Reviews (page 5 of 14)
Time of the Season famous song !!
Care of Cell 44, Maybe After He's Gone, Time of the Season
Sing-songy and a little obnoxious. I almost DNF-ed. The repetitive words with a harpsichord just irked me. Perhaps they walked so vampire weekend would run. Only held on to hear time of the season. Which is an incredible song, and the only reason why this record is not 1 star for me.
Didn't like this as much as I hoped. It's less psychadelic and garage rock sounding than I guessed it might be. Love the album cover though. Favorite song: Time of the season
60s
I really enjoyed this album. Although some of the songs are seemingly “filler” songs there are quite a few great tunes on this record.
Oooh, I like this! I'm not sure why I always expected these chaps to be heavier in sound, but they're lighter and I like that I was pleasantly surprised. Melodic loveliness.
I love This Will Be Our Year
i’m really happy i got this one because i’ve been meaning to listen to the zombies. this is great early psych rock album, and i particularly loved maybe after he’s gone, hung up on a dream, i want her she wants me, this will be our year and time of the season. loved the keys and vocals and of course the flute throughout the whole album. very cohesive conceptually.
good album. sounds a little like the doors.
Rolling through the whole album thinking, meh. Then Time of the Season hits. A song that was in every 60's movie or 60's throwback movie. That beautiful Hammond organ. I felt like if Id have gone out and bought the album because of that song, I would have been disappointed by the rest.
‘Maybe after he’s gone’, ‘time of the season’, these are the tracks I think are the best from this album.
It blows listening to this, becuase I really want to love it more than I do. Not that it's bad, its proficient and I really like a couple of the tracks, but a lot of it isn't for me.
Very Beach Boys at times, very Beatles at times. What makes this unique is the use of keyboard arrangements which forms the definition of baroque pop. There's a lot of great songs such as Care Of Cell 44, Beechwood Park, Hung Up On A Dream and Time Of The Season. This all forms a good not great album. I can say that it's grown on me ever since I first came across it years ago. It's in that status where it's a good time, but nothing incredible at least for me. Lowkey impressive (8/10, 4/5 on this scale).
Great album that fits pretty much exactly into the time period that it was released. I was very surprised to find out that this album didn't do well commercially when it released. The story of the fake Zombies touring America when it got popular is hilarious.
Its a nice listen
It's above average for an album from this time but I don’t think its anything crazy special. Enjoyable as background music? Yes. Really that good if you spend time analyzing it? No.
3+ Stars (9/15)
2/10 Fav: Time of the Season, Beechwood Park
woooow so many classic bands out there that I had no idea of! Liked it very much.
Wow. Dit voelde als een lome zomerdag op de beste mogelijke manier. De harmonieën waren iets te vaak ingezet, maar goed, zou ik ook doen als ze zo crispy klonken. Eigenlijk alles wat deze typische jaren 60 sound zo goed maakt is hier wel te vinden. 9/10
good!! not much options though
Nice to put a band name to Time of the Season, but let's be honest - everything else on this album is forgettable. Extra star for one gigantic song.
love!
I had heard this will be our year ages ago and for some reason thoughts that they were like a 90s or 00s cutesy indie band. I had also heard Time of the Season and assumed they were a 70s folk rock band a la mamas and papas so a little surprised to hear them on the same album. I loved the story behind this especially the fake Zombies and I see why it has a cult folllwing I just didn’t love it that much and thought there was a lot of filler. Probably a 3.5 but meh
Margot Tenenbaum type shit
cool album cover
Kinda groovy, some were good some were Boring
Good album, glad I listened. I do have a soft spot for psychadelic rock.
kay
prolly crazy when it came out
I quite enjoyed this and at just 34 mins I’m rounding up to a 4.
really good background noise, it's chill but still a bit upbeat, i like it!
This is peak 60's psychedelic pop rock. That's not necessarily a good thing. I listened to this and while I didn't dislike it, I could barely be said to like it.
What a surprise! Loved it
I was mostly just bored with this one, and don't remember anything from any song at all. I'd never put this album on again of my own volition - not that I'd probably even remmber that it exists in the first place. Standouts N/A 2/5
listened in the morning forgot about it by the evening :( but nice for happy background music!
A few nice songs but wasn’t really my jam.
I won't listen to this one again. Not my thing.
First album I’m familiar with and have listened to prior to starting this. This is generally more my speed. Haven’t listened to this in a number of years and it still holds up. Just a great late 60s psychedelic sound. Some great songwriting. First half is just great song after great song. As good as the best of the Kinks, Beatles, Beach Boys of this era. Harmonies and full sound. Needs to be heard with headphones on. Am I nuts or is this a perfect album. I’ve always been a fan of that late 60s baroque sound and this is as good as that gets. Probably a 5 for me. Was a great re-listen.
I felt zoned out and bored throughout the album. The music wasn't bad but it jsut wasn't for me or the current mood that made it just ok background music.
Bitlesi xd
One of the better albums in this genre I’ve heard so far, but still not really into it. 3 for Time of the Season
It’s sounds very similar to the Beatles in the same era. To the point that it might have been intentional. “Time of the Season” is a little bit of an exception and it acts as the prefect closer. 2.7/5.0
Those are some THICK vocal arrangements. Very fun album, never really got boring for me. I've heard Time of the Season at least 100 times and never thought about it as a piece of music. Pretty cool stuff.
beatles but american (worse) with a sort of doors-y swagger, beach boys lite harmonies, and this sort of proto-echo-and-the-bunnymen fruity (non-derogatory) alt girl flavour profile thats very fun and weird and attractive. unfortunately i dont think the album ever measures up to the high of Time of the Season. good stuff tho 👍
Rating: 6/10 I think it’s decent. More like The Beach Boys than I was expecting and some good tunes. Mono remaster mix was nice and I’ll try to give this one another listen at some point
Insane whiplash listening to a very mid 60s album ready to hand out a 3/10, and then Time of the Season comes walking through the door 4.1/10
Never heard the album before. Actually, stands up quite well today.
