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DISCID=8907ef0c
DTITLE=The Monkees / Instant Replay (Japanese Pressing)
DYEAR=1969
DGENRE=
TTITLE0=Through The Looking Glass
TTITLE1=Don't Listen To Linda
TTITLE2=I Won't Be The Same Without Her
TTITLE3=Just A Game
TTITLE4=Me Without You
TTITLE5=Don't Wait For Me
TTITLE6=You And I
TTITLE7=While I Cry
TTITLE8=Tear Drop City
TTITLE9=The Girl I Left Behind Me
TTITLE10=A Man Without A Dream
TTITLE11=Shorty Blackwell
EXTD=Instant Replay (Japanese Pressing)\n1992 BMG Victor - Japan\n\nOr
EXTD=iginally Released February 15, 1969\nJapanese CD Edition Released
EXTD= October 21, 1992\nRhino Remastered + Expanded CD Edition Release
EXTD=d January 24, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: By 1969's Instant Replay
EXTD=, it was all over but the funeral. Peter Tork had already left th
EXTD=e fold and the songs were little more than disjointed solo vehicl
EXTD=es for the remaining three, combined with older unreleased tracks
EXTD= from the vaults. This afforded far too much rope for schmaltzy J
EXTD=ones ballads, although Nesmith salvages the day once again with t
EXTD=asty country inflections on the wistful "Don't Wait for Me" and "
EXTD=While I Cry." This otherwise slight collection -- for intensive M
EXTD=onkees fans only -- is at least beefed up by some interesting pre
EXTD=viously unreleased songs, rather than just alternate mixes.  -- R
EXTD=och Parisien\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThere'll be another
EXTD= song., November 23, 2005 \nBy  Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bet
EXTD=hel, CT United States)\nThis Monkees album was released in Februa
EXTD=ry, 1969. It was the first album released after Peter Tork left t
EXTD=he group. It is a hodgepodge of material from various recording s
EXTD=essions. Some of the tracks date all the way back to 1966, being 
EXTD=leftovers from their second album. Surprisingly, the album is act
EXTD=ually pretty good. Most of the songs are good, and there aren't a
EXTD=ny truly bad songs here. I particularly like "Through the Looking
EXTD= Glass", "I Won't Be the Same Without Her", "Me Without You", "Yo
EXTD=u and I", "Tear Drop City" and "A Man Without a Dream". The stran
EXTD=gest track is Micky's "Shorty Blackwell", which is a long, self-i
EXTD=ndulgent, experimental piece. It's a failure, but an interesting 
EXTD=failure. The CD adds seven bonus tracks. The best of these is "St
EXTD=. Matthew", a Nesmith song that is arguably the best Monkees song
EXTD= that was unreleased during the group's orginal run. Monkees fans
EXTD= should enjoy this album. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNesmi
EXTD=th Saves it!, July 11, 2005 \nBy  Morten Vindberg\n"Instant Repla
EXTD=y" was the first Monkees album as a 3-piece. Peter Tork had left 
EXTD=shortly before in frustration that the group still was not given 
EXTD=very much influence on their music and records. \n\nThe group's p
EXTD=opularity in general was also waning at this point, and there wou
EXTD=ld be no more top 20 hit-singles. \n\nSince their two fine 1967 a
EXTD=lbums, they had not really worked as a band on their recordings. 
