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We use a great string quartet on it. Jessica Cox and a group called Q strings. They play for lots of people actually, but amongst them, Jeff Lynne and ELO. We recorded the strings in my house as well. So that was a real joy. Den of Geek: You’ve been working with these musicians since you were very young. Do they still surprise you? Odessey and Oracle was released in the UK on 19 April 1968. Clive Davis, the head of CBS in the US, initially decided not to release the album. However, the US Columbia label had released the single "Care of Cell 44" on 21 November 1967 to complete indifference. a b Lynch, Joe (21 July 2015). "Exclusive: The Zombies Reteam With 'Odessey & Oracle' Illustrator for New Album Cover Art". Billboard . Retrieved 23 September 2016. Paul Weller of The Jam has often named the album as one of his all-time favourites, citing in particular its "autumnal" sound. In 2008, he included "Beechwood Park" in a playlist compiled for a magazine and has also covered "Time of the Season" during various radio sessions.

Rediscover” sounds like a timeless Torch Song. What songwriters gave you that feeling and how did that feel coming out?A little of both really. The trigger could be anything. It can be just hearing a groove and thinking, “Oh, I’d love to write something in that sort of groove,” and then just messing around on the piano. Blistein, Jon (7 May 2019). "Brian Wilson, Zombies Plot 'Something Great From '68' Tour". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 17 May 2021.

a b c Jones, Chris (22 February 2008). "The Zombies Odessey & Oracle - 40th Anniversary Edition Review". BBC Music . Retrieved 10 February 2012. Hansen, Adam (25 November 2010). Shakespeare and Popular Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p.97. ISBN 978-1-4411-2698-6. Umile, Dominic (15 January 2013). "Mods and Mellotrons: The Zombies at Abbey Road, PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved 17 May 2021. On “Dropped, Reeling and Stupid,” I just was messing around on the piano without thinking of writing a song. I hit this opening chord sequence which I really liked, and I went to the studio. I had an idea in my mind of an inspiration for the lyrics of that one, actually, but I’m not going to tell what it is because I want people to bring their own.The album gradually achieved critical praise and a cult following, and has since become one of the most acclaimed albums of the 1960s. It was ranked 100th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [7] When Rolling Stone revised their list in 2020, the album ranked 243rd. [8] Recording and production [ edit ] Yeah, it did. Because of COVID, we hadn’t played together for two years. We had no rehearsal. I thought everyone was trying a bit too hard on the first two or three songs, myself included, but after that, it settled into something which started to feel really, really good. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 May 1968). "The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle" (PDF). Record Mirror. No.373. p.8 . Retrieved 8 April 2023.

Johansen, Claes (1 September 2001). The Zombies: hung up on a dream: a biography 1962–1967. SAF Publishing Ltd. p.201. ISBN 9780946719341 . Retrieved 28 March 2012. Oh yes, and you know what? I had to walk up, I think it was on “Give Him a Great Big Kiss,” and I had to walk on stage and kiss Mary [Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las] on the cheek.Odessey and the Oracle ranked no. 80". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011 . Retrieved 4 August 2021. Blunstone, now 77 — bandmate Argent is 10 days older — reflects: “Of course it was fabulous people were saying positive things about us, but strangely, we didn’t hear it ourselves. We were running around doing so many things, we were the last to know about that. There’s more energy on-stage with this incarnation of the band than there was when we were teenagers. It’s an unexpected pleasure.”