Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Another great album, somewhat timeless, lyrics and sounds don’t ‘seem’ aged, besides some of the production value.
I actually really like this one great vibe, consistent, short, powerful, just a really really easy listen I think 4/5 is a fair score, i think it could possibly grow on me more, i would definitely revisit it at some point, good stuff all round
Interesting, I love those psychedelic, soulful sounds
Really quite liked this, and would say there is not a bad track on the record. However, there is also little that is outstanding which keeps this from being a truly superb listen. Certainly one that I will put on again, however. A high 3/low 4 for me.
Interesting album, some solid tracks. An album of it's time.
There's no way this is from 1968, it has a much more modern sound. The first few tracks are pretty interesting but it does dip back into the standard psychelic-ish styles of its era as it goes on, but it's short and sweet and deserves a 3.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Sounds surprisingly modern in the production for an album from 1968, some of the songs wouldn't have felt out of place on a Ben Folds album or similar. Songwriting is a bit clunky in places, but they do tackle themes that are a bit more grown up than a lot of the bands at the time. The opener was great, This Will Be Our Year also good. 3/5.
A bit raw, as expected from when it came out but it is groundbreaking. Great and innovative.
Quite enjoyable, although very typical of the time. Can see myself giving this a few more spins.
Very Beatles-esque. Time of the Season is still a pretty good song, but almost the only great part of the album. Was very tired of all the choir parts and a lot of the endings of the songs were just plain weird and felt cut short.
Loves it!
Easy listener, for sure, perfect early 60's vibes, but definitely not my favorite. I'm only 8 albums in, this is the only one so far that I wondered why it was on this list. Not bad, just not great. However, I enjoyed "Changes" and "This Will Be Our Year".
Not my thing
Pop com nuances psicodélicas com a duração certa, pouco mais de meia hora, e ainda fecha com o hit.
I just can't get into this style of music. That bouncy pop piano stuff.
Similar to early Beatles. I like the single, of course.
Fun. Worth further listening.
This is a wonderfully bright, colorful, and breezy album. It really just brings out the best in me and puts me in a good mood. I absolutely love that opening track. And some of the baroque experimentation on here is pretty cool. It adds a level of uniqueness that more commercial pop music didn't really have in this time period. My favorite example would probably be the organ on Butchers Tale. It makes the song sound somewhat ghastly and chilling. I think some songs do come off as a little plain comparatively, and don't try as many interesting ideas. Rating: 7/10
3.5/5
Nostalgic
Very cute.
Pretty damn good with some classics
Not a fan of hippie music at all
Pretty good
Actually so fire and my favorite album so far. I could genuinely listen to this album on repeat all day. 5/5
"What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me?" I'm a massive fan of the single T12- "Time of the season," so I was expecting the album to match that upbeat, poppy, yet dated and unique style of rock music that the song provides. With T1- "Care of Cell 44," I was excited because that song seemed to confirm my expectations, with a really great song off of the album that matches the vibe of a later, more psychedelic Beatles song, like "Strawberry fields." The rest of the album didn't quite live up to my standards, but kept with the Beatle-y theme. It all felt uninspired, and it's hard to try and match the style of the Beatles, while having clearly inferior songwriting abilities. I considered giving this album a 4, because of how much I adore "Time of the season" (playlist track), but I couldn't bring myself to do it because I wouldn't want to listen to the track again, as I'm not a huge Beatles fan, and especially not a fan of a knock-off Beatles. sorry Abby, it's getting a... 3/5
Falta un pelín por oír todavía, pero vi de donde salió el sample de "Angels" de los Sound Defects, que loco.
This was new to me, and I really liked it.
Zombies are pretty good, shockingly. 5 stars for this will be our year
Very Beatles an unknown band to me but very of the era a rose for Emily was a good track. I knew the song time of the season but only because it was used by the artist Eminem many years later and I would rather be listening to that song then this after a while his voice annoys me.
Light The Beatles vibes, but good nonetheless. I like them.
[in Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks' voice] Damn fine Psychedelic Pop!
A rare 60's album I had not listened to before. The mixing on this album is superb. The subject matter such a sign of the times. Love it.
Interesting but not mind blowing. Time of the season is a hit
Listened
This was so good. The singles, which are nearly ubiquitous, hold up really well. And the stuff that isn't a single is really good! Diverse types of songs, good soulful moments (not as in soul but as in emotionality), great musicality. I just really dug this. I'm a bit surprised to give it a five star rating, but I think it earned it.
Classic psychedelia
Brilliant! I had no clue how good the album was as a whole, having only heard there is a season.
OK album. A couple good songs. Beatles-esque.
Maybe it is because anything is a welcome relief following Trout Mask Replica, but this album is a joy. Thoroughly listenable throughout, feeling like a lost Beatles album. "Time of the Season" is a well known classic, but there are several other great songs on here, and even the less memorable songs are still pleasant. Song going on my "1001 Songs" Playlist: Time of the Season Songs Going On My "1001 Albums Savelist" Playlist: Care of Cell 44, A Rose for Emily, Changes, This Will Be Our Year, Time of the Season
One of my favorite albums of the 60s. On the surface it's boppy psychadelia, but the lyrics stray to the dark side. A bit haunting. Lots of bangers, as well. Especially in love with "Hung Up On a Dream."
That was different kind of rocking. More chill and artistic. I quite liked it. 3.5/5.
There’s no way you can’t be in a good mood while listening to this. So positive sounding. “Butchers Tale” had a different tone. Much weirder than the others, so of course it’s my favorite. Then we get the classic “Time of the Season” that was exploding with big daddy energy. 7/10
Because I don’t know anything about 60s music I would have just assumed this was the Beatles. Feel good music. Who doesn’t like feeling good? “I want her, she wants me” they only sang into my left ear. Not a fan of that. “Butcher’s Tale” has a melody that is definitely in one of the Jack Box games. “Time of the Season” is a great way to close out the album. Overall I liked the album but didn’t fall in love. 6/10
Fun happy go lucky album. Fantastic final song that helped define a generation. Not a huge fan of this era in general but a very solid album. 6/10
Peace, love and white boys singing in harmony. Each song has a different tone all while screaming this was made in the 60s. Not really too much to say about this one. A bunch of pleasant songs finished off with an absolute banger. 7/10
I like the music and rhythm. Wish the guitar was easier to hear. Singer is great.
