I'm a Believer: The Best of the Monkees

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Performer: Monkees
Distributor: Phantom Import Distributi

Notes: Although they were a prefab group put together to be a watered-down television version of the Beatles, the Monkees, at least viewed backward through the lens of time, turned out to be a pretty fair pop outfit, and this two-disc overview of their career is the proof of that. From their first single, the infectious "Last Train to Clarksville," to later, more experimental fare like the odd but still fascinating "Tapioca Tundra," the Monkees delivered a pretty impressive legacy of catchy songs, and if many tended to dismiss them back in the day as a media-manufactured joke, it's the Monkees who've had the last laugh. ~ Steve Leggett

One of the most memorable '60s US pop groups, the Monkees were put together by US television producers to play members of a pop band based on the Beatles. They were critcized as a pre-fabricated outfit, but the passage of time has left behind much of the critical drubbing, leaving in its place some great, catchy pop music. By the late '60s HEADQUARTERS, BEES & THE MONKEES, and their musical/cinematic classic HEAD, showed a proper band writing, recording, and producing their own records while garnering commercial and critical success. Michael Nesmith went on to pioneering work in country-rock and music video, while the rest of the band reunited periodically over the years to the delight of an unflagging fanbase.

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