ARP Odyssey Song List
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Table of specific ARP Odyssey moments
Tracks and links of specific moments in tracks where the Odyssey can be seen / heard
| Artist | Track | Year | Notes | Reference | Media |
| ARP Analog Synth Jazz Band | Take The A Train | 1980 | ‘Tap Dancer Getting Shot’. A TV spot featuring nine ARP synths, introduced by one a presenter in that ‘incredulous’ style, like they’ve never seen a piece of technology before. | arpsynth.com | YouTube |
| Chick Corea | Space Circus | 1974 | Trading licks with Bill Connors: | YouTube | YouTube |
| Deep Purple | Space Truckin’ (Live) | 1974 | Jon Lord lets rip on the Odyssey during this 15 minute classic Deep Purple jam. | YouTube | YouTube |
| George Duke | Cora Joberge | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synth Lead (28s). "Frank Zappa told me one day that I should play synthesizers. It was as simple as that! I finally settled on an ARP Odyssey purely to be different from Jan Hammer, who was playing the Minimoog, and had a head start on me in the mastery of synthesis. I was really drawn to the possibilities inherent therein." | GeorgeDuke.com | YouTube |
| Herbie Hancock | Chameleon | 1973 | Here he playing the Odyssey live (from 6:00): https://youtu.be/0hmVHhH96es?t=330. | ArpSynth.com | YouTube |
| Peter Howell | Doctor Who Theme | 1980 | Lead. This iconic TV programme has had its theme tune updated many times over the years; this was the version that regenerated (!) from the tape loop version by Delia Derbyshire. | ArpSynth.com | YouTube |
| Kraftwerk | Autobahn | 1981 | Duophonic chords at 6:50: Reference: Ernie Rideout, 'Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Dance Music' | Book Link | YouTube |
| Kraftwerk | The Robots | 1978 | Lead Melody (2:20). Generally believed to be the lead melody as is seen in the official video. This isn’t quite a rock solid guarantee that it was used on the actual recording (any stronger references happily received). | YouTube | YouTube |
| Nine Inch Nails | The Hand That Feeds | 2005 | Can be seen in the video too; Synth 1:38 | YouTube | YouTube |
| Gary Numan | Cars | 1979 | "I still like to use the ARP Odyssey because it has the best window-shaking bottom end of any synth." - Gary Numan | SOS 1986 | YouTube |
| Alberto Radius | America Good-Bye (album) | 1979 | Synthesizer – Luigi Tonet Album opens with some strong synthwork for the first 15 seconds! | Discogs | YouTube |
| Tito | Quetzalcoatl (album) | 1977 | "Synthesizer [Synthi AKS EMS, ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Solina String Ensemble]. Prog Rock / Electronic / Experimental" | Discogs | YouTube |
| Ultravox! | Hiroshima Mon Amour (album version) | 1977 | Odyssey is seen being played in this Old Grey Whistle test at 3:03. | see Media clip >> | YouTube |
| Ultravox | Astradyne | 1982 | Solo (4:30) | [Need better proof - sounds like one though! | YouTube |
| Ultravox | Hymn | 1982 | "Solo (3:16). “The solo was done on Bill's ARP using the flanger with a Marshall Time Modulator and second oscillator switching octaves to give it our special sound for Ultravox.” - Midge Ure. | ARP synth. ArpSynth.com | YouTube |
| Ultravox | Just for a Moment | 1978 | "On the last song of the third (Ultravox) album I used an ARP sequencer to drive the Odyssey” - Billy Currie | SOS 1991 | YouTube |
| Ultravox (Billy Currie) | Quiet Men | 1980 | “I used an ARP sequencer to drive the Odyssey, which I'd already used in quite a violent way on pieces like 'The Quiet Man'. We wanted to make quite tough sounds, and often built up whole pieces from synth sounds used as rhythmic parts.” - Billy Currie. | SOS 1991 | YouTube |
| Stevie Wonder | Living In the City | 1973 | Live Video | YouTube | |