Very cheesy but ok
Fucking amazing. One of the best albums I’ve ever heard
Devent
Okay 60s stuff. Didn't feel super swayed by any of it, but it was a pleasant listen for some semi-pscyh rock.
Very much enjoyed, easy listen
Very fun prog rock album. Didn’t know this is where Time of the Season was from. It started good and ended strong, kinda wish there was more songs like Time of the Season.
Stereotypical sounds of the late sixties. Mostly forgettable except for the last song. Sounds like a budget Beatles
It's okay. Not really my thing, but I recognize a few classics.
Nice, upbeat and sort of groovy.
Það er eitthvað sakleysi í þessu sem ég fíla. Nokkur mjög góð lög.
Pretty groovy. Good chill vibe throughout, with an excellent set of bookend tracks. Not a huge variation between tracks, however.
Not my cup of tea.
Never heard the band before, but it's quite good. Also, Eminem sampled the last song of the album on his "Rhyme Or Reason" track. Listened to it on 15 Oct. 2023
Mixed bag of tunes. Admittedly, I wasn’t paying close attention throughout but when I did I didn’t feel a pull to continue doing so. I should give another listen sometime. UPDATE: I listened again, and appreciated the album more. There are some semi-dissonant, psychedelic tunes in here that don't really have the hooky melodies that I might need for a distracted listen. Note to self: be better.
Best nice, laatste nummer de topper
3.5
Really solid 60s psychedelic hippy esque album. I was surprised by how much I liked this album considering 60s and psychedelic are two genres I don’t really listen to at all. I don’t think there was a single bad song on this album, and the opening and closing songs are both perfect. Surprised that this band wasn’t more popular because a lot of music from the 80s/90s sampled albums from the zombies and became waaaay more popular (summertime comes to mind). Really good listen, glad I came across this album
Meh
Surprisingly delightful and fresh
I like. Late sixties Brit pop. Beatles and early Bowie vibes. Very English, including a startling condemnation of war in The Butcher. Time of the Season is a masterpiece that too much radio play can’t ruin. Production lyrics everything from the future. Those two are five star. The rest are good and would probably grow on me but not enough punch to rise above three. Surprisingly tame for a band called the Zombies! Strong three stars, maybe four with more listens.
3 voi ansaita relistening..Samalta vuodelta kuin elinen albuni kuullostaa 10v kypsemmeltä..
much more of a pleasant listen than i was expecting. downloaded the first two songs, last song and one in the middle somewhere
I think it would have been much better if I had listened to it 50 years ago.
3.5 (rounded down) It’s hard for me to not compare psychedelic musicians/albums with others. This album gives you harmonies akin to post-Pet Sounds The Beach Boys or CSNY while giving you the sometime simple lyricism of the early Kinks. A Rose for Emily is easily the best example of this. Other songs, like Beechwood Park, offer interesting instrumentals and harmonies. Most of the album remains simple and non experimental compared to other psychedelic albums. Overall 3.5 because instrumentation was nothing unique to the genre, the lyrics were simple in places, but overall a genre I like and a solid album from start to finish that was a breath of fresh air from my previous.
what’s your name? who’s your daddy? 🌟 god I really love the name the zombies. favs of the bunch: time of the season, this will be our year, changes
Not my style
Mucho mejor de lo que recordaba. Desde el Care of Cell 44, A Rose for Emily, Brief candles, Friends of mine y para terminar su famosa Time of the season. Genial.
Heard before: Yes Favourites: Care of cell 44, Beechwood park, Time of the season Some pretty songs on this album. Starts well and ends well but I found the middle stretch of songs to be less good and a bit more forgettable.
peak late 60s psychedelic. Lives in the shadows of pet sounds but not far off great songwriting, maybe an overuse of descending chord structures but it's so effective i don't mind it Standout songs: Beechwood Park I Want Her She Wants Me Time of the Season Whats your name? Whos your daddy? Is he rich like me? Come on.... soo cool
it's got Beatles vibes but a bit less produced/a lot more interesting. are the Beatles psychedelic rock, technically? not gonna be a frequent re-listen, as hearing Brief Candles two days in a row made me frown, but every track is really solid skip(s): none favorite track(s): A Rose for Emily, This Will Be Our Year
It’s ok, nice production but no real standouts
Like The Beatles, but not as good. Easy to listen to. Last song is cool.
Peppy. Seems ahead of its time. Interesting instrument mix.
Strong hippy vibes. This album feels like the quintessential British invasion-hippie movement album. It's hard to discern the impact and influence of this album because there is so much sonic crossover with the beetles here. Final track mega iconic.
Cool rétro hippie
Did not enjoy. There is the one famous song on there which I guess is why they made the list.
Poor man’s beach boys.
It’s fine psychedelic 60s rock,time of the season is a 4/5 song but besides that the album is just fine.
Heard this one, didn't remember loving it, so I don't want to relisten. A few good tracks if I recall.
Really liked the mellotron playing, and love the more lush arrangements with harmonies
Really enjoyed this. They have an easy confidence - not afraid to try out new sounds or be a little weird or dark or sad. Seems like an album that I’ll like more and more on future listening. Let’s see!
Sadly, as a person coming of age in the 60’s, loving the San Francisco psychedelic sounds of groups like Jefferson Airplane, also loving the earlier Zombies, along with the lighter “psychedelic” competition between the Beatles & Beach Boys, I was disappointed in this album. It’s not a wonder why only one song made it on the charts. It makes me think of a soundtrack to one of the worst movies to parody that era, Austin Powers. I can imagine this playing in the background of a club scene from that movie.
New to me. Lovely. Grew over a few listens.
oh! it’s the Time of the Season band. i missed it because everything about that track feels very different from the others—lyrically, musically, everything. when it came on i thought spotify had fininshed the album and was generating other artists for me
Not gonna lie, Somehow this was my introduction to Fiona. I missed out. This album has made it to my favorites list.
I was struggling to understand why this was on the list, then I finally got to 'Time of the Season' and I realized this was another one of those albums that is put on the list because of a popular single. I don't personally find the album all that interesting.
