Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: The Monkees Title: Essentials Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rhino / Wea Release Date: 4/10/2006 Album Type: Original recording remastered Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock Styles: Oldies, Psychedelic Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 081227605728 |
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 | The Monkees Essentials Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
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', 'Pleas... more » |
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Album 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'. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsEssentials? Too Many Are Left Out! Steve Vrana | Aurora, NE | 06/26/2002 (3 out of 5 stars) "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." Anything but essentials Jenni | Claremore, oklahoma United States | 10/25/2002 (2 out of 5 stars) "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"" Don't listen to the other reviewers, thsi CD rocks! Jenni | 03/05/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "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."
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