Hit Factory (album)

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Hit Factory
Hit Factory.JPG
Compilation album by
the Monkees
Released1985
Recorded1966-1969
GenreRock
LabelPair
ProducerVarious
The Monkees chronology
Monkee Flips
(1984) 		Hit Factory
(1985) 		Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees
(1986)

Hit Factory is a compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released by Pair Records in 1985 and licensed from Arista Records. The album was available as a two-record set or single cassette and sold surprisingly well the year following its release, after the Pleasant Valley Sunday MTV marathon of their television series in February 1986 reawakened interest in the Monkees.

Despite its title, the album did not include a full selection of hit singles, instead featuring a mixture of hits, B-sides and album tracks, including then-rarely heard songs from the Monkees' 1968 film Head and their 1969 albums Instant Replay and The Monkees Present. The Billboard chart hit "Tapioca Tundra" (No. 34) makes its U.S. compilation debut here.

The photo of the band used on the cover is a flipped image from the original.

Track listing[]

[1]

Album 1
Side 1
No.TitleSourceLength
1."(Theme From) The Monkees" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart)From The Monkees2:17
2."Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" (Steve Venet / Tommy Boyce)From The Monkees2:33
3."I'll Be True to You (Yes I Will)" (Gerry Goffin / Russ Titelman)From The Monkees2:48
4."Sweet Young Thing" (Michael Nesmith)From The Monkees1:55
Side 2
No.TitleSourceLength
1."When Love Comes Knocking (At Your Door)" (Carole Bayer Sager / Neil Sedaka)From More of the Monkees1:45
2."Forget That Girl" (Chip Douglas)B-side of "Randy Scouse Git"; from Headquarters2:21
3."D.W. Washburn" (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller)Single A-side2:47
4."Can You Dig It?" (Peter Tork)From Head3:19
Album 2
Side 3
No.TitleSourceLength
1."Last Train to Clarksville" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart)Single A-side; from The Monkees2:40
2."Tapioca Tundra" (Michael Nesmith)B-side of "Valleri"; from The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees3:03
3."Through the Looking Glass" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart / Red Baldwin)From Instant Replay2:41
4."Shorty Blackwell" (Micky Dolenz)From Instant Replay5:42
Side 4
No.TitleSourceLength
1."Porpoise Song" (Gerry Goffin / Carole King)Single A-side. LP version; from Head.3:00
2."I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" (Denny Randell / Sandy Linzer)From The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees2:27
3."Little Girl" (Micky Dolenz)From The Monkees Present1:59
4."Looking for the Good Times" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart)From The Monkees Present2:15
  • The cassette release contained Album 1, Sides 1 and 2 on one side and Album 2, Sides 3 and 4 on the other.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.discogs.com/The-Monkees-Hit-Factory/release/5519338
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