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Time Of The Zombies
''Time of the Zombies'' was a U.S.-only 1974 two-LP compilation album of music by the British band, The Zombies. It contained hits, non-album singles, previously unreleased tracks intended for a planned posthumous album named '' R.I.P.'' which was not released until 2000,Time Of The Season: The Zombies Collector's Guide by Greg Russo (Crossfire 1999) and the whole of their April 1968 album (recorded in 1967), ''Odessey and Oracle''. It was released on Epic Records (cat. no.: REG 32861) in 1974, several years after the group had disbanded. Paul Weller stated in an interview with BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ... in December 2012 that this compilation was how he first heard ''Odessey and Oracle'', his favourite album of all time. Track listing Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Zombies
The Zombies are an English rock band formed in the early 1960s in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group had a 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. Their 1968 album ''Odessey and Oracle'' was ranked number 100 on ''Rolling Stone''s 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and number 243 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list. The Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. History 1961–1964 Three members of the band, Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy, first came together to jam in 1961 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Argent wanted to form a band and initially asked his elder cousin Jim Rodford to join as a bassist. Rodford was in a successful local band, the Bluetones, at the time and so declined, but he offered to help Argent (Rodford would later join in 2004 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whenever You're Ready (The Zombies Song)
"Whenever You're Ready" is a song written by English keyboardist Rod Argent, first recorded by his band the Zombies. Following an American tour in April 1965 supporting their then single " She's Coming Home", the band were disappointed in finding out it had been a chart failure. After the follow-up "I Want You Back Again" was an even less commercial song, pressure from the group's management came forward in order for them to write a commercial song in the style of their earlier singles, which had been hits. Heavily inspired by vocal group the Impressions, the song was recorded on 24 June 1965 at Decca Studios in London. It was initially released in the United States through Parrot Records on 16 August 1965, and a few weeks later in the UK through Decca Records on 3 September. Though a heavily commercial song, the single flopped, becoming their first to reach the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 and failing to chart in the UK. Backed by the much more covered Chris White compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Of The Season
"Time of the Season" is a song by the British rock band the Zombies, featured on their 1968 album ''Odessey and Oracle''. It was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967. Over a year after its original release, the track became a surprise hit in the United States, rising to number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one on the '' Cashbox'' chart. It has become one of the Zombies' most popular and recognizable songs, and an iconic hit of 1960s psychedelia. Song information Several other songs from ''Odessey and Oracle'' were released as singles prior to "Time of the Season". Columbia Records supported the album and its singles at the urging of new A&R representative Al Kooper. One of the singles issued on Columbia's Date label was the noncommercial-sounding "Butcher's Tale", which Columbia thought might catch on as an antiwar statement, at the time a popular trend. "Time of the Season" was released only at Kooper's urging, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)
"Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" is a song written by Chris White (musician), Chris White and first released on The Zombies 1968 album ''Odessey and Oracle''. It was also released as a single in the US in June 1968, backed by "This Will Be Our Year." It was recorded in one take on 20 July 1967 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3. The song has also been covered by They Might Be Giants, The Immediate, John Wilkes Booze and Chrysanthemums. It's an anti-war song set during World War I on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front. It specifically mentions Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais, Gommecourt, Thiepval, the woods of Mametz, Somme, Mametz and Verdun in France, where key battles were fought. Lyrics and music The lyrics are based on an incident from World War I, a subject in which White took an interest. The lyrics tell of a battle from the viewpoint of a soldier in the midst of the fight. Despite the title, the battle White had in mind when writing the lyrics occurred in 1916. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessey & Oracle
''Odessey and Oracle'' is the second studio album by English rock band the Zombies. It was originally released in the UK in April 1968 by CBS Records. The album was recorded primarily between June and August 1967. The sessions took place at EMI (now Abbey Road Studios) and Olympic Studios in London. The Zombies, having been dropped from Decca Records, financed these sessions independently. After signing with CBS, two singles and later the album itself were released to critical and commercial indifference, and the band quietly dissolved. A third single from the album, " Time of the Season", became a surprise hit in the United States in early 1969 after CBS staff producer Al Kooper recommended it be released on Date Records. 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. When ''Rolling Stone'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Care Of Cell 44
