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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.
wet
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
Side A of this album is just a Murderer's Row of baroque-leaning psych pop gems. Care of Cell 44 and A Rose for Emily get mentioned a lot, but I'll throw my two cents behind Hung Up on a Dream which has the swirling psychedelic sound in all the best possible ways. Side B is a bit more uneven, but still delightful. The instrumentation throughout the album is always tasteful, but never feels restrained. Just an absolute joy of an album from top to bottom.
ну них я не понял, звучит как психодел альб от битлов. такой ретро поп-рок зафлэнжеренный хз
Time of the Season is one of the best songs ever. Great sounds. The rest of the album is full of great little songs that I've never heard before. They do have kind of a Beach Boys vibe from time-to-time, but not really a copy-cat band. Standouts: Time of the Season Others: A Rose For Emily, Care of Cell 44, Beachwood Park, Brief Candles, I Want Her She Wants Me, This Will Be Our Year, Butcher's Tale
Overall a pretty underwhelming, inoffensive album. Most of the songs are pretty repetitive, and couple with the fact that they’re very short means they get lost and I forget about them pretty quickly. It does have a couple good moments where it shines i’ll give it that but it’s not really enough to save it and I don’t think I’ll be going back to it a lot.
Ok. Saved by the final song Time of the Season
Not a bad song, 3.5
Fun listen. Only one familiar song. I'd like to listen to this with my dad. Favorite Track: This Will Be Our Year
Lots of harmonies, nothing really caught my attention.
This is such a special time in music. There doesn't seem to be any hint of a formula that I can find in any of the songs on this album, unlike most music since the 70's.
Good
Time of the Season and This Will Be Our Year are great. The rest is good.
la fin de l album (4 dernières) est solide . Connaissais déjà Time of the Season. bien aimé Butchers Tale
From my point of view, as a very young Gen X’er, I saw this album as the poster child for late 70’s psychedelic rock. I picture sexy people in colorful clothes dancing the night away in swinging London. This is likely a result of the Austin Powers movies being so popular when I was in my teens. The stand out track on this album isn’t the iconic “Time of the Season”, it is “Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914)”. Musically, it’s fine. The horrors of WWI told through the eyes of a butcher that was made to leave his home and fight for his country. The song ends in the haunting lyrics: And I And I can't stop shaking My hands won't stop shaking My arms won't stop shaking My mind won't stop shaking I want to go home Please let me go home Go home Honestly, it is all a bit boring. I understand it’s importance. I respect it. I have had enough of it. 3-5 stars.
The feeling of tie-dying a t-shirt. Reflect the psychedelic movement happening at the time, with similarities to to the beach boys. Vey cool.
I liked a few of the songs a lot, but the rest was just okay. Mostly piano and vocal harmonies.
Gorgeous
I was so happy to see this album show up. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I remember only knowing The Zombies from 'She's not there' and 'Time of the Season'. This album blew me away when I first heard it and I gained a whole new appreciation for the band and the genre. 'Care Of Cell 44' is an immediate attention getter to begin the album. The melody is infectious, backed up by a excitable rhythm section and beautiful background vocals in the choruses. The songwriting variety is exposed in the next song; the melancholy ballad 'A Rose For Emily'. A devastatingly sad tale provided with a wildly dissonant chord progression. A wonderful exhibition of brilliant songwriting. 'Maybe After He's Gone' is a dramatic statement, showcasing the genre diversity in the album with elements of Baroque Pop and Sunshine Pop. 'Beechwood Park' is a dreamy song with purposeful instrument tones and production. Yet, a catchy melody remains. 'Brief Candles' and 'Hung Up On A Dream' are maybe the two weakest songs on the album for me, but still give off a contagious vibe, whether it be relaxing in a dark room with headphones on just listening along, or on a beach on a summers day while everyone is playing volleyball. It's amazing how the songs on this album seem so suitable for so many different environments. 'Changes' is very baroque-y. One of my favorites on the album, it is a song where harmony reigns supreme. An ambitious number, it arranged in a particular way to pay homage to the albums genre. 'I Want Her, She Wants Me' is an up-tempo fun rocker with somewhat of a dark side, with a minor plot twist revealed in the lyrics of the B section. Another inventive chord sequence and arrangement. 'This Will Be Our Year', with a slightly unique rhythm, provides yet more musical variety to the album. 'Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)' is possibly the best song on the album. Haunting and mesmerising, a tragic story about a soldier in the war. The singing in the choruses are as powerful as any I have heard. You can become very invested in the devastating story that the singer recites. 'Friends of Mine' is a beautifully joyful piece about the love the singer has for his friends who are a couple. A song I can relate to very much, and can't feel anything but happiness listening to the song. And of course, 'Time Of The Season' finishes the album strong. Probably the most contemporary song in the album, there is a reason why this is the one everybody knows. Impressive musicianship and vocal work. This album is a masterpiece. HIGHLY recommend. FAVORITE SONGS: - Care Of Cell 44 - A Rose For Emily - Beechwood Park - Changes - I Want Her She Wants Me - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - Friends Of Mine 5/5
