Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Didn't like this as much as I hoped. It's less psychadelic and garage rock sounding than I guessed it might be. Love the album cover though. Favorite song: Time of the season
Rolling through the whole album thinking, meh. Then Time of the Season hits. A song that was in every 60's movie or 60's throwback movie. That beautiful Hammond organ. I felt like if Id have gone out and bought the album because of that song, I would have been disappointed by the rest.
Nice to put a band name to Time of the Season, but let's be honest - everything else on this album is forgettable. Extra star for one gigantic song.
I was mostly just bored with this one, and don't remember anything from any song at all. I'd never put this album on again of my own volition - not that I'd probably even remmber that it exists in the first place. Standouts N/A 2/5
listened in the morning forgot about it by the evening :( but nice for happy background music!
Insane whiplash listening to a very mid 60s album ready to hand out a 3/10, and then Time of the Season comes walking through the door 4.1/10
hemos regresado familia, ya no voy a decir nada de q no le tengo fe y eso (no creo q me guste mucho este lkajk) track 1: se escucha raro pense q se habian dañado mis audifonos, casi no me gusta la voz :p, me gusto el poder del coro pero de resto meh, ojala mejore un poco el album pq cmo intro :p track 2: suena lindo mmm, no soy muy fanatica en si de la cancion pero me parecio tierna y triste la historia de las rosas, denle la rosa a la pobre emily. track 3: EL INTRO DE LA GUITARRA esta es mi chamba, ya me gusto, mmm me decepcione un poco, espere algo mas para el coro ns, me gusta cuando cantan 2 personas, no tengo mucho mas q decir q no sea algo q empiece con g y termine en uitarra, no creo q la chica regrese btw, me gusta el piano en el fondo ?? track 4: este inicio me gusto, un poco mas chill comparado con las canciones anteriores, oye me gustan las armornizaciones, y el sonidito del teclado tmb, underrated la vdd, me gusta mucho mas la voz del vocalista aca, wont forget those days at beechwood park aaaaa. track 5: me sorprendio el coro, mmm casi no me gusta. track 6: ola la guitarra, esa amiga q es fanatica de las guitrras mal, me gusta mas cuando suenan algunas partes tipo messy no se si me explico pero me gusta muchisimo mas asi a q suene PLANO, me encantan tmb las armonizaciones, ojala el album sonara asi :'p. best one track 7: mmm ese intro ok, medio aburrida tmb. track 8: no creo q tenga mucho mas q decir pero me gusto el bajo en el inicio :p track 9: nada q decir track 10: complejo, el concepto ¿ de la cancion se ve reflejado de una manera bastante buena por parte del instrumental, mencion de honor ?? al organo. track 11: la tercera rueda del carro, me identifique a pesar de q no me gusto JAKJHA, esa amiga q es la tercera rueda. track 12: ya la habia escuchado jeje. amaneci re critica perdon no me gusto, de los 9 albumnes nunca habia pausado tanto uno la vdd. no es mi tipo de musica. le tenia mucha fe la vdd.
In plenty of places this sounds like a Rutles style Beatles / Beach Boys tribute band. Which is not to disrespect it. We’re familiar with the songs by those big name artists whose songs have lasted ever since, but they were part of a musical community at the time and everyone will have been swapping ideas and sounds. However, as a new listener today, it’s hard not to just spot the similarities with music we know much better. The last song Time of the Season is pretty well known, and it’s nice. The standout for me, though, is Butcher’s Tale, which is really sad and hard hitting piece about the futility of war and its effects on youth. It feels like it’s from a different species from the rest of the album. I bet PJ Harvey listened to it while doing her ‘war’ album Let England Shake.
Didn’t make it through. I’m sure it’s great and influential for its time but it simply sounded like generic classic rock
Fav track- Maybe After He’s Gone and Beachwood Park Least fav track- Changes Fav lyric- “The roses in her garden fade away, not one left for her grave.” Overall rating- 5/10 Notes- not my thing, like the cover though. i just cant get behind the singing i’m sorry.
I thought it was a decent album wasn’t the biggest fan of a couple songs on there but majority were fairly good, standouts being ‘Time of the season’ (of course), ‘Beechwood park’ and ‘I want her she wants me’. Its typical psychedelic 60s pop/rock so you can sort of guess what sound you’re going to get. Not much to really say on it it’s a average album with a few decent tunes on there, I do however love the album cover art!
no me gustó mucho, si siento que se nota que es antiguo pero igual no está malo, por alguna razón todas las canciones terminan en un segundo de silencio, y pues nada, no me llamo mucho la atención
Pa ono, srednja žalost, dvije dobre stvari. 2/5, 4/10
grässlich repetitive und langweilige Songs, hatte nach den ersten 2 kein Bock mehr und hab mich durch die restlichen 10 gequält Funktioniert zwar gut als Hintergrund-/ Radiomusik wenn es nur einzelne Songs sind jedoch am Stück absolut mühsam Letzten Song, time of the season, hat krasses intro aber krass nervigen Refrain
The vocals on this album are a bit droning and grating to me. Had to skip through several songs. Time of the Season, the only song I was familiar with and liked on this album sounds really out of place and nothing like the rest of the album.
I appreciate this is not a terrible album but it's just not my type of sound, very Beatles adjacent?
Okay. Lots of harmonies and keys, I've never really gotten Time of the Season
The album cover is pretty
interesting but not my thing
I only liked the most popular song on the album unfortunately; a bit lackluster for me overall.
