<i>The Monkees</i> (album)

The Monkees (album)

<p><i><b>The Monkees</b></i> is the debut studio album by the American band <a href="/en/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees" class="wl">the Monkees</a>. It was released in October 1966 by <a href="/en/Colgems_Records" title="Colgems Records" class="wl">Colgems Records</a> in the United States and <a href="/en/RCA_Victor" title="RCA Victor" class="mw-redirect wl">RCA Victor</a> in the rest of the world. It was the first of four consecutive U.S. number one albums for the group, taking the top spot on the <a href="/en/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200" class="wl"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> for 13 weeks, after which it was displaced by the band's second album.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Lefcowitz_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-Lefcowitz-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> It also topped the UK charts in 1967. <i>The Monkees</i> has been certified quintuple platinum by the <a href="/en/RIAA" title="RIAA" class="mw-redirect wl">RIAA</a>, with sales of over five million copies.</p>

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background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">The Monkees</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:The_Monkees_Album.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:The_Monkees_Album.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/The_Monkees_Album.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="196" data-file-type="bitmap" height="196" width="200" alt="The_Monkees_Album.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/en/Album" title="Album" class="wl">Studio album</a><span> </span>by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/en/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees" class="wl">the Monkees</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October<span>&nbsp;</span>10,<span>&nbsp;</span>1966<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1966-10-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">July 5 – 25, 1966</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Music_genre" title="Music genre" class="wl">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/en/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock" class="wl">Pop rock</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">29</span>:<span class="s">39</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Colgems_Records" title="Colgems Records" class="wl">Colgems Records</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_producer" title="Record producer" class="wl">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Tommy_Boyce" title="Tommy Boyce" class="mw-redirect wl">Tommy Boyce</a></li><li><a href="/en/Boyce_and_Hart" title="Boyce and Hart" class="wl">Bobby Hart</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Jack_Keller_(songwriter)" title="Jack Keller (songwriter)" class="wl">Jack Keller</a></span></li><li><a href="/en/Michael_Nesmith" title="Michael Nesmith" class="wl">Michael Nesmith</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/en/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees" class="wl">The Monkees</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/en/More_of_the_Monkees" title="More of the Monkees" class="wl">More of the Monkees</a></i><br>(1967)</td></tr>
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<ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/en/Last_Train_to_Clarksville" title="Last Train to Clarksville" class="wl">Last Train to Clarksville</a>" / "<a href="/en/Take_a_Giant_Step_(song)" title="Take a Giant Step (song)" class="wl">Take a Giant Step</a>"</span><br>Released: August 16, 1966</span></li></ol>
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<p>The song "<a href="/en/Last_Train_to_Clarksville" title="Last Train to Clarksville" class="wl">Last Train to Clarksville</a>" was released as a single shortly before the release of the album and went to the top of the <a href="/en/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100" class="wl"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart. It was the only hit single from the album. "<a href="/en/Yes_I_Will" title="Yes I Will" class="wl">I'll Be True to You</a>" was previously released as a single by <a href="/en/The_Hollies" title="The Hollies" class="wl">the Hollies</a> in January 1965 under the title "Yes I Will".</p>



The Monkees is the debut studio album by the American band the Monkees. It was released in October 1966 by Colgems Records in the United States and RCA Victor in the rest of the world. It was the first of four consecutive U.S. number one albums for the group, taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, after which it was displaced by the band's second album. It also topped the UK charts in 1967. The Monkees has been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, with sales of over five million copies. The song "Last Train to Clarksville" was released as a single shortly before the release of the album and went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the only hit single from the album. "I'll Be True to You" was previously released as a single by the Hollies in January 1965 under the title "Yes I Will". 