The Zombies: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)

Emma Scott

Softcover | 14.8 x 1 x 21 cm | 144 pp

Sonicbond | 2024 | 9781789522976

The On Track series examines an artist’s entire output, track by track – or that within a specified date range – the series brings together expert analysis with both fact and opinion.

Most lauded for the gorgeously baroque Odessey and Oracle, and the ageless singles, She’s Not There and Time of the Season, The Zombies’ were at the forefront of The British Invasion, recording music described by Tom Petty as ‘so original it hurt’.

This book voyages through every release, beginning with their first incarnation in the 1960s and uncovering how a US number one and a film appearance with Laurence Olivier were no guarantees of continued chart success. Poor publicity, unwise management and bad timing almost killed off the band; yet sublime songwriting and a lucky break with Al Kooper reanimated them.

Author Emma Scott recounts their many afterlives, including the posthumous RIP; the story behind the ‘counterfeit’ Zombies; their first reunion album New World; and considers how their later version has sustained success more than the original line-up. Drawing on both archive interviews and new conversations with Argent and Blunstone to mark the release of The Zombies’ latest album - the critically acclaimed Different Game - this book proves why The Zombies not only have an immortal back catalogue but have continued making vital music.