This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
These days, they’re mostly a Rock ‘n’ Roll Jeopardy question (“What is Time of the Season?“), but believe it or not, for a brief time back in the swinging ’60s, The Zombies were seen as potential heirs to The Beatles.
With She’s Not There, they became the first post-Fab U.K. band to hit No. 1 in America. Sadly, their well-crafted, keyboard-heavy brand of sophisticated blues-pop — kind of like The Animals minus Eric Burdon’s muscular bluster — never really took off on these shores. But as this competent, no-frills collection makes clear, it wasn’t for lack of quality. From baroquely jazzy pop hits such as Tell Her No to more obscure fare, these tracks still stand up — pretty much as you’d expect from zombies.