Relatively modern sounding, kinda nice.
Love this album. It doesn’t have any hits that I knew of going in but this album feels underrated. I love the psychedelic, ambient music and up beat catchy, story weaving lyrics.
super guay paraguay
SOOO GOOOD
One of my long-standing favourites from this era. A lot going on sonically here, beautiful arrangements and melodies.
The Zombies! Yeah! When you are a Beatles devotee, like I’m sure many of us are, it can be a relief to encounter other British Invasion bands, like picking up a novel after studying scripture. You see other possibilities, even if some of them seem incomplete. In this album you’ve got the psychedelia and the organ and the haunting harmonies — all stuff I expected from what I already knew. But there’s also a songwriting style that’s surprisingly contemporary on the tracks I hadn’t heard before. There were times when I thought I was hearing a group that grew up listening to Belle and Sebastian playing in a throwback style. Exactly what I wanted but also different from what I expected. Also I’ve been listening to “Time of the Season” my whole life and I still can’t decide if it’s more sexy or spooky, and I’m just fine with that.
Brief Candles is an earworm. Album sounds cohesive and has great instrumentals.
The Beatles but not The Beatles? Pretty decent.
This album was way better than I was expecting! I thought it was going to be old hippie noise, but this was a really good group of songs! I was also surprised when I recognized This Will Be Our Year, a song I recognized now is a cover by OK Go.
care of cell 44 - 5/10 a rose for emily - 4/10 maybe after he’s gone - 6/10 beechwood park - 7/10 brief candles - 4/10 hung up on a dream - 7/10 changes - 5/10 i want her she wants me - 4/10 this will be our year - 6/10 Butchers tale (western front 1968) - 5/10 Friends of mine - 3/10 time of the season - 5/10 this album felt honestly pretty bland with overall basic production. nothing much to this album but very impressive style for a late 60s album. psychedelic pop was not widely known and i applaud them for that. this music doesn’t necessarily resonate with my taste but overall bland as i said. overall album rating: 4.9/10
decent. I enjoyed some of the tunes on this, especially 'Brief Candles'... What unbelievable lyricisim! 7.5/10
I thought I would enjoy this a lot more than I did...
My favourite album of the 60's!
Meh it was okay. Probably wouldn’t listen to it again tho
Definitely like this more than I expected to! I'd heard "Time of the Season" before, but knew it was different than much of what The Zombies did. Had had the opp to hear a couple of their other songs somewhere before and wasn't impressed. First listen had me thinking that it's typical of the time, maybe a little smoother than some, but nothing super grabby. Upon second listen, I heard a little more depth. These are pretty good musicians. Singer is fine and the songs are pretty well constructed. While I don't love the chamber pop, mellow psychedelia aspects, this is altogether listenable. Weakest would be "Changes" and "Butcher's Tale" (Sing, don't talk!) Obvs, the best is the single. The production on this whole things is quite immaculate. "This Will Be Our Year" sounds like it was recorded this year. Don't know if I'll come back to listen to the whole thing again, but I do think it stands as a good example of it's day. I'm going with a 4 today!
hemos regresado familia, ya no voy a decir nada de q no le tengo fe y eso (no creo q me guste mucho este lkajk) track 1: se escucha raro pense q se habian dañado mis audifonos, casi no me gusta la voz :p, me gusto el poder del coro pero de resto meh, ojala mejore un poco el album pq cmo intro :p track 2: suena lindo mmm, no soy muy fanatica en si de la cancion pero me parecio tierna y triste la historia de las rosas, denle la rosa a la pobre emily. track 3: EL INTRO DE LA GUITARRA esta es mi chamba, ya me gusto, mmm me decepcione un poco, espere algo mas para el coro ns, me gusta cuando cantan 2 personas, no tengo mucho mas q decir q no sea algo q empiece con g y termine en uitarra, no creo q la chica regrese btw, me gusta el piano en el fondo ?? track 4: este inicio me gusto, un poco mas chill comparado con las canciones anteriores, oye me gustan las armornizaciones, y el sonidito del teclado tmb, underrated la vdd, me gusta mucho mas la voz del vocalista aca, wont forget those days at beechwood park aaaaa. track 5: me sorprendio el coro, mmm casi no me gusta. track 6: ola la guitarra, esa amiga q es fanatica de las guitrras mal, me gusta mas cuando suenan algunas partes tipo messy no se si me explico pero me gusta muchisimo mas asi a q suene PLANO, me encantan tmb las armonizaciones, ojala el album sonara asi :'p. best one track 7: mmm ese intro ok, medio aburrida tmb. track 8: no creo q tenga mucho mas q decir pero me gusto el bajo en el inicio :p track 9: nada q decir track 10: complejo, el concepto ¿ de la cancion se ve reflejado de una manera bastante buena por parte del instrumental, mencion de honor ?? al organo. track 11: la tercera rueda del carro, me identifique a pesar de q no me gusto JAKJHA, esa amiga q es la tercera rueda. track 12: ya la habia escuchado jeje. amaneci re critica perdon no me gusto, de los 9 albumnes nunca habia pausado tanto uno la vdd. no es mi tipo de musica. le tenia mucha fe la vdd.
Pretty boring for a band called The Zombies. British bands from the 60s are vastly overrated.
Very (British) 60s. Very harmonised, clean vocals. Lots of piano... the better songs also add guitar and drums. "Changes" reminds me vaguely of highschool choirs. Not my favourite, just nothing really going on in it. Highlights: "This Will Be Our Year" - I know this one! Didn't know this was one of theirs. It's a nice little upbeat bit of cheese. "Butcher's Tale" - not my favourite song but I liked the fact that the instrumentation differed... I think it had an organ which is pretty novel! Overall I thought it was easy to listen to, if a little samey. Didn't blow my mind, didn't hurt my ears. Low 3.
