I've always thought about the order of tracks, especially the closer.
Incidentally (I don't know why) the album is spelled "Odessey and Oracle." I saw the Zombies live in a small town in south Georgia just before or as "Time of the Season" was released. They were quite good, especially Rod Argent. They played a relatively obscure track from the Byrds' Fifth Dimension ("I See You" I think).
Btw, The Zombies appear in the thriller "Bunny Lake Is Missing" https://youtu.be/mNen4Y6Cv7s