EXTD=It was more or less 4 solo artists working on the same overall co
EXTD=ncept. \n\nThis is very clearly the case on this album. A very mi
EXTD=xed bag of family pop, country and a few leftovers from earlier s
EXTD=essions given new overdubs ( strings etc. ). \n\nThough the gener
EXTD=al impression may be one of a group falling apart, there are some
EXTD= fine moments on the album. Especially Mike Nesmith shines. He wa
EXTD=s obviously the greatest musical capacity in the group. His music
EXTD=al direction had always tended towards country, and even more on 
EXTD=this album. His songs are not spoiled by too heavy production lik
EXTD=e many other tracks. \n\nThe sparsely instrumentated "While I Cry
EXTD=" is very moving, and Nesmith's version of the Goffin/King song "
EXTD=I Won't Be the Same Without Her" is pure pleasure; almost Byrds-l
EXTD=ike. \n\nHis two country-flavoured bonus-tracks "Carlisle Wheelin
EXTD=g" and "St Matthew" are great additions that both would have help
EXTD=ed the original album, had they been included. \n\nMickey Dolenz,
EXTD= usually considered the lead-vocalist, is in front on two leftove
EXTD=rs from the 1966 sessions. "Through the Looking Glass" could have
EXTD= been a fine track, but the new overdubbed version lacks the char
EXTD=m of the early recordings. The bonus-track version of the song is
EXTD= probably the track that sounds the most like early Monkees. "Tea
EXTD=r Drop City" is another early Boyce/Hart production, sounding ver
EXTD=y much like a "Last Train to Clarkesville" rip-off. Somehow the s
EXTD=ong never really works, still one of the better Dolenz tracks. Th
EXTD=e rest of his songs are either too much family-pop or too heavily
EXTD= produced. \n\nEven worse are most Davy Jones tracks. Best is pro
EXTD=bably is the sing-along pop-tune with a very Beatles-inspired pro
EXTD=duction. His own "You and I" could probably have been a good song
EXTD=, but suffers from too heavy production. The rest are at best for
EXTD=gettable. Among the bonus tracks the single "Someday Man" is pass
EXTD=able. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nInstant Replay (1969), De
EXTD=cember 25, 2003 \nBy  Mr. S. St Thomas "suckerfly" (UK)\nWhat a s
EXTD=hame that we can't physically go back in time and alter history. 
EXTD=Given that ability, my advice to The Monkees in 1969 would have b
EXTD=een 'don't quit'. Not because they were the best band in history,
EXTD= or all of the material released on INSTANT REPLAY and THE MONKEE
EXTD=S PRESENT were classics, but merely because there are moments on 
EXTD=these albums that truly shine. But no matter what we say or do ca
EXTD=nnot alter the fact that at the time, The Monkees were hated and 
EXTD=ignored by the media and a good portion of the record buying publ
EXTD=ic, for reasons not truly deserved. Peter Tork had left the band 
EXTD=in 1968, which also appears to be one of their most productive an
EXTD=d prolific recording periods. On these final albums with Mike Nes
EXTD=mith, The Monkees may have just started getting on to a good thin
EXTD=g. But public indifference and bad vibes killed it.\nINSTANT REPL
EXTD=AY surprises me on many levels. My acquaintance with Nesmith's so
EXTD=lo career is fairly well established, and his solo albums from 19
EXTD=70 ~ present I highly recommend. The material offered on INSTANT 
EXTD=REPLAY by Nesmith truly shows the direction and talents he had pr
EXTD=ior to his departure from the band. I am also pleasantly surprise
EXTD=d by Davy Jones particularly on this album. The material he wrote
EXTD=, produced or chose to sing suited his voice and style far better
EXTD= than earlier offerings. I cannot profess to be a huge Davy Jones
EXTD= fan, but my mind certainly changed when hearing INSTANT REPLAY. 
EXTD=I feel Mickey Dolenz is better represented on THE MONKEES PRESENT
EXTD= than on this album. Which is where a time machine would come in 
EXTD=very handy. Anyone who has both offerings, including the alternat
EXTD=ive and extra tracks can compile a Monkees 1969 album that really
EXTD= is a strong, cohesive set, and nothing to be ashamed of. There i
EXTD=s no changing the public indifference at the time though, sadly e
EXTD=nough. If fortunes could be reversed, a 1969 album by the Monkees
EXTD= comprised of the material that really excelled, might just have 
EXTD=a different fate.\n\n'Through The Looking Glass' (by Boyce, Hart 
