The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees

Track Listings
1. Dream World    
2. Auntie's Municipal Court    
3. We Were Made for Each Other    
4. Tapioca Tundra    
5. Daydream Believer    
6. Writing Wrongs    
7. I'll Be Back up on My Feet    
8. Poster    
9. P.O. Box 9847    
10. Magnolia Simms    
11. Valleri    
12. Zor and Zam    
13. Alvin [Alternate Mix][#][*]    
14. I'm Gonna Try [#][*]    
15. P.O. Box 9847 [Alternate Mix][#][*]    
16. Girl I Left Behind Me [Alternate Take][#][*]    
17. Lady's Baby [Alternate Mix][#][*][Mix]    

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The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Writing Wrongs
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 The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees
The Monkees
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000033E3
Release Date: 1994-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Dream World
  2. Auntie's Municipal Court
  3. We Were Made For Each Other
  4. Tapioca Tundra
  5. Daydream Believer
  6. Writing Wrongs
  7. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
  8. The Poster
  9. P.O. Box 9847
  10. Magnolia Simms
  11. Valleri
  12. Zor And Zam
  13. Alvin (Prev. Unissued)
  14. I'm Gonna Try (Prev. Unissued)
  15. P.O. Box 9847 (Prev. Unissued Alternative Mix)
  16. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Prev. Unissued Early Version)
  17. Lady's Baby (Prev. Unissued Alternate Version)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Writing Wrongs.......2007-04-19

How can you give this any less than 5 stars? This is a classic, experimental, interesting listen. If this was POOL IT, I could understand!

4 out of 5 stars The grass is greener just around the bend........2007-02-06

This was the Monkees fifth album. The original idea for the album was for all four Monkees to get three songs each, but in the end, Peter Tork got left off of the album, other than playing the piano on "Daydream Believer". Anyway, this is a very good album for the most part. There were three hit songs from the album ("Daydream Believer", "Valleri" and "Tapioca Tundra"). Michael Nesmith's contributions to the album are good, if a bit strange. Micky Dolenz adds some good songs. Most of the songs by Davy Jones are good, other than "We Were Made For Each Other", which is the kind of drippy ballad that Davy was infamous for. The CD adds five bonus tracks. "Alvin" is a very brief spoken word piece by Peter Tork. "I'm Gonna Try" is a previously unreleased song by Davy. An alternate mix of Micky's "P.O. Box 9847" features a Moog synthesizer instead of a string quartet. Davy's "The Girl I Left Behind Me" is an early version of a song that later appeared on the Instant Replay album. Peter's "Lady's Baby" is the most famous one of his songs that was recorded for, but left off of, this album; it appears here in an alternate mix with baby sounds.

3 out of 5 stars "Writing Wrongs" Worth The Price Of This Disc Alone!.......2006-07-06

As an album, "Birds, Bees, etc" is a mixed
bag: some hits, some misses, nothing too
embarassing, but definitely not "conceptual."
None of that matters though, because this
recording contains one of Mike Nesmith's
most haunting compositions, and a very daring
one for the Monkees to undertake. This would
be the last studio album from all four members,
which makes the psychedelic implosion known
as "Writing Wrongs" all the more prophetic. It
blends Nesmith's abstract poetry with a Byrds-
inflected electrified-folk dirge anchored by
Peter Tork's omnious piano coda before the
tune careens into a post-minimalist free for
all jam session that rivals the work of Can,
Soft Machine and even Captain Beefheart! I've
played just the "instrumental bridge" for
people, and had them name the above-cited
groups as well as other well-respected acts
of the era, and not one of them guesses it was
the Monkees. If you are a true audiophile,
whether you dig The Monkees or not, you must
check out this track!

4 out of 5 stars Monkees - Birds and Bees.......2005-09-29

I bought this CD because I used to have the tape and I needed to replace it. It has some of the lesser well-known but excellent songs that the Monkees did, especially the song Zor and Zam.

5 out of 5 stars Monkees Psychadelic Offering.......2005-09-04

Released in May of 1968, this, their fifth album, was released just over a year after their debut album. These days, it is practically unheard of to release albums in such rapid fire manner, but I guess the Monkees wanted to strike while the iron was hot, so strike they did. Given the relatively short timeframe between this album and their debut, this album is a quantum leap ahead for the band, both as artists and musicians. This album is also a departure from their previous albums in that it attempts to re-make the band as a more mature and "legitimate" band, with a majority of the songs on the album either written or co-written by members of the group. As would be expected, Michael Nesmith leads the way with writing credits on 4 songs. Davey Jones follows up with two songs to his credit.