I didn't really think the first couple songs were noteworthy, but as I got further into the album I like it. Its very nice and calm mostly. I don't listen to psychedelic stuff often, but this is good. However, if some of these songs would have come up on my discover weekly or radio playlists I would probably have skipped them. Not every song is a hit for me, while they are all nice and good. It sometimes feels like the singer is just going through the motions of singing instead of putting emotion into it. The last song, Time of the Season, does save the album for me completely, its very good. Nice album just not amazing.
2/5. I like a good psychedelic album as much as the next person, but a lot of these songs kind of melded together and there weren't many standouts at all. I just don't like the album as a whole enough to give it a higher rating. Time Of The Season is a redemption in and of it's own.
I struggled to get through this one without zoning out.
Mostly uninteresting
Just ok
Another meh
Pretty standard and boring 60s psych pop, had some nice moments, vocals were very inconsistent, didn’t find the instrumentation that interesting and nothing really stood out. Highlights: Beechwood Park, Changes
Standouts: - Butcher's Tale This album suffered from one instrument at a time syndrome Was I overall bored 2
Album was overall a bit dull to me. Put it on in the living room and mt father described it as "The Beatles but not as good" which I feel is pretty apt. I did enjoy the bit at the end of Friends of Mine where they just list a bunch of names, think it's fun when songs do that. Time of the Season was the only track i quite liked, enjoyed the keyboard and the rhythm of the vocal lines.
no me preguntes por que pero me da vibes un poco navideñas, es como fiestero hippie. SUPER de los 70s Butcher's Tale, no pega nada con la estetica del album, like el organo la hace algo tetrica comprardo con la tranquilidad y el abrazo que es el album, me chirria bastante ahi
Först och främst: Perfekt längd på en plattfar! Så fort dom kryper över fyrtio minuter börjar jag alltid darra. Mysiga låtar men som tidigare AI-botar skrivit är det inte mycket som direkt sticker ut. Kul förstås att höra att dom samplat Necro i Time of the season. Min enda tidigare erfarenhet av De levande döda är ju deras cover på Kenta och Stoffes Leave me be och ingen av dessa låtar når ju de höjderna. Men ja, en stabil och stark 2a.
plink plonk på pianot
Det är väl helt ok. Men varför inte lyssna på Beach Boys istället?
(Not) A Rose For Emil(ie)y: Lol accurate Maybe After He's Gone: first song I actually am into Brief Candles also alright Time of the Season: Probably the only Zombies song I would recognise (not true, She's Not There)
This is literally just a boring interpolation of Pet Sounds. I have nothing else to share.
Besides the classic loser , this album was underwhelming for me . It has some nice tunes but didn’t grab my attention
It's not got anything that really catches and holds my attention. I can hear the influence it's had on popular English music, but that alone doesn't interest me.
Time of the Season is an all time classic, the rest just falls short
Wasn't paying much attention until the last song since it was the only one I recognized haha but overall...yeah, I'm sticking to a 2.
Elevator maxxing
Ok sixties record. Nothing particularly stood out.
Eh it’s fine
Boring
It's hard for me to navigate the vast sea of 60s psychedelia movement, there's the Beatles and countless one-hit wonders, including this one. I admit this is an ignorant and oversimplified opinion. I shall go burn in hell now.
Only one great track. Rest is nothing special to me.
Sounds very dated
This baroque pop album blooms like a faded watercolor—its ornate harmonies, soft melodies, and wistful tone shimmer with fragile beauty even as their colors begin to blur.
Incorrect link https://tidal.com/album/333368925 This album is not for me. lol
Standard for the time, nothing great.
Redeemed by the one song I knew
The last two songs slapped. Those were coincidentally the only two I recognized.
Very Beatles like
Fun 60s music
Nothing much going on here. Time of the season stand out song
So I said I wanted my hippie music back, but I probably should have been more specific. This wasn’t quite it. There were a few good songs on here (edibles do help) but it doesn’t surprise me there was very little interest in this when it came out, from either the public or critics. There isn’t anything that makes them stand out. And I don’t know why this popped into my head, but the singer’s voice reminded me of the prince in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who was marrying the princess with the HUGE….tracts of land. So that was something! I mentioned the edibles, right?
Groovy! But also annoying.
It was a bit all over the place and the vocals for a bit annoying. Not bad, but wouldn't listen again.
Influential for sure, but it doesn’t belong on this list.
Time of the Season
Typical 60s sound. OK but not enticing
monótono!!!
