ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM

The Moody Blues have always seemed more like a "pop-prog" band to me rather than a true "prog" band. However, their use of concepts, shifting tempos, the mellotron, and other innovation certainly earns them a space here on Prog Archives. While I prefer Days of Future Past and In Search of the Lost Chord, to this album it is still pretty good. There are some really excellent tunes here -"In the Beginning", "Dear Diary", "To Share our Love", "The Voyage" and "Are you sItting Comfortably" come to mind. In Search of the Lost CHord had a bit more of a "hippie" vibe thanks to "Om" than this album does. I can't rate it as excellent, because there are some boring bits here and there, but I can still give it a solid 3 star rating.