Best Moody Blues Album
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Topic: Best Moody Blues Album
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Best Moody Blues Album
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:04
Just interested to see which is the best Moody Blues album in your opinion so that I know which ones I should listen to to get into them more as I already have their 2nd and 3rd albums but I'm not sure what else to get 
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Posted By: Neelus
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:06
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Steve entering...
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:17
| D O F P |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:18
To our Childrens'... is probably the best. I would not want to live in a world that did not contain all the albums from Days through Sojourn, though. I would not be here today if it weren't for those albums. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Neelus wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:23
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Days Of... ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:36
| Days of Future Passed, one of many starts for prog rock... |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 16:20
Same here. The Moodies changed the way I listened to music. It's hard to decide which album I like best, it's either To our Children's... or In Search... |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 16:32
| I voted for "Seventh Sojourn," my personal favorite among these. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 16:42
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I'll vote for my favourite as well - On The Threshold Of A Dream. -------------  
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 16:59
| Days of Future Passed |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 17:49
Days of Future Passed for me...and hooray for the Moodies for selling King Crimson their first mellotron...In the Court of the Crimson King just wouldn't have been the same with a Hammond in it's place  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 20:34
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The one with all the children in the title. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 21:31
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DoFP, followed by Seventh Sojourn, In Search of the Lost Chord and On a Threshold of a Dream.
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 21:35
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Count me in for 'Lost Chord', for me, their most magical album.
.....smeg, I forgot about Children's Children's Children.....whichever - both amazing albums....... |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 23:16
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Avery tough one for me as I could've went with several of them!! Nights in White is on my top ten songs list so I'll go with DOFP. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 23:51
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The one with lots of children ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 06:38
-------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 06:54
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To our chldrens childrens children..
It's the only one I love from beginning to end. Seventh Sojourn is also excellent. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 11:33
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On The Threshold Of A Dream. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 15:26
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Tough choice..........I like Days, Search, Threshold, and Children about the same.
Hmmm....went with In Search Of.....since that was one we played all the time at college. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 16:19
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To Our Children's... ------------- |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 09:46
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1) Days of future passed (excellent, ground-breaking album) 2) To our children's, children's, children 3) Seventh Sojourn |
Posted By: resurrection
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 12:51
| Days of Future Passed |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 15:00
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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 ?? |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 18:01
| 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" |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 21:59
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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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 00:49
BTW - very good album, very deep...... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 02:03
| Days of Future Passed |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 02:12
| 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. |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 05:54
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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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 12:51
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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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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 10:58
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. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 15:56
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Everything from Days of Future Passed to Seventh Sojourn is great. I'll vote for Days of Future Passed. ------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |