Odessey And Oracle
by The Zombies
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Odessey And Oracle rankings summary
Overall rank: 87th | 1960s rank: 21st | 1968 rank: 4th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 26/100 | 75 |
| 2026 |  CA Dreamin | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s | 19/50 | 13 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 9 Music Albums of 1968 | 6/9 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | *All Time* Psychedelic Pop Albums | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1968 | 3/55 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1968 | 2/88 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,318 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13,116 | |||
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| ! | 17 hours ago | TheWongs | 902 | 71/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | cwhastie | 1 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2026 19:38 | pharoahstune | 256 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.6/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Odessey And Oracle forum mentions
This album has been referenced 249 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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gussteivi 07/30/2013 00:42 | #82692 | TOP COMMENT
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What I was trying to convey with the slightly awkward comment below is that this is not at all a fun and happy album as some commenters have said. I mean look at the lyric subjects for the first half of the album, we've got: longing (Care of cell 44), loneliness (A Rose for Emily), jealousy (Maybe after he's gone), nostalgia (Beechwood Park) and lost love (?) (Brief Candles). Heavy stuff. Then suddenly it makes a full turn and we get hope for the future(Hung up on a dream, This will be our year), lust (I want her she wants me), with a slight reminder that war is horrible thrown in there (Butcher's Tale), all culminating in a euphoric description of friendship (Friends of mine). Actually if I have any critisism of the album it is that it could have ended after that one. Time of the season is really good, but it's the only song I could live without. (Edited)
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garycottier TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/26/2016 11:16 | #166935 | TOP COMMENT
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Along with, pet sounds, and, Sgt. Pepper, oddysey and Oracle, is one of the most stunningly beautiful albums of the sixties. It is a sublime record, every song is lovely, it has a kind of autumnal melancholy undercurrent to it. Beachwood park, brief candles, and off course, time of the season, are all essential tracks. Overlooked and underrated, oddysey and Oracle, is brilliant. (Edited)
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serge2k6 02/16/2010 17:41 | #9262 | TOP COMMENT
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This is when pop music was perfected. It boggles the mind how these guys weren't big in the 60s. Brian Wilson could only dream of making melodies as good as these. Perhaps the only band of the 60s that could have rivaled The Beatles, had they been more known.
Theirs along with Nick Drake's must be two of the most unjust destinies of pop music history.
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Just noticed the "album of the day" sliding across the front page :) And it's a favourite ! Every track is a killer (yeah even the butcher one) ! I only wish the single "She's Not There" was on this album. And am I the only one to do those funny breath impersonations for "Time of the Season" ??! (should be part of the insanity test) (Edited)
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Cojo7 04/05/2016 01:36 | #163334 | TOP COMMENT
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Cojo7 04/05/2016 01:36 | #163334 | TOP COMMENT
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Nearly every review here has the word beautiful in it and they're all right. There's no other word to describe this album as well as the word beautiful, but I'll try. The lyrics are not as cheery and bright as one might assume, but that just adds on to the appeal of this album. This album is universally likable, sweet melodies and bittersweet tales of nostalgia and loss. (Edited)
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