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The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
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 Dream
7. Changes
8. I Want Her She Wants Me
9. This Will Be Our Year
10. Butcher's Tale
11. Friends Of Mine
12. Time Of The Season
13. Care Of Cell 44
14. A Rose For Emily
15. Maybe After He's Gone
16. Beechwood Park
17. Brief Candles
18. Hung Up On A Dream
19. Changes
20. I Want Her She Wants Me
21. This Will Be Our Year
22. Butcher's Tale
23. Friends Of Mine
24. Time Of The Season
25. A Rose For Emily (Alternate Mix 2)
26. Time Of The Season (Alternate Mix)
27. Prison Song (Care Of Cell 44 Backing Track)

CD Details

All Artists: The Zombies
Title: Odessey and Oracle
Members Wishing: 19
Total Copies: 0
Label: Big Beat UK
Release Date: 3/30/1998
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import, Extra tracks
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Oldies, Psychedelic Rock, British Invasion
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Odyssey & Oracle
UPCs: 029667418126, 002966741812

Synopsis

Amazon.com

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. --Bill Holdship

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CD Reviews

Even Better Than Sgt. Pepper's

jokamachi | california | 04/25/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This admission has been building up inside of me for years and it's not an easy thing to say, so I'm just going to say it: The level of lyricism, cohesion, performance, and baroque creativity that went into the creation of this album surpasses that of even the Beatles' masterwork of 1967.

This 1998 release by Big Beat UK is superior to the more recently remastered version in 2004 in that it contains both stereo and mono versions of Odyssey & Oracle in addition to several alternate takes (A Rose for Emily among them). And once again, mono proves superior."