- The Best of the Moody Blues · 1969
- The Other Side of Life · 1986
- A Question of Balance · 1970
- Seventh Sojourn (Remastered) · 1972
- In Search of the Lost Chord · 1968
- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour · 1971
- The Best of the Moody Blues · 1995
- On the Threshold of a Dream (Digitally Remastered) · 1969
- The Best of the Moody Blues · 1988
- Days of Future Passed (Deluxe Edition) · 1967
- The Magnificent Moodies · 1965
- Long Distance Voyager (Expanded) · 1981
- Days of Future Passed (Expanded Edition) · 1967
Essential Albums
- In their 1968 psychedelic pomp, The Moody Blues played blissful San Francisco pop with pillow-soft harmonies and occasional mournful shifts into British realism. They float away on the dandelion melodies of “Legend of a Mind”—on the updraft from Mike Pinder’s orchestral Mellotron strings—and play the sky-dazzled hippies on “Ride My See-Saw” and “Voices In the Sky.” Then they return to earth with the perky music-hall clip of “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume” and the proto-prog, tragic melancholy of “The Actor.”
- Days of Future Passed is a very 1967 affair. A musical description of a single day, with poetic interludes, it was made in collaboration between The Moody Blues and the London Festival Orchestra. Melancholy pop songs such as “Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling” and “The Afternoon” increase their emotive weight with sparkling Broadway arrangements, while the mournful “Nights In White Satin” gives way to the lush romance of “Late Lament,” linked only by a few well-chosen words about the ending of the day.
- 2003
- 1999
- 1988
- 1978
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- Five decades in, these classic prog-rockers show no signs of slowing down.
Compilations
More To Hear
- Jenn is joined by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues.
About The Moody Blues
British pop band The Moody Blues is best known for being pioneers of progressive rock over a career spanning seven decades. ∙ After topping the British singles chart, “Go Now!” became the group’s American breakthrough, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 during its 14-week run in 1965. ∙ In 1967, keyboardist Mike Pinder first employed the proto-synth Mellotron on the concept album Days of Future Passed, establishing the band’s unique sound. ∙ “Nights in White Satin,” their signature song and a prog-rock anthem, was actually written about a set of sheets given to vocalist Justin Hayward by an ex-girlfriend. ∙ Despite its title, 1972’s Seventh Sojourn was the group’s eighth album, and it became their first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spending five weeks atop the chart. ∙ In 1988, songwriter/vocalist Justin Hayward won the Composer of the Year Ivor Novello Award for “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere.” ∙ The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, along with such classics as Etta James’ “At Last” and Them’s “Gloria.” ∙ The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, just months after founding member Ray Thomas passed away.
- ORIGIN
- Birmingham, England
- FORMED
- 1964
- GENRE
- Rock