Headquarters

mr dobalina sample... what, what? hahha 1:33 is alot of Monkeys, undeniably important in the landscape tho....

Enjoyed the early rocking sounds

Much better than I expected for a manufactured band coming up with their own stuff for the first time.

Fun 60’s music!

Solid for what it is. “Zilch” went crazy

fun

3,5

First time listening to it. Some good songs, must give him at least, a couple of more turns

I have high hopes for today’s album. I haven’t heard a lot by The Monkees, but Daydream Believer was one of my favourite songs as a child. It isn’t on this album, but if the music here is remotely similar then I reckon today should be a pleasant listen. Let’s find out! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: For Pete’s Sake, Randy Scouse Git I did enjoy this, but I wanted to enjoy it more than I did. The genres span an interesting area of 60’s rock throughout the album, but it just unfortunately just wasn’t as well done as a lot of other bands of the era. The vocal harmonies stood out as pleasant, and there were certainly some songs here that were very good, but the album as a whole just didn’t really captivate me like I wanted it to.

a bit archival for me. they were fun on TV . somehwat unmoved, every time i listen - except ofr "im a beleiver" - rocks.... and I like a bit of twangie light boyish playfulness ... somehow there's no "glue" for me.

I’ve got the first 3 Monkees albums on vinyl & this would have to be my least favoured of the 3. Mainly because the first 2 were stacked with hits, mainly written by well-known songwriters and the backing was largely done by musos-for-hire. But as the band prepared for this album, they refused to do it unless they were given more control. So half the songs here were written by band members & they go to great lengths on the back of the record cover to point out that, except for some cello, french horn & occasional brass, they themselves were the actual musicians. Back in the day, I only knew 2 of the songs here, because the only Monkees you heard on the radio were the singles, and the only 2 singles here were Nesmith’s You Just May Be The One & Dolenz’s Randy Scouse Git, which was released in Australia as Alternate Title(Randy Scouse Git). In the UK it was just called Alternate Title, because the phrase Randy Scouse Git was considered rude, even though you could hear Warren Mitchell’s character Alf Garnett use it every week in the TV series Till Death Do Us Part, as he abused his Liverpudlian son-in-law. I was also vaguely familiar with Nesmith’s Sunny Girlfriend, only because I have the cover single by Pam &The Passions (1984). Pam was Pam Burridge & at the time she was going out with the late Damien Lovelock, who produced & played on that single. Pam would go on to be Australia’s first female world surfing champion in 1990. And it was only a few years ago, when I decided to give the record a spin that I discovered that the throwaway track Zilch was obviously the inspiration for Del Tha Funkee Homosapien’s 1991 hit single Mistadobalina, which in years to come may be the main thing this album is remembered for. Interestingly, No Time sounds a lot like CCR’s Travellin’ Band (not released until 1970). It’s mentioned in the Wiki entry for Travellin’ Band , as is the fact that CCR had to settle a plagiarism claim with the publishers of Little Richard’s Good Golly Miss Molly in 1972 because they believed Travellin’ Band had ripped off that classic. Personally, I reckon the opening track, Nesmith’s You Told Me (which opens with great banjo by Tork) sounds a helluva lot like The Beatles’ Dr Robert off Revolver, released 6 months before The Monkees album was recorded. It’s interesting to note from the compilations I own, how the tracks on Headquarters have been regarded by their record companies over the decades since it’s release. In ‘76 Arista released an 11-track Greatest Hits with only one track from this album - Shades Of Gray; three years later, in ‘79, Glenn A. Baker was behind a double album, 40 Timeless Hits, which included Shades Of Gray, Randy Scouse Git & For Pete’s Sake ( this was around the time that Baker had a show on 2JJ & was often heard to claim that The Monkees were a better band than The Beatles); in ‘89, Arista released a 16 track self-titled CD that included You Just May Be The One, Shades Of Gray & Randy Scouse Git; & in ‘95, Rhino released a 20-track Greatest Hits CD with just Randy Scouse Git on it.

Good album, but like most older rock it all kinda sounded the same

Felt like I was taking drugs in a good way

I’m a sucker for the sixties but it was kinda meh Top Tracks: 1) You Told Me 2) I’ll Spend My Life With You 3) Forget That Girl

Some great stuff, though it’s still all about the first two records to me.

Can’t get past their origins as TV actors.

Odd to find on this list, but interesting in parts.

Heard before. Listened to the deluxe version. Wellll, I'm not sure. I think I liked it more the first time I heard it, but this time... One thing I like though is when they horse around, that's what I like about the Beach Boys too. + Forget That Girl + Band 6 + Zilch (best one for Mr. Dobalina)

New album for me (only have a copy of a greatest hits album). Difficult album to rate. I listened to it 3-4 times. I am not so bothered with the Beatles references even though the opening song is overdoing it a bit. In fact, as expected, there are some very nice songs on it, but perhaps a couple too many that are less special and have this 3-stars feel. overall score: 3 stars.

Beatles-like, with a few songs that can match that level plus some less noteworthy stuff.

Wasn’t what I was expecting. A solid 60s album, an easy listen

Better than expected

More than half of the tracks are generic 60s boy band stuff about girls. A few songs stand out due to their more contemplative mood, a different sound, and less cliche lyrics.

It's not their best album, but they have so e jams on there. Makes me miss the TV show.

I assume this album made the list because it was the first time the Monkees got to play their own instruments. And yeah, they're not virtuosos but they're not bad. I think we forget that the majority of humans can't play an instrument worth a lick (myself included), so even average professionals are still well above average. And they could still sing. Overall it was a fun album devoid of any really big tunes (though You Told Me, You Just May be the One, I Can't Get Her Off My Mind, No Time, and Randy Scouse Git were all very solid...and very 60's pop) but also devoid of any true clunkers (even Zilch was kind of cheeky fun). Good for the Monkees to show they could do their own thing and not suck.

