Top 7 Moody Blues Albums

It's time now to determine the all-time Top 7 albums by The Magnificent Moodies, as we look back in time to their classic songs of Days of Future Passed. The Moody Blues embarked on a proggy quest In Search of the Lost Chord for their second album, and they were On the Threshold of a Dream of success with their third album. Their fourth magnificent album featured classic prog that's really stood the test of time and should be passed down through the generations To Our Children's Children's Children. It required A Question of Balance for the Moodies next album, which featured a back-to-basics approach without the lush orchestration of earlier albums, making the songs easier to perform in concert. As every student of music will know, the lines of the treble clef: E-G-B-D-F are remembered by the mnemonic, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and that's how we remember the name of the Moody Blues sixth album too. The Moodies aptly-named Seventh Sojourn in 1972 would be their last album for six years, with the exception of the Justin Hayward/John Lodge Blue Jays project in 1975. The band returned with a whole Octave of great songs in 1978 and their next album marked the arrival of the Swiss Long Distance Voyager Patrick Moraz on keyboards, who journeyed all the way from the bands YES and Refugee. Moraz remained with the Moody Blues for The Present, but he had a huge fall-out with the band in 1991 in what was billed as The Music Trial of the Century, revealing The Other Side of Life in the notoriously cut-throat and litigious music business. The band were ready for a long holiday Sur La Mer (By the Sea) after that sobering experience. The Moody Blues gathered together The Keys of the Kingdom of prog once again for their next album, following those Strange Times in legal limbo, and they recorded a final Christmas themed album in 2003 to mark the metaphorical December of their long and illustrious musical career.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 18 2021 at 08:34

The big 7, naturally..

To our childrens, childrens children
In search of the lost chord
A question of balance
Seventh Sojourn
Days of Future Passed
Every good boy deserves favour
Threshold of a dream

That's my 'current' order of preference..

1. A Question of Balance

1. In Search of a Lost Chord

Lost Chord is amazing. So creative and colourful. It should be the winner as such.

1. The Present

Top 7 update with Steve Wyzard & Matti's votes added:-

Top 7 update with SteveG's votes added:-

I would do this list if it wasn't for the fact that I'm not quite familiar enough with "to our children's chidren's children" to rank it fairly. The other classic seven albums are all great though and it's hard to chose one over the other anyway. 

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - January 22 2021 at 10:51