EXTD=& Baldwin) opens the album. Obviously a single due to its insiste
EXTD=nt singalong chorus, I personally would not have gone with this s
EXTD=ong. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I think there is material
EXTD= on this album much better. 'Don't Listen To Linda'(by Boyce & Ha
EXTD=rt) is a great song, the first of the Davy Jones vocal set of mat
EXTD=erial, and its one of those I would have put to the side for that
EXTD= Monkees '69 album. No time machine though. 'I Won't Be The Same 
EXTD=Without Her'(Goffin & King), one of the older tracks is another s
EXTD=et aside. This song is fantastic, with great vocals by Mike Nesmi
EXTD=th (and Glen Campbell). I was very surprised at the quality of th
EXTD=e material by this point of the album. 2 truly great tracks almos
EXTD=t from the start. 'Just A Game'(by Dolenz), 'Me Without You'(by B
EXTD=oyce & Hart), and 'Don't Wait For Me'(by Nesmith) I feel are outs
EXTD=hined by the 2 songs before them and after them. I am hesitant to
EXTD= say that about a Nesmith composition, because I feel so much of 
EXTD=his material is as good as the outside writers provided The Monke
EXTD=es, but I'll explain my reasons for 'Don't Wait For Me' not being
EXTD= included later. Dolenz's 'Just A Game' is a very short song, but
EXTD= I feel it needed a bit more work. No time machine. \n\nAnd now t
EXTD=he two gems of INSTANT REPLAY, Jones & Chadwick's 'You and I' and
EXTD= Nesmith's 'While I Cry'. 'You and I' changed my mind about Davy 
EXTD=Jones quite abruptly. This song is one of the standouts in The Mo
EXTD=nkees entire recording career, and to hear Jones singing such a h
EXTD=eavy rock arrangement, that he also wrote, was a delight, honestl
EXTD=y. That it boasts Neil Young as the lead guitar soloist is anothe
EXTD=r plus. And I hear Nesmith's 'While I Cry' as a definite single r
EXTD=elease. Absolutely beautiful song.\n\n'Teardrop City'(by Boyce & 
EXTD=Hart) is obviously 'Last Train to Clarksville' revamped. Shame re
EXTD=ally. 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' by Sayer & Sedaka is a decent s
EXTD=ong, but not the strongest of the set. But these are followed by 
EXTD=another excellent Goffin & King song 'A Man Without A Dream'. Dav
EXTD=y Jones in hindsight has announced reservations about the product
EXTD=ion of Bones Howe on this track, but personally I feel this song 
EXTD=has nothing wrong in this area. The material suits Jones voice an
EXTD=d public persona, and my appreciation of this style of music has 
EXTD=grown in recent years. Maybe when I was younger I would have avoi
EXTD=ded a track like this, but 'A Man Without A Dream' has a strong r
EXTD=oot in Motown, and Jones sings this song in his natural singing r
EXTD=ange, which shows how good a vocalist he actually is. And let's c
EXTD=all Dolenz's 'Shorty Blackwell' an ambitious step. Honestly, Dole
EXTD=nz is a songwriter with great possibilities, and he certainly was
EXTD= more experimental than he may be given credit for. Certainly his
EXTD= songs on THE MONKEES PRESENT are some of the most innovative I'v
EXTD=e heard from the 60's. 'Shorty Blackwell' works on some levels, a
EXTD=nd on others doesn't, but I give the man an A for ambition. A bit
EXTD= more time spent on arrangement, and this might have been The Mon
EXTD=kees 'Shangri~La' (see The Kinks).\n\nThe bonus material has song
EXTD=s I would personally have substituted for the released tracks. Ni
EXTD=col's & Williams 'Someday Man' is another strong song that Jones 
EXTD=sings, and produced by Bones Howe. This style really suits Jones 
EXTD=as much as the heavier rock of 'You and I'. An obvious single des
EXTD=pite the numerous 'sections' of the song, which go into half time
EXTD= and back out again. The two other tracks I would have saved were
EXTD= Nesmith's 'Carlisle Wheeling' and 'St.Matthew', both much strong
EXTD=er than his own 'Don't Wait For Me'.\n\nThere is a great album he
EXTD=re, and combined with THE MONKEES PRESENT, taking the gems from e
EXTD=ach you'd have a pretty amazing and solid 1969 Monkees album. My 
EXTD=choices for inclusion would be:\n\nDon't Listen To Linda (Boyce &
EXTD= Hart)\nI Won't Be The Same Without Her (Goffin & King)\nYou and 
EXTD=I (Jones & Chadwick)\nWhile I Cry (Nesmith)\nA Man Without A Drea
EXTD=m (Goffin & King)\nSomeday Man (Nicols & Williams)\nCarlisle Whee
EXTD=ling (Nesmith)\nSt. Matthew (Nesmith) \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER R