Genres: Pop rock Formed: LA, US in 1966 (Manufactured) Run time: songs, min, sec The third album by the American group. It was the first album on which the group members made substantial songwriting and instrumental contributions. For background the Monkeys were created for a TV show of the same name. The four members of the group were nothing more than puppets, miming along to performances. The vocals and instruments were performed by session musicians. This was despite the fact the four were all capable musicians. Spotify: Least popular song: >31k Most popular song: >2.9M plays. Although there are a couple of tracks with millions of plays, most are only 1-2k. 5. “I Can't Get Her Off My Mind” is a love song. 10. "Sunny Girlfriend" is an upbeat and positive song. It was written and sung by Mike Nesmith. 12. “No Time” was written by all four members and sung by Dolenz. The Monkey of the TV series was fronted by Davy Jones. I prefer songs like this one with Dolenz taking the lead. This particular song reminds me of 50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll and I can imagine it being sung by Little Richard. 14. "Randy Scouse Git" is written and sung by Dolenz. The song is about a chaotic part, where the narrator is trying to impress a girl. It contains waves of mania and calm. 17. "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You” is a Neil Diamond song. It is the perfect song for the Monkeys to perform. Many of the tracks are nothing special. The deluxe version of the album seems to contain more fluff than the original. I can’t imagine why anyone would have thought that was a good idea. This may have been an important album for the group, getting away from their manufactured origin. A couple of tracks on this album are good and I enjoy many other Monkeys tracks, but particularly this album does not do it for me. Listen Again?: No My Rating: ***

Solid but uninteresting. 2.5

Hey Hey I've always misjudged this band despite having a friend who was way into all their stuff and swore to me there was pop brilliance behind all the bubblegum shenanigans. I already have music I prefer that fills this particular niche for me, however, having listened to this record I can hear that my friend was not entirely wrong. I would've had to have had to encounter them with an open mind when I was much younger for them to have stuck.

A Monkees album with some kick - they really let it rip with some of the guitar parts here, an unexpected surprise for a band that always seemed keen to stay in the lines instrumentally. Got me wondering what could’ve been if some of these more mainstream 60s bands had indulged in some heavier guitar tones.

They were moving, they were grooving

Ouh ouh

Solid

On dirait un composite de plein de groupes, en particulier The Beatles, ce qui est flagrant. Par contre, n’ont pas à rougir de la comparaison, très efficace et entraînant

Kind of an interesting historical foot note as the #2 album when Sgt. Pepper's came out. But obviously one is a classic and the other is not. I'll be nice and give it the 3. It's not unpleasant, but it's basically background music at best.

To me, very cool that the Monkees finally learned to play and perform their instruments so they could ghost write the Beatles an album after Revolver. Although this leans back towards more towards Rubber Soul so I see why they went and did Sgt Peppers instead.

why listen to the beatles when you can listen to someone doing a beatles impression?

3.5, some good tracks albeit very 60s/love song theme to it. (Randy scouse git, no time, for petes sake)

Another good example of an album that listening to the original is a completely different experience than listening to an extended version. It is long and it gets boring. I wish Spotify would bring back the original albums...

Does what it says on the tin really. Unfortunately wasn't able to source a non-extended version so it's more difficult to judge, but this is more or less what I expected. It's OK but it's not about to set my world on fire.

Its surprisingly not as bad I thought. Sure, it's obvious from the first track they stole ideas from the Beatles and Byrds but are far less creative or melodically interesting. But it's catchy and has a different style which each song, a good reflection of mid 60s pop. This is the album where the Monkees start writing their own songs. And although they don't produce anything mind blowing, at least I can acknowledge they put in the effort with how diverse the sound is. It's my type of music, with optimistic jangly guitars and harmonic vocals, so I'm a bit biased. If this were a previous album, I'm sure I would have dismissed most of it as filler besides the hit tracks. Favorites: Forget that Girl, For Pete's Sake, Mr Webster, Randy Scouse Git

Kan dit best waarderen, maar zou het uit mezelf nooit zomaar aanzetten.

Deze band wordt altijd weggezet als een gimmick, maar ik moet zeggen dat ze in bepaalde nummers toch wel aardig dicht bij de vroegere Beatles sound komen! Lang niet alles is even boeiend, en al die extra's en demo's maken het niet echt een coherent geheel. Maar al met al toch nog best goed te hebben.

Pretty generic, inoffensive 60's pop rock. It is very much modeled after The Beatles and some of the melodies and harmonies are actually pretty good. There just wasn't much memorable about this album, and I don't think I'd revisit it.

There they are, they say they're The Monkees

Wanting to prove themselves as a bonafide rock and roll band as opposed to teenyboppers propping up the flagpole abandoned by The Beatles, The Monkees set out to establish their headquarters and mark their own territory with wholly original materials and some nods towards the left-field that would rear its head later. On the whole, while not totally remarkable, it is impressive for a band that seemed real on the outside but not inside to just completely fill up the inside portion of the image and start becoming who they wanted to be. Sure, they may have been seen as the butt of most jokes but, on Headquarters, The Monkees implore you to start taking them seriously. I say mission accomplished. Fun fact: while listening, the beginning portion of Zilch began and I swore my streaming service began randomly playing "Mistadobalina" by Del the Funkee Homosapien and it didn't take long to realize that Del had sampled The Monkees. Funny how that works, huh? Favorites: You Told Me, I'll Spend My Life With You, You May Just Be the One, Shades of Gray, Sunny Girlfriend, Zilch, No Time, Randy Scouse Git.

It's mediocre at best. Sounds dated for being from 67 and The Beatles have released awesome albums like Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that blows this out of the water. It's not a bad album but it's not that exciting.

This was a grower for me and I even listened to the full 1hr 30 or whatever it was. At first I found it a little irritating and then I felt I got it more. A few creepy songs about girls and sisters but I guess that was the norm at the time

Surprisingly good. I don't know much about the Monkees except they were off a TV show and in the Simpsons Marge had a Monkees lunch box and some horrible kid said to her 'you know they aren't even a real band', it was really sad.

I actually liked this quite a bit more than I thought I would! Kinda had some surf rock Beatles with an early punk vibe to it. Huge points for having mister dobalina on here as well. Now excuse me while I go cry to “shades of grey”.

Really good in parts, lyrically it’s a bit sus!

It’s interesting and maybe predictable that once the made-for-TV Monkees escaped the clutches of the record company, they would put out an album that was less commercial, more acoustic and psychedelic than their first two releases. The only song I recognized was “Shades of Gray” and the Bob Dabolina sample in “Zilch”. The chaotic chorus in “Randy Scouse Kit” gives the song a proto-punk feel. It’s hard to imagine it almost topping the UK pop Charts. At first, I thought the LP sounded a bit retro for ’67, comparing it to say, Sargent Pepper, but looking at ’67 releases by The Byrds, The Electric Prunes and The Who-Sell Out, it is another interesting nugget from a time when the musical landscape was rapidly changing.

