The Zombies Different Game (Vinyl LP)

Different Game, is the long-awaited follow-up to The Zombies' critically-acclaimed 2015 release Still Got That Hunger, which charted in Billboard's Top 100. The band began working on the album in 2019, shortly after their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, but it was delayed by the Pandemic. They strongly prefer to record together and capture a live band performance in the studio (just as they had to do in the 1960's) and weren't willing to make this album remotely. Different Game is the current-day Zombies were meant to make. It has the vintage qualities that made them stand out in the '60s, yet still sounds modern, and reflects their continued development as songwriters and musicians. Nine of the ten tracks were written by Rod Argent, with the closer "The Sun Will Rise Again" by Colin Blunstone. Argent produced the album (with engineer Dale Hanson), which includes a small string ensemble on three tracks. Argent also arranged the strings for two of the songs ("Different Game" and "You Could Be My Love"), with the third ("I Want To Fly") by Chris Gunning (who scored the legendary string arrangements for Colin's 1971 debut solo album One Year).