Moody Blues: ranking the classic 7

[C]

Pick three

Tough?

Days of Future Passed
In Search of the Lost Chord
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children
A Question of Balance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Seventh Sojourn





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[Quaco]

Very tough.

EXCELLENT
To Our Children's Children's Children - most consistent, actually rocks in places, least naff
Days of Future Passed - best songs possibly
In Search of the Lost Chord - solid "coming into themselves" album, their Revolver
Seventh Sojourn - latter-day depth, maturity, moroseness

VERY GOOD
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - some stunning, some not so stunning
On the Threshold of a Dream - still a solid album, though I'm a bit over it at the moment

GOOD
A Question of Balance - many good things on it, but somewhat lesser

[toomanyhatz]

Not tough for me at all. EGBDF and ISotLC are the ones I like without reservation, and DoFP is the one I like the most with reservations (expressed elsewhere).

But I might actually put the first album (+ period singles) higher than any of these.

[soundchaser]

Pick three

Tough?

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Not really. The top three pick themselves.

In Search of the Lost Chord
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children

Then I'd go:

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
A Question of Balance
Days of Future Passed
Seventh Sojourn

The Magnificent Seven...not so magnificent afterwards, unfortunately.

[C]

For me it's


On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Then I'd go:

Seventh Sojourn
In Search of the Lost Chord
Days of Future Passed
A Question of Balance







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[ChrisB]

Pick three

Tough?

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Not really. The top three pick themselves.

In Search of the Lost Chord
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children

Same choice. I lost interest with each album, but still hold "In search" in high esteem, probably because it was my first " grown up " album. Sure, I had albums by the Beatles, Kinks, Beach Boys, but the Moodies was the first non mainstream l.p. that I bought.

[yomptepi]

Very hard to pick them in order. Certainly EGBDF and Days of Future Passed are lesser records that the others. They made them all is such a short space of time they sort of all follow on from each other in a very pleasing way.

Threshold
Children's Children
Lost Chord
Seventh Sojourn
Question Of Balance
DOFP
EGBDF

[Nancy]

Today I rank them:

To Our Children's Children's Children
Seventh Sojourn
On The Threshold Of A Dream
Days Of Future Passed
In Search Of The Lost Chord
A Question Of Balance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

[Matt Wilson]

The first three for me, thanks.

[pcqgod]

In Search of the Lost Chord
Days of Future Passed
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Seventh Sojourn
A Question of Balance
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children

[naughty boy]

Interesting* that the first three albums are rated equally here.


















*not interesting in the slightest

[Matt Wilson]

They're not all equal though, but when you only have three choices then it's obvious what they are.