Time of the season is the all time classic on this album. I am not anywhere close to being alive in the 60's, but I imagine this is what is sounds like.
It’s poppy and psychodelic and really well mixed. Enjoyable listen and I understand the accolades it has received. It’s a tad too syrupy and gooey at times for my own personal liking but still really good. 3 stars
Not terrible, just boring.
Psychedelic chamber pop. The mood is woozy and vague. Slow paced and ornate - with Beatles-y sounds and beach boyish harmonies. Pianos and big churchy organs are the lead instruments, with a high up the fretboard bass. The guitars are all chime and jangle. Very finicky composition - choir boys messing around with mushrooms. Time of the Season is the epitome of groovy.
This is one of the great albums of our time, and truly timeless. I am happy to listen to this at any time and place. I've seen it performed live front to back with 4 of the 5 living band members 50 years after the fact and it was incredible. I love this album.
Beatles esque, but idk, wasn't super into it.
loved this album.... where have i been
Yep that was the zombies
Had to listen to it twice to get in the mood for it but I liked it the second time!!
Classic 60’s psychedelic vibes. Some did it better but still good.
Groups like this were in a rough spot. They wanted to keep doing their Brit pop thing, but also cash in on psychedelia. So it never feels like they commit to either. Which is a shame, because I tend to like music that is firmly in one camp or the other. I felt this album was kind of vanilla, nothing really grabbed me on it. However, I didn’t rush to turn it off either. I would listen to it again, but I don’t know if I would ever buy it. Unfortunately the highlight for me was a song I already knew, Season of Love.
It's quite obvious they followed the Beatles. Not so much my tupe of music, but a little ell crafted album. I only recognized Time of the Season
Not really the type of music I enjoy often, but a really interesting beat and musical approach.
I can hear how this album would greatly influence future psychedelic rock bands. A nice listen.
Fun, wouldn't mind listening again
Vrolijk, gezellig. Een bandje met aantal zangers. Wel erg onbekend maar leuk!
60s psychedelia fav song: time of the season 7/10 I feel like hundreds of bands around this time had the same sound but I still liked it, the second half of the album with time of the season + this will be our year really help it to a 7
Hippy music
Really enjoyed this one. Classic 60s album. Lyrical content seemed more meaningful than others out at that time and the songs seem actually inspired by personal experiences. Butchers Tale was a theatrical joy to listen to.
I've heard the hits but never listened to the whole album before today. Classic late 60s sound, still holds up pretty well 55 years later.
Polyphonic, Wilson esque
3.5
gostosim
This has always been one of my favorites. such a good example of 60s psych stuff.
Meh
Destined to be be further reappraised, and deservedly so. At the time of release, it was the victim of record company shenanigans (i.e. suits who didn't realize how good it was, if they even bothered to listen). Even over 50 years later, it still boggles the mind how so many people whiffed on realizing the hit potential of "Time Of The Season".
Beatles vibes Nice psychadelic album
I was hoping for something more psychedelic
Great tunes, harrowing war song, lovely hooks, dreamy voice
Not bad, Beach Boys type vibes. Time of the Season is a great track. But sound gets old after a while.
Much better than I expected
Begon wel leuk, na een tijdje vond ik er minder aan, zelfs een nummer geskipt. Erg 60’s psychy achtig, Beach boys & Beatles vibes. Hoe dan ook, leuke listen en twee nummers opgeslagen
Album 164 of 1001 The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Tracks : Time of the Season & Care of Cell 44 Awesome, Awesome album. From beginning to end. Time of the Season has always been a favorite, but it is even more powerful when it pops up as the last track on this remarkable album. What a finish. I could listen to this over and over again. I like to slip the vinyl on.
I like the "colors" this album gives off. Very flower power, very of its time, but I enjoyed it. It probably won't be a repeated listen, but it was good while spinning. Favorite tracks: "This Will Be Our Year", "Time Of the Season"
I was pleasantly surprised with this album, balancing between Pet Sounds and Sgt Peppers, with an amazing singer, but a few mediocre songs unfortunately, in amongst the brilliants.
It may have been great at the time but this is just a worse version of the Beach Boys
Reminded me of early pink Floyd. Cool but nothing really special in my opinion.
Pre-listening thoughts: Speedrunning this album before class because today is a really busy day!! But I've heard of the Zombies thru my friend who I studied abroad with, and I've heard She's Not There (not on this album). I feel like I'll enjoy this! Post/during listening thoughts: Ok so the Zombies are pretty similar sonically to the Beach Boys. Not shocking since my friend who recommended them is a HUGE Beach Boys stan. Care of Cell 44 sounds soooo much like a Beach Boys track with the layered harmonies and the little 60s beat. A Rose For Emily is a very toned down track with just a piano as the backing, but it's cute! Something about the verses of Maybe After He's Gone reminds me of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Beechwood Park is definitely 60s man like it SOUNDS like how the album cover looks. Brief Candles has something odd going on with the rhythm, would def be a grower. Hung Up On a Dream has that Beatles shit going on where vocals are only in one earbud. BOOO. I don't love the echo on Changes, but the simple instrumentation is charming. I Want Her She Wants Me is a great song title lollll. That song reminds me a little of God Only Knows rhythm wise and with the bababas. Butcher's Tale sounds like a They Might Be Giants song lol. Love the overlapping vocal lines on Friends of Mine but the drums are a little intense, but the piano is lovely. I do see why Time of the Season is one of their most popular songs bc it's a great album closer with a unique beat creation and it's just really rich sonically. This was a great album! When I'm in the mood for this kind of music I will definitely turn to this again. 7.5/10. Fav Tracks: Care of Cell 44, Maybe After He's Gone, This Will Be Our Year, Time of the Season
I liked it. Then i got bored. Then i liked it. Then i recognized the last song. 3/5.
It is such a shame that I had never listened to this record before. I grew up listening to “oldies” radio and hearing songs by The Zombies, which were always some of my favorites. But until today I’ve never listened to a full album from them. Wow, I was missing a lot. I was completely captivated by the title track “Care of Cell 44,” which is probably my favorite off the album and possibly my favorite song ever from The Zombies. Every song on this is great. No skips. The only thing I hate is that it took me until now to listen to it.
Good pop, fun harmonies. I can see the influence they've had on current artists. I didn't know that This Will Be Our Year was a cover when OKGO did it. Overall I enjoyed it!
