Reviews (page 7 of 14)
Feels it's age
Lekkere jaren60 muziek
I mostly enjoyed this album. They have a great sound and some surprising and interesting choices in the instrumentation, especially on "Butcher's Tale". Favorite tracks: This Will Be Our Year, Time of the Season
Really good
"Odessey And Oracle" is a beautiful album, not outstanding but beautiful. For me, "A Rose For Emily" and of course "Time Of The Season" work particularly well. "Time Of The Season" is a real standout. A song of the century. I have my doubts as to whether "Zombies" is really an appropriate band name. But never mind, the Zombies weren't particularly successful, but they stuck in people's minds with two songs: "She's Not There" and "Time Of The Season." The rest was just stumbling around. Not even particularly gory. More than 3 stars, no. The two hit singles deserve 5, though.
unlike anything the beatles ever released, this is one of the high points of '60s psychedelic rock
2nd album never quite reaches the level of She's Not There
Good, founded very good at points
27/06/2025 Of its time, it was a good album.
If The Beatles and The Beach Boys had a secret love child, it would be The Zombies.
it’s giving seals and croft, love the vibes might go to their concert? care of cell 44, beechwood park, and a rose for emily are my favs. 3.7/5.
I really liked this album- I had already listened to and saved 3-4 songs so I had high expectations. I really like the songwriting, melodies, and backing vocals.
Gorgeous chord progressions and arrangements, accompanied by very lovely choruses. Standout was by far the lyricism, just beautiful but simple lyrics that paired with the instrumentals made for very memorable songs.
Other than "She's Not There" and *maybe* "Tell Her No", nothing the Zombies did before this album is really worth your time. And then they broke up before this one came out, so there's only a couple lackluster partial reunion singles to compare it to. But then, this is one of the all-time great psych pop albums; it comes off favorably against the best work of anyone you'd think to compare it to, even the Beatles. Not sure how they managed it, but this might be the greatest flash-in-the-pan album of all time.
I liked this! Has a Beetles type vibe.
Another pale beatles copy, good energy though
Standout Songs: A Rose For Emily Hung Up On A Dream This Will Be Our Year
The Zombies were on par or better than other, more commercially successful UK contemporaries (Beatles, Stones, Kinks) unfortunately, with only 2 releases and limited touring, they never received the same recognition at the time. This album is on a short-list of the greatest albums recorded in that period.
5/5. This really does feel like the perfect mix of the Beach Boys and the Beatles, and even has a more modern feel as well, with the melodies. I think I was expecting a sillier album but there is a good case for a good album here. Some serious lyrics with excellent vocals and instrumentation. I was enjoying pretty much every song and although I don't remember each one, it felt like a 5 rating by the end of it. Maybe because it ended strong but it made me want to restart it so I'll take that as a plus. It might change in my head but this was a great listen. Best Song: Time Of The Season, This Will Be Our Year, Beechwood Park, Care Of Cell 44, Friends Of Mine
Fun album!
И еще один классный альбом 60х, очень стилевый, более доступный для масс, но сведение и вокал потрясающие.
Sounds like a good mix between the Beatles and Beach Boys
Very Beatles-y/beach boys-y. Sugary lyrics, nice sounds.
Classic baroque pop
Churns along "Hey we've got John Lennon's mellotron" "Hey we can do harmonies" "Hey, we can start a new bit of the song every 20 seconds" Two standout tracks - "I Want Her She Wants Me" sounds like Belle & Sebastian and "Time of the Season" sounds like it's another band and another album altogether.
3.6 Stars - Could be higher Some great songs on here. A band I will dig into after realising I know a few songs but nothing of them
Nothing here quite as good as She's Not There (that's a belter that is), but still a good slab of 60s pop. Well worth a listen
I’ve suffered from “late 60’s psychedelic music fatigue” during this whole listening project, but this album is great! I had heard it a few times before today because it’s one of those albums which are always mentioned as “one of the greats”. It’s wonderful - and short. Time of the Season is such a great classic. I could have been without a couple of the songs towards the end though, like This Will Be Our Year and Butcher’s Tale
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,
Muy bueno conocía la última canción del álbum pero no lo asocie a ellos
I like classic rock and I like the zombies. I am feeling 5 today :> Full of joy with a little bit of melancholy. Care of Cell 44 is a great opener.
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
Very middle of the road
7/10 - Very nice listen, not too much to take away from it but that its a very nice album
Such a strong start, Care of Cell 44 goes hard. Fun melodies throughout, 1960s pop rock is in a class of its own.
it's hard to listen to The Zombies without comparing them to their main inspiration, The Beatles - they obviously took a lot from Revolver and Rubber Soul and put it into this album. Unfortunately for The Zombies, no one does The Beatles like The Beatles, but the songs that really make this album are the ones where they step away from that influence a little and try something unique; it's no surprise to me that This Will Be Our Year and Time Of The Season are the two fan favourites. Honestly this album gets a 4 just for Time Of The Season but if they leaned more in their own creative direction then this album could be goated for me
The album was generally good. Some tracks I vibed with, though I will not go out of my way to listen to again. There is a particular sound arising from early-mid 60s music that just doesn't do it for me, so for some of the tracks on the album I found myself turning off.
