''Time of the Zombies'' was a U.S.-only 1974
two-LP compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
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 in December 2012 that this compilation was how he first heard ''Odessey and Oracle'', his favourite album of all time.
Track listing
References
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1974 compilation albums
The Zombies albums