Tuesday, May 7, 2024

The Monkees - Changes (1970)


Side A:
1. Oh My My
2. Joanne
3. You're So Good to Me
4. It's Got to Be Love
5. Mama Nantucket
6. Do It in the Name of Love

Side B:
7. The Keys to the Car
8. Do You Feel It Too?
9. I Love You Better
10. The One Rose 
11. Midnight Train
12. Lady Jane

By this point, The Monkees’ label told them that they were contractually obligated to release one more album before they could break up. Michael Nesmith was still a member of the Monkees but wasn't required to attend the recording sessions, so as a result he quit the group. This makes Changes the only Monkees album recorded as a duo after recording two albums as a trio. 

Afterwards, Mike started a country rock band called the First National Band and recorded three albums with them, two of them that year. They included all original songs including some previously recorded with the Monkees, but their first album Magnetic South included some new tracks. I was thinking of replacing the two tracks I already used with both sides of a single they released around this time, but someone said you could improve Changes by including tracks from Magnetic South. Do we really need more of Mike’s country songs on these Monkees albums? 

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