GOOD TIMES 12/31/2001 while "I Could Write A

while "I Could Write A Book" is taken at a light gallop (with superb Garland)

we can hear clearly the pianist's roots in the Tin Pan Alley tradition throughout THE UNIQUE THELONIOUS MONK

you've safely earned a rarities compilation like SIDETRACKS

they're still hitting the prescription drugs with "Zoloft

but somehow they make it work

GOOD TIMES 12/31/2001 while "I Could Write AAudio Mixer: Adam Schlesinger. Recording information: Lucy's Market, Los Angeles, CA; Omelette Station, NYC; RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA; The Pool, North Hollywood, CA. Photographers: Henry Diltz; Andrew Sandoval. Designed as a celebration of the Monkees' 50th anniversary, Good Times! certainly is a joyous revival of the cheerful jangle that characterized the group's big '60s hits, yet underneath the frivolity is an unspoken truth: this 2016 album is