I was a little surprised to see the Monkees on this list: one of the earliest examples of a manufactured boy band, they’ve been derided and slighted by many a “serious” music listener since their conception. The band were bred in the laboratory of the US’s TV industry, to contend with the Beatles’ effortless charisma in “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!”. The style was there, but the substance was not. After spending several years goofing around in their own TV show without playing or writing any of their own music and becoming increasingly disillusioned, “Headquarters” marks the moment they dispatched their manager Don Kirshner and took control themselves. It’s hardly a triumphant story of rock and roll legend, because it’s undermined by these songs not being out-and-out classics. “Headquarters” lacks any of the seismic singles which have allowed the Monkees to endure into present day: no “Daydream Believer”, “I’m a Believer”, “Last Train to Clarksville”. It is, however, a modest success. On first listen, I heard no merit in most of the by-the-numbers tracks and was all ready for a dismissive two-star write up. When they aren’t aping the Beatles, the Monkees shoot for the Kinks with toe-curling music-hall (“I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind”) or the Zombies with snoozy baroque-pop (“Shades of Gray”). Later, the band’s stagey roots sprout up to the fore with “Zilch”, which comes off as some kind of tongue twister warm-up exercise from stage-school hell. But it’s unfair of me to trash every single 60’s band on account of not being the Beatles. In truth, there are some standout, glistening melodies here. “You Just May Be The One” and “Sunny Girlfriend” sparkle with sunshine - feel-good hits with amazing choruses - while “Mr Webster” shows off some sophisticated chord progressions and stands up as a competent character study piece. And finally, “Randy Scouse Git” is full of rage and pent-up frustration, seemingly the band letting loose in their newfound freedom. When told by their label that UK listeners would take offence and they’d need an alternate title, they begrudgingly released it as “Alternate Title”. That raised a smile.

Nothing wrong with the music, wki said it was released same period as Sgt. Peppers, that one is still standing firm, this one is average, so 3*

This album doesn't contain any of their big hits (as far as I'm aware); some tracks sound like The Beatles, while others are a bit country and western in style, with a couple of very experimental tracks thrown in. Interesting.

Hey, hey now! Hey, hey, now, now!

mocked by hippies

Childhood memories flooding back. Couldn't possibly get through the 1000 songs on this though.

Un bon beetles cover band 3

Well what a coincidence that this was today’s album. Definitely not their best hits but by second listen I was liking it more.I’ve always really liked the last track which I knew as Alternate Title. All in all a nostalgic 3*

Collection of inoffensive mid-60s pop/rock songs without anything special to make them stand out. 2.5/5

3.3 - Some pleasant pop compositions though they mostly come across as pale imitations of the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Also, the production and vocals overall sound thin and wimpy, perhaps done intentionally to appeal to 12 year old teenie boppers. "Zilch" is one interesting a cappella aside with some rhythmic spoken word interplay, most notable for the "Mr. Bob Dobalina" refrain that was later copped by Del the Funky Homosapien. I also like the last two tracks "Early Morning Blues And Greens" and "Randy Scouse Git."

Was pleasantly surprised by this. First few songs really weren't a style I could be bothered listening to and nearly tapped out. Glad I pushed through, there were plenty of nice tracks. Bit too cheesy to make any real impact on me. 3/5

A couple of shining lights amongst what I found to be a mostly throwaway, if cute and inoffensive, list of tracks. A really nice ballad in Mr. Webster just pipped to the post late in the game by my fave track: Randy Scouse Git Two and a half.

It’s enjoyable but someone pointed out that it was released a month before Sgt Pepper and that month sounds a decade different.

3/5 Although I didn't hate this, I prefer the real Beatles more. This album felt like was just parodying another band, cause it was. It felt bubble gum and watered down, like what would be used in a soundtrack in a B movie if they didn't have the budget for the Beatles royalties. It was a meh for me.

Urgh. The Spotify version had 36 tracks and after 26 of them I'd frankly had enough. This is okay but as seems the theme lately, is not to my taste. Mediocre to me and so a strictly average rating.

It may not be very "good" but it sure is happy and fun dammit!

I enjoyed this album. It’s a relic of the 60s. 3.5 stars

интересный альбом. местами звучит максимально обыденно и привычно, словно я слышал такую музыку сотни раз, местами происходит что-то необычное (возможно дело в том, что это deluxe) один из прикольных экспериментов: Zilch а вот Midnight Train мне очень отдает русской музыкой, что-то типа Высоцкого (напр. Лекция о международном положении) и ещё хочу сказать, НУ КАК ЖЕ МНОГО ПРО ЛЮБОВЬ. я прям вспомнил недовольства Феди и внезапно для себя их пережил. не могу сказать, что весь альбом стоит внимания, но отдельные работы хороши

Ммм... это было что-то интересное. По крайней мере, изначально мне сначала казалось, что я получу альбом классических поп-песен 60х. Иногда так и было, но! Здесь были довольно экспериментальные вещи, которые... сходу не придумаются. Например, Zilch: чуваки начитывают текст в несколько голосов одновременно. Это какое-то речитативное многоголосие получилось даже... Всё это конечно же сопровождалось корявым звуком, но это было интереснее слушать, чем, например, "летающие буррито". Ещё здесь басист делает что-то интересное, пытается в мелодии, а не в "том-том-там-там". Альбом конечно середняк-середняком все равно остаётся. Но рекомендуется послушать фанатам эпохи 60-х: есть узнаваемый стиль эпохи, но он по своему дополнен экспериментами.

Надо было бы норм альбомчик без делюхов на площадках иметь отдельно, ибо это кек конечно. А так ну 3

Catchy middle of the road pop from the 60s. Fun, but nothing mind blowing.

3+ This was fun.

Best: You Just May Be The One Worst: Pillow Time

decent background music, i like the glockenspiel(?) in Ill Spend My Life With You but its not anything crazy good (looked it up and apparently its a celeste, not a glockenspiel)

Hey hey, it's the Monkees! Very much sounding of the era it was recorded, but perfectly pleasant and sunny.

Some interesting ideas in here but my brain didn't have the space to sift through them all, so this ended up feeling more like random songs than a cohesive album. Nicely psychedelic in places, but it put me in mind of Bowie's Laughing Gnome at various moments. Probably worth another listen at some point, but must admit I felt more at home when the deluxe edition launched into the Spanish version of 'Hey Hey...'. 2.5 stars.

Such an interesting history and background, given the television program, the musicians being actors and vice versa, so it's a different context here. I watched the series as reruns when I was a kid in the 70s. Setting aside all that to listen to the album -- and I don't recall ever owning or listening to any of The Monkees' albums -- it's good pop music that's very much appropriate for pop music of the time. It doesn't stand out to me as anything special, but I get how the group and album are considered important with the commercial success of the show and group, and the cultural setting in which it all happened. Listening to this album did help me appreciate the band members' musical abilities. Mike Nesmith writes and performs really well, and Micky Dolenz has a cool voice that stands out a bit.

Perfectly pleasant pop pieces.

Came into this one pretty skeptical of the merits of the Monkees. If you get past the fact that they ripped the Beatles unabashedly, you can find some redeeming qualities on this album, and some generally solid songs. It’s also somewhat impressive how they fought to gain control of their music and legacy, a true stepping stone for artistic/creative control. So although not musically groundbreaking, it’s quality era-specific music. I’d still take an album of Ringo tracks though.

