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- “Care of Cell 44” (Odessey and Oracle, 1968) A clever twist on the ‘wish you were home, babe’ songwriting trope, the lyrics of “Care of Cell 44” are written in the form of a letter to a woman about to get out of prison.
- “She’s Not There” (Begin Here, 1965) White’s uneasy bass line and Hugh Grundy’s crisp drum snap set the tone within seconds on the Zombies’ effortlessly cool jazz-rock classic — something is amiss, and it’s about to come to a head.
- “A Rose for Emily” (Odessey and Oracle, 1968) Man, if you thought “Eleanor Rigby” was depressing, check out this understated lament inspired by a William Faulkner short story.
- “Time of the Season” (Odessey and Oracle, 1968) A sonic outlier on the Odessey album, “Time of the Season,” harks back to the band’s jazzy forays on their first album – but this time around, it’s mixed with a feverish psychedelic edge (one that especially runs wild on the freewheeling organ solos).
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- "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.
The Zombies are an English rock band formed in St Albans in 1961. Led by keyboardist/vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone, the group had their first British and American hit in 1964 with "She's Not There". In the US, two further singles—"Tell Her No" in 1965 and "Time of the Season" in 1968—were also successful.
The Zombies were a British Invasion rock band, perhaps one of the most musically adept. Curiously, this band did not even exist when they got their first smash US hit, having broken up...