Very good, if not outstanding 60s keyboard choral stuff, closing with an absolute worldie
A whole extra point added to this score because of how good two songs are. Time of the Season is an all-time vibe song, and Butchers Tale really surprised me. Overall, a tepid album that should’ve been lost to the ages without TotS
2.5
One big meh
Ah man this is great - perfect chamber pop. It's so lush and interestingly arranged without ever sounding like its trying to be too clever. Some of the melodic changes are layered harmonies are properly euphoric, even when the lyrics are more melancholy. It feels a bit like what The Beach Boys were aiming for with Smile or Pet Sounds, while also being rather Beatles-eque. I have to conclude that The Zombies belong in such company, though. It's mad that they packed it in before this album was even released. It gets a 4.5 on merit, and a nice bump up because it was such a pleasant surprise. And also because This Will Be Our Year was the first dance at my sister's wedding. Good vibes all round.
Over-rated. It's not a forgotten classic. But it's nice, Colin Blunstone has one of those unforgettable voices, and "Time of the Season" is almost as good as "Tell Her No.".
idk yet
There’s one good song on this record which is Time Of The Season, and then there’s the rest of the album. Didn’t age well. Has one classic tune, 2/5.
A lovely wistful album which really hits the spot in the right environment. Sure it's quite melancholic (dare I say gauche) at times but that's just part of its charm. Personal favourites for this cherished LP are 'Hung Up On A Dream', 'Changes', 'Brief Candles' and of course 'Time of the Season'.
Poor and dull was like being stuck on a long drive with no real purpose but no adventure.
This was an ok album, not sure why I'd never heard it before. Rather nice hippy vibes
Nearly redeemed by Time Of The Season, but it is not ticking my boxes.
Zombies are scary so I didn’t listen to it
Ihan meni kuunnellessa ohi, enkä millään viitsinyt kuunnella uusiksi. Sen verran 60-luku.
Vahvistaa päätöstäni olla ikinä kokeilematta psykedeelejä. Mikä olisi mielikuvituksettomampaa?
Reminded me of queen
The first thing that came to my mind was I've heard a few of these songs before, This will be our year and Time of the season. Both were good and I liked. Thought the first song Care of Cell 44 was best song off the album. Rest of the album didn't do much for me, but I didn't find it to be annoying. My biggest statement is for the song A Rose for Emily. Thought the song was OK, but I immediately though of Emily H, a family friend we love like our own daughter. After the Zombie album, the very first first song it kicked into was by Velvet Underground, a band she loves. And then the first song I heard on the drive home from work last night was a song called Island Boy by Kenny Chesney. In that song, there is 2 lines that always make me think of Emily and Aaron. "You know the love of his life has always been Emily. She loves the man she sees." So shout out to Emily H. Apparently the music Gods wanted to think about you yesterday. Wishing you and Aaron nothing but love and happiness in your life. And that is one of thousands of reasons I love music. For the times and memories they trigger! The album was OK. Just OK. 2 for the album. Bonus .5 for thoughts of family friends! 2.5
Obviously I knew this album because of Time of the Season's timelessness. I really enjoyed that song this time around but I also enjoyed this whole thing quite a bit. It has all of the qualities I enjoy about the Monkees but with a little more of a folksy edge which separated it from its contemporaries. Not mind blowing enough to leave specific impressions beyond "yeah I like that one" 3
3 I really thought The Zombies were more of a one-hit wonder group, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they actually have a solid output of 60s psychedelic rock sprinkled with Beach Boys-esque harmonies. There was something about that era of music production that has a bit of a haunting quality to it, but compared to artists like Jefferson Airplane and Donovan, it seems like The Zombies really leaned into the gothic aspect of that sound - Considering their name, maybe that’s the point. Despite very little of the actual subject matter being that dark, the general vibe is something that wouldn’t feel out of place at a Halloween party (I think Time of the Season was even used in The Conjuring?). That being said, if memory serves me correctly, the track A Rose for Emily is based on a spooky classical short story we read in high school English (I think Will actually showed me the song around the same time), so maybe there’s more than meets the eye here. Anyway, not the most amazing thing I’ve heard, but I dig the sound, and I think singer Colin Blunstone’s voice pairs nicely. Will keep this in mind around the spooky season. Favorite songs: Time of the Season, Care of Cell 44, A Rose For Emily, Beechwood Park Also, if you haven’t heard it, Foo Fighters have a solid cover of This Will Be Our Year
Third album in, this is the first that’s made me sit up and pay more attention. Was it easier to be different and creative in the 60s than now? Maybe. There was so much new to discover. But still, even if not, this is a varied album worthy of its plaudits.
