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New Monkees Album Next Month! Details Released
The Monkees have unveiled the full official details about their forthcoming studio album, Good Times!, which originally had been scheduled for a June 10 release but now will hit stores on May 27.
The record, which is being issued in conjunction with the band’s 50th anniversary, features new vocal, musical and songwriting contributions from the group’s three surviving members — Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork — as well as an archival performance from the late Davy Jones.
Good Times! includes several tunes penned especially for the project by various respected rock songwriters, including Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Oasis’ Noel Gallagher and The Jam’s Paul Weller, XTC’s Andy Partridge, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, who also produced the album.
In addition, the record features newly finished versions of tracks that The Monkees began working on during the 1960s but didn’t complete, including the Harry Nilsson-penned title track, Neil Diamond’s “Love to Love” and songs written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and Jeff Barry & Joey Levine.
The song “Good Times” features Dolenz duetting with the guide vocal that the late Nilsson laid down when he began working on the tune in the late ’60s. “Love to Love”features vocals Jones recorded back in the day.Nesmith penned a tune called “I Know What I Know,” Tork wrote a track titled “Little Girl” and Dolenz co-wrote the album closer, “I Was There (and I’m Told I Had a Good Time),” with Schlesinger.
As previously reported, The Monkees will head out on an expansive 50th anniversary tour next month, although only Dolenz and Tork have signed on to take part. The trek gets under way on May 18 in Fort Myers, Florida, and currently is mapped out through an October 29 concert in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
In related news, the entire Monkees TV series will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on June 24 as part of a limited-edition video box set. The 10-disc collection will feature high-definition footage restored from the original film negatives, a variety of previously unseen outtakes, The Monkees’ 1968 feature film Head and much more.
Here is the full track list of The Monkees’ Good Times!, along with the songwriters of each tune:
“Good Times” (Harry Nilsson)
“You Bring the Summer” (Andy Partridge)
“She Makes Me Laugh” (Rivers Cuomo)
“Our Own World” (Adam Schlesinger)
“Gotta Give It Time” (Jeff Barry/Joey Levine)
“Me & Magdalena” (Ben Gibbard)
“Whatever’s Right” (Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart)
“Love to Love” (Neil Diamond)
“Little Girl” (Peter Tork)
“Birth of an Accidental Hipster” (Noel Gallagher/Paul Weller)
“I Wasn’t Born to Follow” (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
“I Know What I Know” (Michael Nesmith)
“I Was There (and I’m Told I Had a Good Time)” (Micky Dolenz/Adam Schlesinger)
And here are all of the confirmed dates for The Monkees’ 50th anniversary tour:
5/18 — Fort Myers, FL, Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
5/19 — Melbourne, FL, King Center for the Performing Arts
5/20 — Tampa, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
5/21 — Atlanta, GA, Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
5/24 — Charlotte, NC, Blumenthal PAC – Belk Theater
5/26 — Washington, D.C., Warner Theatre
5/27 — Boston, MA, The Wilbur Theatre
5/28 — Philadelphia, PA, Keswick Theatre
5/29 — Red Bank, NJ, Count Basie Theatre
6/1 — New York, NY, The Town Hall
6/3 — Rama, ON, Canada, Casino Rama – Entertainment Centre
6/4 — Windsor, ON, Canada, The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
6/5 — Cleveland, OH, Hard Rock Live Northfield Park
6/7 — Fort Wayne, IN, Foellinger Theatre
6/8 — Grand Rapids, MI, Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
6/10 — Louisville, KY, Louisville Palace Theatre
6/11 — Hammond, IN, The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
6/12 — Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
6/14 — Dayton, OH, Rose Music Center at The Heights
6/28 — Dallas, TX, AT&T PAC – Winspear Opera House
6/30 — Tulsa, OK, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint
7/1 — Mayetta, KS, Prairie Band Casino & Resort – Grand Lakes Ballroom
7/16 — Hampton Beach, NH, Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
7/22 — Hot Springs, AR, Oaklawn Racing and Gaming – Finish Line Theater
7/24 — Augusta, GA, Bell Auditorium
8/6 — Reno, NV, Grand Sierra Resort
9/4 — Vancouver, BC, Canada, PNE Amphitheatre
9/14 — Tucson, AZ, Fox Tucson Theatre
9/15 — Phoenix, AZ, Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
9/16 — Los Angeles, CA, Pantages Theatre
9/17 — Primm, NV, Primm Valley Casino Resorts – Star of the Desert Arena
9/20 — San Francisco, CA, The Warfield
9/21 — Modesto, CA, Gallo Center for the Arts
9/23 — Lincoln City, OR, Chinook Winds Casino Resort
9/24 — Lincoln City, OR, Chinook Winds Casino Resort
9/25 — Seattle, WA, The Moore Theatre
9/29 — Austin, TX, Paramount Theatre
10/1 — Biloxi, MS, Hard Rock Live Biloxi
10/3 — Branson, MO, Welk Resort Theatre
10/21 — Anaheim, CA, City National Grove of Anaheim
10/22 — Paso Robles, CA, Vina Robles Amphitheatre
10/29 — Shippensburg, PA, Shippensburg University – H. Ric Luhrs PAC