Super crisp british 60s rock from Abbey Road. The lyrics aren't exactly memorable but the harmonies are truly amazing. And don't get me started on Time Of The Season. The music part does feel lackluster at times, this might be the only criticism I have.
Pretty good.
I do not forsee enjoying this as much as I did.
Pleasant.
Gives Beatles vibes lowkey a banger
Maybe after he’s gone , brief candles would listen to Nearly favourite album so far, preferred Otis blue vocally, this has less covers and is more appealing to me musically Butchers tale sounds a bit wank though
Very good, some insane bangers. Gives very beatles music and i can see some of these songs being on the guardians of the galaxy.
Beetles esc type thing pretty good overall
I am a bit tired of the numerous late 60's one album one hit psychedelic wonders on this list - but actually I was surprised to discover how much I enjoyed this album. Some great tunes with nice pop hooks - dare I say it better than than Kinks album we had recently. A nice short running time also.
Odessey & Oracle 740-odd albums in and I had to check if we’ve had a Zombies album before, or if I’m thinking of The Pretty Things, The Electric Prunes, The Sonics or The Beau Brummels. We haven’t had a Zombies album, and this is another album in that general field, although after a few listens I think it's definitely one of the better ones, and is a great little album. I knew a few tracks, Time of the Season obviously, A Rose for Emily and This Will Be Our Year, all of them great songs. A Rose for Emily’s classical piano and charm is undeniable, a really lovely pop song, This Will Be Our Year is fantastic, I love it when his voice gets a bit bluesy and raspy, and the horn arrangement is superb, with echoes of Penny Lane. Time of the Season is also of course a corker, a brilliant bit of psychedelia edged jazzy soul-pop, rightly an enduring classic. Outside of that there is some great stuff, some more in the Baroque-Chamber pop vein, like Brief Candles, the opener, Care of Cell 44, Changes, some in more classic mid 60s pop style, the folkish-to-pop Maybe After He’s Gone, Hung Up in Dream, Friend of Mine, or more psychedelic tinged like the atmospheric Beechwood Park. Occasionally the baroque tips over into theatricality, I Want Her, She Wants me gets a bit too close to Queen for me, and there are more hints of that in Friends of Mine and Care of Cell 44. I like how among the baroque and 60s pop it has a pleasing jazziness and there are some very nice harmonies, their voices all blend nicely, often with a West Coast/Beach Boys feel, all tied together with a slight sense of otherness across the whole album. And considering they funded and produced it themselves it sounds really good, there’s a nice spaciousness and clarity to it, especially when you compare it to some of their contemporaries. It’s been a real grower, my favourite of these types of album we’ve had, and something I’ll definitely come back to. 🧟🧟🧟🧟 Playlist submission: This Will Be our Year Ps, my streaming version didn’t have Butcher’s Tale on it.
From the opening bars of 'Care for Cell 44' this is a delight - intricate Beach Boys harmonies, Beatlesque melodies, a chamber-pop sensibility, folky undertones, the lightest smattering of psychedelia. Beatles comparisons are obvious, but it's not unlike some of the better-quality Kinks material of the mid-60s. 'This Will Be Our Year' is irresistible.The melodies have a thread of interesting melancholy. It's a shame The Zombies were so poorly managed as this is superbly crafted and wonderfully understated. Probably my favourite quasi-psychedlic chamber-pop (with a lilting cadence to the minor key, and lush harmonies) album.
musicboard
This was lovely! Feels the platonic ideal of the psychedelic pop/rock sound from this era. Flows by like a breeze!
ENJOYABLE
I love this record. Some brilliant songwriting, beautiful 60s psychedelia that feels akin to the Beatles but living in its own world. Harmonies are gorgeous.
Excellent album, love The Zombies.
good! didnt listen super hard to have specific favorites but i know i already like them so 😝 4.3 stars 8/10
In plenty of places this sounds like a Rutles style Beatles / Beach Boys tribute band. Which is not to disrespect it. We’re familiar with the songs by those big name artists whose songs have lasted ever since, but they were part of a musical community at the time and everyone will have been swapping ideas and sounds. However, as a new listener today, it’s hard not to just spot the similarities with music we know much better. The last song Time of the Season is pretty well known, and it’s nice. The standout for me, though, is Butcher’s Tale, which is really sad and hard hitting piece about the futility of war and its effects on youth. It feels like it’s from a different species from the rest of the album. I bet PJ Harvey listened to it while doing her ‘war’ album Let England Shake.
Very 1960's but still OK. I heard elements of The Beatles and Pink Floyd, and there were other tracks that I seemed to recognise the style but couldn't figure out exactly who I was thinking of. Interesting to listen to but not one to add to my play lists.
Few belters. Can see why their names continues through time. What are we now? 60 yrs on? [2026]
Didn’t make it through. I’m sure it’s great and influential for its time but it simply sounded like generic classic rock
Finally all caught up. Nothing stuck out really, but it was a nice easy listen, and obviously time of the season is a psychedelic classic. I love "she's not there" from their previous album too
3.5
Good album with one. killer tune.
Fav track- Maybe After He’s Gone and Beachwood Park Least fav track- Changes Fav lyric- “The roses in her garden fade away, not one left for her grave.” Overall rating- 5/10 Notes- not my thing, like the cover though. i just cant get behind the singing i’m sorry.
It wasn't bad but not my mood maybe. I need something newer
Love time of the season always
Rose for Emily and This Will Be Our Year stick out because they’re so much more interesting than most of the other tracks on this album. Makes it classic but crazy how different they are and the rest seems like filler. Time of the Season somehow became the song of an era. Or at least of the era as presented in movies. How is this the last track?