This Beatles album is ok but they have better ones. FIVE STARS BABY, THE DEL SAMPLE!!! I like the first song and the last one! Everything in between is ok to trash! Kind of gives Grateful Dead vibes but if they didn't go further than like 3 minute pop songs, all the Dead without the drugs! Also heavy Beatles energy!

Monke

It's always a toss-up with these '60s band albums, so I'm really glad this was closer to The Beatles than it was to late '60s The Kinks or any of those folk rock groups. Fun, energetic music that's nothing too special, but makes for a good way to spend 30 minutes. Standout tracks were Forget that Girl, Mr. Webster, and honestly? Zilch.

Helt okej!!

this is actually pretty good. 3.5 stars

Cute

I am not really sure why this album is on this list but it was relatively easy to listen to and a bonus for only having a 30 minute run time. In the end it is just very simple music that is light and fun. They aren't trying to do anything deep and or meaningful and I think that self-awareness counts for something.

This was good fun, but not very memorable. Scouse Git is still great, but the rest are a bit of a blur. I think if I was going to pick a Monkees album I’d go for a best of over this, even though it’s a cop out. Interesting it was a contemporary of Sgt Pepper.

As someone who is fairly ignorant on The Monkees except for a few songs here and there, I was interested to give this a listen. I wouldn't say it blew me away, but it was a fun, happy, easy listen. On this album, the band being influenced by The Beatles is apparent, but what I love is that they're more approachable than The Beatles. Though somewhat a product of the 60s, I really appreciate how concise and straightforward the songs on this album are. They're full of heart and "Randy Scouse Git" is my favorite Monkees song, and it was welcomed to hear this banger as the album closer. It just jolts you out of the comfort of the rest of the album and gets you moving and jamming. In mentioning what seems to be inspiration from The Beatles, it bears mentioning that this is the song that most closely captures the "weird" and "random" side of The Beatles. Another new to me song that really stood out was "You May Just Be the One". I loved the cadence of the song and the harmony going on.

I'm very curious about the process that led to this album cover. Aside from being the antithesis of cool, it doesn't disguise the normalness of the Monkees—at a time when the wind was blowing counter-culture. Fine, Jangle-pop overlaid with melodic singing was tried and proven at this point. But...you know...talk about freezing a moment. Interesting, Wiki tells me that this was the first album that the band had a creative control over. It doesn't not work, but it seems rather unambitious. But then, it doesn't seem to be looking for a bandwagon to hijack either, so that's something. And the facts don't lie – it was a hit album. Perhaps young adults just functioned differently 55 years ago.

The train had left the station by this point, and everyone was left standing around munching on the Beatles' dust

кажется не слышала их раньше, но по результатам одного дня ощущение только битлов для бедных

Such an era defining sound. I wouldn't normally like it but it made me feel happy - and that's alwasy good.

Very nostalgic listen for me on this one as I watched their tv show as a child and can remember the neighborhood kids debating the relative musical merits of the group. Nothing really special about this album but considering they were a group of guys just tossed together for a faux Beatles-like tv production, they managed to find a sound unique enough to distinguish themselves in the era. As an aside Mike Nesmith went on to become a successful singer/songwriter and Grammy winner.

Esattamente come mi immagino un album dei Monkees. Speravo in un qualche guizzo

Meh. It's just the Beatles D sides.

Well I don’t really like the idea of a “fake band” that the monkees brought to the scene especially that it was for shallow corporate reasons but the album itself is pleasant if not a little forgettable at places until zilch which is just wired. Rest is ok though 3/5.

I had heard of The Monkees before, and knew that they were America's answer to The Beatles and had a TV Show, but never delved into their stuff too much. Apparently this was the first album where the label allowed them to create their own music instead of regurgitating music that was created for them, so with that in mind, there is some experimentation here, and some of it feels a bit unpolished. You can hear how they were very similar to The Beatles, and can also hear inspiration from the likes of Chuck Berry and Simon & Garfunkel. Spotify links to the Deluxe version of this album, which has a bunch of stereo remixes of songs as well as some demo stuff from the recording studio, and a few stand alone singles. I didn't mind this album, you can see what they were driving at, but it just didn't wow me, and it wasn't refined and groundbreaking like The Beatles, more of a parody of sorts. Favourite songs: 99 Pounds, No Time, For Pete's Sake (Closing Theme), Sunny Girlfriend, Randy Scouse Git, Mr. Webster, All of Your Toys, She Hangs Out, Nine Times Blue, Love to Love, You Can't Tie a Mustang Down Least favourite songs: Zilch, Pillow Time, Band 6, Early Morning Blues and Greens, If I Learned to Play the Violin, Peter Gunn's Gun 3/5

It was completely fine. 2.5 stars/5. Favorite track: Sunny Girlfriend

Interesting harmony with the voices, but not my favorite

Ok. This has a surprising number of high points. The Peter Tork song, For Pete’s Sake seems like such a signature sound for the Monkees. The Mike Nesmith songs are pretty good, but less fun. You can see he takes himself too seriously. Besides that, the first song, You Told Me is a blatant Beatle ripoff. Obviously the whole group is based on the Beatles, but if Mike Nesmith wanted to be recognized for his own work and have the Monkees seen as more than a caricature of the Beatles, that’s not the best way to do it. I liked the other songs the four of them did together, as they seemed to capture something of the humor and whimsy that the group had naturally, while also taking things in the psychedelic direction that they, and music in general, were heading.

Never listened to an album from The Monkees before and this is a lot cooler than I thought it would, sure it's got the very classic British pop vibes you'd expect from the late 60s but there's something a bit weirder and stranger on a lot of the tracks rather than the just straightforward pop songs I was expecting. The Monkees seem cool

Ok album

Den gamle pop-rock, en smule Beatles-vibe, korte sange, simpel lyrik, catchy

I like the harmonies and the uplifting nature of each song, but overall the music is very average for the 60s considering all that came from that decade.

Entertaining album without any real highlights or anything that make it hard to give more than the usual 3 stars

Beatles if they weren't great.

Solid 60's rock - cool to see an old TV band get creative freedom to write their own music and actually do well with it. 3.5

Nothing wrong with a little Monkees. Not quite sure it belongs on this list, but it's a decent album with a few more original songs than their previous albums. Kind of when The Monkees started coming into their own I guess. At their best, they sound like a more bubble gum version of the Zombies. 3 stars.

What I knew of this album was Zilch, as this was sampled years later, and from that and it's reputation, I was expecting an album of wild experimentation - this is definitely not that. It's a pop band trying to go 'serious'. It is pleasant, but largely unexciting, with the exception of Randy Scouse Git, which is great, if a little derivative of Ray Davies. Like a post Disney Miley Cyrus record, I respect the move, even if I wouldn't bother with a whole album of it.

it was okay, not the best, not the worst.

