The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970)
The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Treshold 983 770-6, SACD Red Book layer | rem: 2006 | 495Mb
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Treshold 983 770-6, SACD Red Book layer | rem: 2006 | 495Mb
Question of Balance, the Moody Blues first real attempt at a harder rock sound, still has some psychedelic elements, but they're achieved with an overall leaner studio sound. The group was trying to take stock of itself at this time, and came up with some surprisingly strong, lean numbers (Michael Pinder's Mellotron is surprisingly restrained until the final number, "The Balance"), which also embraced politics for the first time (Question seemed to display the dislocation that a lot of younger listeners were feeling during Vietnam). The surprisingly jagged opening track, "Question," recorded several months earlier, became a popular concert number as well as a number two (or number one, depending upon whose chart one looks at) single. Graeme Edge's "Don't You Feel Small" and Justin Hayward's "It's Up to You" both had a great beat, but the real highlight here is John Lodge's "Tortoise and the Hare," a fast-paced number that the band used to rip through in concert with some searing guitar solos by Hayward. Ray Thomas' "And the Tide Rushes In" (written in the wake of a fight with his wife) is one of the prettiest psychedelic songs ever written, a sweetly languid piece with some gorgeous, shimmering instrumental effects. ~Allmusic
Track listing
01. Question (5:44)
02. How Is It (We Are Here) (2:45)
03. And The Tide Rushes In (2:56)
04. Don't You Feel Small (2:39)
05. Tortoise And The Hare (3:20)
06. It's Up To You (3:12)
07. Minstrel's Song (4:28)
08. Dawning Is The Day (4:22)
09. Melancholy Man (5:45)
10. The Balance (3:33)
11. Mike's Number One (3:37)
12. Question (Alternate Version) (6:09)
13. Minstrel's Song (Original Mix) (4:37)
14. It's Up To You (Original Mix) (3:23)
15. Don't You Feel Small (Original Mix) (3:04)
16. Dawning Is The Day (Full Original Mix) (4:39)
~ (64:11)
Personnel
- Justin Hayward: vocals, guitar, mandolin
- John Lodge: vocals, bass
- Ray Thomas: vocals, flute, tambourine
- Graeme Edge: drums, percussion, whispered vocal on "Don't You Feel Small"
- Mike Pinder: vocals, mellotron
EAC extraction logfile from 21. November 2009, 18:59 for CD
The Moody Blues / A Question Of Balance
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