Head
by The Monkees

Head by The Monkees
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-11-19
Overall rank: 5,434th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 82 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (420th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,434th)

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The Monkees HEAD (CD, 1994, Rhino) 6 Bonus Tracks
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Head is ranked 5th best out of 23 albums by The Monkees on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Monkees is The Monkees which is ranked number 3916 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 377.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,434th | 1960s rank: 420th | 1968 rank: 76th
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2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 196897/1000
2026LittleM1971Top 77 Music Albums of 196874/770
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 196889/1001
2026 WasinskiTop 66 Music Albums of 196840/662
2026 sssvnnnTop 65 Music Albums of 196841/652
2026 NowhereManTop 21 Music Albums of 196814/212
2026 MadhattanJackTop 51 Music Albums of 19681/515
2026matterhornriderTop 58 Music Albums of 196853/581
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 196874/1001
2026 NowhereManTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s82/1004
2025 Patman360Top 88 Music Albums of 196875/881
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s69/1006
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 196819/1004
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196889/1001
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 65 Music Albums of 196855/651
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C92/100 -
2025beatlemattTop 100 Greatest Music Albums93/1007
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 52 Music Albums of 196849/520
2024 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s9/10018
2024Rich150Top 100 Greatest Music Albums35/10055
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 74
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 252
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72/100 (from 82 votes)
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65/100
 
01/09/2026 00:18 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,95981/100
 
80/100
 
11/23/2025 20:06 TimBroad04  Ratings distribution  20369/100
 
80/100
 
07/29/2025 05:21 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,07881/100
 
75/100
 
06/25/2025 16:35 travelful  Ratings distribution  3,81772/100
 
65/100
 
06/04/2025 08:41 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,76769/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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70/100
From 10/14/2022 10:46 | #290453
They just had to do it, a Monkees psychedelic album.
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75/100
From 07/29/2019 02:38 | #240485
Head (1968) by The Monkees - 7.71428571429/10 (Rating Doesn’t Include Tracks that aren’t songs) - Listened to on 6/19/2019
A1 - Opening Ceremony - 6/10 (Not Song)
A2 - Porpoise Song - 8/10
A3 - Ditty Diego (War Chant) - 8/10
A4 - Circle Sky - 8/10
A5 - Supplicio - 6/10 (Not Song)
A6 - Can You Dig It - 8/10
A7 - Gravy - 6/10 (Not Song)
B1 - Superstitious - 6/10 (Not Song)
B2 - As We Go Along - 8/10
B3 - Dandruff? - 5/10 (Not Song)
B4 - Daddy's Song - 7/10
B5 - Poll - 6/10 (Not Song)
B6 - Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again - 7/10
B7 - Swami (Plus Strings) - 7/10 (Not Song)
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Rating:  
90/100
From 03/11/2016 20:52 | #161751
I love this album - my favourite Monkees album...the main tracks are stong and the interludes and incidental pieces add to the overall character. Mad film, quality soundtrack album. I rate this highly.
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100/100
From 03/03/2016 13:29 | #161173
A psychedelic soundtrack. Great music from a great film.
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70/100
From 06/19/2012 05:33 | #44717
"Head" was the last Monkees album to feature all four original members. Guitarist Pete Tork left the band shortly after finishing the album.

Though it's a soundtrack and not a regular album it contains some of the Monkees' finest recordings. Especially the two Carole King songs "Porpoise Song" and "As We Go Along" are outstanding. Also Tork's "Can You Dig it" and Nesmith's "Circle Sky" are Monkees classics.

Only 6 tracks on the original album are actually music. The rest of it is soundclips and dialouge; some of it quite entertaining.

Taken from the sleeve notes Jack Nicholson played a big part in the album's/movie's creation, which sounds to be pretty weird.

The bonus tracks are mostly alternate takes - most interesting is the fine live version of "Circle Sky" recorded in May 1968.

The list of guest musicians is impressive, featuring names like Leon Russell, Bill Chadwick, Dewey Martin, Carole King, Neil Young and Ry Cooder.
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