Odessey And Oracle

I couldn't get into this. it was just okay

Sian would give a 4 :)

Enjoyed but their songs tend to sound a little similar.

Strange ... Ibland låter det som Beatles och nästan lika bra. Ibland låter det som alla brittiska sextiotalsband pre-Beatles, platt och dåligt producerat. Gammalt helt enkelt. En trea

Not bad. It's OK for me.

I'm happy that the Zombies are still going strong. Their album is also good. It's a bit too similar to the Beatles to me. But "Odessey and Oracle" has some surprises of its own. "Brief Candles" is my favourite song on the album. 3 stars for "Odessey and Oracle".

Lindo, pero un poco tranqui en general. Siento una familiaridad que quizá es que los conocía, o es que suenan a todo lo de la época. No sé ni me importa. Nota: 3.0 Nota:

colin bluntstone what a voice

A fun listen, 60s music is interesting to dig into

A couple great songs. Mostly unremarkable. 7/10

I liked this one. Time Of The Season was the only one I had heard before but others were good also. Best song: Butcher's Tale Notable(s): This Will Be Our Year, Care Of Cell 44, A Rose For Emily

Not bad. Good album

When this was recorded, guitar rock/pop music was only 10 years old. They are caught somewhere between wanting to sound like early Beatles and Sgt Peppers Beatles. Time of the Season is a classic, but This Will Be Our Year is a personal all-time favorite.

One of the artsier psychedelic rock albums from this era. Closes with the brilliant "Time of the Season". I wasn't blown away or anything, but enjoyed what I heard to some extent.

Pretty solid, with some Beatles-esque sounds and a few tracks I previously knew too. Won't rush back, but no complaints.

Nice enough Album. Not 100% to my taste in parts but good 60s pop nonetheless. Aside from Time of The Season which I was familiar with, really enjoyed Hung Up On A Dream. Decent.

Me gustaron algunas canciones y la portada

Late 60s pop with a psychedelic, timeless track to finish the album.

I liked it. Not too much stuck out besides the opening track.

It was pretty good. Nothing show-stopping, but good.

I've heard of this psychedelic rock band. Not sure if I have listened to much of their material. Interested to check this out. Typical psychedelic music at the time. Nothing special yet. I am familiar with the last track on the album. Classic psychedelic track. 3-stars

I really enjoyed this album even had a song I recognised on it. I saved a few of the songs during my first listen and will probably like more on a second.

Baroque og pskykedlisk pop som er præget af klassiske instrument arrangementer og eksperimenterende lyde. Det var en lyd som blev udviklet af the beatles og beachboys i 60'erne. Man kan tydeligt høre inspirationen også. De lavede en Van Gogh og blev først populære efter at bandet var gået i opløsning. De var nogle af de første sammen med beatles og beachboys til at lave LP'erne som var en samlet lytteoplevelse og ikke bare singler, så det er rimelig cool Jeg synes det var et meget godt album tbh, men ikke noget jeg synes er sådan meeeeega godt, men der er mange interessente hooks og eksperimenterene lyde og akkorder som jeg synes er værd at genbesøge. Det lyder sgu cool. jeg vil sige mellem 3 og 3,5, så derfor en 3'er.

Very definitive sound of the 60’s. Lots of cute love songs, nothing other than butcher’s tale that I was overly impressed with. Butcher’s tale is awesome. I actually think I like chris white’s voice more than colin blunstone’s. Worth a relisten later

I had only ever heard Time of the Season, very pleased with the rest of the album overall.

This was fine

Ok.

Standard brittisk rock, lite ospännande men inte dåligt

I went into listening to this expecting something more like Surrealistic Pillow, and got something more akin to an early Pink Floyd project. Very psychedelic, but serious in its own way. The piano is omnipresent throughout the album, laying a foundation for the sparse yet wide feeling instrumentation. Most notable in my opinion is the ethereal sound of the Mellotron. The vocal harmonies and call and responses throughout the album are very Beach Boys-esque. The performance is solid throughout, but remains laid back, which makes for easier listening all the way through. The mix isn’t the greatest, but I can forgive that because it came out in 1968, and not a lot from that time was mixed well by modern standards. Overall a very chill album, definitely worth a revisit or 2

Hadn't really listened to the Zombies before, a chill start to the journey

The classic ‘nam song Weird WW1 song that is haunting and out of place but maybe my favorite

Not something I’d pull off the shelf, but it’s quality music and I’m sure I would’ve loved it while getting blazed in a field with all my friends in ‘68.

