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  • Original Release Date: December 2, 2003
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  • Original Release Date: December 2, 2003
  • Release Date: December 2, 2003
  • Label: Rhino
  • Copyright: 2003 Warner Strategic Marketing. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner Co.
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  • Total Length: 1:07:46
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  • ASIN: B00125U25A
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Monkees Best Of May 13, 2003
Format:Audio CD
Rhino Records has released countless Best of collections by The Monkees. From two separate box sets, to several greatest hits collections, they have constantly repacked the band's hits. The Best of The Monkees is yet another such collection. If you are a fan of the Monkees, then there is no real need to buy this collection as you probably have the songs on several different compilations. The only reasons to get this collections is if you are a completist or you want the bonus karaoke disk that contains five songs. If you are a new fan of the band or are interested in sampling their music, then this set is a generous collection of twenty-five songs. The album includes all the Monkees' essential tracks including the mega-hits like "I'm A Believer", "Last Train To Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Daydream Believer", album tracks like "Mary, Mary", "You Just May Be The One", "For Pete's Sake" and "What Am I Doing Hangin' `Round" and lesser known tracks like "Listen To The Band", "Porpoise Song" and "Randy Scouse Git". The album, despite Rhino's recycling, is still a superb collection, because the songs that are included are 60's pop classics.
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66 of 72 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Give these guys more respect! March 31, 2004
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Format:Audio CD
It seems fitting that the first time I heard a Monkees song ("Last Train to Clarksville") was on the way to the Beatles last concert in Detroit on their last tour anywhere in August, 1966.

I remember riding with my big brother on I-94, playing around with radio stations, then hearing that distinctive intro to "Clarksville" on guitar. I dug it right away. I was vaguely aware that NBC was premiering a new series on a rock group, loosely based on the Beatles, to air in the Fall. I thought to myself that if "Clarksville" was any indication of the music we could expect from this prefab group, it should be a pretty good show.

Little did I know, on that trip to see the Fab Four, that they would play their last public appearance in August, 1966. The Beatles had soured on trekking around the globe playing music that couldn't be heard. They were growing restless with their lack of independence and needed a chance to all do some individual soul searching.

I think the enormous popularity of the Monkees can be linked to the changes the Beatles were experiencing in late 1996-early 1967. The Monkees couldn't have asked for better timing. There is no way NBC or the producers of their show could've known that the Beatles were going to stop touring and go into hibernation around the time of the show's premiere. The Beatles' hibernation and their transformation into a more "mature" group of mustache-wearing soul-seekers in 1967 left a huge gap in the teenybopper music market. The Beatles weren't making music for teenyboppers anymore. They didn't look like cuddly, fresh-scrubbed teen idols anymore. The Monkees did.

Unfortunately, the Monkees teenybopper hysteria came at the time when rock started to be taken seriously by critics. Again, the Beatles set the pace with such singles as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and albums like "Sgt. Pepper." "Serious" rock critics looked upon the Monkees with disdain, even though, or maybe because, their records continued to top the charts in 1966-67.

Even though it was common practice for many rock bands in California to have session musicians play on their records, the Monkees were harshly singled out for this. You have to give the Monkees credit for publicly demonstrating their musical abilities by actually "playing" on albums such as "Headquarters" and "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd." They had the sense to know their limitations as musicians, but they played the music they wanted to play with skill and precision.

It's too bad that the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" has continued to neglect the Monkees. They never got the respect they deserved when they were popular back in the '60s, and they still haven't gotten it now that it's been almost thirty-eight years since their TV show first aired. Like it or not, the Monkees are a big chapter in the history of rock music. I credit them for single-handedly doing more to blaze the trail for the music video format they any other band of their time. Their best songs still hold up and stand the test of time. I hope that someday the "serious" critics will give the Monkees the "serious" credit they so rightfully deserve!

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41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Monkees collection gets it right January 31, 2004
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It has been almost 20 years since Rhino Records reissued the original Monkees albums on vinyl. Immediately after this occurrence, the Monkees reunited for their extremely successful 20th anniversary reunion tour. Ten years after that tour, Rhino had given us a box set, rarities collections, a live recording, and the original albums now on compact disc, digitally remastered with bonus tracks. And ever since the Monkees originally disbanded in 1970, there have been numerous 'greatest hits' compilations put on the market. If you are deciding which one to purchase, I would go with this one, slightly favoring it over 1995's "Greatest Hits" (the flower cover).

Why? This CD prominently features selections of the Monkees' finest recorded output that the other disc omits. Songs like "You Just May Be the One" and "For Pete's Sake" from HEADQUARTERS are here, and overall this collection highlights more the music the Monkees made together as a functioning studio unit---and the quality is impressive. (Take that Don Kirshner!)

My only complaint: Rhino chose to delete the two chart hits from the '80s reunion: "That Was Then, This Is Now" and "Heart and Soul." Successful in their own right (the former being a top 20 hit), and for pure nostalgic reasons, I wish these two great pop songs had been kept in the lineup.

I personally prefer the 2-disc set THE MONKEES ANTHOLOGY over any of the 'greatest hits' packages, as it explores fully the wealth of the Monkees catalog, showing how many great songs the band truly created. More hardcore fans should seek out the 4-disc box set MUSIC BOX. And, as with any modern release from Rhino, the sound quality and packaging on all of these collections is superb.

Also included are liner notes by Monkees historian Andrew Sandoval, detailed chart positions, and a colorful collection of photos from the band's heyday. Recommended.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Who doesn't love the Monkees? This has all of their hits and more! Brings back memories of my childhood and the sound is great.
Published 9 hours ago by KRM
5.0 out of 5 stars Monkees junkies unite
If you are as much of a Monkees fan as I am, this album will not disapoint. It has nearly all my favorite songs and I sing along loudly, which annoys my "screamer" son... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Love
4.0 out of 5 stars Like it.
I never owned a collection by Monkees, though I had a few songs from different sets of CD collections. This was a good one for keeping.
Published 27 days ago by Jag
5.0 out of 5 stars Old school
I realized I needed some Monkees in my music library and this album is extensive. Not just the obvious hits, a weel rounded collection.
Published 1 month ago by S. Macdiarmid
5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, hey for The Monkees!
Who doesn't love the Monkees? This album has a lot of the favorite songs! After Davey Jones death, I felt I needed to add this to my collection...In Memory Of!
Published 1 month ago by Caro
5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, Hey! We Are the Monkees!
For all its worth, "The Best of The Monkees" is a very good history of everyone's favorite Pre-Fab Four, and a great legacy to the lads, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole... Read more
Published 2 months ago by B. Strickland
4.0 out of 5 stars awesome release of Monkees songs
What a steal for $2.99! Awesome set of songs.

Was missing "I'll Be Back Upon My Feet," but other than that, great collection! Read more
Published 2 months ago by B P
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want the best of the Monkees, here it is!
Regardless who sang, who wrote, who played, who played live-as they became more proficient, The Monkees are a nice chunk of Americana, and always will be. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Saltek
5.0 out of 5 stars REMEMBER?
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE SIXTIES YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THE MUSIC THIS GROUP PUT OUT. SOME OF THE BEST
Published 2 months ago by Carole K. Johnson
3.0 out of 5 stars What can you say, it's the Monkees!
Guess my brain from yesteryear heard so much more but now realize those favorites that I remembered might have been so much more sentimental to me then than now. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dexipuer
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