I was surprised at the diversity of styles on this album. The weird talking just distracts and detracts but there are some nice songs here.

still a Beatles clone definitely enjoyable

For all the grief they took for being "prefab" during their time, the Monkees were actually a pretty talented group of performers. These songs are a testament to that, with some really charming, well-produced and highly listenable pop confections. This is an especially fun album if you're only familiar with the Monkees' hits, lots of surprisingly interesting stuff. You can hear shadows of the Beatles and the Byrds and everything in between in these songs. But we never entirely hear who the Monkees are. I genuinely like many of the songs here. The musicianship is solid, with some lovely melodies and beautiful guitar work. The vocals are crisp and spot on. But in the end it all just feels a little hollow. I think "Zilch" really made that point for me. It's an empty headed obverse of other musical experimentation going on at that time, made by far better bands. I had heard the song before, presumably on the TV show, but for some reason it bugged me today. Fave Songs: Randy Scouse Git, For Pete's Sake, I'll Spend My Life with You, You Told Me, You Just May Be the One

You know it's another Beatles riff off when it's a '60s boy band with a misspelled animal name as a band name.

I like the Monkees. I was the right age for when their show had a revival, and I honestly liked the show and their music. I may have only listened to some compilation and greatest hits albums, and I know I've never listened to Headquarters. Three tracks from this album are added to my personal playlist ("You Just May Be the One", "For Pete's Sake" and "Randy Scouse Git"), all of which I've heard before. "You Just May Be the One" is one of my all-time favorite Monkees songs, and for me is an example of what Michael Nesmith had to offer as a songwriter and a performer. Headquarters is an interesting mix of music, considering the history of what it took to get an album that the Monkees could actually record on their own. There is a tinge of country (which I believe is due to Nesmith) and a couple tracks that have some of the experimentation that you might have expected from this album ("Band 6", "Zilch"). Surprisingly there is a track that sounds very much like a Davy Jones (not necessarily a 'we're the Monkees and we're going to record what we want') song ("I Can't Get Her Off My Mind"), and a generic pop track that sounds like a low energy filler on the show ("Forget That Girl"). I liked hearing the whole album, but the final product is uneven in energy and musical styles.

Fine.

ehh? My reaction went from "aw jeez, i don't need to hear the Monkees" to "ok this is different..." to "yeah i'm just not that interested in this." I mean, it's fine - it's truly not bad at all, just that i think 60s pop music like this doesn't hold my interest for very long. Each song is kind of quirky and fun and I suppose "Randy Scouse Git" might be my favourite; it's almost like a very early period Who song. I'd say if you like 60s pop (I've seen this labeled as psychedelic but i don't agree) this might be up your alley. I'll give it a soft 3 seeing as nothing made me turn it off (what an endorsement eh). n.b. I had no idea that "Mr Dobalina" came from the Monkees (catchy Del Tha Funky Homosapien early 90s hiphop hit) 5/10 3 stars.

I sometimes think of the Monkees as an inferior version of The Beatles, which probably isn't fair, but I couldn't stop thinking about it as I listened to this album.

I am too young to have known much of The Monkees, I just assumed they were a shitty band trying to capitalize on Beatlemania, but seems I'm half right. It was an interesting Wikipedia read to see that they were originally a made-for-tv band for a sitcom, which over time morphed into a real thing due to the band members feeling like they were duping people. I can respect the drive to want to be their own thing and not just letting other musicians play their music behind closed doors. Regardless of that though, it really is not my thing. Definitely of the time and still sounds like knock-off Beatles, manufactured music to appeal to the kids. They paved the way for all boy bands and other manufactured pop stars, it seems.

better value Beatles

You can tell in this record that they were a ‘60s boy band. Designed to make catchy “Beatles-esque” tunes. There’s a couple on here.

essential sixies pop rock

3.5/5 Some cheesy songs, but I enjoyed it. For me the album is a bit too long. Overall not bad. Favourite songs: - You told me - Sunny girlfriend - Shades of grey

Plus de peur que de mal pour Robert qui vient de sortir de l'hôpital avec une simple fracture du tibias. Vous êtes tous au fait de ma nouvelle mission du vendredi consistant à surveiller les élèves de ma classe de sixième à la piscine municipale. Vous savez également que, n'ayant rien à faire de plus que de les regarder nager, je trouve en général le temps extrêmement long. C'est la raison pour laquelle je demandai au professeur que j'accompagne si j'avais la possibilité d'emmener mon enceinte JBL FLIP 5. Ma requête fut déclinée. Oui mais voilà, en arpentant les bords du bassin, je fis une découverte on ne peut plus intéressante : dans un coin était accrochée une énorme enceinte de la marque concurrente BOSE. Ni une ni deux, je profitai d'un moment où le professeur de sport était inattentif pour connecter mon portable à celle-ci. Une poignée de secondes plus tard, l'enceinte détonait l'album des Monkees, provoquant la panique générale. Les quelques regards qui avaient le malheur de se tourner vers moi étaient accueillis par un haussement d'épaule. Petit à petit, le mouvement de panique laissa place à des réflexions telles que « Mais c'est comme les Beatles ?! » parmi les élèves en train de patauger. Vers la fin de l'album, mon attention était si focalisée sur les différences que j'essayais de pointer entre les singes et lesdits Beatles que je ne vis pas une élève de douze ans se noyer et couler vers le fond du bassin. Quelle galère...

Un très bon album de la part de ces joyeux singes. Cet album était d'ailleurs une très belle représentation de l'essence même du générateur, de la l'ADN Robert. En effet, cet album des années 60 était une copie conforme des Beatles, comme de nombreux autres albums avant cela. Même si les Monkees ont tenté de se démarquer en recrutant Zac Effron, visible sur la droite de la pochette avec son pentalon doré ridicule, on peine malgré tout à les considérer comme autre chose qu'un simple sous Beatles.

If people really gave a listen to the Monkees they would realize they don't sound like the Beatles at all. They start out with banjo blended in with 60's folk/rock on You Told Me. I'll Spend My Life With You has what sounds like a bath tub Bass, banjo, and slide guitar. The guys harmonize wonderfully together. This being said, they are no Beatles and get a little mundane on this album. I love them growing up but not really influencing music much.

Skipped quite a few songs, nit really doing it for me 2.8

GreatValu Beatles. Nurse Robert. Sweetheart of My Bunghole.

“What if the Beatles never did acid?”

Peachy.

The Beatles maar dan anders

Rock suave.

I like the Monkees. Turns out I really like their greatest hits. The rest of this is by no means bad, but just didn't hit right with me. (To be fair, I didn't listen to every single song on this LONG album)

Tussen beach boys en Beatles, soms ook experimentele uitschieters

3/5

Just a lesser Beatles or Beach Boys album. Good background music, but nothing stands out.

lovey dovey. ok sounds but all about some girl idk

Solid. Reminds me of the Beatles

Buen disco. Cultura general

Reminds me of the Beatles.

