Daydream Believer & Other Hits

Daydream Believer & Other Hits
Greatest hits album by The Monkees
Released	March 17, 1998
Recorded	1967-1970
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	28:35
Label	Rhino, Flashback
Producer	Chip Douglas, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Jeff Barry
The Monkees chronology
I'm a Believer & Other Hits (1997) Daydream Believer & Other Hits (1998) The Monkees Anthology (1998)

Daydream Believer & Other Hits is a Monkees compilation released in 1998. It contained 10 of The Monkees' greatest hits. The album did not include any material from the 1980s or 1990s reunions, focusing strictly on the band's 1960s output.

The contents of this release include both sides to the "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Valleri" and "D.W. Washburn" 45 singles, as well as the A-sides of the "Daydream Believer", "Good Clean Fun", and "Oh, My, My" 7" single releases. "You Can't Tie a Mustang Down", a bubblegum rocker, makes its debut here. The track was recorded during session in January 1967, that record producer Don Kirshner held with only Davy Jones, in an attempt to hijack the Monkees project for himself. The song itself was not considered to be particularly good, and is more the sort of thing The Archies might do.

By the time these later singles were issued, most of the album mixes were also used on the 45 singles. There are a few differences worth noting, however. The most obvious are on "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Tapioca Tundra", and the title track, "Daydream Believer". In these cases, subtle yet significant alterations can be heard - evident mainly on the vocals, as they were usually cut long after the instrumental backing tracks. While it's companion "I'm a Believer & Other Hits" remained in print for several years,^[1] Daydream Believer & Other Hits was deleted from Flashback's catalog not long after it was released.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Daydream Believer" (John Stewart) – 3:02
2. "D.W. Washburn" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:48
3. "Tapioca Tundra" (Michael Nesmith) - 3:07
4. "Words" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) - 2:51
5. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:18
6. "Valleri" (Boyce, Hart) - 2:21
7. "It's Nice to Be with You" (Jerry Goldstein) - 2:55
8. "Good Clean Fun" (Nesmith) - 2:18
9. "Oh, My, My" (Jeff Barry, Andy Kim) - 3:02
10. "You Can't Tie a Mustang Down" (Barry, Leiber, Stoller) - 2:53

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-a-believer-and-other-hits-mw0000063489
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/daydream-believer-and-other-hits-mw0000065161