"Care of Cell 44" is a single by the Zombies, from their 1968 album ''Odessey and Oracle''. It was featured on Pitchfork Media's 200 Best Songs of the 1960s list, and has since been covered by modern artists including Elliott Smith and Of Montreal. Composition According to Sheet Music Plus, "Care of Cell 44" uses 4/4 time and is in the key of G major, although arts journalist Matt Kivel identifies numerous modulations. Following a short harpsichord intro, the first verse begins with only harpsichord, lead vocals, and drums before gradually introducing the bass guitar and Mellotron, which emulates a strings sound. Commentators have described Chris White's bass line as melodic, with biographer Claes Johansen making a comparison to Paul McCartney. The backing vocals, which enter during the second verse, sing in a cappella during the break section in a style similar to the Beach Boys. The song's lyrics tell the story of a person writing to their partner in prison, as they await ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Coming Home
"She's Coming Home" is a song written by keyboardist Rod Argent recorded by his band the Zombies. The song has early origins in Argent's life; he lifted segments from the 1946 song " Magnificat and Nunc dimittis" which he had heard in boy choir. Characterized by its unusual chord progression, the song was recorded on 2 March 1965 during a three-hour session held at Decca Studios along with several other tracks, all of whom were by their standard producer Ken Jones, who knew what Argent had looked for in the song and attempted to produce it in that style. As the group was primarily focused on the American market at the time, Parrot Records quickly released the single – backed by bassist Chris White's "I Must Move" – on 27 March 1965. Although both the group's previous US singles had been top-ten hits on both ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the ''Cashbox'' Top 100, "She's Coming Home" only become a mid-sized hit, not breaching the top-forty. The UK release by Decca Records on 9 Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love You (The Zombies Song)
"I Love You" is a 1965 song by the Zombies, written by their bassist Chris White. Written during a tour of France, the song was written at a time the Zombie's mainstream popularity was slowly fading. The song was released as the B-side of Rod Argent's " Whenever You're Ready" to both commercial and critical indifference. The track got a resurgence in Japan two years after initially being recorded, when a cover in Japanese by the Carnabeats reached number two on the charts there, with it becoming a rock standard among Japanese bands. Similarly, in 1968, American rock group People! managed to reach number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with it. Background "I Love You" was written by bass guitarist Chris White, during a tour of France with his group The Zombies. According to White, the process of writing the song was rather simple: "The thing that came first was the riff. That was the root of writing that one. In actual fact I think I nicked it off Tommy Roe". The song was writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summertime (George Gershwin Song)
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera ''Porgy and Bess''. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel '' Porgy'' on which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin. The song soon became a popular and much-recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century". Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim characterized Heyward's lyrics for "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now" as "the best lyrics in the musical theater". ''Porgy and Bess'' Gershwin began composing the song in December 1933, attempting to create his own spiritual in the style of the African American folk music of the period. Gershwin had completed setting DuBose Heyward's poem to music by February 1934, and spent the next 20 months completing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Her No
"Tell Her No" is a hit single written by Rod Argent and included by English rock band the Zombies on their debut album ''The Zombies'' in 1965. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States in March 1965 and was one of three big American hits by the Zombies (the others being "She's Not There", in 1964, and "Time of the Season", in 1969). "Tell Her No" was only a minor hit for the Zombies in their native Britain, where it peaked at No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1965. In 1983, Juice Newton scored a ''Billboard'' Top 40 hit in the United States with her version of the song. Style According to Argent, "Tell Her No" was influenced by the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll'' described it as "a standard Beatles cop" stating that it was "almost as good" as the Zombies' earlier hit single "She's Not There." Music critic Maury Dean described it as a precursor to jazz fusion for the way the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Album
A double album (or double record) is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as being a single piece artistically; however, there are exceptions such as John Lennon's ''Some Time in New York City'' (which consisted of one studio record and one live album packaged together) and OutKast's ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' (effectively two solo albums, one by each member of the duo). Since the advent of the compact disc, albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album, with live tracks, studio out-takes, cut songs, or older unreleased material. One innovation was the inclusion of a DVD of related material with a compact disc, such as video related to the album or DVD-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begin Here
''Begin Here'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Zombies, released in April 1965 by Decca Records. The American version (titled ''The Zombies'') repeated many of the tracks from it, but, as was common at the time, deleted some and substituted others. The 1999 CD reissue on Big Beat expands the track line-up substantially with the addition of three songs from the band's 1965 UK EP ''The Zombies'' and alternative versions of "Sticks and Stones" and "It's Alright with Me", as well as demos of "I Know She Will" and "I'll Keep Trying". The demos of these last two tunes do not have the overdubs on the versions available on other albums. The song "The Way I Feel Inside" was used in director Wes Anderson's film '' The Life Aquatic'' and is included in the film soundtrack. It was also covered by Taron Egerton for the animated film ''Sing''. Additionally, the song "She's Not There" as covered by Santana appears in Renny Harlin's film ''The Long Kiss Goodnight''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
