A Question of Balance

by The Moody Blues

A Question of Balance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 August 1970
  • Label: Threshold
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:04:11
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Tony Clarke

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seeking to strip back their immense studio orchestrations in order to perform more easily live, the symphonic prog pioneers deliberately simplified their sound. The result highlighted a more direct, folk-inflected rock approach, heavily propelled by the politically charged, socially conscious anthem 'Question'.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, melodic, orchestral, symphonic, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Question (5:44)
  2. How Is It (We Are Here) (2:45)
  3. And The Tide Rushes In (2:56)
  4. Don't You Feel Small (2:38)
  5. Tortoise And The Hare (3:19)
  6. It's Up To You (3:11)
  7. Minstrel's Song (4:27)
  8. Dawning Is The Day (4:21)
  9. Melancholy Man (5:45)
  10. The Balance (3:33)
  11. Mike's Number One (3:36)
  12. Question - Alternate Version (6:08)
  13. Minstrel's Song - Original Mix (4:37)
  14. It's Up To You - Original Mix (3:22)
  15. Don't You Feel Small (3:03)
  16. Dawning Is The Day - Full Original Mix (4:38)

Credits

  • The Moody Blues - primary artist, instruments
  • W - lacquer cut by
  • Graeme Edge - written-by
  • John Lodge - written-by
  • Justin Hayward - written-by
  • Mike Pinder - written-by
  • Ray Thomas - written-by

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