Just a pop music masterpiece. Why I like this album, it doesn't sound as dated as many of the pop acts at time. It clearly sounds like a 60's album but it still has a freshness to it, perhaps its the right splash of psychedelia. 4.5 all the way but I'll round up.
I can see why this record is on the list, and I enjoyed listening, but not entirely my thing. So from a “my opinion” perspective it’s a 3, but from a “I can understand the importance” perspective…
I can see why so many bands cite this as an influence. It's so good and i should have listened to it years ago. A real treat and it deserves a relisten.
I liked this quite a bit. Really good pop/psychadelic stuff here. I'll listen to it again, sometime, but probably not anytime real soon.
En kjent sang ellers så var d helt ait 3.5
Sehr fun, es an einem Herbst Morgen zu hören. Gute vibes außer Roses for Emily. What did she do to you bro???
Very relaxing
Everything about this album is glorious, from the lyricism to the instrumentals to the cover of the album. It's absolutely phenomenal.
I was surprised to read that this is such highly rated album. Much better stuff was made in the 60s.
Delightful throughout, a chamber pop gem, and perhaps the birth of that gloried sub-genre. "Changes" and "I Want Her She Wants Me" are both charming, calling to mind the Beach Boys and, thus laterally, Bach, transcending the strictures of simplistic psychedelic pop of the '60s.
Good shit, sounded very beatlesesque
Bittersweet, nuanced and elegant baroque pop that's ahead of its time in a lot of ways. A really lovely listen. Some of the baroque elements are a bit quaint, but many of these songs are still surprisingly fresh sounding now. Time of the Season is obviously the star track of the album, one of the great songs of its time. Fave Songs: Time of the Season; This Will Be Our Year; A Rose for Emily; Beechwood Park; Care of Cell 44; I Want Her, She Wants Me; Maybe After He's Gone
Very good, love music from the sixties. Really nice and satisfying to listen too
The Zombies are the subject of one my favorite, most unbelievable rock and roll stories. It goes like this: The Zombies record and release Odessey and Oracle, a fantastic record, but it flops, so they break up the band. About a year later, 1969, “Time of the Season” becomes a massive hit in the US, thanks to a last ditch effort by their US record label, and there is money to be made on a Zombies tour. One problem: they’ve been broken up for a year or more and they’re not even aware their song is a hit in the US - this sort of thing was possible back before everyone was connected all the time by the internet. So what’s an American concert promoter to do? Well, they did what anyone would do: They start their own version of the Zombies and send them out to tour the states. No ties to the actual band, no sign off from their management, label or band members. It’s just…”these four random dudes from Texas are The Zombies now.” Never mind that there were 5 people in The Zombies and The Zombies were from England. Wait…that’s not what you would do? Of course it’s not. That’s bat-shit crazy…you’d get your pants sued off. Well, guess what? They thought it was such a good idea that they formed a second fake version of the Zombies that would tour at the same time. I swear, I am not making this up. So there were two versions of the Zombies, neither in any way associated with the actual band The Zombies, touring the US concurrently. What in the actual fuck. It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that if you lived in Columbus, Ohio in 1969 and you called your cousin in San Antonio one Sunday to tell them you saw the Zombies in concert the night before, your cousin would reply, “No you didn’t, I saw the Zombies last night here in San Antonio…” You ready for the kicker? Two of the guys that were in the Texas version of the Zombies? Frank Beard and Dusty Hill from ZZ Top (using stage names). The members of the actual Zombies, when they found out, were understandably pissed. This whole thing created so much confusion that record labels were questioning the identities of members of the actual band, unsure who the Zombies actually were…*because there were 3 bands going around claiming to be the Zombies.* If it was me and I was a part of the legitimate Zombies, I probably would have dedicated my life to ruining the careers of anyone involved with the sham operations, but I can be petty, I guess. I know this story sounds insane and made up, but I assure you, 100% serious, this actually happened and what I’m telling you here isn’t even all of the craziness of this story. Visit your search engine of choice and do a search for “The Fake Zombies”. There’s a few articles that go in to the lunacy of this, but the Buzzfeed article is probably the most detailed.
Ez dunk on bad albums. I love all of these songs. Alfa length. One of the best albums of the 60’s.
no i dont like this sound, short enough that its less annoying plus 2 ok songs. hung up on a dream, time of the season
Alfa instruments and vocals ez 4.5
1st listen: feels like a beatles album. On the first listen didn't excite or move me enough to pursue listening.
Le iba a dar un 2, porque era un poco rollo, pero resulta que son los de Time Of The Season.
If was a really fun album! Loved it!!
Pretty good👌
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Time of the Season❤
love the Zombies, would buy.
Great psych album. Imaginative and accomplished, great singing and harmonies, really enjoyable
Solid sixties with some great Hammond organ. 3.5 stars.
More subpar Beatles/Beach Boys
I really tried the give this a fair chance, but like other 60 psychedelic rock we've encountered, it's really not my thing. Better than the Mamas and the Papas, but not by a huge margin.
this didn't hit like the mama's and the papa's. it's good, but.. ehhh
Mehr als solides Psychadelic Album, super abwechslungsreich und natürlich Klassiker wie „this will be our year“ und „time of the season“ Produktion so Mittel, was der größte Schwachpunkt ist. Auch keine wirklich bahnbrechend neue Sachen für Psychadelic Rock, aber dafür ein paar schöne ruhige Songs. Macht Spaß Starke 8/10
Time of the Seaon alone places The Zombies in the pantheon of 60’s British psychedelic rock. The album basically didn’t exist until the song surprisingly became a hit two years after its release and the band had broken up (although now they play the oldies circuit and I believe still release material). It is one of the oddest albums in the classic rock canon. It plays like some twisted Kingston Trio album of songs The Beach Boys and Pink Floyd collaborated on and never released. It’s all Mellotron and harmonies and deeply deeply strange. But then again these guys wore capes to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Prime British weirdness.
Awesome so far, could have been released today, sounds very fresh and new to me! Ooh, I've heard 'This Will Be Our Year' before, great song. And 'Time of the Season'!! I enjoyed that, would listen to that again. 3 / 5 stars.
nice for its time 5*
A culture masterpiece. This group had so much potential to go further but were derailed by poor sales and in-fighting early on. The Odessey and the Oracle showcased what they were capable of. The Zombies had other great songs too but this was their own one perfect album.