Both of their albums from the 60s are absolute bangers. Truly seminal psychedelic rock that inspired a ridiculous number of bands. There is a reason that they were admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the strength of only 2 albums and a breakup before the 70s even began. When people say some bands are underrated and underpaid, this is definitely one of those bands. "She's Not There" (from their first album BEGIN HERE) and "Time of the Season" from this one have stood the test of time.
Really interesting beats
This is a GREAT album and probably the best one that I’ve listened to so far in my project. I love the harmonies, lyrics, and the musical composition. I think my top three songs are care of cell 44, this will be our year, and I want her she wants me. There honestly isn’t one bad song on this album but the worst was probably brief candles. I love the beach boys and Beatles inspirations.
4.0 stars This one grew on me. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood, or whatever. You wouldn't think such a poppy sounding record (at least on the surface) would be a grower, but here we are. There are certain records you listen to and you just know they were massively influential on the artists that followed them. Favorite song: This Will Be Our Year
The closer off this album absolutely slaps. Tasty tune that I've heard a million times. The rest of this felt like I was listening to a compilation called The Absolute Worst of The Kinks. No thanks.
Looks hella promising ngl. Imma give it a listen. Omg sooo firee
- Time of the season
I thought it was a decent album wasn’t the biggest fan of a couple songs on there but majority were fairly good, standouts being ‘Time of the season’ (of course), ‘Beechwood park’ and ‘I want her she wants me’. Its typical psychedelic 60s pop/rock so you can sort of guess what sound you’re going to get. Not much to really say on it it’s a average album with a few decent tunes on there, I do however love the album cover art!
Classic 60s album, good classics and a bunch of excellent sleeper songs, Picture of Emily is a highlight
How did this group not get a third album? Better singers than the Beatles, lovely piano and organ and a banger like 'Time of the Season'. Why would critics of the time not like this? Madness. Felt somewhere between Beach Boys and Beatles and I was pretty well engrossed.
no me gustó mucho, si siento que se nota que es antiguo pero igual no está malo, por alguna razón todas las canciones terminan en un segundo de silencio, y pues nada, no me llamo mucho la atención
A fun album start to finish. Each track compliments the previous. Nothing bored or annoyed me on this album. I will revisit this album on the porch on a summer evening. I think that's where I will really connect with it. Favorite Tracks: Friends of Mine Time of the Season Maybe After He's Gone Care of Cell 44
Spotify 40th anniversary release has previously unused horns and other bullshit that detracts from the original release.
It's fine. Again, a little boomer-ish for my tastes. Not bad, just sounds a little anemic to me
groovy 60s pop. Reminds me of the Beatles and Beach Boys. Popular song: Time of the Season
Lots of Beatles/beach boy vibes Time of the season sounds like stand by me 3.5
Boring except for the last song.
This was a sweet one with hidden gems, alongside some classic favorites.
7.5/10
Songs all kinda sound the same except time of the season idk, not a winner for me.
not very varied
Bubble gum pop from British Invasion. Lacks the weight or grit of other bands from the time. Not a bad listen, good background music. Time of the Season still sounds fantastic. The rest varies.
Pa ono, srednja žalost, dvije dobre stvari. 2/5, 4/10
First of all, the remaster here is doing a lot of amazing work. That said, there’s a lot of psych-pop perfection, but it only holds attention for about half the songs. It’s a masterpiece of its time, but its not a masterpiece overall.
0/12
Great
Timeless sound
I was not expecting this so sound so much like The Beach Boys. Five stars.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Start to finish, a psychedelic masterpiece up there with the greatest 60s albums. It has hits, it has deep cuts, it’s an all time great.
Ah, another of those 'misunderstood classics' so beloved of the critics! It's not a bad album, but I'm not sure it's indispensable. Nice baroque pop with a dollop of psych whimsy.
1. Care of cell 44 - interesting start to an album 2. A rose for Emily - this is the theme song for a show I’ve watched? I think? Also an interesting song… 5. Brief candles - Ok we’re picking up ok! 9. This will be our year - I love this song 10. Butchers tale - wow this song sucks ass. Way to ruin the momentum. 12. Time of the season - a great song. They are very inconsistent Wow this album is not great. This song was not popular when it came out and it gain popularity later. They got it right the first time. ⭐️⭐️💫 2.5 stars Would have been 2. But track 9 and 12 gave it some points.
will listen again
it's a 3 right now but idk if any higher.
Time of the Season - classic. The album is of its time. Uni-sound '68
I've got this album in my collection, and I don't listen to it enough.
Some great songwriting and beautiful tunes. Unfortunately the remaster (2008?) m sounded terrible and sucked the joy out of listening. I’d love to hear the original mono vinyl
A very pleasant surprise - enjoyed this. Great songwriting. Nearly gave this a 4 but to be honest the highlights of this push it to a 5.
Insanely good, more of a 4.5 but I'll just round up
Been listening to the beatles more lately, so maybe that's why I liked this 60's album a lot. Usually don't dig old stuff but ts was great.
time of the season is the main attraction but there are some serious bangers across this bad boy
It gave me very much beach boys vibes with all the Bryan Wilson type harmonies stacked. Great album for a fall weather
Every so often you are served up a great album you were totally unaware of. Knew of The Zombies and Rod Argent but to my permanent loss never bothered to go into their catalogue. 68 years it has taken but better late than never. Serves has a lesson that there is a lot of great undiscovered music out there. Nice album to end 2025 on. 5/5 31/12/25
Very good album. Love the old school classic rock
4.25/5 Stars Top Songs: Changes, Beechwood Park, Time of the Season
Knew some songs
The Beatles but not The Beatles? Pretty decent.