EXTD=EVIEW\nUNDERRATED UNEVEN EFFORT FROM THE PRE FAB....THREE?, March
EXTD= 13, 2003 \nBy  Jared Insell "hitman_37" (Canada)\nThe Monkees co
EXTD=mmercial fortunes had been falling for about a year by the time '
EXTD=Instant Replay' had hit record stores in 1969. 1968 had closed ra
EXTD=ther badly for the group. HEAD was not the cinematic masterpiece 
EXTD=the Monkees had envisioned it to be, instead it was a box office 
EXTD=disaster. To make things worse, after the filming for their doome
EXTD=d tv special '33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee' Peter Tork quit the 
EXTD=group in December of '68, unhappy with the direction the Monkees 
EXTD=were going. Only the trio of Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Da
EXTD=vid Jones were to see in the new year. A year in which the entire
EXTD= Monkees project would give one last choking gasp before it compl
EXTD=etely died. With the departure of Tork, the bombing of HEAD and t
EXTD=he TV show long gone, the future looked undeniably bleak for the 
EXTD=Monkees. The trio however didn't croak as the critics had expecte
EXTD=d; they were still dishng out recordings. Led by Nesmith, the thr
EXTD=ee piece Monkees band worked really hard to try and regain the po
EXTD=pularity they once had. When 'Instant Replay' was released in Feb
EXTD=uary, The Monkees mounted a concert tour with an R&B group called
EXTD= Sam and The Goodtimers to promote the album and made TV appearan
EXTD=ces on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and other talk shows. 
EXTD=Despite this more commercially active Monkees group (which hadn't
EXTD= really been seen since 1967), the public didn't go for it. The M
EXTD=onkees 1969 releases scanned the lower regions of the Billboard c
EXTD=harts, concerts were poorly attended and the TV promotions didn't
EXTD= help either. The Monkees kinda stepped back on this album though
EXTD= and let other producers and songwriters try to work their magic 
EXTD=to contemperize the Monkees sound so they could appeal to a more 
EXTD=mature audience. In the end Instant Replay was actually an improv
EXTD=ement for The Monkees reaching a respectable #32 on the charts bu
EXTD=t it was obvious the Monkees were dead. It's somewhat unfortunate
EXTD= that this is what happend because the Monkees definetly weren't 
EXTD=afraid to get their hands dirty and work for the success. \nIf an
EXTD=ything the music on 'Instant Replay' shows that the Monkees were 
EXTD=maturing musically despite the fact that this album was a hodge p
EXTD=odge of recordings from different times. 'Instant Replay' is unfo
EXTD=rtunately vastly underrated. Many have dubbed it as the Monkees w
EXTD=eakest 60's album. Ok so it's no 'Pisces' or 'Headquarters' or ev
EXTD=en 'Present' nonetheless in my opinion it surpasses the bulk of o
EXTD=ther Monkees records (particularily the Kirshner era albums). Mic
EXTD=hael Nesmith really came out on his own on this album. His songwr
EXTD=iting just seemed to be getting better and better as time went on
EXTD=. Here we see some of the material form his legendary Nashville s
EXTD=essions. WHILE I CRY is one of the most beautiful country ballads
EXTD= ever. This song should have been a single. Another nice country 
EXTD=ballad here is DON'T WAIT FOR ME showing Nez's further journey in
EXTD=to the country rock genre. The last Nez track here is Goffin/King
EXTD='s I WON'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER a funky rocker left over from 
EXTD=1966 however it strangely fits well in 1969 and doesn't sound dat
EXTD=ed. Davy Jones kinda stepped out of his role as a songwriter and 
EXTD=let the other producers experiment with his sound(trying to make 
EXTD=it more adult contemperary). His best song here is his own YOU AN
EXTD=D I. Somewhat of a 'rocker shocker' especially coming from Davy. 
EXTD=This track features some great Neil Young guitar. Most of Davy's 
EXTD=other tracks are love songs. DON'T LISTEN TO LINDA is a schmaltzy
EXTD= pop ballad but well produced and a great improvemnet over the bo
EXTD=uncy early version. THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME is also a leftover 
EXTD=from 'The Birds The Bees And The Monkees'. Like DON'T LISTEN TO L
EXTD=INDA, this track is sickly sweet but the production values are gr
EXTD=eat and it's an excellent improvement over the previous version. 