Hippy, dippy, trippy. Sounds like every other good album that came out in this decade. If I were judging this based on the band name, I would have been wrong.

3 if it were playing in the background anywhere but my own device. I gave it a full listen but would skip most of it in any other case, so 2.5. ———————————— My non-musician scoring system. 5 - Love it. Would play anytime, buy, see live… 4 - Good music. 3 - Average playlist. Depends on time and setting. 2 - I can’t listen to whole songs. 1 - No.

how can I be sure this is by the real zombys

Pretty ok, though didn't appreciate being told I'd never find love 2 tracks in. Might have to blame my parents for liking the name :|

Some real hippy-dippy stuff. The whole thing felt elevated by Time of the Season, though. That song feels like it's on a whole different level.

Good album... a little strange. Especially since it's not a "mono version" as it says 🥴 Maybe a little flat sound for my taste.

Sweet

"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.

2nd album never quite reaches the level of She's Not There

Good, founded very good at points

Another pale beatles copy, good energy though

Standout Songs: A Rose For Emily Hung Up On A Dream This Will Be Our Year

Fun album!

Very Beatles-y/beach boys-y. Sugary lyrics, nice sounds.

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.

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

Very middle of the road

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.

So Beatlesque that it almost seems like a pastiche! Nice melodic songs and vocals though.

taman da mi pokvari dojam prethodnika

good at the beginning, good at the end. middle tracks are mediocre.

A lot of songs I liked and one song I really liked.

3 Stars. Just OK. I had the same reaction listening to Pet Sounds because of Brian Wilson's death.

Inoffensive

I love time of the season but the rest is just... meh

leuk plaatje, maar niet onmisbaar

fake beach boys do it good

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.

Better than I had expected. Very fun

Very typical of the late 1960s British pop explosion.

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

Trippy 60s nonsense but catchy and lyrical

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.

3.5 stars

Cutesy

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

-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

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.

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

A lot like The Beatles but prog-rockier

Groovy

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

This one had me Hung up on a Dream, but I do believe that This Will Be Our Year.

Not bad

Decent album

-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

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

Decent

Um dos piores nomes de bandas de todos os tempos. Psicodélico dos anos 60. Harmonia vocal. Legal!

Nice fine dated but groovy

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

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.

Perfectly good 1960s album, easy easy listening

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!

Not my thing. Listenable but nothing outstanding to me.

zympa

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.

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?

It was okay! Not really my vibe but i didnt hate it <|:^)

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".

Less interesting than the band name implies, but cool proto-psychedelic rock

Was fun didn't have any songs that I hated was a good listen.

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.

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

3.6 Roentgen.

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.

Much of it sounds as cheesy as you remember most British Invasion songs of the early 60s sounding. Then comes "Time of the Season."

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.

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

Fun psychedelic 60s rock tunes. Easy listen but nothing stood out all that much.

Similar to the beatles

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.

Enjoyed this on the whole, but some tracks were pretty meh. Sounds a bit like the Beatles. 60s psychedelia.

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

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?

Time of the Season is still brilliant. Like, crazy good. The rest, however, never gets anywhere close. More like British Beach Boys.

A psychedelic trip

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.

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.

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.

3/5 Very artistic and vocally dominate with great keys.

6/10

Time of the Season is a wonderful song, most of this was pretty average late 1960s rock for me, and a 3 star

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.

jobb mint bármelyik pszichedelikus album amit eddig hallgattam itt, de ez még mindig csak 3 és fél

Other than Time of the Season, this was kinda boring.

It’s fine? I think I’m just getting real tired of this era of music - there are a lot on this list.

Some undeniable tunes on here. Great arrangements and production, too. Probably deserves a higher rating just for the craftsmanship. But something about that 60s psych sound just doesn't really vibe with me.

Great for its time. A bit too ‘easy listening’ for my tastes but I’m a sucker for a Hammond organ so it finished in a high note. 3/5

Solid psychedelic album with many forgettable tracks for me. But Time of the Season is just so good and oozes sexiness. I love the keyboard/organ solos especially.

Nice, laid back chill 60s vibes. Beatles before the Beatles got super innovative. And a little less talented. Easy to imagine this playing in the background of a chill spring day, but there's nothing here to elevate it above the mass of 1960s music. Hung up on a dream is aight

There are a couple good songs that bump this up from the 2/5 to 3/5 that I want to give it, but overall this just seemed like generic Beatles knock-offs

If not for "Time of the Season" this would not be deserving of a spot on the list imo. There is a lot of chamber pop that exceeds the majority of this album. But that song alone I think does justify the inclusion.