Listen to this album just to understand why "I'm A Believer" became their runaway hit. This is not a bad album, it just isn't really good either without the contextual relevance of the TV show.

Its pleasant, but if I wanted more of this sound and better I would listen to the Beatles

Lots of very short songs. Bring back the 2 minute single...

Like that Monkees sound!

It's obvious how scripted and intentional this band is. I love the Monkees and enjoyed this listen to their early work.

Bisschen eintönig, aber hörbar!

Udmærket men megrt præget af den måde mn lavede musik på den gang. Korte Numre, meget diskant og korte indslag. 3,5

The big problem here is certainly not that anything is "too long". For the most part, these are fragments of songs (in some cases, pretty experimental ones). It smacked of inclusion-by-context, especially at the beginning, but covered enough ground that I understand some of the appeal.

Very long album - would have to be a super fan to listen to it all!

Much better than anticipated! Fun 60s pop stuff you may hear in a diner. Also similar to early Beatles! Pleasant!

Let's start here: None of the Monkees' songs you're familiar with are on this album. There's no Daydream Believer. No I'm A Believer. No Last Train To Clarksville. Not even the gloriously weird song that was used at the end of a late season episode of Mad Men (it's called "Porpoise Song" and it's on Head, an album a sort of wish was on this list. "Porpoise Song" is a 5). I'm glad to see The Monkees getting recognition on the list, although I wonder if this is the album that should represent them. It was released towards the end of their Imperial Phase. This is the album where the Monkees actually got to play their own instruments, as if to show the world they weren't just actors hired for a silly TV show. Has one absolute banger in "Randy Scouse Git", two if we're allowed to include "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", which is on the Spotify version I listened to. That one, like several Monkees songs, was written by a gentleman named Neil Diamond. Ol' Neil isn't anywhere on this list. Probably because Neil was more of a singles artist than anything else. Just like the Monkees.

funky, lite wack låtar

bootleg beatles

good

Monke

This was pretty good, not what I usually listen to but I enjoyed most of it.

I don’t really like the Monkees, but it was fun to hear the del sample from Zilch

Strange skits in this one. Songs are good though and really good 60s throw back.

This is the Monkees at their most Beatle inspired. It's fine enough but nothing remarkable.

Quirky album with a few good tunes, decent.

Pretty decent. Idk if I would listen to it often but the first couple of songs I really liked.

It's the Monkees. Singles are great.

Cute album

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: You Just May Be The One, I Can't Get Her Off My Mind, Randy Scouse Git, All Of Your Toys*, The Girl I Knew Somewhere*, A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You* (last three songs were added on for the deluxe rerelease) Cutting Edge: Shades of Gray Overall Notes: Another less-good version of the Beatles. Felt more by the numbers than the Byrds did, but it just goes to show the crazy influence those English guys had on popular music.

Opgewekt en aangenaam

Duidelijk jaren '60 muziek, Niet echt uitspringers op het album, maar het nummer 'Zilch' vond ik precies wel nog grappig

some good songs interspersed with annoying songs. low 3

I've liked other Monkees songs but didn't love this album - some songs were cool, some were kinda boring. They just sounded like worse Beetles. 3 stars from me

Had some enjoyable songs, but not fabulous overall. Higher end of 3

It's The Monkees. It's fun but kinda boring 60s music.

Toothless but pleasant enough. 5/10

i thought this music sounded good with a beatles-esque, early rock sound. then i learned that the group was manufactured for a tv show. it lowered my interest in the group.

3

I like the Monkees. Don’t love them.

Poorly recorded but actually had some songs I enjoyed. A mono version would be better. The stereo was too far panned.

Old school, short, fun and upbeat

false

Standard stuff

Fun album. Definitely harmless

pretty good. 60's feel. monkees are okay

Meh

Fine. But still just felt like a fake version of other bands.

ummm kinda not that great

Omg! I’ve had this crate find already! The only decent thing is that Zilch provided Del the Funky Homosapien with the hook for Mistadobalina. Discovering that was worth the listen. Otherwise this trash needs to stay in the crate. God, I will admit it’s well played trash. But… man. 2 is generous. I feel generous today. Boolean: FALSE- leave it for Del the Funky Homosapein

I’m glad the band got to take control of the music. But this isn’t essential.

I'm not a fan f the Beatles, and I sure as shit am not a fan of this

Best Track - "Randy Scouse Git"

This is perfectly fine for what it is, but it's just not for me. I've never been a huge fan of early The Beatles, and this feels like a step down from that. There's nothing offensively bad about the album. The songs are pleasant enough, and I understand why people have nostalgia for it. It just never gives me a reason to care beyond appreciating it as a product of its time. By the time it was over, I couldn't think of a single track I'd want to hear again. If I never listened to Headquarters again, I don't think I'd ever think twice about it.

Ok

Why are some of these songs so creepy? Why is this album so long? These dreadful questions weigh down the scant enjoyment I got from the songs I did like.

Look, it’s great within the Monkees story that they managed to wrest control of the group and write their own music. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make a great album, particularly from the viewpoint of 60 years later. A lot of it sounds like a watered down the Beatles (worse, the Beatles sound from 2-3 years prior, which was lightyears from what they had moved on to). It’s not a bad album but it is inconsequential

The Monkees were probably the world's first manufactured boy-band Like The Beatles or The Beach Boys if they were created in a lab, but without any of the artistic ambitions, only commercial ones. And maybe not even those, or maybe just whoever put them together had those ambitions. The band members themselves seem to just be happy to be there, like puppets. We may as well be listening to The Muppets instead, but even less artistic. They have some good songs, but they're not on this album.

This was an incredibly inoffensive collection of mediocre pop songs, but the fact that it was released in 1967, when so many other groups and artists were advancing in leaps and bounds, made its inoffensiveness feel almost offensive.

Just don’t get the monkees hype

Ha Ha, it's hard to believe that they got away with sounding more like the Beatles, than the Beatles!! lol. I used to love their TV show, and they get nostalgia points for that. Some of the worst album covers ever to grace vinyl! 14 songs in 31 minutes, shorter than punk!

Monkees? Beatles? Byrds? Is spelling the name of an animal incorrectly how you make it big in rock in the 60s? The album was ok, but not really for Mee.

