The Moody Blues - Collected (2007)

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The Moody Blues - Collected (2007)









This is the Moody Blues installment in Universal Music's Collected series. The 54 selections span the band's nearly 40-year career ? from early British Invasion-era songs through to the 2003 seasonal offering December. The original lineup hailed from Birmingham, England, and featured Ray Thomas (harmonica/vocals), Mike Pinder (keyboards/vocals), Denny Laine (vocals/guitar), Graeme Edge (drums), and Clint Warwick (bass/vocals). They had a massive worldwide smash with a remake of Bessie Banks' "Go Now" in early 1965. However, they suffered from the inability to provide a suitable follow-up, despite the undeniable groove heard on the blue-eyed soulful "From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)." Ultimately, Warwick and then Laine exited, replaced by John Lodge (bass/vocals) and Justin Hayward (guitar/vocals). They continued with minimal notice, even as Hayward immediately unleashed the pre-psychedelia pop of "Fly Me High" and "Cities," or the slightly more esoteric "Love and Beauty" and "A Simple Game." It wasn't until the combo hedged their bets and turned in the rock-meets-symphonic masterpiece Days of Future Passed (1967) that the Moodies were able to truly define their sound. Collected serves up key material from the "classic seven" long-players Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord (1968), On the Threshold of a Dream (1969), To Our Children's Children's Children (1969), A Question of Balance (1970), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971), and Seventh Sojourn (1972). There are likewise cuts from several solo and offshoot albums. Most notably, the Hayward/Lodge effort Blue Jays (1972) ("Blue Guitar" and "Remember Me [My Friend]"), Hayward's excellent solo album Songwriter (1977) ("Raised on Love"), and Lodge's criminally underrated Natural Avenue (1977) ("Carry Me"). The late-'70s re-formation with Octave (1978), "Forever Autumn" from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (1978), and Hayward's Night Flight (1980) LP ? with the hard to find "It's Not On" ? are also covered. The Moodies in the '80s were able to rack up even more MOR rockers such as "The Voice," "Gemini Dream," "Your Wildest Dreams," "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," and "Say It with Love." While die-hard enthusiasts might have the odd personal favorite left off, thanks to recent remastering and a better than average tune stack, Collected (2007) is decidedly more desirable an overview than most other available Moodies anthologies.



1 Nights in White Satin

2 Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

3 The Morning: Another Morning

4 Voices in the Sky

5 Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

6 Ride My See-Saw

7 Legend of a Mind

8 Lovely to See You

9 Never Comes the Day

10 Are You Sitting Comfortably

11 Dear Diary

12 Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)

13 Watching and Waiting

14 Higher and Higher

15 I Never Thought I'd Live to Be a Hundred

16 Candle of Life

17 Melancholy Man

18 Dawnings Is the Day

19 Question

20 The Story in Your Eyes

21 Emily's Song

22 Isn't Life Strange

23 I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)

24 New Horizons

25 Blue Guitar

26 Remember Me (My Friend)

27 King and Queen

28 What Am I Doing Here

29 Raised on Love

30 Carry Me

31 Had to Fall in Lvoe

32 Driftwood

33 Forever Autumn

34 It's Not On

35 The Voice

36 Gemini Dream

37 Blue World

38 Your Wildest Dreams

39 The Other Side of Life

40 Vintage Wine

41 I Know You're out There Somewhere

42 Lean on Me (Tonight)

43 Say It with Love

44 Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)

45 This Is the Moment

46 Strange Times

47 December Snow

48 Go Now

49 Boulevard de La Madelaine

50 From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)

51 Fly Me High

52 Cities

53 Love and Beauty

54 A Simple Game

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