Days of Future Passed
by The Moody Blues
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 November 1967
- Label: Deram
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:16
- Community rating: 4.3/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: Graeme Edge, Ray Thomas, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Justin Hayward
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A landmark of the progressive rock genre, 'Days of Future Passed' is a concept album structured around the passage of a single day, from dawn to night. The album represented a significant creative pivot, with the new lineup including Justin Hayward and John Lodge moving the band from R&B stylings toward original, orchestrated rock compositions. Seamlessly fusing the band's pop-rock songwriting with classical arrangements by the London Festival Orchestra, the album's symphonic sound is defined by Mike Pinder’s pioneering use of the Mellotron to create string and orchestral textures.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, progressive, atmospheric, orchestral, melodic
Tracklist
- The Day Begins (05:48)
- Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling (03:47)
- The Morning: Another Morning (03:40)
- Lunch Break: Peak Hour (05:16)
- The Afternoon (08:24)
- Evening (06:37)
- The Night (07:44)
Credits
- Justin Hayward - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, sitar
- John Lodge - bass, vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar
- Tony Clarke - producer
- Mike Pinder - mellotron, vocals, spoken word, piano, tamboura, gong
- Peter Knight - conducting, arrangements, conductor, writer, composer
- The London Festival Orchestra - orchestra
- Ray Thomas - flute, vocals, horns, percussion, piano, writer
- Graeme Edge - drums, spoken word, percussion, vocals, writer
- Derek Varnals - engineering, recording engineer
- Hugh Mendl - executive production, liner notes, executive-producer, producer
- Michael Dacre-Barclay - producer
- David Anstey - cover design, cover painting
- Steven Fallone - digital remastering, digital remaster