4/10

For et fake band der blev sat sammen til en sitcom er det vel meget godt. Beatles for små børn, og Beatles er allerede for alle. Lille 2'er i stedet for en stor 1'er fordi jeg faktisk rigtig godt kunne lide det sidste nummer

Baggrunds-sektionen på Wikipedia var jo nok mere spændende end pladen. Det var fint nok, ikke noget særligt, ikke dårligt heller

Pølsemandens Beatles

This is like a Happy Meal. A corporate idea of what the kids want. Artificially sweet with a random trinket thrown in that ultimately leaves you undernourished.

plain jane US version of the beatles

the shitty ass spotify version of this trying to trick me into torturing myself by listening to some of these songs twice in other news guy from 60s band sings about a shocking revelation he had: don't abuse your wife and she won't leave you fave track: 99 pounds

Just an all around boring album that doesn't feel particularly ambitious or interesting.

I had high hopes for this one as I quite like a lot of Monkee's songs, but this just didn't do anything for me.

"You Told Me" started off interesting, different than what I expected, featuring banjo, and I thought I might be surprised by this and enjoy it, but there weren't too many positive highlights after that. Some of the worst pedal steel guitar playing ever recorded. (Allegedly it's pedal steel, it sounds more like bad slide electric guitar to me.) If you're in the mood for this, then the Beatles from 1964 would be much better. It has moments, for sure. "Randy Scouse Git" is a really interesting song, weird in good ways, but that's the only one that sticks for me. 2.5/5.

Pretty forgettable. Although “Zilch” was a pleasant surprise.

Pues nada... not a fan i guess...no tuve el oido para este disco :3

This album has The Monkees doing original tunes playing the instruments themselves. The first song I hear, You Told Me, sounds a lot like the first song on The Beatles' Revolver album, Taxman. Nice try boys! (Having said that, it was the 2nd best song on the album IMO.) Like Songs Added: You Told Me For Pete's Sake

I didn't live through the 60s, so I don't know how the whole Monkees sound like they're ripping off the Beatles thing went then, like how in the 90s no one really cared who did it first: N'Sync or Backstreet Boys. They were both THE boy bands of the era and had their own followings. But looking back on the Beatles vs Monkees, it seems like Monkees are just a complete ripoff. I have no respect for them as a band for this style. By this time, the Beatles at moved on and were iterating with psychedelic stuff. Some of the songs are catchy, but there's nothing creative here. It sounds like a Beatles cover band. Also could be worse.

Davy and Mikey - hella spunkrats

Felt a bit dull and nothing-y. After a bit of research, it's clear why. Quite corporate and formulaic. Maybe if I'd grown up in this era, I'd feel more strongly towards it.

I've never understood the broad appeal though I have to admit they have a few catchy pop songs that rival the Beatles they were aping. This was a lot of a thing I don't love in one helping.

Seems that vapid nonsense that melds into the background has always been popular.

My biggest criticism of this book is that despite how many recommendations in over 60 years of recorded music history, very little is international, instead opting for a lot of boring, unremarkable, formulaic period pieces from an euro-american POV, and this nothinburger of an album is the best example that comes to mind in how I will forget it exists by the time I finish this listening in how exhaustingly played out it is

Not terrible, but not that good. Standout songs: Shades of Grey Randy Scouse git

I’m no longer a believer.

Svingende mellem ekstrem pænt/kedeligt og vildt underligt. Der er lidt spændende kant på det sidste track, og det var sjovt at finde ud af hvor Del the Funky Homosapian har samplet sit hit fra.

It's boring but I like the band's name

Kind of Beatles vibe

No private session used for Spotify. It's The Monkees, never got into the TV show but do like a couple of their songs. This album is lyrically and musically is rooted in the 60s. Zilch kinda blew my mind, I didn't realize The Funky Homosapien was sampling/covering the Monkees. Other than that track, I don't know why I would ever listen to this again. Spotify played the Deluxe Edition for me, at 1hr 33 minutes it was really starting to get on my nerves. Then I went to the internet, got the original track listing and found out I had already listened to enough, which saved this album from a one star rating..I couldn't handle 93 minutes of this. The original album was only 33 minutes and that seems reasonable.

Monkees are a greatest hits band for me - enough tracks to make a strong album - but do not really want to be delving into the weeds of the many albums. Without checking i think only Shades of Gray, For Petes Sake and Randy Scouse Git were on my greatest hits album - and whilst Shades of gray is too schmaltzy - For Pete's Sake and Randy Scouse Git are still good fun. The rest of the album tracks are all a bit generic and forgettable.

Wasn't particularly satisfied. Sounded a bit slow like rhymes and random talking. Would prolly appreciate it after listening to more albums.

60s pop all kinda sounds the same to me

A couple decent songs, and a lot of filler.

This album feels like a Beatles spin-off, with plenty of jaunty upbeat tracks and pop-rock tones. The problem is, it sounds like a band trying to impersonate the Beatles without anything new or interesting of their own. The songs are fine with 2-3 strong points, but nothing about them feel memorable. Also… the deluxe version is 90 minutes long, which is absolutely crazy given the similarity of many of the tracks.

I found this pretty mid. Some well written songs, but it apes too much from the Beatles and isn't really weird enough to be good psych

I can appreciate what they were going for here. There are some psychedelic touches, and this era is usually right in my wheelhouse, so I expected to like it more than I did. It just never really comes together. The songs feel a little flat, and it lacks the edge or personality that makes other albums from this time stand out. Not terrible, just not convincing. For a style I usually love, this one missed the mark for me.

Not my usual thing tbh. Nice moments I like the hits from the monkees but an album is too much for me

Maybe one of the 1001 TV shows to watch but definitely not one for this list.

When you endeavor to make a commercial replica of one or more highly regarded artists and succeed, you may enjoy the success but you will never make art worth enjoying.

If Help! became a band and only had access to a potato to record its music you’d have this record. Zilch was great though

just no. why did they even make this? i would’ve given this a 1 if not for zilch!! that minute and six seconds cut through the other hour of monotonous jangly guitar. if i want to listen to fun sixties music id just listen to the beach boys.

not bad but ive just heard better versions of this sound. they do get weird points for zilch.

For the Beatles fans who thought the white album went too hard, there was this album from the Monkees to fall back on. My favorite part was discovering the origin of Mistadobalina.

Nah

I thought it would never end. While there is some nostalgia there, it’s just not my jam. 2

Just fell flat for me.

I was 8 when this record was released and watched the Monkees show on TV. Taste in music has changed a lot😊. This sounds very "manufactured". I am sure there were rooms of poor souls churning out lyrics and music for bands like The Monkees.

Well, this is more songs than I'd thought The Monkees ever recorded in total. Why is this here again? They were a parody band. If they qualify, there had better be some Weird Al Yankovic in this list.

I imagine this was a lot better in the 1960s.

The Beatles from Temu/Wish.

Carbon copy of The Beatles. They have SEVEN albums on the list, why include this?

smells like the beatles but less catchy. makes me want to listen to a better artist, like the beatles. Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on the list: No 2.4

I’m sure it has its time, I just couldn’t find mine.

