History Music / PiscesAquariusCapricornAndJonesLtd

** Peter is credited with the poem "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky", which is actually PublicDomain. He presumably got the credit for doing the arrangement.

** Notably, Creator/MichaelNesmith has five lead vocals on the album ("Salesman", "The Door Into Summer", "Love is Only Sleeping", "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?", "Don't Call on Me"), almost as many as he'd had on the first three albums combined. Even more impressively, only one ("Don't Call on Me") was on a song he also wrote.

** Davy was the only Monkee involved with "Hard to Believe". He was backed by Kim Capli (as mentioned above) and an orchestra (arranged and conducted by George Aliceson Tipton).

** Peter recites his poem "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky".
** On the bonus tracks, Micky sings "Goin' Down" which he wrote with the other three and Diane Hildebrand.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky" is a comical little story based on the "P" sound (as if the title didn't give it away). To emphasize it, Peter stands close to the microphone while reciting it to get the popping "P" that engineers [[StylisticSuck usually try to avoid]].

Along with too many session musicians to list, but two deserve special mention:

* Chip Douglas - in addition to producing the album, he played bass on every track except "Hard to Believe", whose bassist is Kim Capli
* "Fast" Eddie Hoh - drums on every track except "Cuddly Toy" (which was the last time Micky played drums on the Monkees' original studio recordings) and "Hard to Believe", whose drummer is Kim Capli (again!)

** "Hard to Believe" has Davy backed by an orchestra and other studio musicians.

Creator/RhinoRecords has released two deluxe remasters of ''Pisces, Aquarius", a single-disc CD in 1995 and a two-disc CD in 2007; each features different bonus tracks. While most of these are just alternate takes or mixes of the songs from the final album, both versions feature two tracks that were dropped from the track list at the last minute, "Special Announcement" and "Goin' Down". Also, the 2007 remaster includes "Riu Chiu", a [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]] from the TV episode "[[Recap/TheMonkeesS2E15TheMonkeesChristmasShow The Monkees' Christmas Show]]".

* Peter Tork - co-lead vocal on "Words", recitation on "Peter Percival Patterson", backing vocals, guitar, keyboards

** The LP was originally supposed to open with "Special Announcement", an InJoke parody of of the tape-alignment instructions to engineers at Creator/RCARecords' recording studios.

The album was something of a TroubledProduction; it was recorded and mixed over a period of six months (April to October 1967) in four different cities (UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} and UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}), whenever the Monkees could find time in their busy schedule of touring and filming [[Series/TheMonkees their TV series]]. Also, the track listing was adjusted several times before the final release. Despite this hectic atmosphere, the group's artistic ambition carried the day. Their new songs incorporated everything from strings and horns to CountryMusic, from bossa nova to some of the earliest ElectronicMusic to appear on a pop record, while taking advantage of sophisticated production techniques. This meant that the band had to go back to using session musicians to fill out their sound, which some members were more comfortable with than others (see the above quotes). Still, the public was ready to accept the psychedelic version of the Monkees, as ''Pisces, Aquarius'' became their fourth #1 album in a row. (Admittedly, it was also their last #1 album.)

** Whatever "Cuddly Toy" is about, one thing is clear: the man is basically telling the woman "Sure, I used you! So what? Get over it!"

* TravelingSalesman: "Salesman" is allegedly about one of these, but the song is widely believed to be about a drug dealer. The lyrics, which have the salesman "selling high" and pushing "secret goods", certainly give that impression.

Creator/RhinoRecords has released two deluxe remasters of ''Pisces, Aquarius", a single-disc CD in 1995 and a two-disc CD in 2007; each features different bonus tracks. While most of these are just alternate takes or mixes of the songs from the final album, both versions feature two tracks that were dropped at the last minute, "Special Announcement" and "Goin' Down". Also, the 2007 remaster includes "Riu Chiu", a [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]] from the TV episode "[[Recap/TheMonkeesS2E15TheMonkeesChristmasShow The Monkees' Christmas Show]]".