It was alright, the last song is iconic and everyone’s definitely heard it before but the rest was just fine.
One way to measure harmonic music is through its ability to pull your voice into it, somewhere under the melody line and always weaving through. If Odessey doesn't start that way, there's no way to avoid it by the end. Butcher's Tale feels like Scott Walker in more than one facet; Time of the Season is a magnificent closer. Another measure of psych is through the slipshod. And you wouldn't know it listening to Odessey and Oracle now. Make a mockery of intent - and that's the joy.
It's a nice album :) I want to listen to it again, and then I might think it is a 5.
I imagine this is what people who hate the Beatles hear when they listen to the Beatles. Some people say this is one of the great underrated collections of pop music. I presume those are the same people who say that Vampire Weekend is good. Time Of The Season sucks actually. She's Not There isn't here, sadly. Maybe After He's Gone was kinda cool in sections.
Good 60s psychedelic rock. I've only heard Time of the season before and didn't know that The Zombies made it.
Fun album with two big fat juicy hits
I kept wondering if this group sang any songs I know … and was finally rewarded with Time of the Season.
It’s got one solid song. I find most of the album just average when judged by their contemporaries at the time.
So. Fucking. Good.
takes some time to get going but it eventually gets there, couple boring songs but also a good few good ones to go with them, overall it is good but i have reservations
Buen beatles-esque, super happy y hippie
Groovy album. The beginning came in with a strong vibe, but I didn't enjoy the back half as much.
Classic sounding 60s album. The last song I knew and loved. Great album
Ну очень классный альбом 60ых. Мелодичный и завораживающий
Насколько это добрый, глубокий и чувственный альбом... очень мелодичный. Зачиллиться - самое то! Не сказать, что они изобрели что-то новое, но они отлично сыграли то, что уже и так было. Меня тронула Butcher's Tale. Контекст, сука, решает. Но и цепляющий минималистичный орган (видимо) бьёт куда надо, создавая вот этот нужный звуковой фон "для рассказа". У меня есть забавная ассоциация этих песен с фильмом "Рок-Волна": мне прям казалось, что эта музыка по-любому должна была быть в этом фильме! Но вроде как в саундтреке её нет.
One of the most gorgeous slices of psychedelic pop ever put to wax. The vocals and harmonies in particular are just beautiful. Brief Candles is an S tier track
A decent, typical 60's rock record ending with the hit, "Time of the Season".
Pretty good 60's psychedelic rock! I don't know if I'd listen again, but I enjoyed this.
It's truly a shame that the Zombies were not well regarded in their time. Frankly, psychedelic rock in the late 60s begins to sound formulaic and forced as all popular/commercial genres tend to. It takes a very good psychedelic album to rise above the scores of bad ones. This album does just that. This album is very thoughtfully written and produced with interesting chord changes and melodies. What really stands apart for me is the lush vocal harmony and counterpoint reminiscent of the Beach Boys folded into a British, almost Beatles like musical base with a healthy dose of psychedelia. The result is some of the best baroque pop I've ever heard. The lyrics are surreal and often portray a sense of longing, but unlike some of their contemporaries, the Zombies are never trippy just for its own sake. It is carefully balanced.
I'd never really heard of the Zombies before (shows my ignorance) but this album was fantastic. Just a pleasure to listen to from start to finish.
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Didn’t realize who this band was until “Time of the season” which was a big hit for them. Thought they sounded a lot like the Beachboys.
Highlights: Beechwood Park, A Rose For Emily, This Will Be Our Year Leave Em's: I Want Her She Wants Me, Butcher's Tale Overall Thoughts: A British rock group from the 60's that is not the Beatles? Yes please! This album was very enjoyable for me. Ranging between slower and more up-beat songs but maintaining a strong independent sound made it a fun listen. They do sound a lot like the Beatles to me but there are worse things in the world of music. There are hardly any songs that I would prefer to be left off the album, despite the wide variety of sounds provided. I was surprised that I had never heard of these guys but I am impressed with this record and am excited to hear more like it. Score Breakdown: 3.817 & 4 -> 3.909
esse é um dos melhores albuns dos anos 60. é incrivel o trabalho vocal que na minha opinião supera ate o de pet sounds por ser envolto em uma melodia mais psicodelica e com instrumentos mais rock. as letras são muito bem feitas tambem, tantos as musicas sobre amor quanto as mais abstratas... e as que são os dois ao mesmo tempo. eu ouvi ele sem parar por uns dois meses da minha vida até enjoar dele e quando ouvi hoje de novo me pareceu ainda melhor que antes.
Ik vind dit nou echt een herfstig album. Time of the Season was het enige nummer dat ik kende eigenlijk. Denk dat de rest ook wat minder makkelijk te luisteren is, maar het heeft zeker wat.
Wonderfully catchy and heartfelt classic 60s pop rock. Harmonically ambitious, not one song passing without multiple modulations. Both engaged and detracted at points. A Rose for Emily, Hung Up on a Dream and Maybe After He’s Gone are each the emotional highlights of the album. Changes and Butcher’s Tale were weird and Friends of Mine is annoying and dumb. Closes strongly with the groovy, seductive and soul-filled reprise Time of the Season to cap a well-rounded experience.
A favorite of mine. A true gem of psychedelic pop music.
-Starts off happy and upbeat with Care Of Cell 22 -A Rose For Emily is a slower sadder love song(?) and may possibly be about losing people or loneliness
Better than expected. Nice organ solos, didn't stray into horrible hippy territory.
Good.
Not bad. It great. I don’t like psychedelic rock but the harmonies were nice. There were a few really nice moments.
BEST SONGS: -A Rose for Emily -I Want Her She Wants Me -Time of the Season
While I feel like this list has an over abundance of 60s psychedelic pop, this album definitely slaps. Solid front to back, a bit tired of the genre but this was a great one.
