By Jim Fusco:
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A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with my father about the best Moody Blues albums. My father is very opinionated and we had a nice argument about the subject. He decided to make a list. I’m not sure if it’s because we were arguing and he knew I had some differing opinions, but I couldn’t believe how similar his answers were to what mine might have been! In fact, there’s very few on this list I would disagree with (I’d put “Every Good Boy…” lower and definitely “December” a lot higher…). So, without further ado, here’s my father’s list of Best Moody Blues albums…including solo albums!
Moody Blues albums:
- On the Threshold of A Dream
- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
- To Our Children’s Children’s Children
- Long Distance Voyager
- Strange Times
- Question of Balance
- The Present
- In Search of the Lost Chord
- Seventh Sojourn
- Days of Future Passed
- Octave
- This is the Moody Blues (A really good Best-Of compilation, mixed like a real Moody Blues album. However, if a compilation album lands here, you can only imagine how…not great…the albums below it must be!)
- Prelude (Another compilation, but this is of their early stuff before “Days of Future Passed”)
- Caught Live +5 (I’ve always been a fan of the five unreleased songs at the end, myself)
- Keys of the Kingdom
- December
- The Other Side of Life
- Sur La Mer
Moody Blues Members’ Solo Albums:
- The Promise – Mike Pinder
- View From the Hill – Justin Hayward
- Blue Jays – Justin Hayward and John Lodge
- Among the Stars – Mike Pinder
- From Mighty Oaks – Ray Thomas
- Kick Off Your Muddy Boots – Graeme Edge
- Natural Avenue – John Lodge
- Songwriter – Justin Hayward
- Hopes Wishes Dreams – Ray Thomas
- Paradise Ballroom – Graeme Edge
Now that we’ve had our say, we’d love to hear what you think! What would you change about this list? Turn it upside down? A few tweaks? Let us hear from you in the comments section below!