Nice, a bit like The Kinks at their mellowest

care of cell 44- 6 a rose for emily- 6 maybe after hes gone- 6 or 7 beechwood park- 6 or 7 brief candles- 6 or 7 hung up on a dream- 5 changes- 5 i want her she wants me- 5 this will be our year- 5 butchers tale- 5 friends of mine- 5 time of the season- freaky. 5

Niet geweldig, wel goed. En het laatste nummer is het beste

Time of the Season saves a middling album

The album is a very enjoyable with some very upbeat, major tones. However, it is very apparent the technology in music was lacking at the time therefore not hugely impressing me. Would recommend to others who want an easy listen. Big fan of the use of the organ

I can see why this album didn’t gain more traction coming out of the British scene in 1968. The Beatles and Stones were already generating more interesting tunes by this time. Had this album come out between 1963-1965, it may have been a different story. Started off strong with Care Of Cell 44 as the Zombies did their best Beach Boys impression. Tunes became less interesting as the album wore on though, until ending with Time of the Season. Still solid. Top Tracks: 1. Care of Cell 44 2. Time of the season All other tracks are perfectly fine, ranging from interesting to bouncy to a bit of psychedelic dread. 6/10

Happy, Hippie 60s music. Lots of sunshine-y themes. They did "Time of the Season"

Not what I was expecting! Lots of harmonies; sometimes, it almost reminded me of a musical. Theater.

Classic tea-and-cakes Brit psychedelic pop. “Time of the Season” is actually my least favorite track - it sounds annoying compared to a banger like “Our Year”. Good groovy stuff.

Never heard of these, enjoyed this though. A very good version of 60s pop/rock/pysch. Care of Cell 44 and Changes were my two favourites. Definitely flirts with that Beatlesy sound, but with more poppy harmonies at times. Cant see this ever being a thing I return to, but canny nonetheless. 3.5

Sort of a Beatlesy 60s band with some mamas and papas style vocals on occasion. Very of it's time, mostly in a good way. It's a step up from inoffensive but not sure that quite makes it interesting. A quick look through the track list and I cant remember any particular songs. 2.5.

Easy listen, not memorable

60s. Psychedelia. Vocal harmonies. Short songs. Absolutely average album. Good songs, nothing remarkable.

Good music

Time of the Season is far and away the stand out track of the album. I didn’t mind it as a whole. Quick listen, very 60s.

60'a "psychedelic" is generally a genre I hate so I went in with low expectations. This was a really well written and executed album. Missing a lot of the over the top annoying shit this genre usually brings with it. I really liked the vocalist and the production. The back story on this band makes them even more interesting.

Happy shizzle

This was better than I expected and I actually recognized a few of these songs. My favorite was “A Rose For Emily”. 3.5/5

This is an album that a lot of people are obsessed with. I don’t get it. I’ve given it a few tries but it just doesn’t do anything special for me.

Mixed feelings on this one. Time of the Season is a great song, but totally different than the rest of the album. This is my least favorite genre of British music. Despite that, many of the songs were catchy even with the random chunky chordal progressions that I typically dislike.

Pleasant hippie psychedelic rock

It’s pretty good, starts well but I was fading towards the end

Me dio muchas vibes de los Beatles, me gustó Rating:7

It was pleasant, and upbeat. Well done but nothing that really excites me

A rose for Emily is beautiful. Shame the rest doesn't live up to that standard.

Forgettable and not my favorite 60s album

60's british rock oh no I'm gonna hate this aren't I? Actually not bad, not great either but a solid album

Nice one!

i actually rellay enjoyed this, cool soundscapes and melodies. i just love psychedelic music. 7/10

Solid late 60s psychedelic rock. The last song was the only one I recognized and was easily the best on the album. Favorite: Time of the Season

спокойный рок вайбик, моментами слишком однообразно и песни незаметно меняются, но парочка запоминающихся есть

time of the season is one of the best songs ever made

Psychedelic Pop with a large sound and nice harmonies. Time of the Season is the big stand out here and the backstory on the recording of this album are more interesting than most.

Time of the Season was good; the rest didn’t really do it for me.

Pretty good 60s rock, nothing too standout.

It was okay. The second six songs were better than the first six songs.

Bit busy, so this became background noise. I did appreciate it though.

