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雖然The Zombies這個樂隊并不怎么出名，但在British Invasion時期，他們也曾經紅過一陣，在這張專輯之前已經發行過四張專輯，其中有不少上榜的流行單曲，第一張專輯里就有樂隊賴以成名的流行經典She's Not There。雖然Odessey And Oracle這張專輯是樂隊唯一入選滾石500佳唱片的專輯，也是樂隊在All Music上唯一得到五星評薦的專輯，但是樂隊的其他三張專輯也都有四星的評價，并不是“好不容易出了一張像樣的專輯就馬上散伙了”。事實上，在這張專輯發行之前，樂隊已經解散了。雖然樂隊解散的確是有商業上不夠成功的原因，但不是由于樂隊的音樂不好，而是因為當時Beatles的風頭太盛，不光是The Zombies，其他幾支風格近似的英倫搖滾樂隊例如The Kinks等也都被壓得喘不過氣來。 The Zombies are an English rock band. Formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent on piano and Colin Blunstone on vocals, the band scored US hits in the mid- and late-1960s with “She’s Not There”, “Tell Her No”, and “Time of the Season”. Their 1968 album “Odessey and Oracle”, is ranked 80 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In a recent Top 100 British Albums chart featured by NME, “Odessey & Oracle” was placed at Number 32, with the accompanying comment: “…British psychedelia with a kaleidoscopic vision that rivals even The Beatles.” The Zombies are cited as influences by many major mercurial artists such as COURTNEY LOVE, BADLY DRAWN BOY, PAUL WELLER, SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, MAGIC NUMBERS, BILLY JOEL, and the ARCTIC MONKEYS. Zombies songs are regularly covered live by such varied artists as BECK and BELLE & SEBASTIAN, not to mention being used in films and TV shows (‘Dear Wendy’, ‘Awakenings’, ‘Kill Bill 2′ and ‘The Simpsons’ to name but four…) – evidence that their music really is as fresh and relevant today as it ever was. The band take to the road again in May 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of their first getting together in St Albans in Easter 1961.