By 1968, it was almost impossible for a British band dabbling in psychedelia to avoid comparison with the Beatles. Yet the Zombies, on Odessey and Oracle, are closer in spirit to the Beach Boys, if the Beach Boys’ harmonies had been drilled not by a stern Californian father but by a choirmaster at St. Albans Cathedral. Their harmonies are exquisite, yes, but there’s something eerily juvenile in those stacked voices: they shimmer with purity, but purity here feels like an absence, a refusal of sex. As I say: Beach Boys. Argent's arrangements lean toward the baroque. Not so exciting as Wilson's, but, like him, Argent is unable to escape the bounds of pop. Romantic gestures abound, but they lack the bite or danger that psychedelia was beginning to explore. By the time this album appeared, the Beatles had already shattered the form with the fragmented brilliance of The White Album. Against that backdrop, the Zombies’ flirtations with poetics feel precious rather than daring. A Rose for Emily pretends toward Faulkner but never gets its hands dirty in Southern soil, while Butcher’s Tale risks reducing the Western Front to a curious trifle rather than elevating the pop song into tragedy. Still, it’s a lovely album to listen to: feather-light, beautifully crafted, but so airy it must be tethered to its era, lest it drift away into oblivion. Its afterlife is secured mostly by Time of the Season — ironically, the least psychedelic track here — which continues to soundtrack film and television montages of “the sixties.” That, perhaps, is the Zombies’ fate: remembered as a perfectly preserved echo of a time that was already slipping away when Odessey and Oracle first appeared. Something dead that keeps coming back to life. 2.5 I wish we’d had this on a weekend. First of all because listening on YouTube was annoying (this album is not on Deezer). Second because there are so many interesting things that are wrong with this album and I wish I could have an hour or two to pull them apart properly. I didn’t know Odessey and Oracle but I gather from my lunchtime read of its Wikipedia page yesterday that it is a ‘cult classic’. The squares (people listening to pop and rock music in 1968) didn’t ‘get’ this album, in any sense, and so the poor Zombies were obliged to break up. As ‘smartcookie2022’ on the YouTube comments puts it: ‘Fantastic ablum. The crime of the last century was this album not selling and being No. 1 around the world.’ And still only 802k views. History is a nightmare from which too many of us are still trying to awake. And I’ve only had a day and I’m not a morning person. So groggy and still scratching myself - excuse the confused take that here follows. Odessey and Oracle is a bit shit. It is at times bluntly derivative of the Beatles and the Beach Boys and given that there is a fair amount of musical talent on display on this record, that can’t help feeling like cynicism. McCartneyish bass lines, PennyLaneish plonky piano, mellotron, British brass-band horns, and there is even tabla at one point. Alongside there is the cooing of three-part backing vocal harmonies in the style of California’s best-selling. How could the Zombies miss? In a nutshell by being nowhere near as good as either. ‘A Rose for Emily’ is a poundshop Eleanor Rigby. ‘And as the years go by/ She will grow old and die/ The roses in her garden fade away/ Not one left for her grave’ I try to see the prettiness of the Zombie’s music in its own right (not a string quartet, to its minimal credit) but I can’t take my eyes off the gulf in imagination and poetry between it and The Beatles single of 18 months before. ‘Maybe After He’s Gone’ makes a bold attempt at out-Beach Boying ‘I’m Waiting for the Day’ by presenting a protagonist so pathetic that even Brian Wilson might wince. It does no good; the spirit of flaccidity is certainly present in the lyrics but the music hasn’t the elegance to distract us. The melody has a rigid, awkward contour characteristic of much of this album, perhaps as much to do with the performance as the writing; no swing, no freedom in the line, a mere locating of each note in an almost robotic way. A stick up its backside. Which brings us to the pronunciation. Now I’m not one to invoke Class Struggle every time News at Ten comes on or anything but the way, for example, your man sings the word ‘after’ in this song put my back up. It doesn’t feel right in a pop song. I don’t know whether that is (again) the Beatles fault for valorising Northern accents - I have never given the Fab Four any credit merely for being from Liverpool. But in any case - these Zombie voices don’t work for me. They are too RP. I don’t believe for a second that they have mates in prison, unless they were in for tax fraud but sure when does that ever happen? This sense of the Zombies as class intruders in pop music is reinforced by the antique poise of some of the lyrics. ‘A sweet vibration seemed to fill the air I stood astounded, staring hard At men with flowers resting in their hair A sweet confusion filled my mind Until I woke up only finding Everything was just a dream A dream unusual of its kind That gave me peace and blew my mind’ (Hung Up on a Dream) Your hole, Percy. This sort of cod-Romantic shit is all over this album and it is excruciating. I know other artists were doing this in the 60s but taken with the album’s other sins the horror really pops. I do actually like some of the music here with the reservation that almost every musical idea worth celebrating on Odessey.. is reused without variation two or three times in a song. Yes pop music often does that but you know who doesn’t? The Beatles and The Beach Boys at their peak in the couple of years before the Zombies released this album. The Zombies know they are doing us wrong and they don’t care. And that is, presumably, the banality of evil. 2/5
I listened to half of this album. It's nice. It's not my kind of music.
I won’t remember this
eh
Mannn talk about a Tale of Two Different 70s, some stuff was absolutely awesome and trailblazing... and then you have the boring milquetoast stuff like this
I've never listened to this album (20). Not a big fan of psychedelic pop from this era, too much pop and not enough psych.
I saw some of the comments saying this is something like "baroque-leaning psych pop". This is mostly too light and pop for my tastes. Oh, Time of the Season, ya, even I know this one, was used in movies and stuff. It's good, but ya, the rest is forgettable.
Time of the Season aside, this album has the aesthetic and sound of the WaWa Hoagie Fest. I get that this might have been new and innovative in the time that it came out - but now its aged into completely flat, smooth marketing material to sell sandwiches in the summertime. Art truly is a cruel mistress.
This is one of those albums that would change what I think depending on my mood of the day. Eight years old when released, I have recollections of songs on the radio, of which I had no control over. Thus absorbing British pop of the time. I don't recall any of The Zombies, however, the style and sound is so generic of the time. On an exceptional good mood day this is 3 stars, otherwise 1 star.
It is okay just a bit dated nothing memorable really bit wishy washy nothing exciting or ground breaking yet not offensive.
I will not pretend I am an expert on drugs of any kind, but I don't hear the "made by drugs" or "made for drugs" psychedelic pop is meant to have. This just sounds like average English pop music seemingly best described as "ugh". This is the kind of stuff the English send to Eurovision, and then they don't understand why no one votes for them. I think I know the last song from a beer ad?
Meh, it has a couple of nice bangers but it's not up to the point of quality that Beatles, Love or whatever.
This sounds like if Church Hymns were written by hippies
Not bad. Near bad though. I expected more from a band with that name; nope, replacement level 1968.