Before listening to this album, the only song I'd ever heard by The Zombies was "Time of the Season," so I was pretty unfamiliar with their body of work. I really enjoyed this album. It was exactly what I'd expect for a late 60's psychedelic album: jangly guitars and great keyboard riffs. And as a bonus, their harmonies are incredible. All of the songs were terrific, but "Care of Cell 44" and "Time of the Season" were the standouts to me.
Beatles tyyppistä rockia. Ei tarjonnut kuitenkaan mitään erikoisempaa. Viimeinen kappalw hyvä
Love this album
A lot of 60s pop with a piano. Some was pretty good.
This was really cool.
I really loved this album. Beautiful melodies, complex harmonies, great songwriting, clever lyrics. A real treat after a week of too much heavy metal.
Listens: 2 Enjoyed: yeah Nice chilled out vibe - got me excited for Barbecue weather
Sounds like a pre-requisite to Queen. The layered vocals, strings and keys, and the overall psych rock vibe sounds ahead of its time. It's also short and sweet; a lot of records wear out their welcome but this one comes in, does its job in just over 30 minutes, and then leaves you wanting more. A really cool discovery! Standout tracks are A Rose for Emily, Beechwood Park, This Will Be Our Year, and Time of the Season.
I had to check because the cover looks distinctly 60s/70s but I could have been convinced this was a throwback 90s/00s band, certainly the opener sounds like it's been recorded in a modern studio. As for the music itself, there were some nice moments but probably won't be revisiting.
Cute. Enjoyable. Good even. Surprisingly very varied. There's your classic psychedelic pop of course, but then there are also some almost gothic-sounding tracks which is pretty damn impressive for '68. "Butcher's Tale" is a super eerie song that wouldn't be out of place on a Nico album and it's sandwiched between two happy poppy love songs. I like when albums do that. Certainly better than having to hear one guy strumming three chords on his acoustic guitar and singing about "lovin' in Tennessee, ridin' on a horse with my missus" in the same tone for 50 minutes. Ain't that right Wilco. I might have gotten a bit sidetracked.
Now this is an album that deserves to be here. We are on a good run. Discovered this only a few years back. Criminally overlooked it despite already loving She's not There. I honestly think I assumed Time of the Season was by The Bryds or something. Care of Cell 44 is wonderfully Brian Wilson-esque. That chorus just absolutely POPs out of the speaker. Brilliance. I believe it was A Rose for Emily being played at the end of every episode of the podcast series S-Town that finally dragged me to this album. Doubtless I'm not the only one, so I'm very grateful to that. There's plenty of Pet Sounds influences here (which is enough by itself to draw me in) but there's lots more to love besides. There's hints of Nick Drake's Bryter Layter here too in Hung up on a Dream (which of course was slightly layter). A glorious and faultless 60s psych-pop album. Definitely one of the best records ever made. Best - Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season, This Will Be Our Year, Hung Up on a Dream.
ime of the Season is one of the best songs of the rock era. Incredible hook, gorgeous melody, sweet soulful singing, truly a modern classic. But how is te rest of the album? Well nothing quite so sublime as TotS but some really excellent psychedelic tinged rock songs. The whole album has a baroque feel that makes me think Belle and Sebastien ingested this album intravenously. All in all a beautiful album that is deserving of a 5 star rating.