One of the best albums of all time. And yet it was not a success when it was released and would cause The Zombies to disband shortly after. Stand-out tracks would be: Care of Cell 44 (Great start to the album. Fresh and positive. Unique and bright instrumentation. Beautiful and tight backing vocals and harmonies. Melancholious and optimistic at the same time. Exquisite Beach Boy-esque a cappella breakdowns. British innocence that is now nostalgic. Driving and inspired.) A Rose For Emily (Intricate and top-class harmonies. The song tells a story, and you are admitted into another world for a short while. Simple and complimentary instrumentation.) Beechwood Park (Stunning and haunting backing vocals (seriously, gives me chills when they first come in) - sounding for a ravishing moment and gone before they can be mourned. Another story song. Invoking memories and places that will not come back. We shouldn't underestimate the privilege it is to be let into someone else's world like this. Organ reminiscent of a Whiter Shade of Pale.) I Want Her She Wants Me (So many of their songs feel like the elusive heightened positivity only a Summer's day is capable of. Can really see the influence of the Beatles and the Beach Boys.) This Will Be Our Year (Classic. Unique sound. Clear and bright vocals and instrumentation. Every song seems to be arranged in a beautiful and considered harmony between the vocals and the instruments - there is never any playing where it is not needed, and silence is given appreciation and generous space throughout the whole album and this song especially.) Time of the Season (Immortal. White soul.) But truly, every song is enjoyable. The melodies and harmonies are utterly unique and remarkably crystal clear, and every song was a first take. Odessey and Oracle (unintentionally mispelled by their friend) is a portal to a better place. From the beginning of Care of Cell 44 we are transported elsewhere. To a place that feels like Summer. It feels like an innocent England. A creativity given the confidence and imagination to longingly venture onto the thin air of infinity, inspired and allowed for by the example of the trailblazing Beatles. This is the Summer of Love (it was actually recorded in the Summer of Love and you can really tell!). Daringness to dream and musically express beyond all predecession. There is a great forward positive energy, and the instrumentation gives way to the vocals and the vocals to the instrumentation. It is a wonder that the album was not a contemporaneous success as it fits right into the English pop and rock canon. The question is, are you better off for listening to this album? How is your mood during and after this album? Are you wondering and dreaming a little more since? The answer is yes. 35 minutes of pure musical genius.
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
First listened on my commute where it was crowded and far too warm and I thought “this is just the Beatles but shit” and then I listened again on a walk and realised I actually really liked it. Strange to realise I knew the last track after not recognising any of the rest. When I gave it a proper shot in a good mood I thought the songs were fun and enjoyable and that there was a good variation across the album to keep it interesting. Fav song: Time of the Season - I also liked This Will Be Our Year and Brief Candles Least fav: Changes
One if my favourite covers so far and also a decent album. Best song is the end one and also the only one I recognised. Big fan of the vibe overall as well. So 60s. Specific rating -4.0 Fav song - time of the season Least fav- I want her she wants me
The band name made me think it would be rock, the album art gives psychodelic vibes and the album title gives pretentious poetry but what it actually was is lovely 60s pop music. Favourite: Time of The Season (or This Will Be Our Year) Least: Butcher's Tale
Enjoyed this a lot. Highlights: Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season
Some quite sad lyrics with quite uplifting sounding tunes, a combo I enjoyed. Time of the season bumped this up for me
I loved this album! British music in the 60s was just miles ahead of the Americans. Finally an album that saves the best for last as well! Fav songs: Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season
So Beatlesque that it almost seems like a pastiche! Nice melodic songs and vocals though.
taman da mi pokvari dojam prethodnika
Evo jedan do i ja ulazim u goginu psihodelija je meh kategoriju😃lipo je doduše
good at the beginning, good at the end. middle tracks are mediocre.
A pleasant Album to listen to while cooking.
A lot of songs I liked and one song I really liked.
Love me some good 60's baroque pop
J - 2/5 Best Track - "Time Of The Season" F - DNL
3 Stars. Just OK. I had the same reaction listening to Pet Sounds because of Brian Wilson's death.
Inoffensive
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.
Very Nice
It's amazing how a band who isn't the Beatles can sound so much like them. This wasn't what I was expecting, but in a pleasant way.
Care Of Cell 44 - 5/5 A Rose For Emily - 4/5 Maybe After He's Gone - 4/5 Beechwood Park - 5/5 Brief Candles - 5/5 Hung Up On A Dream - 4/5 Changes - 3/5 I Want Her She Wants Me - 4/5 This Will Be Our Year - 4/5 Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - 3/5 Friends of Mine - 4/5 Time of the Season - 5/5 Average score: 4.2/5 lovely blend of baroque pop and psych rock. it's a little like Beach Boys vocals with Beatles instrumentals favs: Care Of Cell 44, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Hung Up On A Dream, Time of the Season least favs: Changes, Butcher's Tale
"A Rose for Emily"? Based on the Faulkner short story! Are you kitten me! I have such a deep appreciation for this album and this band. Did you know that Creed from the office is in this band? I did. 😎 Also "This Will Be Our Year" amazing song. So of the times. So 60's baby. Also they used that song in a Mrs. Maisel episode so just hits me in the feels! And then we CLOSE OUT with "Time of the Season." I mean if you feel upset after listening to that song you are clearly beyond help. What's your name? Whose your Daddy? 😎 Is he rich like me? Mom, I am a rich man!
