The Moody Blues
This Is The Moody Blues (1974)
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Length:  1:33:14
    Track Listing:
      Disc 1:
      1.  
      		 Question    5:39
      2.  
      		 The Actor    4:08
      3.  
      		 The Word (Poem)    0:51
      4.  
      		 Eyes of a Child    2:35
      5.  
      		 Dear Diary    3:46
      6.  
      		 Legend of a Mind    6:35
      7.  
      		 In the Beginning    2:04
      8.  
      		 Lovely to See You    2:34
      9.  
      		 Never Comes the Day    4:39
      10.  
      		 Isn't Life Strange    5:32
      11.  
      		 The Dream (Poem)    0:51
      12.  
      		 Have You Heard, Pt. 1    1:22
      13.  
      		 The Voyage    4:09
      14.  
      		 Have You Heard, Pt. 2    2:09
      Disc 2:
      1.  
      		 Ride My See Saw    3:32
      2.  
      		 Tuesday Afternoon    4:01
      3.  
      		 And The Tide Rushes In    2:56
      4.  
      		 New Horizons    5:05
      5.  
      		 A Simple Game    3:18
      6.  
      		 Watching And Waiting    4:16
      7.  
      		 I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)    4:10
      8.  
      		 For My Lady    3:53
      9.  
      		 The Story In Your Eyes    2:44
      10.  
      		 Melancholy Man    5:05
      11.  
      		 Nights In White Satin    4:32
      12.  
      		 Late Lament    2:36
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      The Moody Blues - This is The Moody blues (1974)

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      REVIEW
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      It might surprise those coming in late to their story that the original double-LP
      version of this album from 1974 was the first compilation devoted to the Moody Blues
      ' work. That's seven years after their switch from R&B-based British Invasion rock & roll
      to psychedelic music, and ten years into their overall history, an awfully long time for
      a successful band to avoid the compilation route. That fact alone speaks volumes for how
      healthy their album sales were -- only the group's decision to take a hiatus seems to have
      prompted the assembling of this collection. The Moody Blues had actually had enough hits
      and charting singles between England and America since 1967 so that a good best-of could
      have been assembled, but the makers went far beyond that, encompassing LP tracks that had
      become favorites on FM radio between 1967 and 1973 and also ignoring the actual release order
      of anything here. So instead of a tour through their history, listeners get a kind of collage
      of most of their best work, the songs nicely representative of the various members' most important
      contributions to the group's work. That said, however, it should also be pointed out that so much
      of the band's music is connected, conceptually and thematically, with the surrounding songs on
      their albums that inevitably the listener will feel rushed through some of this history; additionally, there
      is one excellent number left off for every three that are included. The CD reissue was impressive sonically
      for its recompiled and remastered tape sources, and the new annotation by digital producer John Tracy was
      a good bonus feature. To some degree, this collection has been supplanted by the more fully programmed
      double-CD Gold collection from 2005. Unless all you're looking for is an overview of the group's classic years,
      in which case one can add a half-star to the rating of This Is the Moody Blues. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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      Song Title
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      1. Question
      2. Actor, The
      3. Word, The (A Poem)
      4. Eyes of a Child
      5. Dear Diary
      6. Legend of Mind
      7. In the Beginning
      8. Lovely to See You
      9. Never Comes the Day
      10. Isn't Life Strange
      11. Dream, The (A Poem)
      12. Have You Heard? (Part 1)
      13. Voyage, The
      14. Have You Heard? (Part 2)
      15. Ride Me See-Saw
      16. Tuesday Afternoon
      17. And the Tide Rushes In
      18. New Horizons
      19. Simple Game, A
      20. I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
      21. Watching and Waiting
      22. For My Lady
      23. Story in Your Eyes, The
      24. Melancholy Man
      25. Nights in White Satin
      26. Late Lament
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