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(Either that or they needed money for crack)
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Funny thing, I picked up Long Distance Voyager in a used CD store...that meant someone didn't like it anymore!!
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Theyre great

What an unheard of forum

(YET WHY!!!)

 
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:13

Originally posted by tardis tardis wrote:

Speaking of Long Distance Voyager, what do people think about this album? I like "Nervous", it seems to be one of the first songs that springs to my mind off the album.

I love Long Distance Voyager, is probably one of the best albums of the 80's (If I'm not wrong it was released in 1981), PatricK Moraz does a hell of a job replacing Pinder.

My favorite tracks are the wonderful  The Voice and thefrantic closer Veteran Cosmic Rocker.

Probably one of their few really Prog' albums.

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I think it's a great comeback album - especially when you consider it was made after Punk's big fizz.

I love "22,000 Days", and the final "Painted Smile/Reflective Smile/Veteran Cosmic Rocker" suite at the end.
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Speaking of Long Distance Voyager, what do people think about this album? I like "Nervous", it seems to be one of the first songs that springs to my mind off the album.

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The Moody Blues don't get discussed as much as they should is shameful. To be honest, they're my "first musical love" in a manner of speaking. They, more than any other band I believe, really kicked psychedelia into prog territory.

My favourite is "To Our Children's..." - simply the lushest and most dense work they produced. A mixed blessing actually, because back then they found it nearly impossible to play live - hence the stripped-back nature of "EGBDF" and "Question".

The thing I enjoy most about their albums, and I refer to their Core 7 here, is the fact that there is quite a visible progression on each one. You can clearly draw a line from "Days of Future Passed" to "In Search of the Lost Chord" and onward. With each album they experiment in different ways, and in only 6 hectic years!
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Seventh Sojourn was the first Moody Blues album I heard - loved it. 

In 1981 while in college I made a 1,300 mile cross-country road trip with only two cassettes (plus the radio) - Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager and ELO's Time.  I will never forget that trip, or any of the songs on those two albums.

 
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Days of Future Passed is a masterpiece of the highest order
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I only have one Moody Blues album: Long Distance Voyager. Good album, but I'm sure they've done better.
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It's a shme we barely talk about these guys, I mean they are usually considered one of the most important prog bands. Great band anyway, my favorite is either The Lost Chord (love the sitars and dreamy production) or Question of Balance (the hardest rocking of the lot). Anyway, I feel like they need some more recognition here.
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