I love time of the season but the rest is just... meh
Hard to rate this objectively because I’ve always loved The Zombies. Ah, what the hell, it’s the time of the season to dish out a fiver.
leuk plaatje, maar niet onmisbaar
This was pretty fun, obviously I knew Time Of The Season, but I really enjoyed reading about the Fake Zombies.
fake beach boys do it good
Great psychedelic pop record. I first heard it earlier this year and had it on repeat. Recently learned about the story of a “U.S” version of this band that was assembled after time of the season became a sleeper hit. What a crazy story. Fun to revisit this one.
friends of mine was so cute
pretty good, nothing stood out to me
These recordingss feel dated in a way the Beatles do not, sound equipment has come a long way. That said, this is a fun romp start to finish. Groovy.
Classic psych pop. Not familiar with most of the songs and was an enjoyable listen, interesting that the last song on the album was the big hit.
This was a catchy one. I really enjoyed the production and composition for the most part but the lyrics were kinda tough. I think it may just be a product of its time but if the lyrics were just a bit better and less hippy sounding for more of the album I would have liked it more. “Time of the Season” is great, “cell 44” is solid, “Beechwood Park” was one that stood out for great production/etc. but the lyrics fell flat and were a bit off.
Damn these white boys like to sing, huh? I like this album, it's a pleasant listen. It's very of its time which is both a positive and a negative. Some 60s stylistic choices aren't my cup of tea all of the time (big focus on beach boys esq group vocals) but I'd be knit picking if i was to say that's a massive issue. Most tracks are very breezy, perhaps to their detriment as they teeter on the border of being forgettable. I also appreciate this album as a time capsule for the origins of psychedelic rock. You can really hear the building blocks of the genre. I enjoyed this listen but don't think i will be returning very often.
It was ok
Better than I had expected. Very fun
Psychedelic gem!
First listen: sweet and boppy - I enjoy the light-hearted energy of the album. The lyrics are joyful, floral, with depth and literary prose. Simple, but poetic. I really enjoyed the songs Changes and This Will Be Our Year.
Very typical of the late 1960s British pop explosion.
very fun! some production sounded similair but girls just wanna have some is such a classic. plus the betty boop inspiration of ‘he’s so unusual’ is unique and the transition to ‘yeah yeah’ was crazy. pure 80s’
Høres ut som sånn musikk dem spille i filmer over en viss alder for å signalisere at skuespilleran e høy. Det e ikke ment negativt, men det e ikke akkurat sånt æ høre på med vilje. Bortsett fra at sistelåta e «Time of the Season» og der har æ jo hørt deler ganske ofte, så den skal æ høre på igjen.
Man what a product of its time! This was definitely an album from the psychedelic rock era, it wasn't the best but it also has one of their most popular songs ever in the changing of the seasons, but beyond that pretty mid
Very late 60s sound that was pleasant to listen to. I knew the song “Time of the Season” before, and it was a good representation of the album.
I love the Zombies. The only song I'd heard before on this album was Time of the Season, and it was actually the song that stuck out for me the most in this list for some reason. Maybe because I know (and love) it so well, I don't know. But yeah, I've never heard a Zombies song I didn't like, and this was no exception. Wonderful melodies, great harmony choices -- a couple of the songs sounded very much like other songs to me (98.6 by Keith and another song I can't recall now, but something of the same era), and I had several moments when I was reminded strongly of the Beatles and Freddie Mercury through this album. Anyway, I really liked it. Four stars.
Trippy 60s nonsense but catchy and lyrical
Care of cell 44 on of my favourite 60s songs
As middle of the road as it can get. Plods along. Nothing bad, but nothing great either. If I had synethesia I’d be seeing a sea of beige.
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
Irgendwie erinnert das an ganz frühe Pink Floyd, aber in weniger schräg. Fühlte sich länger an, als es war, aber ich gebe einfach mal vier.
3.5 stars
Isn't musical preference a peculiar thing?
Cutesy
Outstanding. Had heard of Zombies, but didn’t know this album. Favorite so far!
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.
Super lovely. Catchy melodies, dreamy harmonies, great bass and piano work - beautiful without being saccharine.
Dude, we get it! You like The Beatles. You heard Sgt Pepper's and it blew your mind. You don't need to write an album to tell us. I actually liked the first song. Then it got sort of repetitive. Then I realized they're a Beatles-ripoff. Then I realized every song on this album is a fucking love song except one which is about getting PTSD on the frontline in WW1. Still, better than another punk album.