Very cool record. The big hit “Time of the Season” is mesmeric and timeless. “Beechwood Park” also a really good one. The entire record has a cool, haunting but jolly mood to it. Engaging vocals over gentle instrumentation, with some psych influences. Will revisit this one in the future.
grässlich repetitive und langweilige Songs, hatte nach den ersten 2 kein Bock mehr und hab mich durch die restlichen 10 gequält Funktioniert zwar gut als Hintergrund-/ Radiomusik wenn es nur einzelne Songs sind jedoch am Stück absolut mühsam Letzten Song, time of the season, hat krasses intro aber krass nervigen Refrain
★★★½
Psychedelic pop funk for the late 60s vibes.
The vocals on this album are a bit droning and grating to me. Had to skip through several songs. Time of the Season, the only song I was familiar with and liked on this album sounds really out of place and nothing like the rest of the album.
I can hear the chamber pop sound that inspired a generation of indie artists years later, and you can hear the influence of Pet Sounds and maybe Sgt. Pepper’s, but overall the album doesn’t really hit me, especially in the first half. This Will Be Our Year and Time of the Season saves this album for me.
Good 1960s sound.
I appreciate this is not a terrible album but it's just not my type of sound, very Beatles adjacent?
A classic.
to be honest...wasnt a big fan. i think that im not huge on 60s music, i find that its slightly too soft for me. i did enjoy a few songs on this album
Time of the Season is a remarkable standout track for what otherwise feels like a less adventurous album when reviewing in 2025.
Seemed Beatles adjacent, but I was pleasantly surprised by how many songs I actually knew. Impressive album in terms of how many hits are still played today.
ICONIC ALBUM
very good
Hopefully this is the year....
Yes! I don't think that this album is perfect but never hearing any of the songs before my first listen I have to say this is one of my favorite albums of all time so beautiful.
This is my 500th album(it seems like I've been on this journey forever, and I'm not even halfway through it yet). This is a psychedelic rip off of The Beatles. Favorite Track: "Beechwood Park".
Cell 44 is gas
Care of Cell 44 3.4 A Rose for Emily 3.4 Maybe After He's Gone 3.6 Beechwood Park 3.8 Brief Candles 3.7 Hung Up on a Dream 3.5 Changes 3.6 I Want Her, She Wants Me 3.4 This Will Be Our Year 3.4 Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) 3.2 Friends of Mine 3.3 Time of the Season 4.3 Score: 3.55
Overall, not a bad album, it has somewhat of a Beatles vibe, and it's alright having it in the background while doing other stuff.
Okay. Lots of harmonies and keys, I've never really gotten Time of the Season
This was fine. It didn't blow my mind, but was good. A solid 3. It got stagnant imo Liked Songs: "Care of Cell 44" , "Maybe After He's Gone" , "Beechwood Park" , "Hung Up on a Dream" , "I Want Her She Wants Me" , "This Will Be Our Year" , "Friends of Mine" , "Time of the Season"
The album cover is pretty
Nice vibes, again. Time of the season works as always.
interesting but not my thing
Time of the season is such a classic
Very cool music. I know only their hit at the end of this album.
I'd hoped for more "Time of the Season"-type stuff on this, but it's still enjoyable. "Maybe After He's Gone" and "Brief Candles" stuck out for me, and the rest is solid ("This Will Be Our Year") when it doesn't veer into cutesy ("Friends of Mine"). FUN FACT: I saw the Zombies at SXSW on a bill with punishingly loud noise-rock band A Place to Bury Strangers. Those were the best kind of SXSW shows.
At The Villages Florida they have outdoor speakers in all the public squares piping this type of music in constantly, relentlessly, and perpetually. Not the worst music and I’m sure I would have been into it at the time but then I would have heard zeppelin and Hendrix and would have been like f this.
It was cool to listen to some mostly new songs!! Could definitely hear the similarities between them and the Beatles.
I only liked the most popular song on the album unfortunately; a bit lackluster for me overall.
A Rose for Emily felt just a little toooooooo personal. The piano throughout the album reminded me of a lot of hits in the 2000s like bad day and nine in the afternoon. Time of the season remains one of the sexiest goatiest songs ever.
I'm having a hard time deciding which score this should be. It's "eh" so 3/5.
This has been a favorite of mine for a while. Its magic hadn’t dulled this listen either. When you can start and end an album with Care of Cell 44 and Time of the Season you know a masterpiece is in the works. The vocal harmonies and melodies littered throughout are incredible. The first half is the greatest baroque pop of the decade rivaled only by The Beach Boys. The second half is a bit more adventurous and still executes with Butchers Tale being the prime example of that. It’s not even worth calling out my favorite songs as I’d be naming all but a couple. I realized I’ve never listened to their debut and it was pretty great too as far as mid-60s debuts go. 28th perfect album, 900 albums in. Rating: 5.0
Beatles esque
Pleasant listening, mainly upbeat vibes. Not enough highlights for full marks, but a well deserved 4/5
I didn't really think the first couple songs were noteworthy, but as I got further into the album I like it. Its very nice and calm mostly. I don't listen to psychedelic stuff often, but this is good. However, if some of these songs would have come up on my discover weekly or radio playlists I would probably have skipped them. Not every song is a hit for me, while they are all nice and good. It sometimes feels like the singer is just going through the motions of singing instead of putting emotion into it. The last song, Time of the Season, does save the album for me completely, its very good. Nice album just not amazing.
2/5. I like a good psychedelic album as much as the next person, but a lot of these songs kind of melded together and there weren't many standouts at all. I just don't like the album as a whole enough to give it a higher rating. Time Of The Season is a redemption in and of it's own.
Fantastic album. I only know two Zombies songs and they’re great, so I was happy to dive into this one.
Not sure why but this unexpectedly delighted me
I would just much rather listen to a Beatles record
boring yeah real not great
Audiences and critics in 1968 must have been really spoilt for classics if they felt they could give this album a miss. It’s a baroque psychedelic gem.
