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 |
| Alberto Radius | America Good-Bye (album) | 1979 | Synthesizer – Luigi Tonet Album opens with some strong synthwork for the first 15 seconds! Reference | YouTube |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Deep Purple | Space Truckin’ (Live) | 1974 | Jon Lord lets rip on the Odyssey during this 15 minute classic Deep Purple jam. YouTube |
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| 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 |
| George Duke | Cravo E Canela | 1980 | Album: A Brazilian Love Affair. Synths - George Duke. 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.” |
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| Elton John | Rocket Man | 1972 | Synth line from 2:15. | YouTube |
| Herbie Hancock | Chameleon | 1973 | Here he playing the Odyssey live (from 6:00): https://youtu.be/0hmVHhH96es?t=330. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ultravox! | Hiroshima Mon Amour (album version) | 1977 | Odyssey is seen being played in this Old Grey Whistle test at 3:03. | YouTube |
| Stevie Wonder | Living In the City | 1973 | 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 |
| Nine Inch Nails | The Hand That Feeds | 2005 | Can be seen in the video too; Synth 1:38 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 |
| The Herbaliser | Blackwater Drive | 2008 | "Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry
Album: Same As It Never Was Reference |
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| The Herbaliser | Same As It Never Was | 2008 | "Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Jake Wherry
Album: Same As It Never Was Reference |
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| 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 | 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
http://www.arpsynth.com/en/experience/sounds/2015/06/music/Reference |
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| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| George Duke | Cora Joberge | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synth Lead (28s). Reference | YouTube |
| George Duke | Feel | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synthesizer. Reference | YouTube |
| George Duke | Funny Funk | 1974 | Album: Feel. Bass/Synth Lead. Reference | YouTube |
| George Duke | Love | 1974 | Album: Feel. Synthesizer (multiple parts). Reference | YouTube |
| George Duke | Rashid | 1974 | Album: Feel. Reference | YouTube |
