The Zombies

• Odessey and Oracle: 30th Anniversary Edition [Big Beat, 1998] A-

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• Colin Blunstone/Rod Argent: The Zombies
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Consumer Guide Reviews:

Odessey and Oracle: 30th Anniversary Edition [Big Beat, 1998]
Originally released in 1968, this psychedelic period piece that brackets love songs blithe and bereft with a sweet one about a jailbird (Posdnuous, call your permissions specialist) and a grueling one about a soldier (Chuck D, ditto), suffusing the whole shmear with the moony nostalgia that overtakes twentysomethings when they decide they're Getting Old. Presynth keybs guide Colin Blunstone's articulated sigh through arrangements that simulate baroque with backup-vocal shtick, every melody guaranteed. Forget the boxed set if you know it exists, and indulge in one of the nicest things ever to happen to Sgt. Pepper. A-