Sgt. Pepper: 4.31 (from 682 ratings)

Days Of Future Passed: 4.14 (from 499 ratings)

Got a feeling I know which will win, but hopefully it'll be interesting to read your comments! As always, thanks for any feedback 

Can't choose....                              

 

Easy...

Yeah, the poetry on DOFP is quite mediocre, and too obvious. Not sure why they kept at it for so long - only exciting the first time round IMO 

 

Between the two albums, some 45 years later, I prefer the Moody Blues album.

 

Why is difficult to explain, but goes like this.

 

Sgt Peppers is a potpourri of songs that might not, necessarily connect to anything else, but the fact that they have some weirdness that connects them! Conceptually, it is about everything and anything that you set your mind to, and honestly, to me, that is bothersome. Oh yeah, you are conceptual and intelligent because of all the faces in the cover, not because of anything else.

 

From a flow perspective, the Moodies album is one of the prettiest ever done, and deserves the credit and adulation that it is given, and even though it is a massive romantic album (so un-progressive for "prog" folks!) that is really well done, and the orchestral stuff done is top knotch and beautifully done, and only Mike Oldfield, has come anywhere near that quality of work with an orchestra.

 

For my tastes, the Moodies win, even though after that album they became just a rock'n'roll band, which kinda undermined the strength of the first album a whole lot in my book. In the Beatles situation it was an obvious improvement on previous material away from the pop music mentality that radio had at the time for them and everyone else. Meaningless and mindless music!

 

Overall, I'd have to go for Sgt Pepper. Just.

Still, Sgt Pepper has a lot to offer.

Both albums are pretty good, BTW>

For today's rock audience that has heard metal, hard music, punk, grundge and what not, the Moody Blues album will sound pretty sappy, washy and some folks might even call it dumb. But for the time when it came out, it was unbelievably good, and adventurous as most radio music was simply crap, just like today's with cheap DAW work done, to make you think it's good. Some think a bit of the poetry is not necessary, but being a writer I have no problem with my expression being this way, and yours that way.

 

But with its orchestral arrangements, it is magnificently done, and something that has never really been duplicated since, within a context that made sense and was original. The romanticism of the poetry, the orchestration and a rock band, was massive. Today, no one would give a poop about it and PA would trash it senselessly as pretentious!

(Hint:  That album was not recorded by a group named for insects.)

Two great albums I've played to death. I was tempted to vote for Sgt Pepper because of its huge influence. But, for me, while the album's first six tracks are particularly superb it loses it somewhat until the stunning finale with A Day in the Life. The Moodies is strong throughout (except the poetry twaddle). 

For once, no vote!

Sgt. Pepper  

As mentioned already, I thought that Revolver was superior album. I listened to it at 

least three times a week for the first month I owned it.

My only exposure to the Moody Blues then was "Go Now" and "Tuesday Afternoon" on am radio.

same here - although there's something about 'I know You're out there somewhere" that gets me every time

(and it's hardly a good example of a MB song)

From what i knew of my friends back in the day, those old MB albums improved with herb :)

 

Thank you!

^This (although for me it's Within You, Without You).

month in the year each one of these were released.  It just makes

it more exciting.  

  Days: November, 1967