Fun
Not bad
Decent
This was great! Only heard Time of the Season before; I've played this album through 3 times already
I thought this was going to be heavy metal and not beach boys. Alright though
Daecent, like if The Doors and The Beach Boys had a lil baby and he cute
Beautiful melodies and overall vibes! The guitar on 'Hung Up On A Dream' is SUPERB! Makes me ascend into the heavens!!!Beginning of 'Butcher's Tale' scared the SHIT out of me! 'Care Of Cell 44' wasn't that great as an opening but 'Time Of The Season' wrapped it up very nicely! Enjoyed listening to this while playing Ecos La Brea!
s'alright
Cool sounds
classic (dis)comfort album. i have gone through periods of obsession w/ this record and maybe im just getting increasingly soft with age but i kind of view those as an uncanny daze...repeat casual listens must get caught up in the color and light as a way to dull the emotional blow of songs that could broadly be described as "bittersweet" but occasionally dip into pure eleanor rigby territory. a garden of earthly heartbreaks, which i seldom have the full constitution for anymore but still absolutely screams I AM A CLASSIC from start to finish. i do hope someday to play This Will Be Our Year in earnest hope and excitement. time of the season is obviously great but its inclusion and the stylistic clash is always a little jarring, and i wonder how the record would fare with friends of mine as the closer...culminating not with an idealized summer of love but by swallowing the lump in your throat for the sake of everyone else...could be kind of caroline no esque!
Lovely album with a few very strong songs: I enjoyed the listen, but my attention was only grabbed a few times. Overall it's very much a product of its time, and some aspects didn't age well (e.g. the keyboard sound/improvisation style), but still, the songwriting and performance are timeless.
Exceptionally good album. Baroque psycedelia and all time classic, season to love included.
Overall not a bad album! The first song was certainly my favorite/best on the album.
Very enjoyable, and This Will Be Our Year is great.
A great listen, fun lyrics. Fav: a Rose for Emily, Time of the season
What a terrific sounding recording. Care of Cell 44 could have been a Britpop chart topper if I didn't already know this album was 25 years before then. There's some Beach Boys-esque harmony (Maybe After He's Gone), Little bit of Psychedelia on Beechwood Park, but the best truly is last. cool, suave and timeless - Time of the season. very good listen and why I come back to be honest
big 3
The fuck is this shit?
Very Beatlesesque album by 60-70s English rock band. Really good harmonies that add depth to their music. Fav: Time of the Seasons
I struggled to get through this one without zoning out.
I recognized most of the songs, but never knew the band name. This was a fun listen. Tunes fun and catchy, similar in sound to the beatles, but with interesting, less poppy lyrics that make me feel like these guys were more accessible to alt types. Cool record. I went and listened to their first album after this. And then checked out Rod Argent. Quite a few original classics came from this band and other bands that spawned here.
Listening, I can understand how groundbreaking this would have been. Not something to repeat regularly, but I did enjoy!
I like this better than I had anticipated. It was a fun album
What a cheery album. It's all very upbeat and smiley and almost impossible to not smile along with. I like it
Great example of the rating deflation as we get deeper in this list. If this was in the first 10 albums I listened to, it absolutely would have been a 4. But while I enjoyed it, the middle got bland and the good songs just aren't great enough to warrant a 4. Strong 23.5 that just missed out - 60s! Strong start! - Very 60s but kinda hard to place - The harmonies! - Some bland Beach Boys / Beatles songs in the middle - On 2nd listen, the lyrics just don't hit. This one just missed being a 4
Loved it!!! Beatles, late 60’s vibes. Would listen again!
Mostly uninteresting
Pop psicodélico delicioso com pitadas jazzísticas de teclados. Ótimo disco.
This will be our year is a classic, cool vibes
Fun happy upbeat
classic 60's pop. haven't really explored their dark side yet.
This is Baroque 60s psychedelic pop Rock at its best. A cult classic that for a long time I dipped into and didn't quite get, then I gave it a few moments more and it became a favourite. I could literally listen to A rose for Emily all day, but that would mean missing the others, not a lesser track on here, the sound, the harmony, just a great record 5 Star
Just ok
Its kinda ok, but its all just preamble to Time of the Season. 3.6/5
Another meh
Great album that I'd never heard of. Each song sounds great and aged really well. Not a tedious album to listen to, but can feel a little draggy, like some other Psychedelic albums. Still worth a listen and possible a few re-listens.
Typiskt 60talsmusik för mig, det är bra. Time of the season har man ju hört massa gånger men hade inte kunnat säga vem som gjort den.
Älskar omslaget. Det blir inte mer 60-talsgroove än så! Gillar soundet verkligen. Detta är en skitbra skiva även om jag inte kommer lyssna på den så mycket mer i framtiden. Min enda stora gripe med den är låten Butcher's Tale. Något med den rimmande inte alls väl med mig och jag övervägde faktiskt att fuska och spola förbi den. Men en låt ska inte få färga ett helt album. Denna skiva är typ 60 år gammal nu och det är i den backspegeln jag sätter mitt betyg. Detta är inspelat i en tid då det inte gick att putsa en inspelning på samma sätt som idag. Ett otajt anslag eller trumslag gick inte bara att flytta digitalt. Utan det skulle till fysiskt klippande och klistrande av bandet vilket är ett meck. Man får därför beundra dåtiden musiker som var snortajta och skickliga artister. Sista låten Time of The Season åkte in på en av mina spellistor också. Det höjer helhetsbetyget för min del.
Pretty standard and boring 60s psych pop, had some nice moments, vocals were very inconsistent, didn’t find the instrumentation that interesting and nothing really stood out. Highlights: Beechwood Park, Changes
Standouts: - Butcher's Tale This album suffered from one instrument at a time syndrome Was I overall bored 2
Album was overall a bit dull to me. Put it on in the living room and mt father described it as "The Beatles but not as good" which I feel is pretty apt. I did enjoy the bit at the end of Friends of Mine where they just list a bunch of names, think it's fun when songs do that. Time of the Season was the only track i quite liked, enjoyed the keyboard and the rhythm of the vocal lines.
