ARP Odyssey Song List

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Table of all ARP Odyssey Tracks

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. Reference	YouTube
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. arpysynth.com	YouTube
Matt Berry	Music For Insomniacs (Parts 1 & 2)	2014	Synthesizer [ARP Odyssey]. Reference	YouTube
Chick Corea	Space Circus	1974	Trading licks with Bill Connors: YouTube	YouTube
Mickie D's Unicorn	Mickie D's Unicorn (album)	1979	Produced by Micky Duwe and Klaus Schulze. Micky plays: ARP Odyssey, Moog Polymoog, Moog Minimoog, PPG Sequencer, EMS Vocoder and all vocals. Reference	YouTube
Devo	Gates of Steel	1980	Reference	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). Reference	YouTube
George Duke	Cravo E Canela	1980	Album: A Brazilian Love Affair. Synths - George Duke. Reference	YouTube
George Duke	Feel	1974	Album: Feel. Synthesizer. Reference	YouTube
George Duke	Funny Funk	1974	Album: Feel ”He (Frank Zappa) told me one day, that I should play synthesizers. It was as simple as that! I finally settled on ... an ARP Odyssey. I decided to use an ARP, purely to be different from Jan Hammer, who was playing the Mini Moog, and had a head start on me in the mastery of synthesis. I was really drawn to the possibilities inherent therein. There were some things that were a drag also! Remember, at this time there were no presets or ways of saving patches. Not only that, but you were limited to one note at a time. So overdubbing, a good memory and management system became very important. The year was 1974.” Reference	YouTube
George Duke	Love	1974	Album: Feel. Synthesizer (multiple parts). Reference	YouTube
George Duke	Rashid	1974	Album: Feel. Reference	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. Reference	n/a
Herbie Hancock	Chameleon	1973	Here he playing the Odyssey live (from 6:00): https://youtu.be/0hmVHhH96es?t=330. Reference	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. Reference	YouTube
Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1981	Duophonic chords at 6:50: Reference: Ernie Rideout, 'Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Dance Music' (Amazon)	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). Reference	YouTube
LCD Soundsystem	Call The Police	2017	ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. Reference	YouTube
LCD Soundsystem	How Do You Sleep?	2017	ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. Reference	YouTube
LCD Soundsystem	Tonite	2017	[ARP Odyssey Synth Bass] – James Murphy. Reference	YouTube
Nine Inch Nails	The Hand That Feeds	2005	Can be seen in the video too; Synth 1:38 Reference	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 Reference	YouTube
Alberto Radius	America Good-Bye (album)	1979	Synthesizer – Luigi Tonet Album opens with some strong synthwork for the first 15 seconds! Reference	YouTube
Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments	Futuribile (The Life To Come)(album)	1978	Gianni Safred plays: Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Odyssey, ARP Omni. Reference	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. Reference	YouTube
The Herbaliser	Blackwater Drive	2008	"Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry Album: Same As It Never Was Reference	YouTube
The Herbaliser	Same As It Never Was	2008	"Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry Album: Same As It Never Was Reference	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. Reference	YouTube
Tito	Quetzalcoatl (album)	1977	"Synthesizer [Synthi AKS EMS, ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Solina String Ensemble]. Prog Rock / Electronic / Experimental" Reference	YouTube
Ultravox!	Hiroshima Mon Amour (album version)	1977	Odyssey is seen being played in this Old Grey Whistle test at 3:03.	YouTube
Ultravox	Astradyne	1982	Solo (4:30). John Foxx solo’ing like a badass. Need better proof - sounds like one though![ Reference]	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. Ref 1. Reference	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 Reference	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.”Reference	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. Reference	YouTube
Stevie Wonder	Living In the City	1973	Reference	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). Reference	YouTube
Frank Zappa	Inca Roads	1974	This song appears on the album “One Size Fits All.” In the intro, George Duke uses an Odyssey Rev1 to create an LFO based sound effect. Reference	YouTube