EXTD=The best of Davy's ballads here though is the almost funky R&B fe
EXTD=el of A MAN WITHOUT A DREAM which has an almost Motown sound to i
EXTD=t. The last Jones track is the Beatles 'Your Mother Should Know' 
EXTD=rip off ME WITHOUT YOU which is probably his worst trakc here but
EXTD= still this is pretty darn catchy. Micky Dolenz takes his hand a 
EXTD=songwriting for a change. The first two songs are Boyce And Hart 
EXTD=tunes though. The albmu opener THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS had been
EXTD= done before but was very choppy. This version is an improvement 
EXTD=and is a good album opener. Micky also trys to make a hit out of 
EXTD=the Clarksville-clone single TEARDROP CITY. Despite the resemblen
EXTD=ce this song has an excellent guitar riff that stands out on it's
EXTD= own. When it came ot songwriting Dolenz went very experimental h
EXTD=ere. His beautiful ballad JUST A GAME is an excellent track provi
EXTD=ng that he was quite a good songwriter. The overblown epic SHORTY
EXTD= BLACKWELL however shows how self indulgence can ruin good music.
EXTD= This song is the album's worst track with mediocre vocals by Dol
EXTD=enz and his sister, Coco; singing about Micky's cat and the other
EXTD= Monkees. The bonus tracks for 'Instant Replay' are the best in t
EXTD=he Rhino reissue series though. Despite the fact it probably shou
EXTD=ld have been on 'The Monkees Present', SOMEDAY MAN finally makes 
EXTD=an appearance on an album. This great track was the b-side to 'Li
EXTD=sten To The Band'. Two Nesmith tracks also appear here for the fi
EXTD=rst time the excellent CARLISLE WHEELING (this is the best versio
EXTD=n) and ST.MATTHEW which hailed from the Nashvile sessions. Dolenz
EXTD=' funky ROSEMARIE is an intresting jam but not really a song. A w
EXTD=onderful ballad called SMILE written by Davy also appears here fo
EXTD=r the first time. The last two tracks are merely alternate versio
EXTD=ns of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and ME WITHOUT YOU both are weake
EXTD=r than the originals but still worth a listen. \n\nOverall 'Insta
EXTD=nt Replay' is vastly underrated. Yeah yeah it's uneven and it's n
EXTD=ot the best Moknees album out there. However the majority of song
EXTD=s on her are some of The Monkees finest recordings. This album ha
EXTD=s quite a variety and was the first Monkees album I bought. Altho
EXTD=ugh it might not be the best intro to the group this is the recor
EXTD=d that got me hooked on the Monkees. Highly recommended. \n\n\nAM
EXTD=AZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMonkees trio succeeds with ecclectic of
EXTD=fering, February 17, 2003 \nReviewer: A music fan\n\nINSTANT REPL
EXTD=AY was released in February 1969, right before Peter Tork departe
EXTD=d the group after his final appearance as a Monkee in the televis
EXTD=ion special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee." Though Tork is absen
EXTD=t, the quality of the album does not suffer. INSTANT REPLAY, howe
EXTD=ver, is more of a collection of solo songs by each remaining band
EXTD= member, all collected together under the name 'Monkees.' \nMicha
EXTD=el Nesmith steals the show with his classic "While I Cry," a bitt
EXTD=ersweet ballad with wonderful backing vocals provided by Micky Do
EXTD=lenz and Davy Jones. Nesmith shines again on his own "Don't Wait 
EXTD=For Me," as well as on Carole King's "I Won't Be The Same Without
EXTD= Her." \n\nMicky Dolenz comes into his own on INSTANT REPLAY, pro
EXTD=viding the should-have-been hit single "Through the Looking Glass
EXTD=" as well as his own "Just A Game." Micky does his best to create
EXTD= a hit out of "Teardrop City" (#56) but the song suffers from sou
EXTD=nding too much like "Last Train to Clarksville." However, Micky's
EXTD= self-penned "Shorty Blackwell" is easily his weirdest song, but 
EXTD=listen for the lyrical references to the other members of the ban
EXTD=d in it. Yes, the song is odd, but it works. \n\nEven Davy Jones 
EXTD=delivers the hard rocking "You and I" on INSTANT REPLAY, written 
EXTD=by Jones himself about the dwindling fortunes of the Monkees. And
EXTD=, oh yeah, that's Neil Young guesting on lead guitar. This album 
EXTD=is also home to probably the greatest Jones vocal on record, "A M
