Much of the hoopla surrounding HEADQUARTERS has to do with the fact it's the first album where the Monkees actually
played their own instruments and wrote their own songs. That's fine and good, but I think you'd truly have to be a
fan to care about this 45 year old fan debate as to whether they were better before or afterwards. As a passerby,
these songs seem quite 2nd or 3rd rate versions of what their contemporaries (namely The Beatles & The Byrds) were
doing 2 years before. I'd much prefer to listen to their earlier pop hits than this mediocre attempt to declare
their independence from "the machine". Meh...
Highlights: "You Told Me".
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