Creator/RhinoRecords has released two deluxe remasters of ''Pisces, Aquarius", a single-disc CD in 1995 and a two-disc CD in 2007; each features different bonus tracks. While most of these are just different takes or mixes of the songs from the final album, both versions feature two tracks that were dropped at the last minute, "Special Announcement" and "Goin' Down". Also, the 2007 remaster includes "Riu Chiu", a [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]] from the TV episode "[[Recap/TheMonkeesS2E15TheMonkeesChristmasShow The Monkees' Christmas Show]]".

** "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky" dispenses with the music and has Peter reciting a short story without musical accompaniment.

** "Hard to Believe" has the singer baring his soul to woman who's already with someone else, in hopes that he can win her back.

* SillyLoveSongs: Eight tracks fit the trope description, but it's notable how most of them view romance with either despair or cynicism. If the characters aren't trying to save a troubled relationship, one of the partners is already leaving, or has no intention of getting involved in the first place.

* ShirtlessScene: The back cover photos of the individual Monkees show a barechested Davy strumming an acoustic guitar.

** "The Door Into Summer" is both a denunciation of {{Greed}} and a commentary on UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. The VillainProtagonist is a war profiteer who, like Film/CitizenKane, doesn't realize he's wasted his life pursuing power until it's too late.

** In "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" the protagonist travels to UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}, "lightly takes advantage" of a local girl who falls in love with him, goes home to the USA, ''then'' realizes that he loves her too. He wants to return to her, but is aware that even if he does she probably won't take him back.

* TheBlank: The first three albums had [[FaceOnTheCover pictures of the band]] on the front, but here Bernard Yeszin's cover painting has faceless versions of the Monkees standing in a field of pastel-covered flowers that partially cover their guitar-shaped logo. As Yeszin later explained in an interview:

-->"Peter Percival Patterson's pet pig Porky ate so much pie, do you know what he did? [[PopGoesTheHuman He popped.]]"

''Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.'' is Music/TheMonkees' fourth album, relaeased on November 6, 1967 through Colgems Records. It has become one of their most acclaimed works.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The simulated nightclub performance in "Don't Call on Me" supposedly takes place at "the elegant Pump Room of the magnificent Palmer House, high over Chicago". While the Palmer House is a real hotel, and the Pump Room was a real restaurant, it was actually located in the Ambassador East.

* "Fast" Eddie Hoh - drums on all tracks except "Cuddly Toy" (which was the last time Micky played drums on the Monkees' original studio recordings) and "Hard to Believe", whose drummer is Kim Capli (again!)

Creator/RhinoRecords has released two deluxe remasters of ''Pisces, Aquarius", a single-disc CD in 1995 and a two-disc CD in 2007; each features different bonus tracks. While most of these are just different takes or mixes of the songs from the final album, both versions feature two tracks that were dropped at the last minute, "Special Announcement" and "Goin' Down". Also, the 2007 remaster includes "Riu Chiu", a [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]] from the TV episode "[[ChristmasEpisode The Christmas Story]]".

The album was something of a TroubledProduction; it was recorded and mixed over a period of six months (April to October 1967) in three different cities (UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} and UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}), whenever the Monkees could find time in their busy schedule of touring and filming [[Series/TheMonkees their TV series]]. Also, the track listing was adjusted several times before the final release. Despite this hectic atmosphere, the group's artistic ambition carried the day. Their new songs incorporated everything from strings and horns to CountryMusic, from bossa nova to some of the earliest ElectronicMusic to appear on a pop record, while taking advantage of sophisticated production techniques. This meant that the band had to go back to using session musicians to fill out their sound, which some members were more comfortable with than others (see the above quotes). Still, the public was ready to accept the psychedelic version of the Monkees, as ''Pisces, Aquarius'' became their fourth #1 album in a row. (Admittedly, it was also their last #1 album.)

** In "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" the protagonist travels to UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}, "lightly takes advantage" of a local girl who falls in love with him, goes home to the USA, ''then'' realizes that he loves her too. He wants to return to her, but realizes even if he does she probably won't take him back.

''Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.'' is Music/TheMonkees' fourth album, recorded throughout 1967 and released that November. It has become one of their most acclaimed works.