Hit Factory (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hit Factory
| type = compilation
| artist = the Monkees
| cover = Hit Factory.JPG
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = 1966–1969
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length =
| label = Pair
| producer = Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jack Keller, Michael Nesmith, Neil Sedaka, Carole Bayer Sager, Chip Douglas, The Monkees, Micky Dolenz
| prev_title = Monkee Flips
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees
| next_year = 1986
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-factory-mw0000263116 |last=McCombs |first=Joseph |title=The Monkees - Hit Factory Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 20, 2023}}
}}
Hit Factory is a compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released by Pair Records in 1985 and licensed from Arista Records. The album was available as a two-record set or single cassette and sold surprisingly well the year following its release, after the Pleasant Valley Sunday MTV marathon of their television series in February 1986 reawakened interest in the Monkees.
Despite its title, the album did not include a full selection of hit singles, instead featuring a mixture of hits, B-sides and album tracks, including then-rarely heard songs from the Monkees' 1968 film Head and their 1969 albums Instant Replay and The Monkees Present. The Billboard chart hit "Tapioca Tundra" ({{thinspace|No.|34}}) makes its U.S. compilation debut here.
The photo of the band used on the cover is a flipped image from the original.
Track listing
{{tracklist
|headline = Side one
|extra_column = Source
|title1 = (Theme From) The Monkees
|extra1 = From The Monkees (1966)
|length1 = 2:17
|note1 = Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
|title2 = Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day
|extra2 = From The Monkees
|length2 = 2:33
|note2 = Steve Venet, Boyce
|title3 = I'll Be True to You (Yes I Will)
|extra3 = From The Monkees
|length3 = 2:48
|note3 = Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman
|title4 = Sweet Young Thing
|extra4 = From The Monkees
|length4 = 1:55
|note4 = Goffin, Carole King, Michael Nesmith
}}
{{tracklist
|headline = Side two
|extra_column = Source
|title1 = When Love Comes Knocking (At Your Door)
|extra1 = From More of the Monkees (1967)
|length1 = 1:45
|note1 = Neil Sedaka, Carole Bayer Sager
|title2 = Forget That Girl
|extra2 = B-side of "Randy Scouse Git"; from Headquarters (1967)
|length2 = 2:21
|note2 = Chip Douglas
|title3 = D.W. Washburn
|extra3 = Single A-side (1968)
|length3 = 2:47
|note3 = Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
|title4 = Can You Dig It?
|extra4 = From Head (1968)
|length4 = 3:19
|note4 = Peter Tork
}}
{{tracklist
|headline = Side three
|extra_column = Source
|title1 = Last Train to Clarksville
|extra1 = Single A-side; from The Monkees
|length1 = 2:40
|note1 = Boyce, Hart
|title2 = Tapioca Tundra
|extra2 = B-side of "Valleri"; from The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)
|length2 = 3:03
|note2 = Nesmith
|title3 = Through the Looking Glass
|extra3 = From Instant Replay (1969)
|length3 = 2:41
|note3 = Boyce, Hart, Red Baldwin
|title4 = Shorty Blackwell
|extra4 = From Instant Replay
|length4 = 5:42
|note4 = Micky Dolenz
}}
{{tracklist
|headline = Side four
|extra_column = Source
|title1 = Porpoise Song
|extra1 = Single A-side. LP version; from Head
|length1 = 3:00
|note1 = Goffin, King
|title2 = I'll Be Back Up on My Feet
|extra2 = From The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
|length2 = 2:27
|note2 = Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
|title3 = Little Girl
|extra3 = From The Monkees Present (1969)
|length3 = 1:59
|note3 = Dolenz
|title4 = Looking for the Good Times
|extra4 = From The Monkees Present
|length4 = 2:15
|note4 = Boyce, Hart
}}
References
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