One of the Monkees' finest album tracks ever, "Love Is Only Sleeping" was written by the great Brill Building songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It's a testament to their craftsmanship that they were able to come up with a fabulous piece of pop psychedelia. A great descending guitar riff is the hook here, before moving into a series of minor-key melodic shifts. The rhythmic dynamics of the song -- complete with a folksy bridge -- are almost on a par with some of the Beatles' better efforts of the period, and that's saying something. One of Michael Nesmith's finest vocal performances and a trippy arrangement highlight the recording, again one of the band's greatest and most obscure. From: https://www.allmusic.com/song/love-is-only-sleeping-mt0010609997#review
