The Essentials [Original recording remastered]

Monkees

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00006830V
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #277,399 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. (Theme From) The Monkees

2. Last Train to Clarksville

3. I Wanna Be Free

4. I'm a Believer

5. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

6. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

7. Randy Scouse Git

8. Pleasant Valley Sunday

9. Words

10. Daydream Believer

11. Valleri

12. For Pete's Sake

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

2002 compilation featuring 12 remastered tracks, '(Theme From) The Monkees', 'Last Train to Clarksville', 'I Wanna Be Free', 'I'm a Believer', '(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone', 'A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You', 'Pleasant Valley Sunday', 'Words', 'Daydream Believer', 'Valleri', 'Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)' & 'For Pete's Sake'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Essentials? Too Many Are Left Out!, June 25, 2002

By	Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Rhino Records has apparently seen the success of MCA's 20th Century Masters series and decided to get into the act. How else do you explain taking their existing excellent single-disc compilation (1995's 20-track Greatest Hits) and reducing it to twelve tracks and then having the chutzpah to call it "essential"? First of all, it's missing three of their hits ("The Girl I Knew Somewhere," "Tapioca Tundra" and "D.W. Washburn"). Then they include a song by Peter Tork ("For Pete's Sake") and ignore the band's best songwriter, Michael Nesmith ("Papa Gene's Blues," "You Told Me," "You May Just Be the One," "Circle Sky," etc.). [Also, amazon.com incorrectly lists "Randy Scouse Git" as one of the twelve tracks; it is the Goffin/King "Porpoise Song" from the movie Head, instead.] This condensed version of Greatest Hits may save you a few bucks, but with a playing time under 33 minutes it also gives you a myopic view of one of the most successful bands of the mid-Sixties.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Anything but essentials, October 24, 2002

By	Jenni "Vampyre_Blood_Lust" (Claremore, oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews

If something is Essential it is a MUST HAVE like something you have to have and this cd is definatly not a must have. While it stands in my collection the most untouched cd unless i want to play "For petes sake" and amazon says that "randy scouse git" is on this cd but its not don't be fooled. And for some strange reason Rhino put this totally freaky version of "pleasant valley sunday" in which Micky sounds as if he has a terrible cold. And shoot they might as well cut the pictures of Mike off the whole thing i have yet to come accross a song in which Mike sings a single line exept for backing vocals! I strngly suggest you to buy another cd like " Greatest Hits"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the other reviewers, thsi CD rocks!, March 5, 2004

A Kid's Review

The Monkees are arguably the second greatest band from the sixties, behind the Beatles of course. This CD has a wonderful selection of good Monkees songs. I am only twelve, but I love old music. Elvis, Bobby Darin, the Beatles, the Monkees, Jackson 5, James Brown, the Beach Boys, Little Richard, I love 'em all. This is a great Monkees CD so get it.