I've not heard this band before, apart from Time of the Season, which for some reason I thought was done by The Mamas & The Papas. Seem to sit squarely between the Kinks and the Beatles. Good harmonies, sometimes odd songwriting. OK overall, but I wouldn't come back to it. 2.5/5, rounded up for the last song

Outside of Time of the Season it's pretty meh. I wanted to like it more than I actually did.

Best Track: Time of the Season. Lindo álbum psicodélico, tiene breves momentos en los que el volumen suena un poco más fuerte de lo que debería. Tiene muy lindas harmonías y algunas melodías encantadoras. Álbum sencillo de escuchar poco demandante. 7/10

It's okay, but the album is grossly overstated, and multiple albums from 1968 are better. Cream - Wheels of Fire Dr. John - Gris Gris Jeff Beck - Truth Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay Miles Davis - Nefertiti Ennio Morricone - Once Upon Time in the West These are just a few examples; this Zombies album is another example of a record critics have always fawned over, and therefore, it's amazing. It is average at best.

Enjoyable, not necessarily something I'd listen to a lot but it's very cool

Oh boy I bet these guys were on some decent LSD when this was released! I enjoyed it but I found the songs to be missing a ‘hook’

solid psych rock but not very unique? style feels like all other psych

Time of the Season is classic!

Kinda Beatles like. I did not dislike but I doubt Ill get back to this.

Enjoyable late 60s music. It was fine.

Epitome of 60’s music. Interesting but not part memorable other than Time of the Season.

This was a fun, classic listen. 3.5

Needed more than one listen. Time of the Season felt quite different to the rest of the album.

Nothing really stands out to me on this. Nothing bad about it but it did nothing for me

Had never heard this before so was good to listen. Some good tracks

Nice, beatles like

Fun, but not something I would want to listen to all the time.

This was really good, kind of like later Beatles stuff but I really liked Flowers for Emily

This album was very nice, a slightly more psych-leaning Beach Boys sound with an absolute banger at the end with Time of the Season. Not my favourite 60s album, but a decent one.

Liked this more than I expected to, Time of the Season is a classic but my favorite track has to be Maybe After He's Gone. This guy is down bad

A classic in my book. Brilliantly experimental, thought not all of the experiments work. Uneven but intermittently beautiful.

Lovely rocking album. Weird Zombie story about the Zombie’s.

Love the Zombies! This album is ok though. The one hit song is an absolute epic game changer for the decade but the rest of the songs on the album don't come close to the same impact in my opinion.

Beach boys literally

An unknown album for me. It starts off quite poppy, with clear references to the 1960s. Once you've heard one track, you know where it's going, and it stays that way for the following tracks. A bit too trivial, not groundbreaking enough for me in 2025. Well-produced, but it doesn't open up a new universe for me. I probably won't listen to it again. If I want to listen to this type of music, I have better albums on my shelf.

Have to admit that when I started this album, after what I had heard about it, I was expecting a bit more. I enjoyed it and it is definitely psychedelic rock.

Este disco estuvo muy bueno

Stark angefangen stark nachgelassen

Schlechte Beatles-Alternative, guter Hit!

Sounds like a more enoyable version of the beach boys

The Zombies are one of those bands that feels like they were lost to a former era. Listening to Oddessey & Oracle, most of the album tracks feel dated and, if you're streaming, are entirely skippable. Oddly, my 21 year old daughter is more interested in their music than her old man. She was in a play in middle school that had a brit rock playlist for its transition music, and "Time of the Season" was featured. She became a fan. All of my shit talking aside, "Time of the Season" and "This Will Be Our Year" are fantastic late 60s gems, with "This Will Be Our Year" being an appropriate track to crank up as we head into 2025.

What's your name? Who's your daddy? "Butcher's Tale" and "A Rose for Emily" seem like the standouts here to me. This is pretty standard psychedelic rock, but it's done well enough.

Saw "The Zombies" and expected The Cranberries. Was a bit confusing for a minute. Cool album cover. Album left a bit to be desired. Hits right around a 2.5/5. I'm going to call it a rare "low 3".

Pretty cool psych pop album nothing super special though. Time of the Season is really good though I have known that song for a while.

First listen. Ok+.

Niet veel soeps maar het laatste nummer maakt het weer een beetje goed, 4/10

Decent British invasion ish

Time Of The Season is a classic, the rest was listenable but not outstanding.