Some good songs, but the production gets in the way. Most songs sound cluttered, like they are going of r a Beach Boys sound. When the songs are more stripped down, they are at their best
A few good hits but I reminder of why the 70s was probably the worst decade of music (so sleepy)
Major disconnect between me and the global reviews here. I think there's one great song, the last one, and certainly not the one with a roll call of happy married couples.
Back story was more interesting than the music
Pop rock from the 60’s with tinges of The Beach Boys. Varied instrumentation. That said, just did not land with me.
Just not for me. Have it 1 and a half listens after not liking it and seeing all the high reviews.
probably a good album but u wouldn’t be able to tell bc it’s MIXED LIKE PURE SHIT. lyrics are good, so wish I could hear them. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES.
I saw that Bryan reviewed this poorly and I was sad (“Time of the Season” is such a cool song). Now I know bryan was right. This album makes 35 minutes feel like an hour. It is actually bad, not just mediocre. Everything but the aforementioned best song are incredibly boring and simple songs. And at the end when Time came on I was just ready for it to be over. Today I learned that the Alan Parsons Project guy is from the Zombies
Couldn't get into it...dated and boring
I'm aware of The Zombies, but only really from _Time of the Season_ which is a good song, and whilst I'm not averse to a bit of 60s psychedelia, I mostly found this a bit pedestrian. Somewhat reminiscent of **The Kinks**, early **Pink Floyd** and some of **The Beatles** trippier moments and yet I don't think they square up well to any of those 3, at least not on this showing. Despite only being 35 minutes, it felt long and with little variation to keep me interested. As I understand, this wasn't particularly well received on release and has only gained acclaim later, after they'd split. I'm more inclined to agree with the original critique as I really don't hear anything special here.
Ok, 2/5 but time of the season is easily a top 100 song of all time
Firstly, such a crazy story about the Zombies (and fake Zombies!). Also feels pretty common that albums flopped and only got their critical acclaim later. As for the album, 60s psychedelia with a kind of cross of The Monkeys, Beach Boys, Nick Drake. Didn’t grab me particularly. Felt very of its time and nothing too exciting but nothing bad either. Baroque pop is a new one on me. Feels a very English band and album. ‘Butchers Tale’ a bit left field and that was the single they chose to release?! No wonder it flopped. Was glad to finish the album but ‘Time of the season’ such a great finish and track. Different feel to the rest. (2.5)
I don't get it. Maybe you, like, had to be there, man. 2/5, I won't be back.
Bof
Boring generic 60s album. 1/5 + time of the season = 2/5
It was just alright. A well crafted 60s album with a huge hit and a cult following. However, it wasn't that much for me.
The complete track panning fad that plagued rock from the late 60's onward is the bane of my existence - so naturally this list loads you up on psych rock album after psych rock album. And that's what this album is to my ears - just another psych rock record. I know there's a lot of praise for it, and I can see a few reasons it deserves a bit of love; this album is very sonically clean for something out of 1968. I also think there are nuggets of good melodies and ideas like the chorus of "Maybe After He's Gone". But so few songs left me feeling satisfied from start to finish. "Beechwood Park" very much sounds like something a you'd hear on a good soundsystem as you walk into a record store - which has to count for something. I couldve gone without the middle part of the album from tracks 5-8 tbh. Just the usual stuff youd hear in a British psych rock album. "This Will Be Our Year" is a pretty neat, hopeful track that warrants the many ways it's lived on into modern times. So interesting that they chose to end the album with the clear hit in "Time of the Season" - I suppose they figured that with the way vinyl records were are listened to that it would nudge people to sit through the whole record with patience. I think the song is much better than erything else on the album because of the tone shift - it's much spookier, sporting a bit of edge in it's composition. Just not enough good to get over all the mid 2/5
2.5 - Meh
Feels it's age
Good: Beechwood Park, Hang Up On A Dream, Butcher's Tale, Friends of Mine, Time of the Season Okay: Care of Cell 44, A Rose For Emily, Brief Candles, Hung up on a Dream, Changes, I want her...., This will be our year Overwrought: Maybe After He's Gone, Surprised how overwrought most of this album is. A bit fey and outdated...., some other 1968 albums which are better imo: Lady Soul, Big Pink, White Album, Cheap Thrills, John Wesley Hardy, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Strictly Personal, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Waiting For the Sun, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Crown of Creation, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, several John Fahey albums, Live at Folsom Prison, Mama Tried, Beggars Banquet, The Circle Game, Astral Weeks,
Oof. I have little patience for 60s pop at this point. It’s dated and uninteresting to me. Points for “Time of the Season,” a wonderful and classic song.
not for me .. its fine but too beatles-y, baroque-y, arpeggio keyboard slams for my liking of course time of the season and this will be our year are great so points for that, but nothing new stands out to be to carry the album
First song is pretty good Not a good album to work too Nice melody's but not particularly catchy and very low energy really poignant lyrics lovely harmony's I enjoyed every song as single tracks, however as an album it grew a little tiresome towards the mid point. A lot of the songs are very samey, they are very good tracks but listening to 12 songs straight was not enjoyable towards the end, they are not quiet Brian Wilson Starts Strong, end strong. Time of the season is a great song
J - 2/5 Best Track - "Time Of The Season" F - DNL
Well I hate the album cover so far. And I hate the music too. This faux hippie jingle bullshit deserves the quick death it got. Groovy.
It was ok
One good song does not a good album make. It sold poorly when released....because it sucks ass. Too many of these "sold poorly on release, but garnered a huge cult following later on" albums on this list... Favorite songs: Time of the Season, This Will Be Our Year, Care of Cell 44, Friends of Mine Least favorite songs: A Rose for Emily 2/5
Isn't musical preference a peculiar thing?
