Instant Replay

by The Monkees

Instant Replay cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 February 1969
  • Label: Colgems
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:51
  • Community rating: 3.2/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Bones Howe, Carole Bayer, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly after the departure of Peter Tork, this studio effort found the remaining trio grappling with shifting commercial expectations and a canceled television series. The resulting collection relies on previously unreleased vault tracks and new sessions, offering an eclectic but fragmented mix of sunshine pop and emerging country-rock sensibilities.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Through the Looking Glass (2:42)
  2. Don't Listen to Linda (2:48)
  3. I Won't Be the Same without Her (2:42)
  4. Just a Game (1:49)
  5. Me without You (2:10)
  6. Don't Wait for Me (2:40)
  7. You and I (2:15)
  8. While I Cry (3:01)
  9. Tear Drop City (2:01)
  10. The Girl I Left Behind Me (2:44)
  11. A Man Without a Dream (3:03)
  12. Shorty Blackwell (5:40)
  13. Someday Man (2:39)
  14. Carlisle Wheeling - Alternate Version (3:11)
  15. Rosemarie (2:15)
  16. Smile (2:18)
  17. St. Matthew - Alternate Mix (2:44)
  18. Me without You - Alternate Mix (2:12)
  19. Through the Looking Glass - Alternate Mix (2:48)

Credits

  • The Monkees - primary artist
  • Don McGinnis - arranged by
  • Red Baldwin - written-by
  • Goffin And King - written-by
  • Shorty Rogers - arranged by
  • Bill Chadwick - written-by
  • Bill Holman - arranged by
  • Bob Alcivar - arranged by

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