This is the first album I listened to twice without skipping a single song. The only song I actually knew was Time of the Season which is an all time classic along with She's Not There, but every other song was enjoyable and interesting because of the underlying dark nature of the lyrics disguised with relatively cheerful music and good instrumentation at that. This will be one is listen to occasionally along with Back in Black.
The late 60s was an incredible time for music. I’d never heard this album and it was great. Kind of like the Beatles crossed with Jefferson Airplane/Yardbirds? I love the psychedelic sound with the pipe organs and univibes.
Time of the season is such a great song. The rest of the album was good, I kind of got a beach boys vibe a few times in the melodies
Groovy Kinks soundalike
Amazing combination of musical styles from baroque to jazz. Some of the lyrics seem a little dated but the melodies are mostly stunning. Time of the Season is well worth waiting for, but doesn't overshadow it's album-mates.
Not for me. 1/5
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а мне очень даже понравилось! кайфанула от этих песен и даже показались будто уже знакомыми) лайк
no me preguntes por que pero me da vibes un poco navideñas, es como fiestero hippie. SUPER de los 70s Butcher's Tale, no pega nada con la estetica del album, like el organo la hace algo tetrica comprardo con la tranquilidad y el abrazo que es el album, me chirria bastante ahi
It was pretty good. Seems perfect for a certain vibe.
I really enjoyed this! All the songs went together well and nothing felt super out of place or jarring. I will be adding it to my listens in the future!!! 5/5
This is a classic 1960s album, with pop and psychedelic elements. It's an enjoyable listen, and was a bit advanced for the time, but feels somewhat dated now.
4/5 - cool album with an interesting sound, very Beatles-y
barock kammarpop är helt i min lane. Orgel + vden valsiga rytmen + temat i Butcher's tale och whiplashen man får i övergången till Friends of mine är en highlight.
Kul! Aldrig fel med lite 60-talspop, har nog inte hört hela albumet från start till mål innan heller. Ingen låt är dålig, men lite mellanmjölk är det ibland. Topparna tho, Time of the Season tex, en jävla låt asså. Stark trea.
Flera fina låtar, men sticker inte ut supermycket om man jämför med samtida skivor med liknande sound. Ställs denna bredvid pet Sounds eller någon skiva överhuvudtaget med Beatles bleknar den. Kan ej bli mer än svag 3a för mig. Når inte riktigt upp till hypen.
Vid en första anblick trodde jag det var The Cranberries (Ive been doosed). Fick istället njuta i 34 min. Går rakt in i hjulhuset!
Först och främst: Perfekt längd på en plattfar! Så fort dom kryper över fyrtio minuter börjar jag alltid darra. Mysiga låtar men som tidigare AI-botar skrivit är det inte mycket som direkt sticker ut. Kul förstås att höra att dom samplat Necro i Time of the season. Min enda tidigare erfarenhet av De levande döda är ju deras cover på Kenta och Stoffes Leave me be och ingen av dessa låtar når ju de höjderna. Men ja, en stabil och stark 2a.
plink plonk på pianot
Det är väl helt ok. Men varför inte lyssna på Beach Boys istället?
Very nice album, great vocals and nice instrumentals with a nice variety of instruments and sounds. I’m not usually one for lyrics but there were some very nice vocals and found Butchers Tale to be a very powerful song.
(Not) A Rose For Emil(ie)y: Lol accurate Maybe After He's Gone: first song I actually am into Brief Candles also alright Time of the Season: Probably the only Zombies song I would recognise (not true, She's Not There)
Solid album - nice tracks.
Iconic 60s psych
Litt rart å høyre rett etter Beach Boys, men Time of the seasons er jo kul!
Undeniable, still sounds fresh, love the mono of it, the vocals all around are amazing. Never gone out of my way to listen to The Zombies, they have been ever present, so focusing on an entire album made me realize how great they are.
Not bad overall. 3/5
This is literally just a boring interpolation of Pet Sounds. I have nothing else to share.
Every band that sounds like this sounds like the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys are the best of the bands that sound like the Beach Boys. I do not particularly like the Beach Boys.
This album, for me, really captures the late sixties quite well. I was surprised to read that this was recorded in a huge rush while the band was on its last legs. For the most part, it sounds well-produced and put together. It’s a great album, there’s really only one song on here that I would say is subpar (Changes). As for the rest, I am actually baffled that these guys broke up due to financial difficulties before the album came out. Even reading the Wikipedia page seems to riff on how close these guys were to making it big. This was recorded in the same room right after Pink Floyd in Piper and the four track machine was later used by the Beatles. The last song on this album (the best one) was such a hit, that other musicians went around pretending to be the Zombies to bank on the success of the song. Two of the musicians who did that went on to form ZZ Top. Wild. The irony of a single making it big after a band called the Zombies is not lost on me. Highlights: Beechwood Park, Hung Up on a Dream, Time of the Season
Besides the classic loser , this album was underwhelming for me . It has some nice tunes but didn’t grab my attention
Really like this style of music, for me though it's a once and I while type of album. 3/5
"Odyssey and Oracle" is lavish baroque chamber-pop, with singing storytelling fused with Beach Boys-esque harmonies. Thematically, it conveys typical psypsychedelic landscapes of freedom, imagination, and memory, ranging from the reminiscent tones of "Beachwood Park" and ascendant harmonies of "Brief Candles" to the chorals and modulations of opener "Care of Cell 44". The melodies, harmonies and instrumentals all combine together beautifully to tonally create an unmistakeable, melancholic feel, hearkening back to a time perhaps unfamiliar to the listener. A great album, no skips on it. Key Songs: "This Will be Our Year", "Beachwood Park", "Time of the Season"
Odessey and Oracle – Review There’s no denying the charm baked into Odessey and Oracle. The Zombies were clearly reaching for the same kaleidoscopic universe their peers were exploring in the late sixties, and you can hear the ambition in the harmonies, the baroque touches, and the whole pastel-psychedelic glow of the record. But for all its color, it never hits that upper stratosphere of songwriting or invention that the era’s greats managed to bottle. Most of the album drifts by as pleasant, slightly blurry sunshine pop. It’s enjoyable, sometimes even lovely, but rarely gripping. The melodies are nice; the ideas are there; the execution just doesn’t quite push hard enough to make the songs stick in the long run. Then comes “Time of the Season,” which frankly operates on a different level. That hypnotic bass line, the air and space in the production, the call-and-response—it’s a moment of pure lightning. The problem is that the rest of the album never gets within shouting distance of that magic. In the end, I respect the record more than I love it. It’s a fascinating artifact from the psychedelic era, and it has its charms, but outside of its one undeniable classic, it doesn’t leave a deep imprint. A solid, perfectly fine listen… just not a life-changer. Rating: 3
It's not got anything that really catches and holds my attention. I can hear the influence it's had on popular English music, but that alone doesn't interest me.
