ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM

First Moodies album I ever heard (and way back in 1969, too), loved it immediately. The theme here has to do with living in a time where we were on the cusp of a new era, a new enlightenment. The album kicks off with a dramatization of Edge's prose dealing with modernization and fear of being replaced by computers (still quite relevant today), then goes into the wonderful uplifting Lovely to See You. Filled with Moodies classics such as To Share Our Love, So Deep Within You, Never Comes The Day, and Are You Sitting Comfortably, and then closes with a sequence that may be the band's most progressive of all; starting with Edge's inspirational The Dream recitation (perhaps his very best), then the beautiful Have You Heard? going into Pinder's instrumental musical adventure of The Voyage, before coming back to conclude with a final section of Have You Heard. Just magical, inspirational, and masterful vintage prog. Note: This album, released in April 1969, was the Moody Blues 3rd album of the core 7, all 3 of which came out well before King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King (which many consider the 1st progressive rock album?). Best songs: Lovely to See You, To Share Our Love, Never Comes the Day, The Dream/Have You Heard/Voyage Suite, Are Sitting Comfortably. Rating: 5