| Yellow Magic Orchestra | Thousand Knives | 1979 | "Bass & Lead (4:23). An Odyssey Rev2 and Rev3 are part of Ryuichi Sakamoto's setup. The synth solo in the second half of the song is played using the Odyssey Rev3's oscillator sync（4:23）, which is also frequently used for a lead sound in other songs. Haruomi Hosono's rig includes an Odyssey Rev2, which he uses for synth bass （0:45). | ArpSynth.com | YouTube |
Table of generic ARP Odyssey listings
Tracks that are known to use an Odyssey, but can't specify which part with confidence
| Artist | Track | Year | Notes | Reference | Media |
| 808 State | Atlas 7 | 2011 | Album: State To State 3. | Reference | Bandcamp |
| Neil Ardley | Harmony of the Spheres (album) | 1979 | Neil Ardley plays ARP Omni and ARP Odyssey. Jazz/Rock. | Discogs | YouTube |
| Matt Berry | Music For Insomniacs (Parts 1 & 2) | 2014 | Synthesizer [ARP Odyssey]. | Discogs | YouTube |
| Mickie D's Unicorn | Mickie D's Unicorn (album) | 1979 | Produced by Micky Duwe and Klaus Schulze. plays: ARP Odyssey, Moog Polymoog, Minimoog, PPG Sequencer, EMS Vocoder all vocals. | Discogs | YouTube |
| Devo | Gates of Steel | 1980 | ArpSynth.com | YouTube | |
| George Duke | Cravo E Canela | 1980 | Album: A Brazilian Love Affair. Synths - George Duke. | Discogs | YouTube |
| George Duke | Feel | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synthesizer. | GeorgeDuke.com | YouTube |
| George Duke | Funny Funk | 1974 | Album: Feel | GeorgeDuke.com | YouTube |
| George Duke | Love | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synthesizer (multiple parts). | GeorgeDuke.com | YouTube |
| George Duke | Rashid | 1974 | Album: Feel. | GeorgeDuke.com | YouTube |
| Elektronishe Musik Aus Koln | 1. ARP Odysessy | 1990 | Each of the 22 tracks on the album 'Synthesizer Von Gestern' is composed solely with the specified instrument. | Discogs | n/a |
| LCD Soundsystem | Call The Police | 2017 | ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. | Discogs | YouTube |
| LCD Soundsystem | How Do You Sleep? | 2017 | ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. | Discogs | YouTube |
| LCD Soundsystem | Tonite | 2017 | [ARP Odyssey Synth Bass] – James Murphy. | Discogs | YouTube |
| Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments | Futuribile (The Life To Come)(album) | 1978 | Gianni Safred plays: Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Odyssey, ARP Omni. | Discogs | YouTube |
| Klaus Schulze | "X" (album) | 1978 | Klaus Schulze plays: PPG Synthesizer and sequencer, Moog Minimoog, Korg Polyphonic Synthesizer, Moog Polymoog, EMS Synthi A, Mellotron, ARP Odyssey. | Discogs | YouTube |
| The Herbaliser | Blackwater Drive | 2008 | "Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry
Album: Same As It Never Was |
Discogs | YouTube |
| The Herbaliser | Same As It Never Was | 2008 | "Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry
Album: Same As It Never Was |
Discogs | YouTube |
| The Steve Miller Band | Swingtown | 1977 | "Miller did some more work at his home studio and then the album was finished and mixed at the Record Plant in Sausalito, Calif., which also has an API board and 3M recorders. Miller always was involved in every aspect of his records, mixing included. The famous synthesizer lines at the close of the song were added as overdubs late in the process, mostly using an ARP Odyssey, “which we thought was just the greatest-sounding thing at the time,” Gaines says. “Unfortunately, the damn thing wouldn’t stay in tune.” End parts. | Jim Gaines (engineer) | YouTube |
| Ultravox | Western Promise | 1980 | "Billy Currie picked up the main riff from 'Western Promise': during the course of the song, this was played on OSCar, PPG, Yamaha GS1 and finally (during Ure's Roland guitar synth solo) on Prophet T8. | E&MM 1984 | YouTube |
| Frank Zappa | Inca Roads | 1974 | ArpSynth.com | YouTube |
