The Singles Collection: A's & B's, 1964-1969 [Extra tracks, Import]

The Zombies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Big Beat UK
• ASIN: B000042O15
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. She's Not There

2. You Make Me Feel Good

3. Leave Me Be

4. Woman

5. Tell Her No

6. What More Can I Do

7. She's Coming Home

8. I Must Move

9. Whenever You're Ready

10. I Love You

11. Is This The Dream

12. Don't Go Away

13. Remember You

14. Just Out Of Reach

15. Indication

16. How We Were Before

17. Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself

18. The Way I Feel Inside

19. Goin' Out Of My Head

20. She Does Everything For Me

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Ace Record's compilation of British Invasion act featuring Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent. Both sides of all 14 singles released under The Zombies name in the '60s, presented in mono as originally issued. 28 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The casual listener should buy "Absolutely the Best" instead, December 8, 2000

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Lowell Peterson (Marina del Rey, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Singles Collection: A's & B's, 1964-1969 (Audio CD)

It's hard to choose between "The Singles Collection" and the one disc "Absolutely the Best." TSC may be more than than a casual listener wants of this group. If you need all the forgettable B-sides here, you're a candidate for the "Zombies Heaven" box that has everything they ever did. On ATB you get three of the very best Zombies songs that are NOT on TSC: I Want You Back Again, If It Don't Work Out and Nothing's Changed. (That is, the best songs before their great "Odessey & Oracle" album - get the 30th Anniversary Edition!)

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Strange Combination, April 4, 2000

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Jennifer Rothman (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Singles Collection: A's & B's, 1964-1969 (Audio CD)

I feel that this update of the See For Miles version of "The Singles A's & B's" is a bit flawed. The sound is amazing in mono (where the original was issued in stereo) but the material can already be found in the 4 CD Box Set "Zombie Heaven." PLUS, the omission of the US Only Single "I Want Her Back Again/I Remember When I Loved Her" really hurts the difinitive-ness of this set. If you want the complete set of mono mixes stick with the box set...it's not as streamlined as this CD but it gives you everything you want from the Zombies. Big Beat has done a great job so far with upgrading the Zombies' catalog for the digital age and what I'd really like to see next is a singles set featuring newly remastered stereo mixes (including the US Only single).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cuts, August 17, 2006

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thisisgibbie (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Singles Collection: A's & B's, 1964-1969 (Audio CD)

The Zombies were a thoughtful group of musicians in the 60s, who upped the scale of great pop music. Though they only made a few albums and a string of singles, they have a memorable collection with the tops of their era.

If you want the collection of the best of the best, I recommend this Singles Collection. If you want everything, I recommend The Anthology. The Odyssey and the Oracle is their art piece though you can get those songs on both these collections.

"She's Not There" and "Time of the Season" were their big hits.
Also, "Tell Her No" did well. These showed their vocal and musical complexity. Other songs that have great musicality are "She's Coming Home", "I Love You", "Remember You" (featured in the Otto Preminger film "Bunny Lake is Missing"), "She Does Everything for Me", "Friends of Mine" and "I'll Call You Mine".
I also recommend "Summertime", but you will find it on Anthology.

Colin Blunstone's vocals and Rod Argent's keyboard playing are the signature factors that make their music stand out. Argent, along with guitarist Chris White wrote most of their own songs.

The Zombies, which was a poor selection of a name for them and their music, were pop at a very high level - good musicians with thinker lyrics. They weren't really Mersey Beat, but certainly British Invasion.

For further interest, several years after they broke up, Argent came out with a band with his name and they produced the Zombiesque song - "Hold Your Head Up".