Although the music is tight, the production of the album seems to be less than a group effort. The album lists production credit to "The Monkees", but the liner notes tell a different story. It appears that the individual members of the band separately produced 3 songs each. While this may have contributed to the overall creativity of the individual songs on the album, the overall seems to have suffered, as the album appears to have been pasted together at the last minute. This results in a quite uneven album, with psychadelic songs like "Tapioca Tundra" and "Writing Wrongs" interwoven between somewhat bubblegum songs such as "Daydream Believer" and "P.O Box 9847" (the worst song on the album, in my opinion). While for the most part the songs are great ("Valleri", Tapioca Tundra", and "Writing Wrongs" are my personal favorites), there are a few songs that seem to be reminiscent of their earlier albums, and seem to undercut the Monkees attempts to be seen as a more mature band. These songs; "The Poster" and P.O. Box 9847" don't do the Monkees any favors, and one of the songs "P.O. Box 9847" was written by the team of Boyce and Hart, who wrote most of the groups early material.

In addition to the individual production of the album, there appears to have been significant use of studio musicians on the album. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a matter of debate, but personally, I like the finished product.

A few notes on the CD re-issue, the bonus material on this reissue is a step above some of the other CDs, as all of the bonus material is of pretty good quality, with the exception of "Alvin", which is a Peter Tork throwaway, akin to "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky". However, the relatively short length of the song makes it a little more bearable. The remaining songs are previously unreleased songs, and only one is a remix of a song on the album, so the overall bonus material tends to add to the album, instead of detract. An issue that may only be of interest to me, all of the re-issued CD's have only a band picture on the CD, and no other identifiable markings, other than the obligatory inventory #. I purchased all of the re-issues, and listen to them as a group. However, finding out which CD goes in which case is a harder task than I would like.

The Birds and the Bees: The Best of Jewel Akens
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    		The Birds and the Bees: The Best of Jewel Akens
    Jewel Akens
    Manufacturer: K-Tel
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Release Date: 1994-12-23

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    String of Bees
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • really great indie rock!
    		 String of Bees
    Lesser Birds of Paradise
    Manufacturer: Contraphonic
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    5 out of 5 stars really great indie rock!.......2006-02-15

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    Birds Bees & the Italians (Signore E Signori)
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      		Birds Bees & the Italians (Signore E Signori)
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      ProductGroup: Music
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      11. Se Vero Amore
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      Album Details

      Director: Germi* Pietro (Comedy).
      Birds Bees & the Italians (Signore E Signori)
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        Release Date: 1993-11-10

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        8. Il Paparazzo Di Milano (Germi-Rustichelli)
        9. In Citt
        10. Ronda Di Piacere
        11. Se Vero Amore
        12. Il Ricatto
        13. Domencia
        The English Madrigal School
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        • Truly Divine!
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        Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        18. When Griping Griefs
        19. All At Once Well Met
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        4 out of 5 stars Truly Divine!.......2001-07-24

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          		Birds & the Bees
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          ProductGroup: Music
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          ASIN: B000RMIXXW
          Release Date: 2007-07-02

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          A Classy, Self-assured Introduction to a Band who have the Ability and Drive to Establish Themselves as Essential Members of the UK'S 'ones to Watch' Club.
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                2. Doll Dance - Constance Mering/Muriel Pollock
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                4. Dainty Miss - Constance Mering/Muriel Pollock
                5. If You're In Love, You'll Waltz - Constance Mering/Muriel Pollock
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                8. High Hatt - Constance Mering/Muriel Pollock
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                14. I'm Tellin The Birds, I'm Telling The Bees - Constance Mering
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                16. Blue Bells Of Scotland - Constance Mering
                17. So Dear - Constance Mering
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                21. Finesse - Muriel Pollock/Vee Lawnhurst
                22. Dizzy Fingers - Muriel Pollock/Vee Lawnhurst
                23. Narcissus - Muriel Pollock/Vee Lawnhurst

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