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After their debut album, The Zombies released more singles, but they were all unsuccessful. As a result, Decca cancelled the contract and they went to CBS in 1967. On their second LP (with the misspelling Odessey and Oracle instead of „Odyssey“), which was partly recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the same year and co-financed by themselves, they no longer played cover versions, but exclusively original compositions. And they had it all. Released in 1968, they created one of the freakiest, best and most influential albums of the 1960s with their psychedelic and baroque pop and rock sound. Trippy melodies, ornate choruses, psychedelic patterns and lush Mellotron sounds on a solid rock base quickly won over the critics. Unfortunately, it was completely overlooked and sank without trace. Curiously, the band finally found success when Columbia Records released the single Time of the Season in the USA in 1969. But the band hadn't been around for over a year by then.
Created at their artistic peak, this masterpiece is now regarded as one of the best psychedelic pop albums of the 60s, which should have sold as many copies as Sgt. Pepper's, Pet Sounds, Piper at the Gates of Dawn combined.
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