Nice
I always enjoy this album. It was fresh and original while still being fun to listen to. Good writing, chords, production, instrumentation, and singing. Structure’s alright. I would’ve played “Time of the Season” first and “This Will Be Out Year” last. Good opener and closer. 4/5
It was nice listening to something beyond Time of the Season
edgier beach boys. sorry if thats reductive. best tracks: butchers tale, time of the season, brief candles
This one was a hidden gem for a long time. Now it's universally recognized as the masterpiece it always was--well, except for a few reviewers in here, evidently tone-deaf whenever essential records from the sixities pop up in this app. I have a feeling those folks are more interested in sound than in good songwriting... But maybe I'm wrong. That said, a 3.47 score is not too bad, especially compared to the ones of the smaller fry often mentioned in Dimery's book... Don't get fooled by this psychedelic cover, by the way. *Odessey And Oracle* is indeed best understood and appreciated if you put it where it truly belongs: in the realm of a *chamber pop* that's not too far from the second stage of The Kinks discography. Except that The Kinks never released such an impressive LP, as excellent as their own foray into that genre were overall. Telling the tale of an prison inmate soon to be released, "Care Of Cell 44" is an amazing opener, whose rousing chorus is one of the best ever penned by an act from the so-called "British Invasion". Rod Argent and Chris White had a thing for sophisticated modulations in their choice of chords sequences, also exemplified in the tender "A Rose For Emily" and "Maybe After He's Gone" after that first track. Yet such choices never feel "forced", on the contary, they always feel earned and "natural". Plus, the instrumentation is pristine, between the subtle touches of Mellotron and the Beach Boys-like backing vocals. Next is "Beechwood Park" a very atmospheric piece that could remind you of a Moody Blues outtake--it would sound great as a soundtrack for a flick taking place between 1965 and 1670, for instance. Nice Hammond organ on that one, too. "Brief Candles" starts like an innocuous ditty displaying novelty overtones. But once again, The Zombies' flair for off-kilter chord sequences takes the whole thing to another level. Speaking of great chord sequences, "Hung Up On A Dream" is an instant classic, between its incredibly moving vocal lines, its adventurous bridges and its wealth of hooks on both guitars. Not to mention those Mellotron sounds, once again. This song is probably one of my top-ten favorite tunes from the sixties, and to be honest, I'm surprised by the small number of reviewers singling this one out in the reviews section. C'mon guys and gals, give this earworm another chance, I'm sure you'll thank me later! "Changes" opens side two on a quite different note, mostly relying on an elated-yet-oddly-distant group singing and a flute sound probably played on the Mellotron as well. Not as impressive as the other songs, but its place in the tracklisting, right after the wonders of "Hung Up On A Dream" makes sense: it's as if you were slowly waking up from said dream. "I Want Her She Wants Me" hearkens back to the Zombies' previous recordings, with a more upbeat sound that fits the early years of the British Invasion. A nice tune, even if it's far from being the best of the bunch. Fortunately, "This Will Be Our Year" follows, and even if its style is a little quaint and unobtrusive, this one has another memorable vocal line that makes it a miniature classic. "Butcher's Tale" is probably the most "psychedelic" song here, albeit one crossed with a traditional sort of tune, mostly played on an accordion (!). What a weird choice for a single. Yet at this point of the LP's tracklist, the mystical undertones of its chorus brings a lot of unbridled energy to the album. Some parts of the vocals are off-key, by the way, but that is actually an asset here--giving a spontaneous, lively and emotive air to a cut that could have passed as weird-for-its-own-sake had it been performed differently. And here we are at the end of this album. "Friends Of Mine" is very *flower power* and naive, and is probably one of the least interesting cuts. But who cares, because it's merely a transition leading to the only official "hit" in this record, "Time Of The Season", whose rhythm section using breathing sounds and handclaps is one of the grooviest and sexiest thing I've ever heard in my life. And there's also a Stax/Motown undertone to the song's lead vocals that brings the last ingredient this space-cake-of-an-album surely needed: some "soul" influences. Sure, said ingredient comes at the eleventh hour. But the mere fact that it doesn't sound out of place after all the other tracks shows how cohesive this record actually is. Cohesive and yet one-of-a-kind. 5/5, of course. Next please. Number of albums left to review: 530 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 225 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 109 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 137
alot of this felt very poor mans beatles. very psych-pop heavy. i like changes adn of course time of the seasons, but otherwise its an okay album
12 songs clocking in at a total of 35 minutes, ending on 'Time of the Season'. What's not to love?
Considering the band name, this album is very much alive.
As a big fan of psych rock I thought I’d like this more. Time of the Season remains the best song from this album. Also different from everything else on this record in every way Saved tracks: Beechwood Park, Changes, Friend of Mine, Time of the Season
Had they stayed together and built on what they did here they could have made some great music.
Wonderful vocals, amazing harmonies, but the songs still kind of fall flat. This Will Be Our Year shines through and Time of the Season will be hoisted to the rafters for generations to come.
Beetje standaard-sixties-spul, die psychedelische hoes alleen al. Klinkt als een van de vele trendvolgers van die tijd. Het is allemaal wel aardig, maar je bent het ook snel weer vergeten. Bloemen in je haar, peace & love, en weer door naar de volgende plaat.
Het heeft soms iets weg van de oude Beatles, maar vrolijker en iets spontaner. Het is vaak niet mega spannend, maar luistert gewoon lekker weg. Muziek voor onder het werk.
Hele softe Kinks en Beatles meet Beach Boys. De koortjes en het pianootje of orgeltje maken het wel iets psychedelisch en hippie, maar het is verder eigenlijk allemaal wat te soft om echt te beklijven. Wat dat betreft hebben verschillende muzikanten van the Zombies later betere muziek opgenomen, al dat niet met hulp van anderen. Zanger Colin Blunstone kennen we met name van Old & Wise van Alan Parsons Project en toetsenist Rod Argent heeft een geweldig progrock nummer gemaakt met Hold your head up (van Argent).
12 perfect pop songs.
really good. i hope there’s more albums like this on here
first listen extremely lovely
Great hippie vibes
loved this!!! Filled with some absolute classics and definitely loved the recording quality (mixed in with some really trippy background vocals
Perfect for summer.
11 generic and acceptable 60s songs (2 stars) followed by the ridiculously good Time of the Season (4.5 stars). More Hammond Organ!
I knew one The Zombies song. It felt like this album tried to find its groove until then. Like a D&D nerdy version of the music coming out of England at the time. I’m good with it, but without the big hit it would fall flat for me.
