"Formada na pequena cidade de St. Albans (Hertfordshire, Inglaterra), em 1963, os Zombies estrearam com o sublime 'She's not there', que chegou ao segundo lugar nas paradas dos Estados Unidos, mas os singles seguintes tiveram menos sucesso comercial. Depois de passar três anos praticamente em excursão, o grupo decidiu se separar, no final de 1966. O baixista Chris White convenceu os colegas a gravar um albúm de despedida - e o conhecimento prévio de que iam acabar os liberou das pressões comerciais, permitindo que gravassem exatamente o disco que queriam.
E o que queriam era espetacular. Gravado nos Abbey Road Studios logo depois que os Beatles terminaram 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band', 'Odessey and Oracles' (o primeiro albúm coeso da banda) - não mais apenas um misto de rebarbas de singles e regravações - contempla a paixão pelo jazz do tecladista Argent, mas mantém o soft-pop do grupo com arranjos mais ousados.
Colega de apartamento de White, Terry Quirk, responsável pela arte da capa, errou a ortografia da palavra 'Odyssey'. A banda decidiu deixar como estava e se separou sem grande alarde logo depois. Al Cooper, produtor da CBS, ouviuo albúm numa viagem a Inglaterra e convenceu a gravadora a lançar, em 1969, a faixa de encerramento, 'Time of the season', como single - que vendeu dois milhões de cópias em todo mundo, o que transformou, ironicamente, no maior sucesso da carreira dos Zombies." Pat Long (trecho do livro '1001 Discos Para Ouvir Antes de Morrer')
Integrantes (formação original)
Rod Argent: teclado, vocal
Paul Atkinson: guitarra, vocal
Colin Blunstone: vocal
Chris White: baixo, vocal
Hugh Grundy: bateria
Discografia (1963-1969)
Begin Here (1965)01. "Road Runner"
02. "Summertime"
03. "I Can't Make Up My Mind"
04. "The Way I Feel Inside"
05. "Work 'n' Play"
06. "You Really Got A Hold On Me/Bring It On Home To Me"
07. "She's Not There"
08. "Sticks And Stones"
09. "Can't Nobody Love You"
10. "Woman"
11. "I Don't Want To Know"
12. "I Remember When I Loved Her"
13. "What More Can I Do" (Chris White)
13. "I Got My Mojo Working"
Begin Here (bonus tracks)
01. "It's Alright With Me"
02. "Sometimes"
03. "Kind Of Girl"
04. "Tell Her No"
05. "Sticks And Stones"
06. "It's Alright With Me"
07. "I Know She Will"
08. "I'll Keep Trying"
Odessey and Oracles (1968)01. "Care of Cell 44"
02. "A Rose for Emily"
03. "Maybe After He's Gone"
04. "Beechwood Park"
05. "Brief Candles"
06. "Hung Up on a Dream"
07. "Changes"
08. "I Want Her, She Wants Me"
09. "This Will Be Our Year"
10. "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"
11. "Friends of Mine"
12. "Time of the Season"
Odessey and Oracles (bonus track)
13. "I'll Call You Mine (Stereo Mix No. 1)"
14. "Imagine the Swan (Stereo Mix No. 1)"
15. "Conversation Off Floral Street"
16. "If It Don't Work Out (Overdubbed)"
17. "Don't Cry for Me (Overdubbed)"
18. "Smokey Day"
19. "She Loves the Way They Love Her"
20. "Time of the Season (UK Mono Mix)"
21. "I'll Call You Mine (Overdubbed)"
22. "Imagine The Swan (Stereo Mix 2)"
Zombie Heaven (1997) (4CD compilation with rarities and live recordings)CD1 (Begin Here & Singles)
01. "She's Not There"
02. "You Make Me Feel Good"
03. "Leave Me Be"
04. "Womam"
05. "Tell Her No"
06. "What More Can I Do"
07. "Road Runner"
08. "Summertime"
09. "I Can't Make Up My Mind"
10. "The Way I Feel Inside"
11. "Work 'n' Play"