Reminds me of beatles
so awesome sauce, i love the zombies, so i’m happy im able to listen to an album of theirs i’ve never listened to!!
-it was good (not great), not something i would reach for again -it was kinda like the beatles but i like the beatles better so
What a gem of an album, some songs I knew but didn’t know where from.
Interesting album and one I have never listened to before. I knew the Zombies and their main song “Time Of The Season” and that’s about it. I must say this album is good. I like the 60s pop sound and this albums experimentation with different keyboard sounds. The album has an interesting production back story and the band broke up at the time of the release so it’s a shame no one saw this band play live. Overall I enjoyed the album but don’t know if I would listen to it regularly. Favorites include “Friends of Mine”, “Beechwood Park”, and Time of The Season”.
This one, like the Iron butterfly we had a while back, is so 60s it’s nearly a parody. But I don’t mean that to sound like a bad thing. It’s just very set in its time. Obviously the big hit here is “Time of the Season”, and it’s probably the best track on this, but I did like many of the others as well. Many songs feature vocals that start to verge on Beach Boys territory- but only if The Beach Boys didn’t annoy the piss out of me. Bottom line - I like it. Not enough to run out and buy a copy, but I’d listen to it again.
It's the time of the season for The Zombies. Never heard the full album before, really dug the full album!
A delightful album for a warm, sunny, spring morning.
Some of the songs were nicely unsettling. Pretty good musicality. A worthwhile album. Not going to be listening on repeat.
Criminally neglected classic.
Classic.
The whole is somehow less than the sum of its parts? Idk, lots of nice touches, vibes and sounds but somehow overall ends up unmemorable and a bit meh
Mid.
Much better than I thought it would be. Sometimes albums from this era are cookie cutter but I enjoyed this a lot. It may not be 4 stars objectively, but on a personal level, I had a lot fo fun listening to it.
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.
A lot like The Beatles but prog-rockier
Der er virkelig nogle bangers på det her album. Jeg føler jeg er i en 60'er film, når jeg lytter til det her album. Det er perfekt stereotypisk 60'er pop, elsker
interessante
Groovy
By the time of the release of this album, nobody really cared for it. That's unfair. The Zombies deserved better. When it comes to melody, harmony and that certain longing feeling they are on par with the Beatles and the Beach Boys. This album is certainly one of the best examples of chamber pop or baroque pop and maybe more so than many other songs and albums that are categorized as such. It sounds really like something a baroque artist time-travelled to the 1960s could've created.
So thats who sings Time of the Season. I have never got into the Zombies. I enjoy the music and its nice to listen to. Would listen again for sure, but would not see myself buying it. I give it a solid 4 stars
Damn, The Zombies
It was big vibe
So 60s! Beatles vibes! Nostalgia! Has one of my all-time fav songs Beechwood Park, and mega-hits Time of the Season and Care of Cell 44.
I feel like I’m giving out too many 5’s but these last 5 albums have just been incredible. It is a beautiful album. Incredible.
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.
I can appreciate the Zombies, not a bad album, would listen again
Solid album.
Poppy rocky, bit like the Beatles? Nothing else much to say? Best track - A Rose for Emily or Butcher's Tale
I thought this would be more interesting, given I'd heard (and liked) a bunch of their songs before. The sad reality is it's just a bit boring. I'd feel harsh going 2.5, but this is a low 3.
very 60s album in every positive way the piano in every song is beautiful on vinyl it would be perfect
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.
This one had me Hung up on a Dream, but I do believe that This Will Be Our Year.
Love it
Not bad
Decent album
it would be four, five with faulkner
Interesting mix of pop, rock and hippie influences. Probably would have listens to this a lot backing the day. Sounds just a bit juvenile compared to other late 60s rock. A bridge album between silk pop and psychedelic rock.
I liked this album. I only knew one of the songs but enjoyed them all.
-so these guys are basically like the British Beach Boys I guess huh…. really good quality music. 60s baroque pop is super interesting to me -not necessarily the kind of thing I would just replay in my free time or anything (with the exception of Time of the Season), and there were some parts that bored me I guess. but I’m glad I listened to it, very solid 3 stars -Favorites are A Rose For Emily and Time of the Season
4 day album I has/like streak #musicsky #albumsky 4/5
A pretty good album from the 60's, it does kind of feel like they wrote the same song 11 times and then had a big hit. High 3.
He was too romantic for his time which means he probably beat his wife
Amazing album, such a beautiful sound of the 60s. I feel there’s one song on it though that always gets skipped and let’s it down, butcher’s tale
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.
Surprisingly good. Really nice 60s vibes and I quite liked it. It has flavours of the post Revolver Beatles and was just all round fun!
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.
Decent
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".
An absolute tonic after some pretty crap late 60's/early 70's albums which try so hard to achieve what this one does, but aren't able and are a shoddy imitation. Have always loved many many songs from this album but don't think I've ever actually listened all the way through !
