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Title: The Monkees – I’m a Believer and Other Hits

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop/TV Pop, Los Angeles, California 5/26

Matrix #: 72883

Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Micky D (45' - ), Michael N (42' - 21'), Peter T (42' - 19'), Davy J (45' - 12')

Cultural Facts:

1. Media Narrative The Monkees were built for television, which made critics dismiss them as fake, even though the group later fought hard for more control over its records.
2. Personal Struggle Peter Tork was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in 2009, a rare cancer that affected his tongue and later returned before his death in 2019.
3. Band Drama Michael Nesmith became the loudest voice pushing back against the studio system, helping force the band out of pure manufactured-pop territory and into actual creative authorship.