I really thought zilch was like a sketch from bobs burgers and thought my phone was broken. This isn't bad, but crazy that it's their only album they wrote and performed on. Like all the other albums are written by someone else and performed by session musicians. I think maybe they're a big influence for t Swift.

Forgettable, sadly.

Id rather just listen to the Beatles…

Kinda generic for the time period. Not the worst album but boring, bland and repetitive. The vocals also annoy me too much sometimes. THIRTY-SIX SONGS OH HELL NAW. I feel like people only liked this back then cuz if you bought it you BOUGHT it. You were stuck with it. You were forced to listen to it. To like it eventually. I would've given it to a friend as a gift. Well, they wouldn't be my friend anymore after that, but hey it's better than having to listen to this in full ever again.

boooooring

5/10

Every Simpson joke suddenly makes sense.

I love The Byrds. I love The Beatles. I love The Who. I even kind of love The Monkees but this collection so uninteresting that I can't make myself care about it.

Meh, pretty disposable 60s pop for the most part.

Definitely enjoyed some of the tracks but found it mismatched, generic and a bit of an irritating listen after a couple songs

Franchement c'est calamiteux. J'ai rien contre les Monkees ni leur musique et j'ai globalement apprécié les sonorités mais sortir ça en 1967 juste avant Sergent Pepper fait de lui un album extrêmement daté avec des sonorités beaucoup trop Red Beatles voir même plagié. C'est très dommage mais c'est une trop grande deception pour ne pas s'en indigner.

122/1001 First listen. No hits on here that I recognize. A jaunty little album that could grow on you if given a chance. This gets more interesting at the back end of the album. 4/10

When I was in elementary school the Monkees were the thing. The show, the 1st few albums, the singles were all over the radio. Kinda started my musical journey. Anyway in hindsight I now know the Monkees were a made up band with studio musicians playing other peoples songs. This album wasn't up to the original Monkees that I remember from my youth.

the zilch song made me want to kill them

Immediately the Beatles mimicry in the songwriting is obvious. As the kids these days would say, these are the Fab Four’s “reheated nachos” (a term I can’t wait to never hear again but invoke here regardless). The accents are American and the tunes themselves are not as gripping, but it’s a close enough aping to be a not unpleasant listen. Uncompelling and sometimes saccharine and bothersome. The trading off on vocals was weirdly jarring.

Band of labradors make palatable pop.

I don't think I needed to listen to a joke corporate Beatles rip-off act before I died. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's just a bit frustrating that the author thought the goddamn Monkees were important enough to put on this list. Dumb. 2/5

The Monkees were more than just "faces" for other people's music, particularly Nesmith and Tork. And I love that they were able to wrest control from their previous producer and write and perform their own music. The songs on here are good, but they are not great. I understand that the album was high on the charts in the summer of 1967, but it wasn't even the Monkees' best-selling album that year! And it doesn't have a single hit (not that hits are everything, but for a band like the Monkees, you would expect that). This is good music, but it doesn't belong on this list.

It't the Monkees. Ok, never liked them much and never understood their popularity. Ok as background but nothing more.

Inconsequential bubblegum, although I think Dolenz has a strong voice, and is probably the best writer of the bunch too (Randy Scouse Git is the standout track)

More 60s shite! Nothing great here, Beatles did it better and even then I find them listenable at best most of the time.

Dollar Store Beatles.

Kinda cringe lowk

meh

Not offensive, not anything special. Sounds like a Beatles rip-off. Probably won't come back to this one.

"The Monkees weren't about music, Marge. They were about rebellion, about political and social upheaval!"

come on man

No time for you, Monkees, I got lots of better things to do.

Den här är musik som inte känns nödvändig, men den gör heller ingen skada.

Mer 60-talspop. Inte dåligt. Inte unikt på något vis. Ett gott hantverk. Stark tvåa.

Look how fun it is to be a Monkee! We often hold hands and kick our boots out with big grins because we love to Monkee around. We made a record! So fun! A harmless and mildly pleasant tour through a Beatlesesque simulacrum.

I can’t get past the silly parody version of The Monkees. These songs sound like burlesques of 60s sounds.

This album suffers form a severe case of "averageness". It's not bad - the music is fine, there's some interesting moments here and there... but it's pretty underwhelming stuff, especially considering what else was happening in the late 60s musically. It's no secret that this band started as a manufactured cookie-cutter Beatles parody, but by this point I'd argue this isn't the case anymore. They're becoming a band in their own right. I got pretty bored listening to this, until "Zilch" happened - at which point it was a song's worth of confusion, and then back to the boredom. I will say, (though it's not on this album) more bands need their own theme song. I think that would be fun.

This was apparently the first album they wrote and performed themselves. It shows. The songs are very pedestrian.

“-Mamãe, quero ouvir Rubber Soul! -Filho, nós temos Rubber Soul em casa… -Rubber Soul em casa: The Monkees - Headquarters [1967]” Farpas à parte, é um disco pop inofensivo, mas altamente plástico e nem um pouco original. Por mais que grande parte das melodias sejam suficientemente agradáveis, o álbum não me faz sentir absolutamente nada. Seria um ótimo presente, na época, para algum adolescente sem gosto tão definido, ele certamente ouviria e decoraria todas as canções aqui… Mas em pleno 2026, eu falho em ver qualquer motivo pra voltar atrás e ouvir Headquarters. Não é um álbum ruim, mas certamente é um álbum esquecível e inconsequente. No grande escopo da magnânima década de 1960, acaba sendo a definição de “mediano”. 2/5

Esperava mais, pelas coisas avulsas que conheço da banda, desde os tempos de adolescência em que os via na TV. Achei as composições pouco inspiradas e nada cativantes ou memoráveis.

sayer tgl le singe

I used to watch reruns of their show when I was a kid, so I was actually looking forward to hearing some songs I hadn’t heard before. But even back then, I knew they were mainly lightweight Beatle wannabes. And this album did nothing to change that perception. In fact, it made me almost wish they had thrown in some of the more familiar hits to make it a bit more fun to listen to. Their hits are a little more distinctive than what’s represented here.

Not keen

Derivative

It's ok, passable Beatles impression

All that fighting for creative control, and this is what they made? Boring folk-rock. The story's better than the album.

i hate anything that remotely sounds like baroque pop or sunshine pop

11. forgettable

It's fine, but it's just a copy of something better. The thing is, the era of The Beatles they're imitating was The Beatles' weakest.

What a strange “artist” to add to this list. No thanks.

Eww you like the Monkees?! You know they don’t even write their own songs… oh wait they do start writing some of their own songs and playing their own instruments at this point. Still sucks.

No standouts

Inoffensive, I guess!

Like a Beatles parody...?

Boring pop songs. Nothing special.

I hate jam session albums. Did not like it.

The only reason it didn't get 1 was because it was interesting to get a "behind the scenes" look.

Nop