album · April 22, 1968

The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

The Monkees

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The Monkees' third album of 1968, released just months after 'The Monkees Present', found the band continuing their experimental phase with a collection of country-tinged, psychedelic, and baroque pop tunes. It charted higher than any of their previous albums released that year, reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200.

• The album was The Monkees' first to be produced entirely by the band members themselves, with no input from Don Kirshner. It reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. Lead single "Dream World" was credited to "The Monkees", but was actually a Chip Douglas-produced solo track by Davy Jones.
• The album's title is a reference to the 1936 film "The Devil and Daniel Webster", which was later retitled "Here Is My Glory". The song "Auntie Grizelda" was the first Monkees song to feature a Moog synthesizer.
• The album included the song "Goin' Down," which was co-written by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Michael Nesmith and future Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon. Though the album was a commercial success, it marked the beginning of the end for the band's television show, which was canceled in March 1969.

The Monkees were a made-for-TV pop-rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966. Their early success relied heavily on songwriters and producers, but by 1968, the band members were asserting more creative control over their music.