Dacht dat ik dit beter zou vinden. Ik kende Time of the season door Eminem destijds, veruit leukste nummer. Er zijn een paar mooie melodieën gepasseerd. Prima Album.
Mid.
I typically cringe at this style of 60's rock, but I found myself pleasantly disarmed by the Zombies. There are dynamics, both in their playing and singing, as well as production, that most other groups playing this style don't seem to possess. Dare I say, it's almost Beach Boys-esque. That said, there are still the trappings of 60's baroque-ish pop/rock that they can't escape.
3/10
Really not for me, just feels like background music and empty with the exception of Time of the Season which has something more to it.
Trying to hard to sound like the Beach Boys Pet Sounds. And not really psychedelic either, as some people claim. The storry about the Zombies are great, but this is not a classic for me.
British Pop.
It’s fine. I would out it on in the background for a 60’s vibe but I won’t be returning to this one for deeper listening.
Fine, just overly pretty hippy-era soft rock. Just made me want to listen to The Beatles. Time of the Season is the only song that stands out.
Pleasant, melancholy , sweet. Seemed well crafted and the Beatles and Beach Boy influences are definitely there. My preference is for a more "punchy" listen with sharp edges. That's why the only track that resonated for me was "Time of the Season".
Meh.
Seems like I’m not into dreamy psych 60s pop that’s not Beatles
Perfectly serviceable 60's album. Elements of psychedelic rock, but only a hint, not a full frontal hallucinogenic mindfuck. It's only 35 minutes long, just the right length before it starts getting too samey. 'Time Of The Season' is easily the best track here. A really really good song. Not that much else to say really. Fairly forgettable and I'd rather listen to The Beatles.
Pretty Standard 60's affair to me, I liked Butcher's Tale and Time of the Season is a scandalously good song, but I can't say I was very impressed. 2 Stars. Feel like maybe I'm missing some context.
good but hippy style
bof. generic
Does not age well. Time of the season is a great song. The rest is filler.
Forgettable psychedelic rock album. Not really for me.
I find this album pretty boring tbh, much prefer other acts from the UK in the 60s
More like 1.5 stars. Too bouncy for me, it’s like the Beatles but with way less charm.
insipido 2,5/5 🌼
Not my thing, but won't hold that against it.
I think I would have liked this 10 years ago but not today. Lots of similarities to the Beatles which is not a bad thing. However, I mostly listen to the Beatles for the nostalgia it brings me. I wouldn't listen to this on my own sadly.
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Had a distortion of reality moment while listening to this one. I had never heard of The Zombies or this album, yet "Beechwood Park" was familiar to me despite not knowing where it came from. I eventually came to the epiphany that I listened to this song years ago through a cover (https://youtu.be/Lp7uH4vhnt8) on some random ass compilation album. I then learned that this album is massively acclaimed, influential and well-respected among critics and musicians. Not for me, which is unfortunate as I am greatly interested in exploring psychedelic music. The androgynous vocals from Colin Blunstone rub me the wrong way, which is the biggest dealbreaker of the album. I'm also not fond of how this album is mastered. I'm not sure how to articulate my point, but some of the instruments sound too loud and clear whereas others sound muffled and "blurry". It sounds like I'm listening to this album underwater, but if the water was super oxidised and sound could permeate through ~90% more clearly... There's gotta be a better hypothetical for my point, but alas. The album is over and I shall move on thusly.
Nope. There's too much 60s/70s hippie shit in this project, and this is exhibit A as to why. Is this a good example of what was the dominant sound in rock at one point? Sure. Is it *the* shining example of its genre? Is it massively influential? Is it a foundation for tons of artists that came after? I doubt it. Am I better for listening to it before I died? I highly doubt it. I don't know. I'm sure if you were around when this was new, you're probably all nostalgic about how awesome the weed was in 1968, and how the Summer of Love was the zenith of American culture...but if not you'll probably, like me, find it tedious and cliche.
Yawn
It was fine. Time for the season is solid but the rest of the album was meh
Alright
isch das en rebrand vo the beach boys? a rose for emily isch basically eh dropless version vo god only knows happy clappy morge vom dahinschlurfende verwesende tod han churz nahcheckt und pet sounds hett trois rois becho vo mir - drum nach dere musikalische odessey und emene blick ih mini kristallchugle bechömed die untote jungs da en double barreld shotgun blast id fressi BLAM BLAM
Sound of the 60’s. Good band. Good music. Music history.
Acid folky psychedelic rock. Just isn't my thing .
Aika tylsä kokonaisuus, joten ei voi montaa tähteä antaa.
A lot of this sounds like some wannabee schlock that sits somewhere between the Beatles and the Beach Boys. There were plenty of super great things happening in rock in 1968. This wasn't one of them. Then again, the story of this album is crazy, having just learned it. And the Time of the Season really is something else, rises above the rest of the material. Still, one good song and a bunch of other average tracks does not an album make.
Beatles dupe, nothing new whatever
Gonna be honest, wasn't a fan of this. Mostly it's issue is just being incredibly dated to my ears, and having a penchant for having fluff that doesn't really feel substantial. Stuff like Changes and Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914). That weird sound 60's music had that sounds like psychedelic ren faire music. Incredibly thin sounding. Just not my thing. Super simple piano lines that feel like they came out of a beginner's piano practice booklet as opposed to something I can actually sink my teeth into (A Rose For Emily). This is everything I don't like about a lot of psychedelic 60's music. Time of the Season is the only track on the album that really feels worthwhile and substantial to me. Stone cold classic song. Although Care of Cell 44 I thought was fairly solid. Yeah. I know this is a widely regarded album, but not only is it dated, but its got that issue where the big hit sounds nothing like the rest of the album, and I just feel weirdly let down by it. You expect one sound, and you get another. And unfortunately that other sound is a sound I dislike.
