<P> In 1998, Big Beat Records released a CD reissue of Odessey and Oracle containing both the original stereo and mono versions of "Time of the Season". It also featured a newly remixed alternate version containing instrumental backing underneath the vocals during the entire chorus . These instrumental backings had been mixed out on the original 1968 stereo and mono versions to create a cappella vocal sections . </P> <P> Music critic Antonio Mendez called it one of the sublime songs on Odessey and Oracle . </P> <P> Milwaukee's Third Coast Daily.com called the song "something of a counterculture anthem". </P> <P> In 2012, NME named the track the 35th - best song of the 1960s . </P>

It's the time of the season for loving you