To the uninformed listener (aka me) this felt like the Beatles with a bit more variety in sound as well as lyrics that were a bit more elaborate. Friends of Mine was beautiful. Butcher‘s Tale was a big surprise - an expressive, positive one! Giving one star for this track alone. This was just a nice album!
I really liked this!
Wonderful start to back.
Meh.
Love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, horrifying Western Front song, love song, all time classic song What a charming album. Rose for Emily made me miss the times when bands used diminished chords regularly. All around excellent piece of work. Hearing Time of the Season at the end was a hilarious curve ball after the rest of the album passed with hardly anything recognizable. It's like looking through a random photo album and finding Barrak Obama randomly dancing at the end; no Michelle, no other celebrities, just the former POTUS closing the thing out. All around great, but I don't think I'll be coming back to it regularly. I can see how this band was forgotten even though I bet they had several great albums in them if they had the chance.
As expected this was a great album. Ends with Time of the Season, just great!
Seems like I’m not into dreamy psych 60s pop that’s not Beatles
3.8
Um dos piores nomes de bandas de todos os tempos. Psicodélico dos anos 60. Harmonia vocal. Legal!
Nice fine dated but groovy
Oddly I know nothing about this band. I have heard of them. I like the first song. Off to a good start. This is a great album. I need to dive into this catalog. Ok, time of the season is the song I know by this band. So many good songs on this album.
Beautiful pop melodies and arrangements. A very underrated band from de 60’s.
The Beatles came back from the dead and sounded surprisingly more competent than before! Just another British rock album, but a bit more polish than the others. Doesn't save it from mediocrity.
This was fairly interesting. Best track is Beechwood Park
It was alright but I ld rather just listen to the Beatles or beach boys
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.
4.5 stars! i’m shocked that the only song i really knew was Time of the Season, and i like every other song better. a really great album
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.
not my favorite. sounds a lot like rip off beatles after abbey road. time of the season however… that’s a slapper
I think this is okay. I loved care of cell 44 and then I feel like I blacked out in “this is fine mode” until time of the season, a top 1001 song ever. All in all feeling a high three, maybe a light 4.
Fuck I finally got caught up to the current album... There were elements of this album that were really strong. Time of the Season is a fantastic song. I wouldn't say I love The Zombies, but they definitely have their place as a strong band against the other British pop bands at that time. It's tough rating this album after listening to Abbey Road yesterday, but I'm still giving this a healthy 4.
This is really good. Melodies and harmonies are among the best the Beatles or beach boys had and it was cool to get all three artists so close together during this project. Overlooked band that has some really sweet songs
Strong, classic album that was fun to listen to as someone who didn't recognize the band at all. Absolute jumpscare at the end hearing such a recognizable song, one of my favorites of the sixties. If the rest of the album was even a little bit of the same quality as Time of the Season it'd have been an easy 5, but the rest is just solid, giving it a 4.
good but hippy style
Perfectly good 1960s album, easy easy listening
Nydlig album hørte det tre ganger før jeg tenkte over at jeg hadde hørt det ferdig.
there's better psych around lol changes is fun and time of the season obviously (low-key this album is only here because of it) 3.5??
bof. generic
This is incredible! How haven't I ever listened to this before? I have heard "Time of the Season" but that's it. This is just Beatles Lite, if Lite means the same exact thing, basically. I love the heavy harmonies. The choruses are somehow really catchy without feeling like earworms? I don't really understand it. It got an instant relisten. Favorite Song(s): Care of Cell 44, Maybe After He's Gone, Brief Candles, Changes, Time of the Season
This album truly warps time. The 35 minutes it took to listen to it felt like 3 hours. I was checking the clock after the 2nd song. I just don't enjoy this music. I will give them credit though, Time of the Season is such an iconic 1960s song. It's one of those 5 or 6 songs they use in film and TV to make sure you know a scene is taking place in the 60s. Other than that, I don't know why I'd ever listen to any of this again on purpose.
The last song is the best but the rest of the album is perfect to listen to and do laundry!
Loved it!
The bridge between the Beatles and Big Star. Beautiful power pop melodies, interesting organ and keyboard lines, amazing harmonies. Gets a little proggy but not enough to spoil things.
Didn't listen
wowi was es album. eif praktisch jedes lied gfühlt. wördi 100% weder lose type shiiii type shit
Does not age well. Time of the season is a great song. The rest is filler.
Not my thing. Listenable but nothing outstanding to me.
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Psychadelic brother. I think the compariosn to jefferson airplane in similar artists is apt.
Had Jefferson Airplane yesterday. Another side of the San Francisco sound here. The spawn of hipster bands for generations! It was fun, again, carried by an iconic song. Wild story behind the album I never knew. Plus one for that
Forgettable psychedelic rock album. Not really for me.
This album was a lot more subdued than I was expecting. I was hoping for a psychadelic jam session, and there is some of that, but this one was a quieter, more melancholy trip to the 60s. It was kind of a refreshing listen. Not a lot to get you pumped up but I got invested in the lyrics and the stories being told. The lyrics are arguably better than the music here. Standouts were: "Brief Candles," "Changes," "This Will Be Our Year" - loved the piano and lyrics - "Time Of The Season" All in all, a pretty good listen and a solid 3/5 album because it didn't do much to move me from neutral, but it was enjoyable and I wouldn't complain if I listened again some day.