It's giving Beatles which I don't love. It has a fun familiar sound though "what's your name, who's your daddy"
One great song, the rest are forgettable.
A bit '1968 by numbers', with psychedelic references mixed with the Beach Boys. Didn't feel like anything that new for the time, more a generic time capsule. One extra star for Time Of the Season, which seems more focused and with more melodic intent than the rest of the album.
Reminds me of The Beatles, which isn't a good thing.
Time of the Season almost feels out of place. It's head and shoulders above the others. But it's presence on this album is enough to bump up the rating by a star.
Wow this was BLAND. A few times I thought the album had started over because I was convinced I'd already heard the song. The Time of the Season is the only song that stuck out to me. 2/5
A safe Beatles / Beach Boys clone.
OK, first time listening to this album. Not a horrible album for 60's psychedelic rock, but not notable. I'm glad the song I actually like from the album is all the way at the end, so it's a treat for listening to it. My rating: 2/5. No thanks, guys. But I LOVE the story about the Zombies that another reviewer posted.
Instantly forgettable album.
It reminds me of other music of the era. Roses for Emily made me feel sad and affected and I did not like the sentiment. It was like a ruder Eleanor Rigby. I warmed to it more in the back half. It made me imagine about the 60s and what daily life was like and how people talked and related to each other. It did not feel very emotional or examined, there was distance and unexamined statements not vulnerability, which was typical at the time.
This album sounds like it’s the product of a covert CIA operation to drug the water supply. I don’t understand it. Had to be there, I guess. It’s very unstructured & loose and not that great. Standout track is “This Will Be Our Year”
The only standout for me was “This will be Our Year” and “Time of the Seasons”. The rest were horrid. I’d be gracious giving this 3 stars and should likely get two. I’ll sleep on it and see what I do give it.
not remarkable
I'm sure this is someone's jam, but again not mine. Didn't bother to finish sorry.
British rock.... What can I say that hasn't been said before. It was probably great at the time. But it's not for me.
I cant help but hear the beatles here, though not nearly as groundbreaking as the beatles were in the same era. Yep, A rose for emily on this album bears a striking resemblance to For no one by the beatles, which came out a year before. Meh
naja, doch schon was älter
Mostly quite boring.
One good song
What a total snooze-fest to get to the only pay-off, the last song, Time of the Season, which is the only one that doesn't sound like a generic version of a Beatles song
Generic happy 60’s music. Nothing particularly interesting here. Everything is channel separated so it doesn’t sound great on headphones
A one-hit-album is not an album.
Openingstrack is goed maar verloor al gauw m'n enthousiasme. Hoge 2.
It's fine. Too slow for my liking. Last song rips.
Brit rock generico.
Forgettable
I think it’s supposed to be poppy, kind of cheerful. Whatever, I don’t like these harmonies or this little style
That has not aged well for me. Sounds like the average of the time. I'd prefer other records and bands from the era...
Beach Boys, but sometimes medieval battle hymnal. Nevertheless, Time of the Season is a go ✅
only Time of the Season and the Super Sayan in the cover art are actually worth it..
This list really does skew towards old British bands dunnit? So far this sounds like a boring low energy Beatles knockoff. Basically an inverse of The Kinks. Oh, they wrote "Time of the Season", is that why they are on this list? Do one-hit-wonders really deserve a spot? In my opinion, no.
It’s a light Beatles pack that ain’t connecting with me. First track or two is listenable but I can’t listen to that kind of sound for too long without everything feeling samey. I like Hung Up on a Dream tho.
Es un disco de psicodelia corte los Beatles en Sgt Peppers, pero se queda cortísimo.
5 Zombies out of 10. A nice blend of voices and gentle woodwind sounds. With the cover art, I expected the music to have much more of a dreamy or psychedelic sound. I’d describe the album as having more of a daydream feel that of a trance or fantastical journey which I’ve heard from other albums of the 60s. This album gives us ‘Time of the Season’ which is a pretty sick song to be fair. It’s sexy and a little bit spooky - it sounds super autumnal and I love the little ‘ahhh’ instead if a cymbal in the little phrase we hear throughout the song. The most memorable for me after that is ‘changes’. Very simple song but the layers of voices is very satisfying to listen to and pull apart. I could definitely see myself covering it just for the fun of trying to recreate the layers. This sort of music isn’t really my style but as albums go, it definitely has many catchy songs and some contemporary sounds going on there. I could see why a 20 something from the 60s would totally dig it.
Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 🌻🌼💊 Production: 😑🙂👌 Music: ⏳🌼🎶 Rating: 🌼🌼/5
This sort of Beatles-esque psych rock just does nothing for me. It needs something else to add energy into it It's not terrible but it's all just a drag to get through. Butcher's Tale isn't too bad to be fairs
Yeah not bad, high twos?
Feel like this should have been a double a side single. 29 minutes of pure fill no thrill! Two songs an album does make make.
It feels like they're trying to hard to be The Beatles without doing anything that good. If you want to listen to a band's crappy imitation of The Beatles be my guest
Kinda interesting late-Beatles-ish psych pop.
This was pretty harmless. I certainly didn't dislike it, and I wouldn't consider it time wasted, but it didn't excite me in any way.
