Zombie Heaven (1998)

THE ZOMBIES Zombie Heaven (Ace/ Big Beat) Four CDs from the British twerps who did ''Time of the Season'' in 1968 and lasted as a group for all of four years? Wipe that sneer away -- this beautifully arranged, fascinatingly annotated import collection establishes this British Invasion quintet as fecund power-poppers with a psychedelic streak kept in check by endearing nerdiness. In other words, a unique act, full of aching melancholy (''This Will Be Our Year'' must be one of the most despairing jolly tunes ever writ). Elvis Presley kept their singles stocked in his home jukebox with good reason. A