Eh
Amazing I loved it :)
Pure 1960s - the first track is joyous and the rest of the album is a snapshot of that late sixties sound. Time of the Season is the standout, timeless track that earns this album three stars+, but I would listen to it again.
Not bad, better than I expected, though quite mellow
Я хочу и дальше получать альбомы
Some top tier songs (Care of Cell 44, This Will Be Our Year, obviously Time of the Season) but a fair amount of middling ones too.
A really strong album and I just love their overall sound. Not quite 5-star level but it’s close.
Some fun sixties jams
Like the style of this. Easy listening and kind of like the doors
Pretty good
Its not a record or a genre I would listen to regularly, I find this British psychedelic pop to be a little twee, and dare I say dated. However, I enjoyed the album, the musicianship and arrangements are excellent and whilst I wouldn't add this to my collection I appreciate the Zombies place in rock history.
Very enjoyable! Love Time of the Season! It's a GOAT. This album is full of fun little songs that I can't help but like. 4/5
Hmm
pretty boring. typical beach boys or monkees style shit.
- Heard this album years ago - Really good, better than I remembered - Kind of dated to the late 60s, but in a good way? - Fav songs: Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season, Brief Candles
PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN
This has like Beatles and Chicago vibes. Also, the foresight to close with Time of the Season - brilliant. They must have known that was an instant classic.
Just a gem of an album. Not all of the baroque, psychedelic pop of this era has ages well, but this is such a strong collection of songs. Just lovely.
- Love the artwork - Chill hippie vibes, not my normal swag but I enjoyed it - Good music for being outdoors - Time of the Season is goated
- More 60s rock, running out of things to say about it - Time of the Season is a banger tho
Not a big fan of this. It was decent, and I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio, but I would turn it down.
The name of the band put me in the wrong frame of mind. I thought the poppy psychedelic 60's looking album art was ironic and then hearing the first song thought they really nailed the 60's aesthetic, at which point I finally took a minute to look at when and where this album is from. An enjoyable listen though I wish the lead voice was a little stronger/richer. Time of the Season is, of course, a fantastic song, taking a three star album up to four.
Mods meets psychedelia. Like it! And then Time of the season. What a great tune
Solid 60s, but not really my thing.
Rubbish
Boooriiing. Not my thing. Not p.delic type. Score 2 ´cause of ´This will be our year´ and ´Time of the season´. Dunno... they could stick developing songs like Road Runner and Sticks and Stones (first album). And decide btw CCR or The Beach Boys...
A nice little listen.
Nice pop songs, a bit like the beach boys and sometimes also the Beatles. Ok for one listening turn, but it is too common and already heard a lot, a bit thirteen in a dozen, so it s gonna annoy me fast.
Very Beatles-esque.
Sounds like The Beatles if their production cost was cut to 5% of what it normally is. Like many of these 60's albums, it's pleasant while it's on but doesn't leave a ton of impression once you're done with it. 5/10
What a pleasant surprise, fresh and bright and charming. "Changes" and "I Want Her She Wants Me" are just lovely – Bach-y and Beach Boys-esque. But the whole disc is classy and lush chamber pop. And it's a clear indictment of the music business that artists such as the Z's here only feel free to do their best work having decided to quit the industry. The hit may be the weakest, least interesting (if only because the most familiar) song of the bunch.
Best Song: Care of Cell 44. A nice and bubbly start to the album. Worst Song: This Will Be Our Year. Sounds like a song sung by highschool freshman at a school assembly to kick off the new year. Overall: Competent but largely annoying early rock. The Golden Retriever Energy starts to become unpalatable by the second half of the already short album. Far surpassed by all of their contemporaries.
Before listening to this album - "hmmm, i don't really know the Zombies" After - "I knew most of those tracks and didn't realise they were by this band" Conclusion - timeless classic
I need to spend some more time with this album. I wanted to like it more than I did at first listen. I didn't dislike it, but I feel like more time might do me some good here. "Time of the Season" is incredible though.
This album is very nostalgic to me, so I can’t be impartial. But I can be amazed by just how much I still love these British dorks.
very much a product of its time and place — sounds like if brian wilson taught the beatles how to harmonize, and then the result was slightly worse than either. still a really good album, though. i really do love early psychedelia
I enjoyed this album. A refreshing difference with instrumentals compared to a lot of the recent vocal heavy tracks.
this was fine. a couple enjoyable songs. weaker 3
A couple of redeeming songs push it to a 3
The Beach Boys did it better, but not by much. Slightly more European vibe to it. Hard to pinpoint what it is. All songs are good, but Time of the Season is obviously the best.
Not for me.
Pure uncut 60s psych rock, inject directly in my veins.
I can dig it, man.
Pretty iconic, this doesn't sound much different than a lot of what I hear on this indie pop list I've been listening to.
Started off really bad, but picked up towards the latter half, and finished on their one big hit, so this is certainly one that requires some patience. I give it two blunts out of five. 🚬🚬
Den funkar.
No.
Got a soft spot for this kind of English pop
This doesn't even make my top 1000 albums of 1968
Very solid record
Not 1st listen Mastapeece Songs I unfairly overlooked in past listens include the elegant “Brief Candles” and the wheezing pump organ-centered “Butcher’s Tale” “Care of Cell 44”, “Changes”, “Beechwood Park” & “A Rose For Emily” sound as good as I remembered. And “Time of the Season” sounds quite ahead of its time April 1 2023
You've heard the closer, the opener is a beautiful love song about getting out of prison, don't sleep on everything in between those two tracks.
A really cool sound, very 60s. Sounds almost like a Sgt Pepper era Beatles. But no song really stands out.
Entertaining but without leaving a lasting impression
tracks on this album are either good or shit for me. (at first lost on me) disliked weak voices and British fragile crappy sounding instrumentation - hurts me, like listening to Andrew Lloyd Weber with the vacuum turned on, while someone's mum sings along doing housework. I wanted to shut off the music and walk away!... So, I skipped through the 2nd half of each track .. Then "time of the Season" hit a note and the album completely shifted to something else completely with some synth organ and hitting their stride " she's not there " was on the 40th anniversary version of the album.. but wait. That's a bonus from another album. Still shitm . Only 2.5 stars.
