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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
If you think you know The Zombies from 'She's Not There' then think again. Original songs from Rod Argent and Chris White, Colin Blunstone's breathless vocals, superb harmonies and tight arrangements make this an album well worth hearing. It's pop music but pop music with class. I loved this album when I was a teenager and my teenage sons, more into rock than pop, like it too. It was 'Time Of The Season' with its empty feel and brilliant organ breaks that first caught my attention but there are no weak tracks and 'Maybe After He's Gone' still sends shivers down my spine even after thirty years.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Why I've only just happened upon this album I do not know. It must be ranked alongside Love's Four Sail & The Flying Burrito Brothers's Gilded Palce Of Sin as one of the most criminally overlooked albums of the last 40 years. Sunshine, Beach boy harmonies knitted to jazz flavoured song structures astride unusual and emotive lyrics. If you love good music,make that GREAT music, buy this album and spread the word, music this good deserves to be heard.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Until last year all I knew of The Zombies was 'Time of the Season' and 'She's Not There'. After reading the reviews on Amazon I decided to buy the CD in the vain hope that I haven't wasted £12 on rubbish. The version I bought featured 15 bonus tracks (mostly b-sides). Needless to say that I was blown away from the first track to the last (incidentally 'Time of the Season' is probably my least favourite). Why haven't I come across this before? Why weren't they as big as the Kinks? And how can a bunch of unattractive insurance salesmen make such incredibly beautiful music?. Maybe this is why they didn't get the recognition they so richly deserved.
If you are a fan of the mellower side of the Kinks and the genius Elliott Smith I would ignore any bad reviews of this album and buy it today. My only regret is that I didn't discover this band before. Truly essential.
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Stands the test of time
This album is an often overlooked gem. Quality music from a band that never got the recognition they really deserved. Highly recommended, get this album!
Published 1 month ago by Jan Patrik Sahlstrøm
I just WAS made for these times!
Those reviewers who do not appreciate or understand the context of this seminal album clearly were not at least 13 years old at the time it was made. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by andybrum
Absolutely stunning album
After hearing glowing reports, I purchased this album and was rather pleased upon the first few hearings. Quality, catchy Sixties pop. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2008 by W. Morrison
Listen before you buy!
This was high in my wants list of then deleted albums for years! While I could see the merits of most so called classic albums, the reputation of this one baffles me. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by B
Take an Odessey
Many bands (the Beatles, the Beach Boys) at least dabbled in psychedelica, but the Zombies are often overlooked. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2006 by E. A Solinas
Stunning last will and testament
Judging by other reviews, this is an album that polarises opinion. For those who hate it, the problem is probably their expectation of it as a psychedelic job. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2005 by D. J. H. Thorn
Dissapointing
LOts of people who's musical opinion i respect rave about this album.
I cant see why. It is very run of the mill. Nothing more to say really.
I cant see why. It is very run of the mill. Nothing more to say really.
Published on 7 July 2005 by A. TAFF
Utterly Brilliant
certainly one of my favourite albums of all time- a wonderful atmospheric record with some beautiful songs and the greatest anti war song ever recorded- butchers tale. Read more
Published on 4 May 2005 by JoeMgeek
Nothing compared to others of the era
What is all this about being likened to Sgt. Pepper? Not the Beatles finest, maybe, but apart from the high pitched barber harmonies, there's little else to link them with this... Read more
Published on 14 July 2004 by a reviewer
An absolutely fabulous taste of the sixties
I was a teenager when this was released.Butcher's Tale was a minor hit and then Time of the Season topped the hit parade here in Canada. Read more
Published on 31 July 2000
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