Best Song on Odessey and Oracle?

I prefer the steamier tracks too.

I would have voted Brief Candles I think, but HUOAD a verrrrry close second

“time of the season” is certainly steamy

Strong contender for "the most overrated underrated album" afaic, it's good but give me a singles and b-sides collection over this any day.

This might be Brief Candles just b/c it's the one where Colin Blunstone starts singing the most times.

(xp) Disagree there, I've never really liked anything else they did.

Nothing against the winner but yeah, Hung Up On a Dream really does it for me, perfect song. Glad that it’s remained fairly off-the-radar, I could easily see it becoming a defining-the-60’s standard and getting beaten to death like White Rabbit.

I feel that I must be preaching to the choir here but in case there are members of the choir who haven't yet heard the word, the Left Banke's Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina is an incredibly worthy companion to this album.

"Maybe After He's Gone" always strikes me as an obvious influence on Big Star.

I'm not sure I hear that... maybe in "India Song"?

Strong contender for "the most overrated underrated album" afaic, it's good but give me a singles and b-sides collection over this any day.

get thee a copy of Time of the Zombies 2xLP and ye need not settle

A few weeks ago my kid bought his first Internet vinyl, and it was a 68 US press Odyssey and Oracle. Or something. Anyhow he drag me upstairs within an hour and said listen listen. And this will be our year has a horn section and it feels quite strange.

xpost The aforementioned Zombie Heaven box set (which stunningly seems to still be in print, I got mine sometime in the late '90s) has, I believe, all of their recorded material. Worth it, imo.

Thx i am gonna hunt up and buy for the kid 👍