Headquarters

Headquarters was the third album issued by The Monkees and the first written and recorded primarily by the four members of the group, rather than by session musicians and professional songwriters. After a struggle for creative autonomy with their record label, the group had been allowed to record by themselves. Headquarters reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum in the U.S. with sales of more than two million copies. It is included in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. During the early months of 1967, the four Monkees sequestered themselves in the RCA Music Center of the World Studios, on Sunset Boulevard near Vine Street in Hollywood. Many of the songs were written by the four group...