12. "You Really Got A Hold On Me/Bring It On Home To Me"
13. "Sticks and Stones"
14. "Can't Nobody Love You"
15. "I Don't Want to Know"
16. "I Remember When I Loved Her"
17. "I Got My Mojo Working"
18. "She's Coming Home"
19. "I Must Move"
20. "I Want You Back Again"
21. "Whenever You're Ready"
22. "I Love You"
23. "Is This the Dream"
24. "Don't Go Away"
25. "Remember You"
26. "Just Out of Reach"
27. "Indication"
28. "How We Were Before"
29. "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself"
30. "Goin' Out of My Head"
31. "She Does Everything For Me"
CD2 (Odessey and Oracle & The Lost Album)
01. "Care of Cell 44"
02. "A Rose for Emily"
03. "Maybe After He's Gone"
04. "Beechwood Park"
05. "Brief Candles"
06. "Hung Up on a Dream"
07. "Changes"
08. "I Want Her She Wants Me"
09. "This Will Be Our Year"
10. "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"
11. "Friends of Mine"
12. "Time of the Season"
13. "I'll Call You Mine"
14. "Imagine the Swan"
15. "Conversation Off Floral Street"
16. "If It Don't Work Out"
17. "Don't Cry for Me"
18. "I Know She Will"
19. "Walking in the Sun"
20. "I'll Keep Trying"
21. "I'll Call You Mine"
22. "Smokey Day"
23. "She Loves the Way They Love Her"
24. "Girl Help Me"
25. "I Could Spend the Day"
26. "A Rose for Emily" (Alternate version)
27. "This Will Be Our Year" (Stereo)
28. "Time of the Season" (US radio spot)
CD3 (In The Studio)
01. "Summertime" (Demo)
02. "Woman" (Demo)
03. "Kind of Girl" (Demo)
04. "Leave Me Be" (Demo)
05. "I'm Going Home" (Alternate takes)
06. "I'm Going Home"
07. "Sometimes" (False starts)
08. "Sometimes"
09. "It's Alright With Me"
10. "Kind of Girl"
11. "Walking in the Sun" (Undubbed)
12. "The Way I Feel Inside" (False start)
13. "The Way I Feel Inside" (Rehearsal)
14. "I Want You Back Again" (Alternate version)
15. "Nothing's Changed" (Backing track)
16. "Nothing's Changed"
17. "Remember You" (Bunny Lake is Missing soundtrack version)
18. "Come On Time"
19. "I'll Keep Trying" (Undubbed)
20. "Whenever You're Ready" (Demo)
21. "You'll Go From Me" (a.k.a. "Don't Go Away", Ddemo)
22. "I Know She Will" (Undubbed)
23. "Don't Cry for Me" (Undubbed)
24. "If It Don't Work Out" (Undubbed)
25. "One Day I'll Say Goodbye" (Home demo)
26. "I Don't Want to Worry" (Home demo)
27. "A Love That Never Was" (Demo)
28. "Call of the Night" (a.k.a. "Girl Help Me", Demo)
29. "Out of the Day" (Demo)
30. "This Will Be Our Year" (Demo)
31. "Bunny Lake promo spot"
CD4 (Live on the BBC)
01. "Road Runner"
02. "You Make Me Feel Good"
03. "Early One Morning"
04. "She's Not There"
05. "Tell Her No"
06. "What More Can I Do"
07. "I'm Going Home"
08. "For You My Love"
09. "Tell Her No"
10. "Soulville"
11. "Rip It Up"
12. "Can't Nobody Love You"
13. "You Must Believe Me"
14. "She's Coming Home"
15. "I Must Move"
16. "Just Out of Reach"
17. "If It Don't Work Out"
18. "Whenever You're Ready"
19. "It's All Right"
20. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
21. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through Her Eyes"
22. "Just a Little Bit"
23. "Sitting in the Park"
24. "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself"
25. "Goin' Out of My Head"
26. "This Old Heart of Mine"
27. "Friends of Mine"
28. "The Look of Love"
29. "Kenny Everett Show jingle"
Nota: os links da compilação 'Zombie Heaven' foram retirados do extinto blog 'Atitude Fanzine e Contracultura'.