Ok,forgettable 3/5
I can feel my hipster bona fides strengthening with every track! lol I didn't know much about these guys before this morning, but it's kind of amazing to me that (at least according to Wikipedia) four of the five of them are still alive. The story of recording this album is interesting and sad (tl;dr: they broke up before it was released, and then "Time of the Season" became a hit after they weren't a band anymore.) Based on this album's reputation, I expected more of these songs to sound familiar to me. Like from TV shows and movies maybe?
I'm into this album, some good songs, almost like the Kinks.
It was okay! Not really my vibe but i didnt hate it <|:^)
Muy guay, sonido clasico y algunos temazos. Me recuerdan a los beatles
Sounds so dated now, but what can you say about the band that gave us Argent and Colin Blunstone. Features their hit single "Time of the Season".
I am a sucker for good vocal harmonies I guess. Carpenters, Zombies, Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, etc. There are some well played classics on this album, but despite this, I feel like The Zombies are a criminally underrated band. This is interesting stuff and the album is consistent from start to finish. I am sure some of this was cutting edge in the day. Got lost in the shuffle of the British invasion maybe. There was a lot going on..
Pleasant psych rock album, didn't fully hit with me, but definitely something I could easily listen to again
I find this album pretty boring tbh, much prefer other acts from the UK in the 60s
Less interesting than the band name implies, but cool proto-psychedelic rock
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.
Was fun didn't have any songs that I hated was a good listen.
Sounds so similar to the Beatles! Care of Cell 44 is an instant hit. Really goes to show that British rock was doing something special in the 60's. The studio (Abbey Road) really shines through too. And of course, Time of the Season remains an all time classic.
I liked the first song of the album and didn’t find any of the songs to be bad. Overall though, wasn’t the biggest fan of the album and I’m just not super into this style of music. 3/5
Start was good, middle was again super boring but good last song
I liked it, but can't say I loved it. 'Care of Cell 44' was good, then it lulled until 'This Will Be Our Year,' the best song on the album, saved the last four songs.
Good start, Good Finish, mid middle, Low 4 stars
Didn’t try anything extraordinary but overall a pretty pleasant listen. Care of Cell 44 was strong and Changes was pretty creative, nothing else stood out much
It was fine
It's interesting to me that great talent isn't always recognized. I probably first heard this album in 2023 and, even though I knew two songs, couldn't believe that The Zombies weren't better known and celebrated. Maybe that's just the benefit of hindsight. The universe is a mystery. . .
Time of the season alone makes this a winner, but enhanced by all that surrounds it. Up late moving boxes basement, watched the hot mess that was Y2K
great start, great finish, great in between!
3.6 Roentgen.
Enjoyable
Some solid choruses and fun writing here and there, but nothing particularly special. Don't really care for the vocals, and instrumentation has that characteristic 60s' outdated, recessed sound, which I don't like. It takes a lot to make me care about a pop record, and although this album is fine, it doesn't do enough.
Oh, I'm familiar with this one already. I listened to it in full for the first time because it's mentioned in one of Mark Fisher's K-Punk posts, or maybe in the intro to Acid Communism (which I read in the K-Punk book after he died because I'm a little too young to have been reading a leftist academic's blog in 2016). Good record, classic 60s psychedelia
great bass
A fine album that doesn't just sound like it is copying whatever the Beatles were doing at the time.
Oh dear. I like a bit of psychedelia, and love 'She's Not There', but this is all a bit twee. A product of its time.
4.2
Much of it sounds as cheesy as you remember most British Invasion songs of the early 60s sounding. Then comes "Time of the Season."
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Felt like the band went through a metamorphosis as the album progressed, culminating in the hit single, "Time of the Season". The songs start out sounding very 'flowery' and hopeful, incorporating overlays and harmonies. Towards the end of the album, however, the sounds felt more polished and interesting. It may also represent the transition from the 60s to the 70s.
Amazing album, I previously only knew about Time of the Season, one of the best songs of the '60s, but discovered that most of the other tracks are great as well. A Rose for Emily, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Hung up on a Dream, Changes, Butcher's Tales, Friends of Mine are certainly going into my regular listening rotation.
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.
Ok
One of those albums I'd listened to before because of reading it was an all time great. It's a delightful listen and on the strength of all the (over 900) albums I've listened to in this project , it is one of the best.
A great album I've never listened to before. The story behind it makes it even more wild that it's held up for more than 50 years.
Liked all the harmonies (the singles especially). Mostly more interesting than standard 60s fare..
Nicely played, I liked how the lyrics on several of the songs weren't quite what you would expect from the sunny psychedelic music - a trick the Cardigans would also employ much later on their 2nd album. Interesting to compare with Zappa - there the subversion of theme felt a little like being whacked with a sledgehammer at times, while this was much more subtle.