Enjoyable album but really only one song on here that is unique enough to warrant a second listen, that song being Time of the Season.
Would not buy
What’s not to like? Fun psychedelic pop. This Will Be Our Year is a favorite of mine.
nostalgic, tasteful, incredible
Time of the Season is an all time classic, the rest just falls short
Solid overall with one great song. Could have been a bigger band if they'd stuck together I think. Lots of creativity.
It was really 60s
Time of the season last song best song whose your daddy is he rich rich like me?
60's as hell. didn't appreciate this as much as I did in my teens when I was very into organ-heavy rock to smoke weed to. That said, the live version of this album is really cool to listen to as the band broke up before they could ever polay it in its entirety. Time of the Season is a legendary song that will find itself relevant amid a number of generations of Americans.
Listen to the live 40th anniversary version!
Very 60's lol! Enjoyed it quite a lot, wish i was at the beach somking a blunt.
I really enjoyed this more than I expected - it was a fun listen. I think my wife put it best when she said “yeah it’s fun - but they aren’t as good as any of the bands they are trying to sound like.” A lot of reviews here are a bit over the top. This is NOT Pet Sounds or Let It Bleed or anything by the Beatles. But it is fun, committed psychedelic pop rock. I’d give it a 3.5 if I could but I’m in a good mood so I’ll go 4.
Wasn't paying much attention until the last song since it was the only one I recognized haha but overall...yeah, I'm sticking to a 2.
Quite a pleasing listening experience. Nice psychedelic touches and I could hear where influences on UK indie bands has come from
Elevator maxxing
Tunes are very whimsical but the album overall just doesn't grab me all that much. It's quite fun sounding though.
Ok sixties record. Nothing particularly stood out.
A big album from a classic rock powerhouse. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it- the songs are varied in tone and backed by strong instrumentals. I found myself grooving out a lot as I listened.
Really enjoyed this album and is very much what I think of when I think of the boy bands of the Beatles era. Good casual listening. I'd have it on in the background with guests over.
Eh it’s fine
Like a preview what is coming in the 80s and 90s with Brit pop.
the kinks if they were awesome
It's some good 60s rock, and very atmospheric.
good
Boring
It's a good album. It's very much Pet Sounds and Pepper influenced, mostly Beach Boys. It's 1968 and the Beatles are releasing the white album, every one pretty much going back to a raw style of rocknroll, so I guess this might be the reason this wasn't much of a hit. 3 for me.
Excellent stuff. The Beach Boys meet the Beatles. You can’t go wrong with that.
Pure pop perfection. The bridge between mid-60s Paul McCartney and early Chicago.
It's hard for me to navigate the vast sea of 60s psychedelia movement, there's the Beatles and countless one-hit wonders, including this one. I admit this is an ignorant and oversimplified opinion. I shall go burn in hell now.
Only one great track. Rest is nothing special to me.
Solid classic album. Fun fact, engineered by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. The sound is overall great
What a start! Instant great vibe from the opening track. Really good chord choices in A Rose for Emily. Lots of unexpected harmonic turns which are really fun. I feel like this probably influenced a lot of the Elephant 6 collective stuff I love. This feels made for me, I love it, I’m so glad it was recommended to me.
They broke up after this!? What the fuck? This is a really good album. Quite frankly it feels like a perfect representation of the state of UK pop music in the late 60s. There's some lush arrangements in here, especially vocals. Seems like a common story in rock history; band creates a masterpiece, album does nothing, band breaks up, album becomes an all timer. The Wiki says Al Kooper heard three potential singles when he pushed this album on CBS. Although Butcher's Tale is an interesting choice for a single. It says the label chose it for America's anti Vietnam vibe at the time. (Ferengi rule of acquisition #34: war is good for business) Time Of The Season was clearly the better choice.
Sounds very dated
Pleasantly suprised by this album. Poppy , happy ‘60s type melodies but sound quality was much better than other releases around its time
Lots of objectively good stuff here, I suspect, but I wasn't in the best mood for it, unfortunately. Instead of appreciating the understated production and the harmonies and stories, I felt a bit impatient for something to really sock me between the eyes. Time of the Season is definitely the stand-out but still didn't "sock". My favourite Zombies song remains She's Not There. Which is... Not Here.
This baroque pop album blooms like a faded watercolor—its ornate harmonies, soft melodies, and wistful tone shimmer with fragile beauty even as their colors begin to blur.
Time Of the season is an amazing psychedelic rock song.
3.5 stars if i could
Incorrect link https://tidal.com/album/333368925 This album is not for me. lol