3 - budget beetles, very lively but the production suffers and even the best songs are kinda dumb

Basis Album der späten 60er. Ein bisschen Woodstock und ein bisschen Hippie. Solide arrangierte Songs, mit Drums, ePiano und viel Bass. Tolle Songs sind „Time of Season“ und „Care of Cell 44“.,insgesamt ganz ok.

Solid but not spectacular

I am generally lukewarm on 60s psych rock, but as that genre goes this was pretty good. And the Time Of The Season deserves the hype, great track.

2,5

Kinda bored until the end. I love Time of the Season

This album was okay.

Solid album, cool vibe Standout songs: Maybe after hes gone Hung up on a dream Butchers tale

This was better than I expected, but this genre isn't really my thing. 3.5 stars

The vibe is soft and relaxed. Feels a little like The Kinks if they leaned more into being mellow. The harmonies are smooth, and the whole thing feels very sunny. Not too much going on, but it’s comforting. Definitely easygoing.

Pretty fun, background music

Wow. Eh.. Weird? But not the worst thing ever. Just middle of the road for me

3/12 25/100 rlly good though

The Beatles St.Peeper era splashed with Beach Boys harmonies. I get it and I like it. Oh wait, add in Pink Floyd when Syd was there. Yes, that should do it. Now, just because I like this doesn’t mean I think it should be on this list. I’m lost when it comes to this album. It’s weird. It lacks a stand out track and it’s like a mashup of metaphors, that which I can’t figure out. I kept listening though and that holds some weight. Just not much Choice cut: Hung Up on a Dream

Beatles poppy beach boys sort of vibe with new seekers flung in there

Nice inoffensive 60s pop. This Will Be Our Year is a stone cold classic.

As with many bands of the era, The Zombies seem like a poor man’s Beatles, thankfully there are a lot of worse bands you can be influenced by. It starts strong with Care of Cell 44 and obviously ends strong with Time of the Season. The middle drags a bit 6.1/10

Dug it more than I thought I would. 3/5

couldn't really get into it, but not bad by any means. still a few songs i enjoyed. favs: maybe after he's gone, hung up on a dream, this will be our year

Time of the season es genial, pero el resto me dio un poco igual. Aún así le pongo 3 porque no me pareció nada pesado. Eso sí, muy jipi.

Chill time. Most of the album is pretty low-key, but it has a strong start and ending.

This is a fun lil psychedelic record. A lot of the album is sort of Beatles-esque, but given how world-changingly popular the Beatles were at the time, I think most UK bands drew some inspiration. It’s fun but it’s not particular exciting or unique. Obviously “Time of the Season”, the biggest hit single off this album, stands out for good reason. It’s strange in that it doesn’t quite feel like part of this album, when compared to the rest of it. It’s just head and shoulders better than the rest. This song alone definitely adds a star to my rating. If you’re ever interested in the absolutely insane link between ZZ Top and the Zombies, google “fake zombies” and enjoy the rabbit hole. 3*

Synes godt nok alt 60’er rock vi hører fra UK lyder ens… det lyder godt, kan godt lide når de synger flerstemmigt, og time of the season er en banger

Beatles-jam-band-gone-good!

Very much a product of the times. Exactly what I expected and enjoyable.

Enjoyable listen but nothing that I’ll come back to

Took a chance and turned this on for a jog. Zombie was excellent to move to. Nice rhythm and energy. I like the rest but def felt like it dragged a bit. 3.25

It was "ok".

I really enjoyed this album. Clearly a late 60's vibe, but I didn't realize this had Time of the Season on it, so when that last track began to play, it was almost startling how great that song really is. Capped off a solid album.

An enjoyable listen - like the bastard child of the beach boys and the doors

Time of the Season is great, the rest is all B and C level 80's background rock.

A decent album but doesn't really do much for me. The instrumentation is pretty cool but the vocal style and lyrical content is pretty boring

Nice. Time of the Season is the absolute highlight though

Time of the season, what a classic. It's amazing that this song basically gave this band a career. Never heard this album before, but is well written top to bottom.

Liked it but I’ve heard better stuff from the 60s

Pretty dull, then Time of the Season shows up. An odd story behind the album - all sorts of fights and splits - but the album sounds so serene

Far out man

Beatles lite, sounds like a 60s British rock album, fav songs: beechwood park, butchers tale, time of the season

7/10

A fine British Rock group. The album is good but not spectacular. Time of the Season is an amazing song and is a 5/5 classic, but doesn't really lift the whole album. I appreciate it's brevity. 3/5

The Zombies have made some of my favorite songs. This album was a slight disappointment as I was expecting a bunch of bangers. The good songs are great. The others are merely passable. 3.5/5

2.5

Love it

Typical hippy dippy shit with a big finish.

