Odessey and Oracle

Good sixties stuff, enjoyed it

Me gustó bastante. Tienen esa vibra beatleezca que me interesa bastante. Me molesta un poco (como niño letras) que se llama Odisea y Oráculo y no tenga nada que se pueda llegar a vincular con la Odisea.
La canción dedicada al preso le da el toque.

The Good: We are going on a trip to find out about stuff…
The Bad: What if we took the wrong shrooms…
The Ugly: Fucking zombies showing up due to the afore-mentioned shrooms…

WOW

That’s it.

WOW

What a great album. First listen, actually, first thought, OH NO psychedelic shit… but no, this was like listening to the fun Beatles… yet with a story… at least, that’s the way it seemed to me.

I have listened to this album 5, maybe 6 times, and I will want to listen a 7th and 8th time this week too!
Probably one of my best finds on this list so far…

Oh, and when you get to the last song of the album you go: these bastards did that song?
Yes, I am blond and it takes me decades for shit to sink in…

5*

En hellig gral for plateselskap som lager samlealbum med 60-tallsmusikk på et stramt budsjett.

For det låter jo akkurat slik man forventer at 60-tallet skal låte. "Time of the Season" er en evig klassiker, og bandet glimter til av og til med "Care of Cell 44" og "Hung Up On A Dream", men mest høres plata generisk ut. Den psychedelikaen går ikke så hardt og det låter mer som en gimmick for å selge helt OK popmusikk. Hør heller på Pink Floyd eller The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band istedet for låter som "Changes".

Det er ikke så mange år siden jeg så dem på Rockefeller (jeg brukte ikke penger på billett, altså), og det som overrasket meg mest var hvor mange som var der i ulike aldre. For dette ER jo ganske gubbete, med unntak av "Time of the Season". Men det handler vel kanskje mest om at markedet for å se 60-tallsband begynner gradvis å bli overtatt av coverbandmarkedet.

It's not an album I'd listen to on my own, but some of these songs are so sweet that it's hard to be negative about it!

Standouts: A Rose for Emily • Beechwood Park • Time of the Season

The '60s baroque-pop sound gets old really fast for me, and this has little else going on. I wish this had more of the psychedelia they start to display on Time of The Seasons (which rocks!), but aside from that track, it's just A LOT of harpsichord and horns. Good for them closing out the album on their best song though.

Cool album, really surprised I'm not more familiar with The Zombies. I've heard Time of the Season through ads and movies numerous times but I would never have been able to identify the band.

I can see how Pet Sounds and Sgt Peppers would have influenced this album. 3.5/5. Raising to a 4.

I honestly don't remember anything about The Zombies - all I could tell you beyond the fact of their existence was that the first person I knew to get covid got it at a The Zombies show in 2021.

This is pleasant late-60s psych-pop with pretty harmonies and interesting melodies here and there. I remember "Time of the Season," of course, though I never knew what band it was because it didn't interest me much. So I didn't think I'd like this record as much as I did - there's some interesting stuff on here.

So this is a reasonably listenable album, though It got a little monotonous around song #8, and the lack of zombie-related content is disappointing. But it was good for what it was.

I was amused to learn that "Odyssey" is spelled wrong in the album title because the cover artist screwed it up, but the band wanted to be nice and made up a story to make it seem like they'd planned it that way.

3 stars

solidna bitlovština koja je na kraju krajeva ipak bitlovština. bilo lijepo za poslušat, ali ništa posebno u konačnici. vokalne "harmonije" (ne znam kako se to kod nas prevodi) koje svi često hvale nisu nešto što meni odgovara

Took an extra listen, but this is definetely 5 stars. Beautiful piece of 60's Psychedelic pop. Every song here has it's own merit and beauty, vocals are beautiful and accompanied really well. The songs work as standalone singles, yet there's a cohesion to the entire album as well. The entire backstory behind this album and the Zombies is amazing too.

hold kæft det starter med et par slaskere

brief candles bliver lidt kedelig

men når jeg før har omtalt andre albums, som værende 'af en tid', og at der var alternativer, der lød bedre - ja, så er det sådan noget som det her, der er det bedre.
det bliver dog nok aldrig heeeelt min smag, men jeg synes, det er godt.

this will be our year er ret lækkert, kanon blæsere og generel instrumentering

noget af det bliver lidt sukkersødt og lyserødt, såsom friends of mine. lidt for hubba-bubba til mig.

det er et album, der består af op- og nedture. sidstnævnte dog aldrig så slemme, at jeg synes, det var dårligt, mens førstnævnte faktisk er ret høje

og så er det jo bare svært ikke at synes, at time of the season er en banger

en meget lille:

3.8 <- som giver en 4-stjerners bedømmelse

One of those albums I always meant to take time to listen to because plenty of musicians reference it. It's great and fits perfectly with my belated love of 67/68 English psychedelia. It is a clever synthesis of Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds to create their own thing.

This is another one of those albums that I originally gave a 4, but upon revisiting it I had to give it a 5. You can't make an album featuring the Mellotron, harpsichord and some delightful little organs and not expect me to love it.

This is a pretty cool album. Quite why it was ignored on release is a bit of a wonder.

Still well worth a listen. 3

Includes the hit "Time of the Season" which is one of the best songs in the album.

3/4/26 - Listened during work. I enjoyed it and was surprised I didn't know more of the songs. An easy listen.

Top Song - Care of Cell 44

The story about the recording of this album is more interesting than the album itself. "Time of the Season" is a classic, but the rest is pretty contrived psych-pop leaning heavily on style trends of the time - Donovan, The Beatles, Beach Boys... if I listened again I'm sure a Dylan tribute would rise from the swamp. It's not bad, though; not annoying or offensive or difficult to get through. It's nice, just not impressive.

Just missing Eminem

Nice, was waiting for this one. A little bit underwhelming, however still strong 4 stars for sure. I should probably revisit this more often, was only aware of Time of the Season, but opening track is really good as well. I love album art

In part, the music reminded me of the early songs by Genesis, and in part of a German band that I don't like. I was ambivalent about whether I wanted to listen to the whole album. It was interesting, but also boring at times. Then I pricked up my ears when I heard "Time of the Season." I'd known the song for a long time and always liked it. I didn't realize it was by The Zombies. I think I need to listen to the album again. 4/5