Odessey And Oracle

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 A bit fey and outdated...., some other 1968 albums which are better imo: Lady Soul, Big Pink, White Album, Cheap Thrills, John Wesley Hardy, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Strictly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.

Eh

pretty boring. typical beach boys or monkees style shit.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Not for me.

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. 🚬🚬

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.

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.

shitty beatles

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

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.

Poor and dull was like being stuck on a long drive with no real purpose but no adventure.

Nearly redeemed by Time Of The Season, but it is not ticking my boxes.

Zombies are scary so I didn’t listen to it

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

Beatles tyyppistä rockia. Ei tarjonnut kuitenkaan mitään erikoisempaa. Viimeinen kappalw hyvä

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

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.

"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?

So soft and non-violent but also oh so boring. Extrapoints for „This will be our year“ & amazing „Time of the Season“

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.

don't sounds

One great song, rest is a bit meh

top tracks: butchers tale, this will be our year, changes

The sound is nice, the vocals clear. The vibe: 60s. It's OK to listen to once.

A pretty decent, but not extraordinary, psych-rock-pop album from an era absolutely saturated with such works. Capable but formulaic.

2.5/5 chill

Eh.

Spiralling psychedelia. Leveaned by the same mix of delicacy and clarity Ray Davies made his metier and deflated by the airy gentrified vocals Donnovan made his. Unclear what any of these songs are aiming for.

Its aight

10 songs to warm up for Time of the Season. What a banger that is, the rest a bit forgetful.

brutto, noioso, forse avanti per il tempo ma non mi ha entusiasmata

2.5/5 Best song: Time of the Season

honestly not my jam

not my favorite

More late 60s garbage. 2/5.

No more listens.

Not for me

Started out good but lost interest.

I had high hopes for this one, but found it to be pretty saccharine overall. Not something I need to hear again.

Sounds similar to other groups of the time. Time of the Season is the only song I think I've heard before. It's not bad, but just bland.

good. kind of psychedelic, but not quite there for me. nice vocals though.

50 years too late

Pretty boring, with the exception of the [famous] final track

4 A good mix of upbeat but also living up to the name Zombies.

Jolly Calm Nice

Time of the Season is, obviously, a complete and total classic, but the rest of this one was pretty forgetable.

OK - Time of the Season is a great song. The album might improve if I listened to it more.

a period piece

Dat was wel erg zoetsappig. Geen idee waarom ze zich The Zombies noemen..

Een beetje braindead word je inderdaad wel van The Zombies, behalve bij hun hitje die ze als toetje bewaren.

Graag iets met meer pit!

Too like the Beatles

Meh, mostly bland pop rock. Wasn’t bad to listen to but uneventful and not necessarily the best representation of that era’s pop rock

Time of the Season is an amazing track, but aside from that this album didn't engage me. It struck me an attempt to reproduce the magic of Pet Sounds but it fell short of the mark.

Good songs but I listened on headphones and the stereo effect gives me headaches on about 3 songs. Would rate a lot higher if the stereo wasn't present as the highs on this album are very high.

Really low key album. Too low key for my taste I think. "Time of the Season" is a great song though.

03/06/2021 - Ricardo esteve aqui.

I did not particularly enjoy this one. It was ok. Sounded a lot like the Beatles. A Rose for Emily was just very sad and Maybe After He's Gone was pathetic. Beechwood Park was probably the high point for me.

Boring first half but decent second half. Won't be revisiting

Meh. Meh. Enkel Time of the Season is een geweldige klassieker. Steekt ook hard af met de andere nummers.

Mij toch door dit album moeten worstelen. Klinkt wel zoals de hoes doet vermoeden.

Nice enough tunes, but never really been a band I’ve felt like exploring that much in the past. Don’t think this album will change that.

Thoughts on this, in order, as I'm listening to it... Sounds a bit like Beach Boys. Actually this band is kinda irritating. Oh Paul Weller likes them. This song sounds like it's from medieval times. Oh I know this song. 5/10

Not a fan.

Beatles meet beach boys. To quote The Mighty Boosh- “Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either.” Pleasant, not life changing

This was ok. A lot of same same but ok as background noise.

Very 60's. Favorites were This Will Be Our Year and Time of the Season

Time and place for this. Not 10am on a Tuesday

Below average for me. Only a couple of great songs. _This Will Be Our Year_ and _Time of the Season_ being the two best

It was fine. Could have done without the minstrel music.

2.5

One good song...

Ok but I’d categorize it as music for boring hippies

Entuudestaan tuttu, levyn vika biisi asetti odotukset tosi korkeelle, mut ei kohdannut.

thought the music would be more interesting because of the cover but alas... i was disappointed. another album where i wonder why it was on this list. i like the dave matthew's cover "time of the season" better! 2.5

Who knew parole could be so cheery? Unfortunately, I don't do cheery. Or drugs. While I can't deny that 'Time of the Season' is a stone-cold classic, it was a terrible decision to bury it behind 30 minutes of cloying nonsense. It would have been much wiser to put that track up front or, better yet, just release the single and flush the rest. As an album, I gotta fail this. It has only one song worth listening to, and it somehow managed to mismanage even that.

It took for me to get to the last track to understand why this was relevant on any list. One song alone does not make an album must hear by my criteria.

Very forgettable

didn’t like it.

dull hippy shit