EXTD=an Without a Dream," the B-side to "Teardrop City." \n\nDon't for
EXTD=get the excellent bonus selections of "Someday Man" (B-Side to th
EXTD=e "Listen to the Band" single) and of course, "St. Matthew," anot
EXTD=her Nez masterpiece.\n\nBuy this! \n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REV
EXTD=IEW\nAn overlooked gem, March 12, 2002 \nBy  C.H. (Beach Park, IL
EXTD=)\n\nBy 1969 The Monkees seemed to be running out of steam. Peter
EXTD= departed, the show had been canceled, their creative 1968 theatr
EXTD=ical movie "Head" and 1969 TV-Special "331/3 Revolutions Per Monk
EXTD=ee" met little fanfare. Too bad this creative and energetic gem w
EXTD=as lost in the shuffle. Mostly a collection of solo efforts and l
EXTD=eftovers, this collection is definitely worth a listen. Micky kic
EXTD=ks it off with the Beatlesque "Through The Looking Glass" and con
EXTD=tributes the well produced "Just A Game" as well as an opus to hi
EXTD=s cat, "Shorty Blackwell". Davy sings the mauldlin "The Girl I Le
EXTD=ft Behind Me" as well as the hard hitting "You and I". Mike stand
EXTD=s out with my personal favorite, "While I Cry". "Tear Drop City" 
EXTD=is a pale "Last Train To Clarksville" remake. Worthy bonus tracks
EXTD= include "Someday Man" and "Smile". \nAn overlooked gem, March 12
EXTD=, 2002 \nBy  C.H. (Beach Park, IL) - See all my reviews \n\nBy 19
EXTD=69 The Monkees seemed to be running out of steam. Peter departed,
EXTD= the show had been canceled, their creative 1968 theatrical movie
EXTD= "Head" and 1969 TV-Special "331/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" met li
EXTD=ttle fanfare. Too bad this creative and energetic gem was lost in
EXTD= the shuffle. Mostly a collection of solo efforts and leftovers, 
EXTD=this collection is definitely worth a listen. Micky kicks it off 
EXTD=with the Beatlesque "Through The Looking Glass" and contributes t
EXTD=he well produced "Just A Game" as well as an opus to his cat, "Sh
EXTD=orty Blackwell". Davy sings the mauldlin "The Girl I Left Behind 
EXTD=Me" as well as the hard hitting "You and I". Mike stands out with
EXTD= my personal favorite, "While I Cry". "Tear Drop City" is a pale 
EXTD="Last Train To Clarksville" remake. Worthy bonus tracks include "
EXTD=Someday Man" and "Smile". \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOverl
EXTD=ooked, Underrated but Uneven, January 28, 2000 \nReviewer: A musi
EXTD=c fan\n\nThis album was released as an LP in early 1969. I rememb
EXTD=er looking at the album repeatedly in stores at that time, intrig
EXTD=ued by the cover, album title ("Instant Replay" was a new sports 
EXTD=feature on TV broadcasts at that time), unknown song titles, and 
EXTD=the faces of just 3 of the 4 Monkees on the cover. I never did bu
EXTD=y it then, I hadn't bought "Head" the previous fall, and had been
EXTD= really disappointed in the "Birds, Bees" album and the last epis
EXTD=odes of the TV series the year before. Most first-generation fans
EXTD= passed on buying "Instant Replay" at the time, and it's a shame,
EXTD= because even though it was made up of leftover older material, i
EXTD=t was a better "pop" album than "Head" or "Birds, Bees." I suspec
EXTD=t if this album had been released a year earlier instead of "Bird
EXTD=s, Bees", it would have been a more palatable followup to the "Pi
EXTD=sces" album, although it's certainly not as good. But "Instant Re
EXTD=play" does have a lot of very good songs on it. "Through the Look
EXTD=ing Glass" is a good effort, and it's easy to imagine Peter havin
EXTD=g played piano on this if he'd remained in the group. The bonus C
EXTD=D remix of this song features great trumpet accents. "Don't Liste
EXTD=n to Linda" is a polished Davy Jones vocal. Mike really shines wi
EXTD=th one of his best with "While I Cry," and would you believe that
EXTD= Neil Young actually plays guitar on "You and I"? I bought this a
EXTD=lbum for the first time nearly a decade after it was released in 
EXTD=a used record store and was pleasantly surprised by it, and altho
EXTD=ugh there are some clunkers on it, in my view it's an underrated 
EXTD=album, really the last decent presentation of material by the Mon
EXTD=kees in the 1960's. "Monkees Present" and the horrible bubblegum 
EXTD=nightmare "Changes" followed, both more progressively depressing.
