| All Artists: Moody Blues Title: Question of Balance (Reis) Members Wishing: 6 Total Copies: 0 Label: Polydor / Umgd Original Release Date: 1/1/1970 Re-Release Date: 7/15/2008 Album Type: Original recording remastered Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock Styles: Soft Rock, Oldies, Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 600753066263, 0600753066263, 602498377062 |
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 | Moody Blues Question of Balance (Reis) Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock 2008 reissue of their 1970 album, Question of Balance. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert. For the first ... more » |
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Album Description 2008 reissue of their 1970 album, Question of Balance. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert. For the first time, The Moody Blues used political strife as a basis for songwriting with the UK number two hit in May 1970, "Question", which dealt with the controversy resulting from the ongoing Vietnam War. The album reached #1 in the UK and #3 in the U.S. In 2008, Moody Blues reissues its first seven album releases, each with bonus content and each release in this set of their first seven evolutionary albums includes a varying number of special mixes or versions of songs that are also represented in their final form on the respective albums from their highly spectacular career. 10 original tracks plus six bonus. Similarly Requested CDs
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Member CD Reviews Michelle D. from HAMPDEN, ME Reviewed on 2/17/2021... I really like this, much more than On A Threshold Of A Dream or To Our Children's Children. Mike's Number One is very good, as is the last track, The Balance, is beautiful. Question is one of The Moody Blues' most successful songs and I really like Melancholy Man. Absolutely worth a listen. UPDATE: I've listened to Children and Threshold again, and I like them much more than this. Also, I can't believe I forgot to put the track listing here! 1. Question 2. How Is It (We Are Here) 3. And The Tide Rushes In 4. Don't You Feel Small 5. Tortoise And The Hare 6. It's Up To You 7. Minstrel's Song 8. Dawning Is The Day 9. Melancholy Man 10. The Balance BONUSES 11. Mike's Number One 12. Question (Alternate Version) 13. Minstrel's Song (Original Mix) 14. It's Up To You (Original Mix) 15. Don't You Feel Small (Original Mix) 16. Dawning Is The Day (Full Original Mix) 0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
CD ReviewsQuestion No More About The Best In Sound! Martin A Hogan | San Francisco, CA. (Hercules) | 04/18/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) ""Question Of Balance" was a high-hitter for the Moody Blues and with this set, not only do you get the fantastically crisp sound of SACD, but they have finally released some rare tracks. All the bonus and alternate mix tracks are of fine quality and the difference may be as subtle as additional back-up vocals or extra instruments. Here is the complete list: Question How Is It (We Are Here) And The Tide Rushes In Don't You Feel Small Tortoise & The Hare It's Up To You Minstrel's Song Dawning Is The Day Melancholy Man Balance Extra songs: Mike's Number One (Bonus Track) Question (Alternate Version) (Bonus Track) Minstrel's Song (Original Mix) (Bonus Track) It's Up To You (Original Mix) (Bonus Track) Don't You Feel Small (Original Mix) (Bonus Track) Dawning Is The Day (Full Original Mix) (Bonus Track) No previous Moody Blues album has contained such rare BBC sessions, outtakes and alternate mixes. The differences are subtle but many include backup vocals, new instruments and a different pacing to the songs. One needs no other recording of this classic album. The box is half plastic and half cardboard which might not last as long as a regular CD package. However, the liner package notes are exhaustive with many new pictures and a complete history. (Note: This is an SACD mix made from the original quadraphonic tapes. The extra songs are the original remastered quadraphonic tapes - not SACD). " A Question Of Mix Dark Star-The Other One | The Bus To Never Ever Land | 01/13/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Okay, let's start off by addressing some of the complaints that most people have. As far as the bass being mixed too low on this release I have to say after owning this in every lp and cd edition that the bass was always a bit lower on this album than on some of the other Moodies albums. The mix itself is from the original quad lp versions done by producer Tony Clarke in early 1972. The quad mixes were different in order to take advantage of the four way split instead of the regular stereo two way split. This meant mixing the album differently from a conventional stereo album. Many of the "effects" that are in the backgroud of the stereo version are turned up here changing the overall "balanced" sound of the album in order to give the best quad sound. As far as the music itself, this album has a much more basic feel than the band's last, To Our Children's Children's Children which might have had in part something to do with the fact that it wasn't the big hit the band wanted at the time it was released. That was the first released for their label Threshold. The opening song Question had been released on single a few months before this album's release and had become a big hit for the band. This album includes many Moodies classics and doesn't have a bad song on the release. Songs like Question, Melencholy Man, And The Tide Rushes In, and It's Up To You sound just as well today as they did back when this album was released. If you like the Moodies, you'll love this album."
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