The
Monkees' 50th anniversary has gotten off to a fabulous
start, with their concert tour underway and their just-released new
album Good Times! debuting as the number one bestselling CD on
Amazon, ahead of new releases by other veteran artists including Eric
Clapton and Paul Simon and today's hottest superstars such as Blake
Shelton, Beyonce, and Adele, and even the original cast recording of
runaway Broadway success Hamilton.
This
is significant, because not only is Good Times! The Monkees'
first new album of the 21st century, but it is also their
first album released well into the age of the Internet and the era of
digital music. The group's previous album, Justus, came out 20
years ago at the dawn of the World Wide Web and well before the
universal availability of online music, failing to make an impact
beyond the interest of hardcore fans.
The
initial success of Good Times! hints at what could possibly be
The Monkees' biggest comeback since their blockbuster resurgence in
the 1980s (which, incidentally, didn't extend to their 1987 album
Pool It!).
Not
bad for a band that's been around for five decades, released only
three albums in the last 30 years, and whose members are all in their
70s.
--Raj
Manoharan
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