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Media Type: CD
Artist: MONKEES
Title: HEAD
Street Release Date: 11/15/1994
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Genre: OLDIES
No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: MONKEES
Title: HEAD
Street Release Date: 11/15/1994
Genre: OLDIES
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the soundtrack to the Monkees' only feature film. It only has six songs, the rest of the soundtrack features sound collages assembled by Jack Nicholson, of all people. The songs are all great, it's some of the Monkees most mature work. The sound collages range from a few seconds long to five minutes long, and they are actually fairly interesting. The CD adds six great bonus tracks. On the alternate take of "Ditty Diego", you can hear Jack Nicholson instructing the boys to be "sillier". The alternate "Circle Sky" is the live version featured in the movie. There is a short recording of the other Monkees singing "Happy Birthday" to Mike. The alternate version of "Can You Dig It" features Peter on vocals instead of Micky. The alternate version of "Daddy's Song" features Mike on vocals instead of Davy. The CD closes with a radio advertisement for Head that is an incomprehensible sound collage which makes no mention of the Monkees, or even the fact that Head is a motion picture. With advertising like that, no wonder the movie flopped!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Head" was the last Monkees album to feature all four original members. Guitarist Pete Tork left the band shortly after finishing the album.
Though it's a soundtrack and not a regular album it contains some of the Monkees' finest recordings. Especially the two Carole King songs "Porpoise Song" and "As We Go Along" are outstanding. Also Tork's "Can You Dig it" and Nesmith's "Circle Sky" are Monkees classics.
Only 6 tracks on the original album are actually music. The rest of it is soundclips and dialouge; some of it quite entertaining.
Taken from the sleeve notes Jack Nicholson played a big part in the album's/movie's creation, which sounds to be pretty weird.
The bonus tracks are mostly alternate takes - most interesting is the fine live version of "Circle Sky" recorded in May 1968.
The list of guest musicians is impressive, featuring names like Leon Russell, Bill Chadwick, Dewey Martin, Carole King, Neil Young and Ry Cooder.
Though it's a soundtrack and not a regular album it contains some of the Monkees' finest recordings. Especially the two Carole King songs "Porpoise Song" and "As We Go Along" are outstanding. Also Tork's "Can You Dig it" and Nesmith's "Circle Sky" are Monkees classics.
Only 6 tracks on the original album are actually music. The rest of it is soundclips and dialouge; some of it quite entertaining.
Taken from the sleeve notes Jack Nicholson played a big part in the album's/movie's creation, which sounds to be pretty weird.
The bonus tracks are mostly alternate takes - most interesting is the fine live version of "Circle Sky" recorded in May 1968.
The list of guest musicians is impressive, featuring names like Leon Russell, Bill Chadwick, Dewey Martin, Carole King, Neil Young and Ry Cooder.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Head is the soundtrack album to a true cult classic and underrated film. After the Monkees' TV show was cancelled, the band decided to make a movie that would destroy the Monkees' myth and image. They got together with Bob Rafaelson & Jack Nicholoson, smoked alot of dope and came up with this true gem. The film opens with the killing off the group by having them jump off a bridge. What follows is a stream of conscious film that jumps between scenes at a break neck pace. The soundtrack follows that same style. The album mixes songs with dialogue from the movie and it makes for an interesting and enjoyable listening experience. The songs are all top notch including the psychedelic "The Porpoise Song" which contains sounds from actual porpoises, Mike Nesmith's powerful "Circle Sky", the middle-eastern flavored "Can You Dig It?", "As We Go Along" is the prettiest song the band has ever done, "Daddy's Song" has a vaudevillian feel with good horn play and "Do I Have To Do This all Over Again" is the best song Peter Tork sang lead on for the band. Not what you would expect from the Monkees and it shows that the group were more than just a bunch of hired actors.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Discovery
The music is amazing. I have loved the Monkees since seeing them on reruns growing up, but I had never heard anything from Head before, this was a revalation.
Published 5 days ago by Gina
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nobody ever lends money to man with a sense of humor
Ahhh, Head.
A soundtrack to a very weird film. As a serious Monkees fan, I purchased this soundtrack at a young age and was a bit startled. Read more
A soundtrack to a very weird film. As a serious Monkees fan, I purchased this soundtrack at a young age and was a bit startled. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Natalie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some of their best music
This is the soundtrack to the Monkees movie "Head". It contains some of their best music, songs like "As We Go Along","Porpoise Song" and "Circle Sky". Read more
Published 6 months ago by sibiris
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great...for what it is.
There really isn't much music on here. There is a lot of random snippets of dialog from the movie on here. That is very annoying. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Eric Parsons
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'll always love the Monkees
I had this album recorded on a cassette but my player ate the cassette, so I ordered the CD. I love this CD. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Carolyn
5.0 out of 5 stars
The greatest Monkees album
This is the soundtrack to the Monkees only film, often considered one of the best and weirdest rock films of all time. Read more
Published 13 months ago by F. Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate "Head"
When I was in college a friend of mine had the Rhino re-issue of the original vinyl LP. I had never heard it before and really enjoyed the music, it seemed that the Monkees were... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Hunter777
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a review on the "new" 180-Gram Vinyl 2011 release!
Rhino never ceases to amaze me! This album has NEVER sounded better, I am including any format I own of this "must-have" Original Soundtrack Recording of the cult classic film by... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Kevin Stafford
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Psychedelic Monkees
I always loved this soundtrack Monkees album when I was a kid. I finally bought it on cd and after hearing it again, it is still a classic after all these years. Read more
Published on May 23, 2011 by Kelvin Kettle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Monkees commit suicide and create high art in the process
Head (the movie and the album)could only have been released in 1968. At the time the music culture was navigating that treacherous turn from Teenybopper to Relevance. Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by Ed Kaz
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