More than a hint of Pet Sounds in the vocal arrangements, that said I'm a big Colin Blunstone fan, love his voice and his solo work in particular. In so many ways wholly derivative of a range of other albums at the time, plaintive, "English", rustic and well "lovely". Lots of images of young women blooming (they all seemed to love Emily, who was Emily she must have been the Claudia Karvan of her day, big call I know...). It's all somehow so twee, so fey, a bit too much weed and not enough acid? I mean...ahem...a lilting flute line to open Changes? It's like an Austin Powers pisstake... yeah baby... Ok Time of the Season, superb, though I'd strongly suggest heavily influenced by the Spencer Davis Group (I'm a Man intro...). Sounds nothing like the rest of the record as it is a fine piece of songwriting, which Rod could not sustain.
I can see why this became a cult classic, even though it was not successful on its release. If I ever wanted more psychedelia than a quick run through Lucy in the Sky, See Emily Play and other such faves, I’d reach for this. But will that ever happen?
The Zombies reached #7 on the 2UE Top 40 in Late 1964, at the height of the so-called British Invasion. The following year they had a Top 10 American hit with the great Tell Her No. Then I don’t remember hearing them at all on the radio until Time Of The Season topped the U.S. charts in early 1969. And on the basis of falling in love with that track, I borrowed this album from Chester Hill Library (and I do mean borrowed, not stole - you were able to do that in those days). Pretty sure you could borrow 2 albums at a time, & the other one I borrowed was Grateful Dead’s American Beauty. But I really enjoyed The Zombies’ album & still do. They sound so like an English band, and this is extremely classy pop music, sadly overlooked at the time. The harmonies are sometimes so much borrowed from the Brian Wilson songbook - the opening track, Care Of Cell 44 is a classic example of this. Time Of The Season sounds unlike anything else on the album - so moody & atmospheric & has a jazzy ending that would have been worthy of Georgie Fame. This Will Be Our Year is a fabulous track that’s worn well, and that I remember embellishing an episode of Marvellous Mrs Maisel a few years ago. And Butcher’s Tale(Western Front 1914)is a great anti-war song that features great organ by Rod Argent. There’s not a dud on this record. Sounds as good as it ever did.
This hits all the sweet sports for rock critic cult album; psychedelic chamber pop, a flop on release in the 1960s, band broke up due to record industry shenanigans, and ripe for rediscovery by rock archivists, and hailed as a forgotten masterpiece. See also: Skip Spence's Oar, Shuggie Otis' Inspiration Information, the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, Love's Forever Changes, the Beau Brummels' Traingle, the Electric Prunes' I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night, The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, Nick Drake, Syd Barret, jeez you could probably name a dozen others.... It's _such_ a cliché., and there are a _bunch_ of them on this 1001 albums list. It's a jones that white boy rock critics just can't resist. It's the cult that sold a million Mojo magazines. And they don't sound that different, you know? That said, this album is a corker. Time of the Season is a dead set classic, and stills leaps out of the speakers as soon as it starts playing. Car of Cell 44 is my other favourite on this record. They could write a cracking tune, beautifully arranged and played, and Colin Blunstone's voice is really great. The album is recorded with that wonderful warm late 60s Abbey Rd sound. This is probably the best of the albums of this type that I have reviewed in this project. A few tracks are a little filler, and Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914) was a bizarre choice of a single. God bless Al Kooper for insisting that the record company release Time of the Season as a third single. Shame about the misspelled album title, though.
top to bottom a magnificent album. late 60’s british rock perfection.
I had no idea what to expect going into this one but it was really good. Glad we listened to it.
What a great album. I wasn’t too familiar with The Zombies until about ten years ago but I’ve had a lot of great memories with them and this album in particular. And they still sound great live!
Cover 6/10 Care Of Cell 44 - 7/10 A Rose For Emily - 3/10 Maybe After He`s Gone - 8/10 Beechwood Park - 8/10 Brief Candles - 5/10 Hung Up On A Dream - 4/10 Changes - 7,5/10 I Want Her She Wants Me - 8/10 This Will Be Our Year - 5/10 Butcher`s Tale - 6/10 Friends of Mine - 5/10 Time of the Season - 6,5/10 Insgesamt: 4 Sterne
Damn hippies. I really want to like this. I want it to touch a foundational part of me so I can take joy in groovyness. I smoked pot before listening and everything. I am unfortunately forming the opinion that old hippy music sucks.
Best Song - Time of the Season
shitty beatles
easy 5/5
still sound fresh. Reminds me of Pet Sound
It's alright. Definitely listenable and you can understand why people hold the musicality of this group in high regard. That said, a bit "minor" for me.
Always been a fan of the Zombies but never listened to this album the whole way through. Love the spooky, psychedelic vibes and great storytelling.
A perfect example of a cult masterpiece. This is one of those gems I discovered in high school scouring through the RS 500 and ratings guides. Just so many good songs, the harmonies are fantastic, the instrumentation is beautiful. Wild to think the Butcher’s Tale was released as a single, just shows you how the record companies completely failed on marketing this one. Also sad that the commercial failure resulted in the band breaking up. Another one of the great what ifs of music history. The album is such a joy front to back every time I rediscover it.
It's ok. Not really into sixties pop. Time of the season is good though. Better for not having she's not there on it, can't stand that.
I absolutely devoured this half-hour of flower power, and it scoured away my dour mood with a shower of empowerment. Good ass shit.
Kinda meh in many places, although enjoyable enough with a shock at the end (Time of the Season) that brings it up a notch!
I wanted to give a 4 but need more than that one killer song to get me there.
Showing that the Zombies were always more than "She's Not There". Although if that was all they done that would still be more than a lot of bands!
Didn't get it at first w/ lack of context, but after framing my mind around the "Beatles-era", really enjoyed the album. It maintains that late 60's baroque pop sound, while having just enough variety and strong melody to keep each song distinct enough to not let the album get too repetitive Fav songs: Care of Cell 44, Maybe After He's Gone, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Changes, This Will Be Our Year, Friends Of Mine We'll see which ones I come back to over time, but a lot of potential staylist for sure, and I have a feeling the songs on this album will grow on me over time as I listen to it in different contexts living life