Zombies

Zombies Album: “Odessey and Oracle [Japan]”

Album Information :

Title:

Odessey and Oracle [Japan]

Release Date:2007-05-15

Type:Unknown

Genre:Pop, Classic Rock, Mainstream Rock

Label:Teichiku

Explicit Lyrics:Yes

UPC:4988004103216

Track Listing :
1	Care Of Cell
2	Rose For Emily
3	Maybe After He's Gone The Zombies
4	Beachwood Park
5	Brief Candles The Zombies
6	Hugn Up on a Dream
7	Changes The Zombies
8	I Want Her She Wants Me The Zombies
9	This Will Be Our Year The Zombies
10	Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) The Zombies
11	Friends Of Mine The Zombies
12	Time of the Season The Zombies Video
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26

Review - :

{^Odessey and Oracle} was one of the flukiest (and best) albums of the 1960s, and one of the most enduring long-players to come out of the entire British {\psychedelic} boom, mixing trippy melodies, ornate choruses, and lush Mellotron sounds with a solid {\hard rock} base. But it was overlooked completely in England and barely got out in America (with a big push by {$Al Kooper}, who was then a {@Columbia Records} producer); and it was neglected in the U.S. until the single {&"Time of the Season,"} culled from the album, topped the charts nearly two years after it was recorded, by which time the group was long disbanded. Ironically, at the time of its recording in the summer of 1967, permanency was not much on the minds of the bandmembers. {^Odessey and Oracle} was intended as a final statement, a bold last hurrah, having worked hard for three years only to see the quality of their gigs decline as the hits stopped coming. The results are consistently pleasing, surprising, and challenging: {&"Hung Up on a Dream"} and {&"Changes"} are some of the most powerful {\psychedelic} {\pop/rock} ever heard out of England, with a solid rhythm section, a hot Mellotron sound, and chiming, hard guitar, as well as highly melodic piano. {&"Changes"} also benefits from radiant singing. {&"This Will Be Our Year"} makes use of trumpets (one of the very few instances of real overdubbing) in a manner reminiscent of {&"Penny Lane"}; and then there's {&"Time of the Season,"} the most well-known song in their output and a white {\soul} classic. Not all of the album is that inspired, but it's all consistently interesting and very good listening, and superior to most other {\psychedelic} albums this side of {$the Beatles}' best and {$Pink Floyd}'s early work. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide


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