THE ZOMBIES

THE ZOMBIES
ODESSEY AND ORACLE (1968)
REMASTER
320 KBPS

The Zombies were perhaps the most British-sounding of all British Invasion groups, and yet they never scored a hit record in their native U.K. The band released three great singles over here, including the wonderful "Time of the Season," which concludes this 1968 masterpiece, frequently called Britain's version of Pet Sounds. This 30th anniversary edition presents both the stereo and mono versions (and there are substantial differences) of the melancholic, keyboard-dominated pop that flowed from Rod Argent and bassist Chris White. The Zombies' main songwriters explored "psychedelic" themes from odd angles. Here songs address a letter to a girlfriend in jail ("Care of Cell 44") and war ("Butcher's Tale"). There's even a "flowers-in-their-hair" hippie anthem (the gorgeous "Hung Up on a Dream"). Totally of its time, and, nevertheless, a timeless classic.

1. Care of Cell 44
2. A Rose for Emily
3. Maybe After He's Gone
4. Beechwood Park
5. Brief Candles
6. Hung up on a Dream
7. Changes
8. I Want Her, She Wants Me
9. This Will Be Our Year
10. Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)
11. Friends of Mine
12. Time of the Season
Bonus tracks
13. I'll Call You Mine
14. She Loves the Way They Love Her
15. Imagine the Swan
16. Smokey Day
17. If It Don't Work Out
18. I Know She Will
19. Don't Cry for Me
20. Walking in the Sun
21. Conversation off Floral Street
22. I Want You Back Again
23. Gotta Get a Hold of Myself
24. Goin' Out of my Head
25. She Does Everything for Me
26. Nothing's Changed
27. I Could Spend the Day
28. Girl Help Me