I've heard the name before and wasn't super familiar with the music. When the last song came up I'm like "oh I have heard them before". Overall very, very Beatles-esque and definitely a shame this group only had such a limited output and was met with indifference. This is some great 60s era music that has aged like fine wine.
banger
It's easy to see how this was ignored until Time of the Season became a hit. The rest of the album is instantly forgettable folk rock. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Time of the Season Date listened: 12/01/23
они норм! надо проверить потом
More psychedelic music from the 60s.
Very good album
Keys led songs Like to hear some different arrangements of a few of them A bit relentless … ba ba baaaaa
Her peppermint smile and autumn eyes with flowers in her hair buttoned up for the frisky air. Um, no thanks. I think this album shows the bias of having all English reviewers. Truly. It's predictable and doesn't do much for me except being okay background music.
It's hard to listen to this and not imagine you're in some Wes Anderson film. I love Wes Anderson films, they seem to defy time and have a wholesome, yet irregular feel to them. I get the same feeling when listen to Odessey and Oracle. Also, Time of the Season is terribly overplayed... I've deducted a star for that one.
"Time of the Season" was a surprise hit? It is far and away the best song on "Odessey(sic) And Oracle," with the rest being mostly cringey overly saccharine flower child wanderings. But perhaps most troubling is that the choice of the name The Zombies doesn't fit at all with the music. Except when the music just moves too slow and you want to chop their heads off to put an end to it. Apparently their original short-lived bassist came up with the name, and the other members barely knew what zombies were. While zombies were introduced into popular culture along with other monster movies in the 1930s with "White Zombie," it wasn't until 1968's "Night of the Living Dead" that they became a pop culture mainstay. So why name your group of Beatles wanna-bes The Zombies in 1961? Regardless, by the time 1968 rolled around, these young Brits did indeed become akin to a reawakened corpse with an insatiable appetite for some of the most boring pyschedelic rock ever produced. Only "Time of the Season," an absolutely terrific song, saves the rest of the decaying dreck from the dreaded single star.
Was it an artistic choice to have this album sound muffled? Or a limitation of the recording equipment?
Ok but why wouldn’t I just listen to the Beatles tho
This album is mostly OK, but has its ups and downs. I like the tension between the lonesome bass and rhythm/lead guitars during the verses of Maybe After He’s Gone. The chorus of Brief Candles quite a bit while the verses are bleh. Beechwood Park and Changes can go. I like Friends Of Mine until they literally just name a bunch of people at the end of the song. It’s a good thing the producers were willing to use their own money to mix a stereo version after having spent the budget on the mono mix. They did a good job of creating enticement with different sounds in each ear and moving sounds from one ear to the other. They almost lost me before Time Of The Season, which is a classic hit. It barely pulls this album up to average.
Cool album. Kinda forward for 1968
Boring fr
A pretty average slab of likeable psychedelica
So soft and non-violent but also oh so boring. Extrapoints for „This will be our year“ & amazing „Time of the Season“
A psychedelic Beatles with a little beach boys.
The story of the Zombies is a lot stranger than I would have ever anticipated. They essentially released two albums and then broke up, despite the fact that those albums produced hit songs and were each massively influential. It's a lot like the band Television, minus the radio hits. This album was very cool to hear. It's not mind-blowing or anything, but it doesn't sound like every other album that was being made during this early/middle psychedelic period. 4/5
Suprisingly good album, utterly beautiful from time to time. Its not flawless but it came as a shock just how good it was and im suprised ive never heard of them before
7/10, only skipped one song
I liked the album as a whole, but not really any of the songs specifically.
Старо
Sounds like a mix of the Monkees, The Beach Boys, and Pink Floyd. Not my cup of tea, but cool and unpredictable chord progressions in most tunes that kept my attention, sort of.
A sunny afternoon type album
Given that the last track is so so good, I was a bit disappointed with the rest of it. May need another listen.
don't sounds
Good but I was expecting more.
Good crafted 60s album
It sounds like a bunch of vicars took acid and made this album. Best Tracks: Care of Cell 44; This Will Be Our Year; Time of the Season
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would & will listen again 👍
Bored me.
One great song, rest is a bit meh
top tracks: butchers tale, this will be our year, changes
Sgt who? Pet what? Peak psychedelic pop. Psychedelia achieved by reaching into music’s past - a time-traveling, genre bending pop explosion. Inventive melodies and chord changes you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. A beautiful work.
didn't dislike it but have no desire to relisten. some cool production, nice vibes, that's it.