Track Listing

1. Opening Ceremony
2. Porpoise Song [Theme from Head]
3. Ditty Diego -- War Chant
4. Circle Sky
5. Supplico
6. Can You Dig It?
7. Gravy
8. Superstitious
9. As We Go Along
10. Dandruff?
11. Daddy's Song
12. Poll
13. Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All over Again
14. Swami -- Plus Strings
15. Ditty Diego -- War Chant [*]
16. Circle Sky [*]
17. Happy Birthday to You [*]
18. Can You Dig It? [*]
19. Daddy's Song [Alternate Take][*]
20. Head Radio Spot [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179963 in Music
• Released on: 1994-11-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack, Import
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 86 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Psychedelic Classic
Forget the zany, madcap Monkees that sang cheeky pop songs such as Last Train To Clarksville and I'm A Believer, this is a collection of experimental songs that even Radiohead would be hard pressed to match!

The soundtrack to the 1968 movie of the same name (it even includes sound bites from the film) Head starts with a psychedelic masterpiece, The Porpoise Song, that wouldn't sound out of place on Sergeant Pepper.

It is a mass of swirling 60's organs and dreamy vocals by Micky Dolenz - a truly under-rated singer - if you have not heard this song before, prepare to be absolutely astonished! The other stand out track is the beautiful As We Go Along. This is one of the most touching ballads ever recorded, Dolenz again singing tenderly to an acoustic backing supplied by Neil Young, Carole King and Ry Cooder(!) The price of the album is worth it for these two songs alone. Sheer excellence!

Circle Sky is Mike Nesmith's wonderful attempt at punk, 8 years before it happened and Can You Dig It has an eastern feel which adds to the colour of the album. Do I Have To Do This All Over Again features a rare Peter Tork vocal, and tumbles wildly into a fantastic guitar break and frenzied fade out. Oh, and Davy Jones sings one as well, but still...

If you are looking to buy a Monkees album with all the hits on, then go for the greatest hits collections. If you are looking for an interesting, intelligent album that over the years has matured into a cult classic, then look no further. Head this way!

"supernatural, perhaps: baloney Perhaps not"
a fascinating disc..
although I first got familiar with the monkees with their
thight direct sparklin and polished early products like song in the type of "Im a beliver and theme from the monkees"
Regardless of this while after reading reviews of their discs and listening to outtakes and such.. my intrest för my first purchase in their catalog came to be "The official soundtrack för their 1968 film head"

There is a cool spirit surrounding this whole disc Its clearly alot more loose and less clean than the early songs perhaps

but there is obvoius quality in this... more free form monkees

and therefor I wish for all listners not be "freightened" by this release

Beacuse they really went in deep for this production
with a mix of the groovy organ and echofphrased flow of propoise song from the wacky but yet truthfull ditty diego (warchant) that really show the monkees making fun of themselves

there is also amazing sound collages .. although some rather bizarre that are put inbetween the songs(coordinated by film director jack nicholson) somtimes mixed with parts of the songs in the middle or just neat dialogs mixed prior to the songs

as far as the songs goes each of them are great the dreamy spirit about them is always perhaps the most catchy is davy Jones little swingin number daddys song that has some neat jazzy orchestra work with it aswell
while the rock n roll is at high peak on circle sky and also on Pete Torks "Do have to do this all over again" that features a great mix between both rock blues and even a more folkier sound during the flute part, a more gentler piece is their with the little mellow swing of the amazing as we go along, a little folkie inspiered tune that even features neil young on guitar(!)

I find this album being a fantastic piece dispite the bizarre sound collages that makes you wonder whatta hell is going on,, the charm of this soundtrack as a whole and the neat structure of both the soundtrack as a colletive and the songs one by one are fascinating just listen to the arrangement of can you dig it for instance,
this is truley great.. but it seems to be an overlooked disc

Perhaps beacuse of how the structure tend to seem as uttery conufusing at first listen for some..

Wacked yes.. but with emotion coolness and groove

(and session musician for the doors, doug lubahn, the bassist also plays bass here for monkees on propoise song,by the way)

This a great produced effort

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT

allthough I havent seen the film yet
this amazes me

I think its great cause its simply got the flow

the bonus track gives an intresting look at working with songs aswell

Open your ears for the Monkees

and open your ears for head.. which with its neat.. yet spacey production can still manage to be focused and amaze

Maybe it spawned out of the total confusion of beatles magical mystery tour

but its 100% better

Surreal, fun and funky
Not at all what I expected from this band - no Beach Boys-y stuff. Just as mad as the series with some excellent tunes. Calm ones, manic ones, romantic ones and Head ones. Several bits of wacked out text as well. Excellent stuff.