This Is The Moody Blues

by The Moody Blues

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 25 October 1974
  • Label: Threshold
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:33:14
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Tony Clarke, London Festival Orchestra, Peter Knight

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eschewing a standard chronological approach, this meticulous double-album was cross-faded to play as an uninterrupted, symphonic suite. The highly curated sequencing beautifully summarizes the British group's pioneering fusion of lush orchestral arrangements, mellotron-driven psychedelia, and philosophical pop songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, melodic, orchestral, conceptual, symphonic

Tracklist

  1. Question (5:39)
  2. The Actor - Edit Version (4:08)
  3. The Word (0:51)
  4. Eyes Of A Child - Edit Version / No Intro (2:35)
  5. Dear Diary (3:46)
  6. Legend Of A Mind (6:35)
  7. In The Beginning (2:04)
  8. Lovely To See You (2:34)
  9. Never Comes The Day (4:39)
  10. Isn't Life Strange - Edit Version (5:32)
  11. The Dream (0:51)
  12. Have You Heard - Pt. 1 (1:22)
  13. The Voyage (4:09)
  14. Have You Heard (Part 2) - Edit Version (2:09)
  15. Ride My See-Saw (3:32)
  16. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - Edit Single Version (4:01)
  17. And The Tide Rushes In (2:56)
  18. New Horizons (5:05)
  19. A Simple Game (3:18)
  20. Watching And Waiting (4:16)
  21. I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (4:10)
  22. For My Lady (3:53)
  23. The Story In Your Eyes (2:44)
  24. Melancholy Man (5:05)
  25. Nights In White Satin - Full Version (4:32)
  26. Late Lament (2:36)

Credits

  • The Moody Blues - primary artist
  • Justin Hayward - written-by
  • Graeme Edge - written-by, lyrics by
  • John Lodge - written-by
  • Ray Thomas - written-by
  • Mike Pinder - written-by
  • Peter Knight - arranged by, arranged by, conductor, music by

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