The Birds The Bees & The Monkees – THE MONKEES****

Dream World/Auntie’s Municipal Court/We Were Made For Each Other/Tapioca Tundra/Daydream Believer/ Writing Wrongs/I’ll Be Back Upon My Feet/The Poster/PO Box 9847/Magnolia Simms/Valleri/Zor & Zam

Fifth and final hit album from the iconic sixties boy band The Monkees. The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees. It includes the chart topping Daydream Believer and US No. 3 Valleri. All their many hits were crammed into a hectic twenty months period. (US:3)

"Though still ultra commercially oriented, they seem to be continuing to drift further and further away from the teenybopper style they became famous for, opting for a more serious sound. It does sound somewhat more mature, but is slightly off the pace of earlier releases in it's songwriting appeal."

"This is a really finely crafted album, with lots of different types of songs - psychedelic, schmaltzy Davy ballads, Mike's country-western-type music, and the peppy pop The Monkees became famous for."

"The Birds The Bees & The Monkees departed from the typical la-de-da pop of their earlier albums, and dived head first into new sounds and styles. There are still the mandatory hokey, Davy Jones sung, lovey dovey songs, but what makes this album different is the maturity and intelligence of the music. This album is one of their best."

"This album was in the nature of an experimental departure from the norm for this most underrated group of their era, and one that has been unfairly maligned in publications such as Rolling Stone as being nothing but a manufactured aberration. Perhaps, at the outset, they were that - but not as time went by. They consistently appeared on the charts with some of the best tunes to hit the airwaves and juke boxes, not to mention record sales, in the late 1960s."

"It's really amazing how many people disregard The Monkees because they were a TV band. This doesn't take away from the fact that the songs are really great, even past the greatest hits collections. Every Monkees album has great songs that not many people have ever heard and The Birds The Bees & The Monkees is no exception. Like every other Monkees album this should be listened to."