Often people who aren't familiar with the Monkees don't realize the Monkees have a very vast and ecclectic repertoire of music. When people first get into the Monkees, they realize the Monkees have covered a wide variety of musical styles and demensions of techiques. Each Monkees album has its own "aura" and "feeling" to them. The messages in each album are very distinct, and very different from one another. I thought it would be interesting to write a "summary" of what each album is saying. They are written as if the albums have a voice.

This is what the Monkees albums would say, if albums could talk...

The Monkees-- Dear Mom: I recently joined this great new TV show called The Monkees! We get to make music with it too, so hopefully that will turn out well. The producers say they want to hire some writers, but I'm pretty sure we'll be able to play our own instruments. So, far, life has been fun. We've all been rough-housing, and Micky poured a glass of Coke on some guy's head. Not sure who he was. Hopefully no one important. I wonder how this Monkees project and the 60's will play out...

More Of The Monkees-- WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE PRODUCED A SECOND ALBUM?!

Headquarters-- Let's all love each other. I love you. The 60s loves you. Blueberry scented candles love you. Everyone loves you. No one is ever going to hurt us. Not in our sacred, peaceful place of love and understanding. The truth will be known. Our souls will be known. And then there will be beauty, light, and justice. We will fight. We will persevere. We will self-actualize. We are love. Love is power. No one can stop The Monkees!

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones, LTD-- Society has killed The Monkees. We have no souls. They were sold. Let's lay down and die. Everyone hates us. Your mother hates us. I know, she told me she liked Frank Sinatra. We are outselling the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined. If we invented the cure for cancer, they would still say we aren't playing our own instruments. Now would be a good time to do a lot of drugs, consume more alcohal than food, renounce all of our higher values, and sleep with a lot of groupies.

The Birds The Bees And The Monkees-- We're in a... band? What band? Who are the Monkees? Let's decorate ourselves and everything with flowers, love beads, and psychedelic designs to cover up the fact we have absolutely no idea what we are doing, but are certain we'll do something right eventually if we keep experimenting. Michael seems to believe it's the 1920's. Michael also seems to believe there is a place called "Tapioca Tundra". What's most disturbing is I believe him too.

HEAD-- This better work, damn it. This better work.

Instant Replay-- Let's just sit around and do nothing while we mope about why the Monkees phenomenon has completely disintergreated.

The Monkees Present-- The world is going to hell, and we're still at war. The best thing to do in this kind of situation is to join up with a black R&B band to re-invent Monkees tunes. I hate you, Michael Nesmith hates you, and your Mommy and Daddy hate you too. Don't drink the Kool*Aid. Make friends with Kool*Aid.

Changes-- I love you. The kittens love you. And Davy Jones loves you. Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz also love each other. Let's put bows in our hair and go to the boardwalk to play in the bumper cars. Later we can collect sea shells on the beach and watch the sunset.

Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart-- No, we're not type-cast. No, no. No, we're not selling out. No. Sorry for the confusion.

Pool It-- Monkees + 80's = bad tan, bad mullet, bad clothing, bad marriages, and good music. I can't explain this. It is part of the complex demension known as the 80's.

JustUs-- This is a test of the Emergancy Album System. This is only a test, used to determine whether Monkees fans, and other audiences will still listen to Monkees albums. In the event of a real album, the music on this album would be meaningful and enjoyable. Thank you, that is all.