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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 had signed in the mid-1960s. Changes was their last new album for Colgems Records and the group's last album of all new material until Pool It!, released in 1987.

Changes
Studio album by
the Monkees
ReleasedJune 30, 1970
RecordedOctober 28, 1966, January 21–24, February 4–6, 1967,
July 16-September 12, 1969 and February 5–April 2, 1970, New York City, and RCA Victor Studios, and The Sound Factory, Hollywood
GenrePop rock,[1] bubblegum pop[2]
Length32:05
LabelColgems (original U.S. release)
RCA (Japan)
Rhino (1986 LP reissue + 1994 CD reissue)
ProducerMicky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick, Jeff Barry
The Monkees chronology
The Monkees Present
(1969)		 Changes
(1970)		 Barrel Full of Monkees
(1971)
Singles from Changes
  1. "Oh My My" / "I Love You Better"
    Released: April 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

History


The album's title had originally been considered for the Monkees' 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 subsequently shelved, remaining unreleased until 1990, when it appeared on the archival compilation album Missing Links Volume Two.

Changes reunited Jones and Dolenz with producer Jeff Barry, who now had his own successful record label, Steed Records. As with the earliest Monkees recordings, Jones and Dolenz provided only their vocals, despite the album cover featuring them playing percussion, while the backing tracks were provided by session musicians. Several of the songs selected for the album were outtakes from previous album sessions: Barry resurrected his own produced outtake of his composition "99 Pounds" from the final Don Kirshner-supervised Monkees sessions in January 1967 that also yielded the hit single "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"; Micky's "Midnight Train" was recorded during sessions for The Monkees Present and had been featured in CBS-TV reruns of The Monkees television show (most notably in "The Chaperone"); "I Never Thought It Peculiar," with vocals by Davy, was written by frequent Monkees collaborators Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart and was recorded during the sessions for More of the Monkees.

Jones later stated that Changes was his least favorite Monkees effort, going so far as to comment in the CD version's liner notes that the album "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. "I was quite happy to do it as long as somebody wanted to record me. It was simple as that." Dolenz added, "by that time, it was pretty obvious that the Monkees were over. Davy and I were still getting along, but we were mainly fulfilling a contractual obligation to a record company — that's what Changes is all about".[3]


Release


"Oh My My" became the first single from the album and made the Top 100 in the Billboard charts. Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, it is unrelated to the later 1973 Ringo Starr single of the same name. In addition to being the album's opening track and lead-off single, "Oh My My" was also accompanied by a rare promo film directed by Micky Dolenz, showing Micky and Davy Jones riding their motorcycles and horses. "Acapulco Sun" was released as a single in Mexico, becoming a minor hit there.

Changes appeared in June 1970 and initially failed to make the charts. Consequently, its initial pressing (COS-119) was limited and has become one of the more valuable Monkees albums. Jones announced shortly after its release that he was resuming his solo career, but he and Dolenz would release one more single together before reuniting in 1976 with Monkees songwriters and producers Boyce and Hart. In the wake of the success of the Monkees' television show being rebroadcast on Saturday mornings by CBS (in which all but two tracks from Changes were featured in the reruns), the duo recorded "Do It in the Name of Love" and "Lady Jane" in September 1970. Instead of appearing under the "Monkees" name on Colgems Records, however, the single was released on Bell Records, the successor label to Colgems, and was credited to "Mickey Dolenz [sic] and Davy Jones". This was due to the prohibitive costs of licensing the Monkees name in the US; however, in Japan, the record was issued under the name "the Monkees."

Like all of the original Monkees albums from 1966 to 1970, Changes was reissued in September 1986 by Rhino Records (RNLP-70148) and made a belated entry into the Billboard album charts, reaching No. 152. The Rhino vinyl reissue was transferred from a vinyl copy of the album, the master tape having been lost over the years. For the 1994 CD reissue on Rhino, a first-generation master tape was used, which had been found at the Screen Gems publishing division.


Session outtakes


One track recorded during the studio sessions, "Time and Time Again", was dropped in favor of "I Never Thought It Peculiar." The track later surfaced on the Monkees rarities collection Missing Links and in remixed form as a bonus track on the 1994 CD release of Changes.

Another song, "Steam Engine," was recorded in 1969 for Changes and was written and produced by Chip Douglas, featuring Micky Dolenz on vocals. This song was not released at the time due to a disagreement between Screen Gems and Douglas over session costs and only saw the light of day via a Saturday morning rerun of the Monkees' TV series episode "Monkees on Tour." In 1979, it was finally issued on the semi-official Australian compilation album Monkeemania - 40 Timeless Hits, and in 1982 it was issued in the USA on the Rhino Records picture disc compilation Monkee Business.

As of 2020, two "lost" outtakes from the sessions, "Which Way (Do You Want It)" and "Ride Baby, Ride," have not been found in any archives, despite ongoing efforts to locate them.


Track listing



Original 1970 Colgems vinyl issue


Side 1
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Oh My My" (Jeff Barry / Andy Kim)Micky Dolenz3:02
2."Ticket on a Ferry Ride" (Barry / Bobby Bloom)Micky Dolenz3:30
3."You're So Good to Me" (Barry / Bloom)Davy Jones2:34
4."It's Got to Be Love" (Neil Brian Goldberg)Micky Dolenz2:25
5."Acapulco Sun" (Ned Albright / Steven Soles)Micky Dolenz2:54
6."99 Pounds" (Barry)Davy Jones2:29
Side 2
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Tell Me Love" (Barry)Micky Dolenz2:38
2."Do You Feel It Too?" (Barry / Kim)Davy Jones2:37
3."I Love You Better" (Barry / Kim)Micky Dolenz2:28
4."All Alone in the Dark" (Albright / Soles)Micky Dolenz2:52
5."Midnight Train" (Micky Dolenz)Micky Dolenz2:07
6."I Never Thought It Peculiar" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart)Davy Jones2:29
Notes

All tracks except "You're So Good to Me" and "It's Got to Be Love" were dubbed into the CBS reruns of The Monkees from 1970–1972.


1994 Rhino CD reissue


Tracks 1-12: Original album

Bonus tracks
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
13."Time and Time Again" (Davy Jones / Bill Chadwick)Davy Jones2:40
14."Do It in the Name of Love" (Bloom / Goldberg)Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz2:08
15."Lady Jane" (Bloom / Goldberg)Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz2:45

Session information


"Oh My My"

"Ticket on a Ferry Ride"

"You're So Good to Me"

"It's Got to Be Love"

"Acapulco Sun"

"99 Pounds"

"Tell Me Love"

"Do You Feel It Too?"

"I Love You Better"

"All Alone in the Dark"

"Midnight Train"

"I Never Thought It Peculiar"


Bonus tracks session information


"Time and Time Again"

"Do It in the Name of Love"

"Lady Jane"


Charts


Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Pop Albums[7] 152

References


  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r13305
  2. "Changes - the Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. Liner notes for 1995 Rhino CD release of Changes
  4. "You're So Good to Me - the Monkees | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. "Midnight Train - the Monkees | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. "1969-08-06 · Time and Time Again - MONKEES MIXOGRAPHY". monkeesmixography.wikidot.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. "The Monkees US Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2022.


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