Changes
Studio album by The Monkees
Released	June 1970
Genre	Rock
Label	Colgems Records
Producer(s)	Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick, Jeff Barry
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Monkees chronology
The Monkees Present (1969) Changes (1970) A Barrel Full of Monkees (1971)

Changes is the ninth studio album by The Monkees. The album was issued after Michael Nesmith's exit from the band, leaving only Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones to fulfill the recording contract they signed in the mid-1960s. Changes was their last new album for Colgems Records. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Colgems Records was a record label which existed from 1966 to 1971. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... George Michael Dolenz, Jr. ... Davy Jones, 1967 Davy Jones redirects here, for other uses see David Jones. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... The Monkees Present is The Monkees eighth album. ... A Barrel Full of Monkees is a compilation album of songs by The Monkees, released in 1971. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942 ) (age 64) in Houston, Texas, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, perhaps best known for his time in the musical group The Monkees and on the TV series of the same name. ... George Michael Dolenz, Jr. ... Davy Jones, 1967 Davy Jones redirects here, for other uses see David Jones. ... Colgems Records was a record label which existed from 1966 to 1971. ...

The album's title had originally been considered for the Monkees's movie (released in 1968), and a song with that title (cowritten by Jones with Steve Pitts) had been recorded. The movie was retitled Head, however, and the song was shelved, remaining unreleased until the 1990s. Head is a motion picture released in 1968, starring TV group The Monkees (in credit order: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith), and distributed by Columbia Pictures. ...

Changes reunited Jones and Dolenz with producer Jeff Barry, who now had his own successful record label, Steed Records. "99 Pounds" was a leftover from a 1967 session, "Midnight Train" (recorded during sessions for The Monkees Present) was featured in CBS-TV reruns of the television show, and "Acapulco Sun" was released as a single in Mexico, becoming a minor hit there. "Oh My My" became the single from the album, but barely scraped the Top 100 in the Billboard charts. As with the earliest Monkees recordings, Jones and Dolenz only provided their vocals, while the backing tracks were provided by session musicians. Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg, 1938, Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Ellie Greenwich (born 1940, Brooklyn, N.Y.) comprised one of the most prolific and successful Brill Building song writing and production teams in the early 1960s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Steed Records was a record label founded by songwriter-record producer Jeff Barry in the late 1960s, which continued until the mid-1970s. ... The Monkees Present is The Monkees eighth album. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

The album appeared in June of 1970, and failed to make the charts. Consequently its initial pressing was limited and original copies are hard to find today. Jones announced shortly after that he was resuming his solo career, but he and Dolenz would release one more single together (before reuniting in 1976, with Monkees producers Boyce and Hart). In the wake of the success of the Monkees' television show being rebroadcast on Saturday mornings by CBS, the duo recorded "Do It In The Name Of Love" and "Lady Jane", in September of 1970. Instead of appearing under the Monkees name on Colgems Records, however, the single was released on Bell Records, the successor label to Colgems, credited to "Mickey Dolenz (sic) and Davy Jones". Boyce & Hart promotional image (Bobby Hart, Tommy Boyce as pictured) Tommy Boyce (born Sidney Thomas Boyce, September 29, 1939, Charlottesville, Virginia; died November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman, February 19, 1939, Phoenix, Arizona) were songwriters best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees. ... First US Bell Records Bell Records was the name of at least four different record companies in the 20th century. ...

Changes was reissued in December of 1986 by Rhino Records, as were all of the original Monkees albums that year, and made a belated entry into the Billboard album charts. Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ...

Jones has stated that Changes is his least favorite Monkees effort, going so far as to comment in the CD version's liner notes: "That was Jeff Barry and Andy Kim doing an Andy Kim album," adding that he had terrible memories of the recording sessions. Dolenz, while not lavishing praise on Changes, said that he was pleased to be invited to record new material. Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg, 1938, Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Ellie Greenwich (born 1940, Brooklyn, N.Y.) comprised one of the most prolific and successful Brill Building song writing and production teams in the early 1960s. ... Andy Kim, born December 5, 1952 in Lala Land, Jupiter, is a pop singer/songwriter. ...

Track listing

1. "Oh My My" (Barry, Kim)
2. "Ticket On A Ferry Ride" (Barry, Bloom)
3. "You're So Good To Me" (Barry, Bloom)
4. "It's Got To Be Love" (Goldberg)
5. "Acapulco Sun" (Albright, Soles)
6. "99 Pounds" (Barry)
7. "Tell Me Love" (Barry)
8. "Do You Feel It Too?" (Barry, Kim)
9. "I Love You Better" (Barry, Kim)
10. "All Alone In The Dark" (Albright, Soles)
11. "Midnight Train" (Dolenz)
12. "I Never Thought It Peculiar" (Boyce, Hart)

CD bonus tracks

1. "Time And Time Again" (Jones, Chadwick)
2. "Do It In The Name Of Love" (Bloom, Goldberg)
3. "Lady Jane" (Bloom, Goldberg)