Nicely psychedelic with lovely beach boys esque harmonies. If I didn’t know better and was not familiar with their local history (blue plaque outside the Blacksmith Arms, St Albans) and references to local landmarks (beechwood park). I’d have guessed this was a west coast band every day of the week. A bit inconsistent, with a classic of a last track. Will give a more focused listen sometime.
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.
Good songs and sound but it’s missing something that would have pushed it to 5 territory. Some kind of edge. It’s a little up and down too. Otherwise, like the songs are great and obviously I love the genre. But yeah it’s merely really good, not perfect.
Surprisingly good album, sorta reminds me of OKGo? Anyways, liked it.
I can see how this was new / interesting in 1968, but I don't understand how anyone born after that era can find this genuinely listenable. I feel the same way about all bands from that time, including The Beatles. If my life was a movie with subtitles and I was listening to this, a phrase "60s music playing" would appear.
it's cute! nice to study with, pretty relaxing. beechwood park has a really nice sound to it! thought i wouldn't like it originally just because of the year but i guess this really proved me wrong. time of the season is rightfully popular. really cute! like a 6/10
Setting aside that Kanye West is just a terrible human being with mental health issues and needs serious help, this album is just so bad. Good thing I just pirated it. I feel like I should be paid for being assaulted by this noise. I'd give it a negative score if I could. My other 1/5s are at least somewhat listenable. 1/5
This is incredible.. i never heard this before - what an absolute master piece.. this will be getting air play in my life forever going into the future.. just incredible musicianship
Butcher's tale is an excellent song
Yawn
It was fine. Time for the season is solid but the rest of the album was meh
Fun psychedelic 60s rock tunes. Easy listen but nothing stood out all that much.
Didn't make it through the entire album but enjoyed the parts I listened to. Interesting harmonies and melodies that give a very specific feeling about a place in time. the album sounds very indicative of the time period.
I’m almost embarrassed this is my first time hearing Odessey and Oracle. It feels like discovering some sacred text that everyone else had tucked into their back pocket years ago. Not just a great album—this is a beautiful one. Tender, strange, melodic, and overflowing with a kind of quiet grace that’s hard to pin down. There’s something ancient and modern about it. You can hear the era—the late-60s optimism, the baroque arrangements, the dreamy harmonies—but it somehow sidesteps nostalgia. It feels alive. Songs like Care of Cell 44 and This Will Be Our Year glow with this wide-eyed warmth that’s completely disarming. They’re hopeful without being naïve. They believe in love, but also know what it costs. And then there are the moments that feel almost ghostlike—A Rose for Emily, Changes, Beechwood Park. These are the kinds of songs that walk slowly. They leave room for silence, for reflection. There’s a soft ache beneath them, like they’re grieving something unnamed. It’s not sadness, exactly—it’s more like acceptance. A gentle holding of time and memory and the ways we don’t quite know what to do with either. I think what moved me most is how complete the album feels. There’s no filler. Nothing that feels tossed-off or accidental. It’s not trying to be impressive—it just is. That kind of clarity is rare. And maybe that’s why I feel both so grateful and a little sheepish for coming to it this late. It was waiting, and I just hadn’t been ready to hear it. If there’s a flaw, it’s only that a few songs veer slightly into the overly whimsical (Friends of Mine felt like a detour), but even then, they’re held with love. The whole thing feels handcrafted, intentional, and deeply human.
An album that I would definitely listen to again. I discovered about 4 songs that I really like. Overall there were no songs I wanted to skip. I really like the vibe. Some of the songs came to my playlist.
Similar to the beatles
Loved it - a breath of fresh air
A couple of great songs
Pretty cool, not my genre 100%, but i could see myself re-listening and gaining deeper enjoyment. Neat to hear some songs ive heard in movies/tv.
Nice vocal harmonies
Enjoyed this on the whole, but some tracks were pretty meh. Sounds a bit like the Beatles. 60s psychedelia.
This was a nice find! Good stuff Haven't heard Time Of The Season in ages, so that was a nice surprise 4 ⭐️
Alright
Vollgas uf LSD am Woodstock hetti das sicher die best musig gfunde woni je ghört han, aber vollgas uf LSD in Züri gseht das schowider biz anderst uus. Time of the Season bliibt aber en Banger und hebt de ganzi Trip vo zwei uf drü wiiteri Sprützer.
The Zombies oder au twins vo The Beatles. Glichi vibes strömed da uf, weiss nöd öbi s chönt unterscheide. Good quality aber catcht mich halt doch nüm so, entweder hends biz pech gha das nöd ganz so klappt hed wie d beatles oder es hed ne s chline quentchen gfehlt zum die grösste z werde. jänu, 3 blumegig blüte i de Haare
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
lang isch s‘her sit mer en the [insert random ass word] band us de sixties z‘bsuech gha hend so für kaffee und kuchen voll easy, müesst sie ez aber momentan gad nöd zwingend mit emne 5 gänger bechoche und erst recht nöd mis gästebett herrichte und es schöggeli uf‘s chopfchüssi tue defür gids aber 3 trocheni amaretti zum kafi dezue p.s: was meineder wie vill grafiker:inne hend bim briefing für es liecht psychedelischs album cover das bild im ahang gha?
