| Once Again | ||||
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| Released | March 6, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | September–December 2000 | |||
| Studio | Beachwood Recording Studio, Woodland Hills, California | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 39:29 | |||
| Label | Beachwood Recordings | |||
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Once Again is a collaboration between guitarists Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley released in 2001 by Beachwood Recordings. [1] It was Tork's third studio album without The Monkees and the second of three collaborations with Stanley. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
Aaron Badgley of AllMusic wrote that Once Again is an "excellent follow-up," calling the song arrangements "simple yet beautiful". [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocal | Length |
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| 1. | "Easy Rider" | Peter Tork | Peter Tork | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Bulldozer" | James Lee Stanley | James Lee Stanley | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Another Side to This Life" | Fred Neil | Peter Tork | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Dirty Job" |
| James Lee Stanley | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Little Girl" | Peter Tork | Peter Tork | 2:31 |
| 6. | "One Trick Pony" | Paul Simon | Peter Tork | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Some Say" | James Lee Stanley | James Lee Stanley | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Easy Rockin'" | James Lee Stanley | James Lee Stanley | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Hi Babe" | Peter Tork | Peter Tork | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Stolen Season" | James Lee Stanley | James Lee Stanley | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Daydream Believer" | John Stewart |
| 3:32 |
| Total length: | 39:29 | |||
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