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[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE ZOMBIES "odessey and oracle" cd,1968

this is not the innocent 1960s pop of their mega-hit "shes not there"...
this ispsychadelia,folk/pop with some of the best harmonies in pop ever recorded.
saying that though, does not mean i love it,but it is a good album.
was recorded in 1966,the record company wouldnt release it so the guys split up(but the public didnt know about it!),
then the record company released 'time of the season' in 1968 as a single and they had a huge hit on their hands(none of the band rated the track back the,thinking it was a throwaway song).
record label asked them to reform to tour for the single,then released the album...it didnt really sell that well at the time.
according to the linear notes in this '40th anniversary edition' of the album Rod Argent(band pianist) says it only started selling well after Paul Weller described it as his favourite album of all time back in the late 1980s,also according ot the notes in the sleeve this album now sells around 100,000 units per year worldwide...i guess it could be called a 'forgotten classic' of the rock era...me, i like it but dont rate it as a classic album(like 'pet sounds' also) but i guess if you were there then, then you'd probably 'get it' more than i obviously do!
this 40th anniversay edition of the album has two discs,one on original 'mono' with several bonus tracks, and the other disc is the newly remastered 'stereo' version
also, as a footnote, the melletron they used on this album was apparently later used by The Beatles on their "sgt.peppers" album when the Zombies left it in the studio because it wouldnt fit in their van when they packed up and left LOL!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: brief candles
best track: a rose for emily

tracks:

1. care of cell44 **
2. a rose for emily ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF55LNrHBSw audio
3. maybe after he's gone *
4. beechwood park **
5. brief candles *
6. hung up on a dream **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOd6Uajh-4 audio
7. changes **
8. i want her,she wants me **
9. this will be our year **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs4T3OkTy_c audio
10.butchers tale(western front 1914) **
11.friend of mine **
12.time of the season ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqnuI9K5ct4 audio

3s=2
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 2.0