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Poll Question: What is the best Moody Blues album?
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1) Days of future passed (excellent, ground-breaking album)
2) To our children's, children's, children
3) Seventh Sojourn
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Just sharing some thoughts of 'Days Of Future Passed'.
DOFP is a much loved album here, I like it a lot, but it sounds horribly dated these days and I find the orchestral themes a bit 'twee' and those parts don't mesh smoothly with the band songs (which are superb). Revolutionary, creative and highly colourful for sure, but the overall sound irks me somewhat. I wonder if others share my sentiments ??
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chose Question of Balance, trouble deciding between it and seventh sojourn.  The only one from the big 7 (Days thru seventh sojourn) that I don't really "get" is "On the Threshold of a Dream"

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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Just sharing some thoughts of 'Days Of Future Passed'.
DOFP is a much loved album here, I like it a lot, but it sounds horribly dated these days and I find the orchestral themes a bit 'twee' and those parts don't mesh smoothly with the band songs (which are superb). Revolutionary, creative and highly colourful for sure, but the overall sound irks me somewhat. I wonder if others share my sentiments ??

Aye.  I believe that "Seventh Sojourn" hews more to the "progressive" formula that we all seem attracted to....Justin Hayward just rips it on electric guitar, and I don't think Mike Pinder ever played the Mellotron as well!   Another gem from the magic year 1972.....
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:


Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Just sharing some thoughts of 'Days Of Future Passed'.
DOFP is a much loved album here, I like it a lot, but it sounds horribly dated these days and I find the orchestral themes a bit 'twee' and those parts don't mesh smoothly with the band songs (which are superb). Revolutionary, creative and highly colourful for sure, but the overall sound irks me somewhat. I wonder if others share my sentiments ??

Aye.  I believe that "Seventh Sojourn" hews more to the "progressive" formula that we all seem attracted to....Justin Hayward just rips it on electric guitar, and I don't think Mike Pinder ever played the Mellotron as well!   Another gem from the magic year 1972.....
Hey, you may be able to shed some light here - my SS LP has the inner sleeve with a picture of Graeme Edge sitting behind what looks like a keyboard (?) of some sort. I don't recall him credited with keyboards.....
BTW - very good album, very deep......
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Me too, numbers 2  an 3. Memory serves me not well. Probably have to refer to the reviews and fine someone who might make sense. 
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Just sharing some thoughts of 'Days Of Future Passed'.
DOFP is a much loved album here, I like it a lot, but it sounds horribly dated these days and I find the orchestral themes a bit 'twee' and those parts don't mesh smoothly with the band songs (which are superb). Revolutionary, creative and highly colourful for sure, but the overall sound irks me somewhat. I wonder if others share my sentiments ??
 
I understand what you mean by 'a bit twee' and 'dated' regarding the orchestral bits - but they do have a certain charm and I like the way they link the songs.
 
The songs themselves, as you say, are simply superb (IMHO)
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I hate to vote against Days of Future Passed, but the addition of Patrick Moraz? LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER!!!!!
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Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

I hate to vote against Days of Future Passed, but the addition of Patrick Moraz? LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER!!!!!
I'm surprised it got that many votes being the 8th ranked Moody Blues lp here on PA.
After 7th Sojourn, imho ,their music took a significant nose dive....not that there weren't decent tracks here and there but for me they never really recaptured that classic format and sound.
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Everything from Days of Future Passed to Seventh Sojourn is great. I'll vote for Days of Future Passed.
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