Not for me
This was so nondescript that when the album ended Spotify auto played like 6 songs from other artists before I realized.
Some good songs, but overall didn't think the whole album was that interesting.
Other than “Time of the Season” this album is pretty boring
Standard late 60s sound. Good but not the best of that age or genre.
Boring 60’s shit
This album's popularity is most likely because the Time of the Season song. Aside from that it's forgettable.
Man får tydligen heta The Zombies och göra Beach Boys musik. Butchers Tale stod ut som störd med hemsk sång.
I love Time of the Season, but not feeling the rest
not for me
Not for me
Not my kind of music. It’s not bad but not for me. I liked one song: Time of the season
You don't need to hear obscure folk-pop psychedelica. Ever.
Nowhere near as pyschedelic as the horrific cover art suggests. Reminiscent of the Beach Boys and the Kinks, this is pleasant, jangly chamber-pop. I was quite bored throughout.
Disappointing. I had thought I'd like this band, based on their two most know songs, but I was wrong. That 60s sound and flower fluff left me bored.
Ah yeah, it's fine. The first half of the album just sounds like a less interesting Beach Boys album, but the final few tracks feel much more unique
Well, I listened and listened and thought -- "but is the 80's Paisley Underground or 60's music," as I'd not investigated it beforehand and just listened to it while mowing the lawn... Ho hum. 1 incredible song and 1 weak album.
I'm having a hard time reconciling how good Time of the Season is compared to how much I hated the bubble gum 60's boyband psychedelic excrement rest.
Very 60's. A bit all over the place, with the worst song (Friends of Mine) followed by the best one (Time of the Season), which ironically was the one they fought the most over. I'd probably give it a 2.5, with much of that strength coming from the last one, but I think I'll round down this time.
One classic song doesn't make up for a lot of crap on the rest of the album.
So many 1968 albums exceed this. The songs became annoying after a while.
Some good tracks some not so good. For its age the recording wasn't that great. 2 to 3 star
I found this album very polarizing. It has great opening and closing tracks that are interesting and unique. But everything in the middle just felt like more discount-Beatles, and had all the inferiority that comes with that tag. Obviously a product of its time, but I wish more psychedelic rock groups of the era sounded less like the Beatles, and found their own sound. Top tracks: Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season
It's like they made up a bunch of songs just to sell to generic romcoms. Favorite track: the only one that wouldn't fit in a romcom
Hmmmm, I reviewed this album two weeks ago. Have it 3 stars then. Here's what I had to say last time: "I've never heard this album before. A bit dated and jarring at times with flourishes of ...psychedelic accordion? Some likeable songs, like a soundtrack to a 60s British movie. 'This will be our year' made me happy. Everyone knows'Time Of The Season', surely, which leaves a nice taste in your ears as the album ends." I may have been a little generous. Two evening stars in Beechwood Park.
kind of campy.
Seeing so many positive reviews of this album makes me want to like it … but I just don’t. Small exception for Time of the Season.
Obviously hadn't heard this before. It's OK. All sounds a bit same same looking back. I know She's Not There very well. This was fine 60's brit pop. 2 seemed a bit harsh. 2.5
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
Well, I listened to it, but I don't really remember much about what I heard. Not bad, but also not particularly interesting.
Not my jam. A couple songs held up OK, but the rest of the album was milquetoast for me. 2.3
Not really my cup of tea… kinda reminds me of a less fun Beatles
Boooring
Ok
The first and last tracks are pretty good but the filling in the middle is a bit of a dated dirge...
Muy psicodélico y generalmente aburrido.
Wasn't a big hit but I liked most of it ok. The harpsichord isa little over the top and frou-frou singing gets old by the middle of the album. Lots of neat sounds and experimentation but I think the 'baroque pop' idea just didn't pan out for me.
it was pleasant but nothing apart from ‘butcher’s tale’ particularly captured me. it feels… unfinished? songs i liked were: butcher’s tale, care of cell 44, brief candles, changes, this will be our year and time of the season (easy to see why the last two are among their most popular).
I like hearing different experimental albums, but this one was largely forgettable.
I had hoped for this album, but it let me down. Time of the Season doesn't make an album. I had no interest in the rest of it. And wtf is up with the band name? Makes no sense.
This one doesn't stand the test of time. Time of the Season is the only decent song, though it is a classic.
I can see why this did not sell well on release. Time of the Season is the only good song. The others sound like hippie parodies.
Late sixties pop, but not much substance here.
This list seems to love physcadelia...
Bit too whimsical for me. Hung Up On A Dream is nice though.
I really wanted to like this. On the whole this was a bit too twee for my taste. I enjoyed it more when it veered into a more cosmic rock direction. It’s worth getting to the end for Time of the season as it’s an amazing track that stands out from the rest of the album.
It's not a bad album, it was probably an absolute banger when it came out, now with the hindsight of time, you get nothing from it that a Beatles album wouldn't deliver with more punch.
Ok
? 2
Only enjoyed one or two of these - not my favorite English rock album.
Actually pretty fun. Didn't realize what I was listening to until I hit "Time of the Season". Not really my style though, so I'm sticking with my typical two stars.
Definitely one of the staples of the psychedelic movement of the sixties, and for its historical significance, worth listening to. "Time of the Season," still holds up as one of the great pop songs of its era, but as a whole, the album isn't that thrilling to my modern ears.
I just found this one boring. It didn't engage me at all.
listened through al this just to hear the last song, which is the only one I know? Pass
4 stars for life on mars alone. What a song.
