The one hundred thirty-first album: #131 The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Reading up on the album, I saw that this was recorded in Abbey Road studios, which feels notable. The psychedelic rock sound is on the slower side, more reminiscent of some of the Beatles work but often with out the spark and energy the bigger band offers. Instead, we're getting rock ballads that feel dreamlike and lovely at times, with the dubbing effects working well, but at the same time I don't feel the harder messages always reach me because of it. It feels like you're in a constant haze listening to it and I don't think it pays off a lot of the time. Smething like Butcher's Tale stands out a bit in how much weirder it sounds, but all together it feels the album doesn't come together into something I enjoy.