CD reviews: The Monkees

The first Monkees album featuring new songs in two decades (following 1996's Justus), Good Times! is a 50th anniversary celebration of the US act that topped charts and broke its small-screen shackles.

It features recently completed tracks from the Monkees' heyday, the guitar chime and back-beat groove of Love To Love (by Neil Diamond), which brings to life the late Davy Jones.

There is also material written by Rivers Cuomo, of Weezer (She Makes Me Laugh), and Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller (Birth Of An Accidental Hipster), who pay their artistic respects to an oft-maligned and misunderstood group.

 The Monkees. Good Times! Rhino Records.

Three stars (out of five)

Single download: Our Own World
For those who like: Small Faces, The Easybeats

- Shane Gilchrist

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