Its an ok album, I imagine it was probably better received at the time of record. All sounded very samey apart form the last song. Which I had heard before. Probably won't listen to any of them again
Fine album🤷♂️
I saw this and was thinking Sean dresses and screaming. I never particularly cared for this Icelandic princess. I have say, though, I was pleasantly surprised by how good this album was. What I appreciated most is you can here the Gaga, Ray-era Madonna, the Radiohead, Oakenfold, Alanís and so many others, but this predated them all. Standout tracks were Human Behavior and Violently Happy. Inclusive of the historical influences this had on other artists , I gotta go 5-Star on this one!
A few songs I liked. More I did not. Feels a little dated. Will I listen to again: 10%
Certainly an instrumental genius. Not every song is for me, but All Along the Watchtower is absolutely incredible and Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) has a fantastic chill sound. Not a fan of interludes and 10+ minute songs are tough for me, so not a flawless album for me personally.
Time of the season - one hit wonder?
Really don't care for this music
I had not thought about the idea of album covers having their own distinct artistical styles that are influenced by the genre and time that they were made in until I saw this album cover and instantly thought "It's going to be some dogshit hippie rock psychadelic rock garbage" just from my first glance. Not only was I spot on with the genre but also the fact that it was recorded in the hippie era around the latter half of the 60's. Love the last song though
Maybe two standout tracks. The rest feels much too homogenous and like a copy of what the Beatles were doing years earlier.
Album # 25 Typical Zombies no life , one hit wonder
I really liked the last couple songs on the album.
Pretty bland early Floyd - Beatles - beach boys crossover. Only the opening and ending tracks worth listening to again.
Like the monkeys!
This is a little too sing-songy bubble gum pop sounding for me to enjoy. I give them credit for their musical skills and songwriting abilities so early in the rock and roll epoch years, but yeah nahh, I prolly won't choose to listen to again.
Time of the Season is great. The preceding 32 minutes, not so much.
Not for me.
Not my vibe
nun ja, das sind wohl die kleinen brüder der beach boys? instrumentierung, harmonien etc. erinnern an deren surfmusik. poetische texte mit frechen passagen zu etwas angestaubter musik.
Harmless, 60's fun. Not particulalry interesting to me but the back beat kept relentlessly and enjoyably chugging along throughout. This is problably a more significant album than I can give it credit for.
One good song does not a good album make. Time of the Season is a really good song but the rest of the album doesn’t come close to that vibe
The 2 great songs in this album are great (This Will Be Our Year and Time of The Season), and I love the backing vocals and hearing them from time to time... otherwise though it is pretty forgetable
2/5. Aside from the Uber popular “Time of the Year”, this album didn’t really have much to show, other than a Buffalo Springfield-esque vibe.
just not my style
2.5
Hippie nonsense, not much catchiness. Time of the Season is their one hit wonder I guess.
Somehow I got bored of this. Just like multiple albums before it but nothing to make it stand out. A product of its time not a product to define it.
Generic 60s. And it isn't the album that contains their one great song.
It's another one hit wonder album isn't it
Too much 60'-70's for me, it has that hippie energy, but some songs are too repetitive to listen to them on the background. Did not liked it but neither i hate it
Nah. I'm wondering how some of these albums make it in the list. I know 1001 is a lot, but there are better.
The band that opens for the Beatles sounding like the Beatles.
jangly guitar, harpsichord and organ - very sixties. not really my thing but i can hear a distant relative of the kinks and the beach boys in their music. favourite song is beechwood park for the slightly spooky organ lurking throughout. definitely heard time of the season and butcher’s tale elsewhere before, probably from my dad.
Nice to listen to, would not play them so fast since I prefer the Beatles but ok album
A full album of 60s Brit rock filler songs, throwing in purposeless chord changes & flute, and then Time of the Season, which might not be Good but is Interesting. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Maybe I am becoming (or just am) an aglophobe. Thought this one started off fine and interesting, and then a few songs in it was just another super British guy singing in a silly voice about a butcher from the olden times or something, to 60s psych rock backing.
standard 60's music. no idea why this is on the list
laddy
“Oohh that’s that one, from that thing”. That’s the last track “Time of the season”. Which has been used on … something. The rest of the album is case study in 60s psychedelic pop. Suffers from not being the Beatles or the Kinks.
De a ratos sonaba a queen
So the Beatles left some Zombies in their wake?
No me gustó mucho
For some reason all the songs sounded familiar, like I had heard them before. For most of them, I think that is not the case. The album is okay but it turned boring to me pretty quick. I enjoyed the first songs principally due to this effect. The exception to the rule is "Time of the Season", love the instrumentals in that track. It was a nice travel to The Beatles' time, in fact, I think one can appreciate the influence. Not a hard listen but I would not recommend.
Like a knockoff version of the Beatles.
Decent.
yeah ok
Another 2.5. Nice 60’s sound, thought it was kinda forgettable by the end. Not unpleasant but just okay.
While better than the byrds I found this pretty bland and forgettable
first impressions: absolute dread at yet another album from between 1965 & 1972) this sounds like just another Beatles-esque folk/psychadelic rock album. after listening through: I barely remember what this album sounded like aside from the singles that I'd heard before, which I don't think I recognized as all by the same band since they all kind of blur together to me. Time of the Season is honestly kind of an all time bop which means that I understand why this album is on here even if it is only for this single. post-reading reviews/wiki: No impressions have shifted, tbh. recommended for: the youth who have never heard that song they heard on TikTok
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.
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
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.
Interesting but not mind blowing. Time of the season is a hit
Stereotypical sounds of the late sixties. Mostly forgettable except for the last song. Sounds like a budget Beatles
Meh
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.
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.
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.
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.
Meh
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.
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.