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- Like many of their contemporaries, they started out playing American rhythm and blues (as exemplified with their debut album Begin Here) but rapidly developed their own Baroque Pop sound, characterized by principal songwriter Rod Argent's keyboard and organ solos and lead singer Colin Blunstone's breathy vocals.
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The Zombies are an English rock band formed in St Albans in 1961. Led by keyboardist/vocalist Rod Argent and lead vocalist Colin Blunstone , the group had their first British and American hit in 1964 with " She's Not There ".
Sep 11, 2018 · Though the ‘60s British Invasion band the Zombies originally gave up the ghost in 1968 after reaping a couple of unique, defining hits, they have proven to be leading lights among the...
- Michael Gallucci
- "She's Not There" The Zombies' first single came out just as Beatlemania ushered the British Invasion onto the U.S. charts, sending "She's Not There" straight to No. 2.
- "Time of the Season" From: Odessey & Oracle(1968) The Zombies were broken up when "Time of the Season" unexpectedly climbed to No. 3 in 1969. But that didn't stop record execs from pushing Rod Argent and Chris White – the architects behind "Season"'s parent album, Odessey & Oracle – for more music.
- "A Rose for Emily" From: Odessey & Oracle(1968) One of Odessey & Oracle's most melodically somber songs, and one of the best. The chamber-pop movement of the '90s pretty much starts here.
- "Care of Cell 44" From: Odessey & Oracle(1968) The opening song on Odessey & Oracle was also issued as the album's lead single in November 1967. It bombed, prompting the band to break up before the year's end and the album's release in April the next year.
Aug 1, 2004 · The Zombies' 1968 classic is generally categorized as a psych-pop treasure, but despite what its cover art and legacy suggest, its complex arrangements and baroque instrumentation-- much like The...
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The second side was turned over to Argent and White, who formed a new band and recorded a clutch of songs in the baroque style of Odessey and Oracle. This band, counting Jim Rodford, Russ Ballard, and Bob Henrit among its members, didn't remain Zombies for long; they soon regrouped as, simply, Argent.
Most lauded for the gorgeously baroque Odessey And Oracle, and the ageless singles ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Time Of The Season’, The Zombies were at the forefront of The British Invasion, recording music described by Tom Petty as ‘so original it hurt’.
Odessey and Oracle is the second studio album by the English rock band the Zombies. It was released in the UK on 19 April 1968, by CBS Records and in the US on 15 July 1968, by Date Records. [8] The album was recorded primarily between June and August 1967 at EMI (now Abbey Road Studios) and Olympic Studios in London.