Considered a pylon of the "Psychedelphia" scene that also included luminaries Lilys, Bardo Pond and Azusa Plane, reviews consistently cited Syd-era Pink Floyd, The 13th Floor Elevators, Hawkwind and early-Verve as the inspirations heard on the album.
Odessey and Oracle, The Zombies' second album, has been named as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and has been dubbed "a psych-pop masterpiece... decades ahead of it's time" by Pitchfork.