EXTD= "Instant Replay" is a nice bonue for fans of the original four a
EXTD=lbums who want to hear a little more of the material they sang on
EXTD= those early years. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOuttakes "P
EXTD=lus", December 26, 1999 \nBy  Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zon
EXTD=e" (Camden, NJ))\nAlmost a prototype of Rhino's MISSING LINKS alb
EXTD=ums, nearly half of this originally dated to sessions for their 1
EXTD=st & 2nd albums. The rest is a very quirky mix of styles and tast
EXTD=es which might have worked better if ALL the songs had been "new"
EXTD= ones at the time. My faves are "Through The Looking Glass", "I W
EXTD=on't Be The Same Without Her", "While I Cry" and "A Man Without a
EXTD= Dream", plus bonus tracks "Someday Man" (which had been the b-si
EXTD=de of "Listen To the Band") and "Smile". I prefer the "regular" v
EXTD=ersions over any of the "alternate mixes", and as for the rest...
EXTD= oh well. I recall when this first came out in '69 looking it ove
EXTD=r and saying, "I don't know ANY of these songs!" This "mistake" w
EXTD=ould be rectified on their next 2 albums, both of which were heav
EXTD=ily promoted on the Saturday morning reruns! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUS
EXTD=TOMER REVIEW\nThe Monkees attempt for a "less-commercial" sound.,
EXTD= May 28, 1998 \nBy  HOOPERFAN@prodigy.net (United States)\n\nWhil
EXTD=e it is easy to dismiss this album as being one of their less imp
EXTD=ressive efforts, a closer listen will make you reconsider. This i
EXTD=s by no means a TERRIFIC album, but its eclectic nature is notabl
EXTD=e. From cheery pop ("Tear Drop City") to hard rock ("You and I") 
EXTD=to country ("Don't Wait for Me"), this album covers a lot of grou
EXTD=nd. Highlights include the beautiful Nesmith song "While I Cry", 
EXTD=Davy's "A Man Without a Dream" and Micky's "Shorty Blackwell". Th
EXTD=e Monkees' career in '69 was a shaky one, but this album shows th
EXTD=at had it been more successful, the Monkees could have really inv
EXTD=ented themselves. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case. Judge for 
EXTD=yourself, maybe you'll think that this IS, in fact, one of their 
EXTD=more impressive efforts. \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing ar
EXTD=tists: Neil Young \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Monkees: Davey Jones, Mich
EXTD=ael Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz.\n\nReissue producers: Andrew Sandoval
EXTD=, Bill Inglot.\nIncludes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval.\n\nThe M
EXTD=onkees' first album without Peter Tork, 1969's INSTANT REPLAY is 
EXTD=a somewhat confused but ultimately successful blend of three very
EXTD= different musical styles. Micky Dolenz's obvious fondness for ps
EXTD=ychedelic pop and R&B grooves, Michael Nesmith's increasingly cou
EXTD=ntry-oriented tunes, and Davy Jones' music hall aspirations will 
EXTD=strike the listener as either incongruous or charmingly contrasti
EXTD=ng when heard in toto.\nThe should-have-been-a-hit "Through the L
EXTD=ooking Glass" is a Dolenz highlight, but his closing song, "Short
EXTD=y Blackwell," may be the most divisive tune in the band's oeuvre.
EXTD= Some find the long, impressionistic tune unbearably pretentious,
EXTD= while others think it's an amusing, trippy, undeniably weird son
EXTD=g not far removed from Van Dyke Parks' then-new album SONG CYCLE.
EXTD= The bonus tracks include a terrific version of Nesmith's "Carlis
EXTD=le Wheeling."
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