Birds Bees & The Monkees

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Birds Bees & The Monkees
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Artist: Monkees
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1994-09-20
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
  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. I'm Gonna Try [#][*]
  14. P.O. Box 9847 [Alternate Mix][#][*]
  15. The Girl I Left Behind Me [Alternate Take][#][*]
  16. Lady's Baby [Alternate Mix][#][*]

Free Music Notes for Birds Bees & The Monkees

Free Music Review: Monkees Psychadelic Offering
Hit: 5 Stars

Released in May of 1968, this, their fifth album, was released just over a year after their debut album. These days, it is practically unheard of to release albums in such rapid fire manner, but I guess the Monkees wanted to strike while the iron was hot, so strike they did. Given the relatively short timeframe between this album and their debut, this album is a quantum leap ahead for the band, both as artists and musicians. This album is also a departure from their previous albums in that it attempts to re-make the band as a more mature and "legitimate" band, with a majority of the songs on the album either written or co-written by members of the group. As would be expected, Michael Nesmith leads the way with writing credits on 4 songs. Davey Jones follows up with two songs to his credit.

Although the music is tight, the production of the album seems to be less than a group effort. The album lists production credit to "The Monkees", but the liner notes tell a different story. It appears that the individual members of the band separately produced 3 songs each. While this may have contributed to the overall creativity of the individual songs on the album, the overall seems to have suffered, as the album appears to have been pasted together at the last minute. This results in a quite uneven album, with psychadelic songs like "Tapioca Tundra" and "Writing Wrongs" interwoven between somewhat bubblegum songs such as "Daydream Believer" and "P.O Box 9847" (the worst song on the album, in my opinion). While for the most part the songs are great ("Valleri", Tapioca Tundra", and "Writing Wrongs" are my personal favorites), there are a few songs that seem to be reminiscent of their earlier albums, and seem to undercut the Monkees attempts to be seen as a more mature band. These songs; "The Poster" and P.O. Box 9847" don't do the Monkees any favors, and one of the songs "P.O. Box 9847" was written by the team of Boyce and Hart, who wrote most of the groups early material.

In addition to the individual production of the album, there appears to have been significant use of studio musicians on the album. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a matter of debate, but personally, I like the finished product.

A few notes on the CD re-issue, the bonus material on this reissue is a step above some of the other CDs, as all of the bonus material is of pretty good quality, with the exception of "Alvin", which is a Peter Tork throwaway, akin to "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky". However, the relatively short length of the song makes it a little more bearable. The remaining songs are previously unreleased songs, and only one is a remix of a song on the album, so the overall bonus material tends to add to the album, instead of detract. An issue that may only be of interest to me, all of the re-issued CD's have only a band picture on the CD, and no other identifiable markings, other than the obligatory inventory #. I purchased all of the re-issues, and listen to them as a group. However, finding out which CD goes in which case is a harder task than I would like.

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