Very typical of its time. The sounds of the 60's. Very similar in style to The Beach Boys in parts. Quite a light enjoyable collection of songs overall

Kind of a wimpy sound from a band named the zombies.

These guys would have gone crazy if the Beatles weren't around

Ok

5/10 - It sounds like worse beatles

Decent album. I like The Zombies. Saw them live with Beach Boys and I liked them a hell of a lot more than Beach Boys. 3.25/5

Gave it three stars because of a few songs that have survived the test of time. The rest is pretty forgettable.

Unfortunately one swallow doesn’t make a summer and as much as Time of the Season tries to save the album it can’t do it all on its own. It wasn’t terrible but it felt fairly bland. There were lots of other bands at the time making similar music but just doing it better.

Nice retro

I'd never heard of The Zombies so this was an interesting little rabbit hole. The album is nice enough, mildly psychedelic beat pop - I particularly liked 'I Want Her She Wants Me' but overall it was nothing to rush to write home about after a couple of listens.

feels whimsical but the songs sound pretty similar to each other. 6.5/10

Pretty decent 60’s baroque pop, outside of the obvious banger, it doesnt quite stack up against the other heavy hitters in that genre. Not bad though by any means.

Found this one really interesting. There's parts of it that feel just a bit held back by the time, but you can tell they were trying to do something interesting. Drags a bit in the middle, and Butcher's Tale (Western From 1914) is a crazy inclusion, but still very good. Favorites were Care of Cell 44 and I Want Her She Wants Me.

I might have gone into this with too high of expectations. I had seen people praising this so I went in expecting something on the level of a Pet Sounds, Sgt. Peppers, or Forever Changes. It was none of those, but it was still pretty enjoyable to listen to. Some of the songs in the first half just kinda came and went for me. I think the second half was better. My favorite songs were Care Of Cell 44, Changes, This Will Be Our Year, and Time Of The Season.

This was a fun one, I really enjoyed listening to it

Surprised me. Sounded like a mixture between Jefferson Airplane and Beach Boys. Was pretty enjoyable.

старческое приятное дерьмо

solid but not mind blowing. could i write poetry to this? n

Never thought this was as good as I was told it was. The harmonies are good, but all the songs blur together except for the hits that bookend it.

I prefer Begin Here. But this wasn’t horrible. Most songs sounded the same.

First and Last songs are the best. Sometimes great, sometimes average

Not bad.

A better version of the Beatles. First half of the album is much stronger than the end, but there's generally not a bad track - there's just not really any great ones either.

Very lovey dovey hippie dippy. If we look around at what else was going on with music, this may seem like it was right on time. And there's an argument to be made there, but the Kinks, for one, had already been doing this sound for a couple years by the time this album came out, and had already moved on to something more interesting. What little they had left of that sound was a backdrop for biting social commentary about income inequality in the UK. Not this tireless whining about love. That said, this is an enjoyable listen. Not very challenging, but not every album needs to make me think. I don't expect this to be something I listen to many more time and need to own on vinyl or anything like that, so it gets a solid 3.

Time of the Season the extent of me familiarite with this album. I have to sae it has mane accomplished foraes into 60s pop relevance. Great harmonies, great vocals, great piano/keeboard. Unexpected turns delight. The Butcher's Tale an anti-war epic of profound dimensions, like a Wilfred Owen poem transported to 1968. How mane bands turn to William Faulkner for tragic inspiration? Eleanor Rigbe a similar feel-good tune.

I love the song “time of the season”.

Groovy psychedelics.

Habil 60-talsrock. Det är lagom njutbart. Mycket kul med time of the season, som man förstås mer känner via Necro!

Inte hört tidigare förutom Time of the season, som är fantastisk. Tyckte generellt att den var lite meh efter första genomlyssningen men den växte faktiskt rejält efter ytterligare några vändor. Pendlar mellan trea och fyra men landar i en stark trea.

Time of the Season - surprise hit from '69.

Pet Sounds pt 2

Not what I was expecting. And not really in a good way. Slightly underwhelming. Maybe it’s just a lesson in not painting an entire back catalogue with the brush of one song you know. 2.7

Old 60’s but alright

Some good songs in here, easy listening and enjoyable

Enjoyed tho more than I was planning on. Damn you English rock bands!