The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

The Zombies epic psychedelic masterpiece, tunes like "A rose for Emily" are delicate beautiful songs with intricate and intelligent melodies. Quite Beatle-esque at times but at the same time they have their own essential flavour. Amusingly the cover artist spelt "Odyssey" wrong hence the somewhat strange title but it makes the album seem more apt for the time period...

• Odessey and Oracle (Amazon Link)