Sound of the 60’s. Good band. Good music. Music history.
Caught me off guard honestly. I hadn’t even heard of them and if it were a Beatles album it would be a classic for sure. I don’t want to know how much people think they’re just a ripoff tbh
Time of the Season is still brilliant. Like, crazy good. The rest, however, never gets anywhere close. More like British Beach Boys.
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
83/100. The Zombies' Odessey and Oracle is a good baroque pop-rock album, with a hint of psychedelic tendencies. It's a very easy listen—some tracks definitely stand out more than others, but this is a pretty complete record overall.
60s emo music, I'm obsessed. Definitely will listen again
Wow dette høres jo ut som noe jeg egentlig byrde høre på, veldig lik den type musikken jeg liker! Hadde hørt siste sangen, men ikke de andre. 4.5 stjerner
Das Album ist generell gut. Besonders aber sticht Time of the Season heraus.
A psychedelic trip
Psychedelic from the late 60’s! I enjoyed this one with favorites being Care of Cell 44 and of course Time of the Season. Similar sound to many bands of the late 60’s. I guess that’s what it was all about. Peace✌️
1. Care of Cell 44 - 8/10 2. A Rose for Emily - 7.8/10 3. Maybe After He's Gone - 8/10 4. Beechwood Park - 8/10 5. Brief Candles - 8.5/10 6. Hung Up on a Dream - 8.5/10 7. Changes - 7.8/10 8. I Want Her, She Wants Me - 8.5/10 9. This Will Be Our Year - 8/10 10. Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - 7/10 11. Friends of Mine - 8/10 12. Time of the Season - 9/10 8/10
Acid folky psychedelic rock. Just isn't my thing .
Aika tylsä kokonaisuus, joten ei voi montaa tähteä antaa.
Time of the Season is definitely the star of this album, but Care of Cell 44, Butcher's Tale, Brief Candles and This Will Be Our Year are also great tracks. Some impeccable keyboards too. I'm feeling generous today.
Another psychedelic late sixties beauty.
An OK listen. Good harmonies on the vocals, a couple of real stand out tracks and lyrically interesting, but didn't really grab me in a certain way.
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.
Good 60s pop/rock. Nothing special or no big standout songs (other than Time of the Season), but good for an easy summer-y listen.
Beatles dupe, nothing new whatever
I did not use a private spotify session for this one. I knew several of these songs. Overall it's a good upbeat album with a lot of nice harmonizing. "Care of Cell 44" is a track on some playlist, it seems like a typical love song until you listen to the lyrics and hear a song about a lover being released from prison. The album is too dated to make into constant rotation, but it's still good.
I liked it quite a lot, although it didn’t seem like the most groundbreaking, deep or soulful thing
An absolute joy. An album I can’t believe I’ve never heard before, and one I’m so glad to have found. Lovely album by a band who deserve more recognition.
Pretty good. Maybe another listen
Ik heb er niet intensief naar geluisterd, maar dat ben ik wel nog van plan want mijn eerste indruk van dit album was wel goed. Het album doet me een beetje denken aan zo de eerste lentedagen. Ik vind het ook wat speciaal omdat er wel wat vrolijke melodieën zijn maar de stem is niet zo vrolijk. Het is denkik de kruising tussen pop en psyche. Het album is dus voor mij goed, ik zou niet zeggen dat het van 1968 is.
3/5 Very artistic and vocally dominate with great keys.
Solid album. I had only heard the time of the season.
Pretty good. Like some of the songs
6/10
Clásico absoluto de los 60. NO es solo Time of the season, es Cell of 44 el sencillo cuyo fracado motivó la disolución del gruoo, es Maybe after he´s gone (ABBA bien que lo escucharon), es la majestuosa Hung up on a dream, es Beachwood Park, This will be our year... Es la banda que fracasó mejor que nadie. La que cambió guitarra por teclados antes que los Doors, la que tenía una voz única... Imprescindible
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.
Care of Cell 44 A Rose for Emily This Will Be Our Year Time of the Season
Time of the Season is a wonderful song, most of this was pretty average late 1960s rock for me, and a 3 star
As 60s psychedelia goes, this is quite good. There's a classical, maybe even baroque, underpinning to a lot of the harmonic progressions. The vocals are strong and all the performances are solid. This might be a 3.5 star album, but it does have one of the greatest songs from that era on it: Time Of The Season. That song bumps it up to 4 stars.
It’s ok.
Time of the season!!
Time of the Season is still brilliant. Like, crazy good. The rest, however, never gets anywhere close. More like British Beach Boys.
It's amazing how much this sounds like the Beatles.
It's giving Beatles which I don't love. It has a fun familiar sound though "what's your name, who's your daddy"
jobb mint bármelyik pszichedelikus album amit eddig hallgattam itt, de ez még mindig csak 3 és fél
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.