. Long Way Home / 4. Secret Heart / 5. Gettin' In / 6. (I'll) Love You Forever / 7. Every Step Of The Way / 8. Don't Bring Me Down / 9. Midnight / 10. She's Movin' In With Rico / 11. Since You Went Away / 12. Counting On You
Rating :
14. Justus - Rhino 1996
Tracks:
1. Circle Sky / 2. Never Enough / 3. Oh, What a Night / 4. You and I / 5. Unlucky Stars / 6. Admiral Mike / 7. Dyin' of a Broken Heart / 8. Regional Girl / 9. Run Away from Life / 10. I Believe You / 11. It's My Life / 12. It's Not Too Late
Rating :
15. Good Times - Rhino 2016
Tracks:
1. Good Times / 2. You Bring the Summer / 3. She Makes Me Laugh / 4. Our Own World / 5. Gotta Give It Time / 6. Me & Magdalena / 7. Whatever's Right / 8. Love to Love / 9. Little Girl / 10. Birth of an Accidental Hipster / 11. I Wasn't Born to Follow / 12. I Know What I Know / 13. I Was There
Rating :
16. Christmas Party - Rhino 2018
Tracks:
1. Unwrap You at Christmas / 2. What Would Santa Do / 3. Mele Kalikimaka / 4. House of Broken Gingerbread / 5. The Christmas Song / 6. Christmas Party / 7. Jesus Christ / 8. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day / 9. Silver Bells / 10. Wonderful Christmastime / 11. Snowfall / 12., Angels We Have Heard on High / 13. Merry Christmas, Baby
Rating :
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on Rate Your Music - December 25 - 2005
58 The Monkees - 1966
23 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. - 1967
40 Headquarters - 1967
83 More of the Monkees - 1967
90 Head - 1968
124 The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees - 1968
286 Instant Replay - 1969
319 Present - 1969
467 Good Times - 2016
928 Live 1967 - 1987
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My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. You Told Me ( Nesmith ) Headquarters
2. Pleasant Valley Sunday ( Goffin/King ) Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
3. Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow ( Diamond ) More of The Monkees
4. Iīm a Believer ( Diamond ) More of The Monkees
5. A little Bit Me, a Little Bit You ( Diamond ) Single 66/ Music Box
6. As We Go Along ( King/Stern ) Head
7. Some Time in The Morning ( Goffin/King ) More of The Monkees
8. Sunny Girlfriend ( Nesmith ) Headquarters
9. The Door Into Summer ( Douglas/Martin ) Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
10. Porpoise Song ( Goffin/King ) Head
11. Early Morning Blues and Greens ( Hilderbrand/Keller ) Headquarters
12. Nine Times Blue ( Nesmith ) Headquarters - bonus
13. What Am I Doing Hanging Round ( Lewis/Clarke ) Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
14. Daydream Believer ( Stewart ) The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees
15. When Love Comes Knocking on Your Door ( Sedaka/Bayer ) More of The Monkees
16. You Just May Be The One ( Nesmith ) Headquarters
17. Iīll Spend My Life With You ( Boyce/Hart ) Headquarters
18. For Peteīs Sake ( Tork/Richards ) Headquarters
19. Tapioca Tundra ( Nesmith ) The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees
20. Valleri ( Boyce/Hart ) The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees
21. While I Cry ( Nesmith ) Instant Replay
22. I Donīt Think You Know Me ( Goffin/King ) Missing Links
23. Take a Giant Step ( Goffin/King ) Meet The Monkees
24. Last Train to Clarkesville ( Boyce/Hart ) Meet The Monkees
25. Forget That Girl ( Hatlelid ) Headquarters
26. Shades of Grey ( Mann/Weill ) Headquarters
27. I Canīt Get Her Off Of My Mind ( Boyce/Hart ) Headquarters
28. Mr Webster ( Boyce/Hart ) Headquarters
29. The Girl I Knew Somewhere ( Nesmith ) Headquarters - bonus
30. Daily Nightly ( Nesmith ) Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
31. Of You ( Chadwick ) Missing Links
32. Auntieīs Municipal Court ( Nesmith ) The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees
33. The Poster ( Jones/pitts ) The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees
34. Nine Times Blue ( Nesmith ) Missing Links
35. So Goes Love ( Goffin/King ) Missing Links
36. Love To Love ( Diamond ) Missing Links Vol 3
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