Days of Future Passed

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Days of Future Passed
Studio album by The Moody Blues

Publication
(s)

November 11, 1967

Label (s) Deram Records

Title (number)

7th

occupation
  • John Lodge
  • Graeme Edge

production

Tony Clarke

chronology
The Magnificent Moodies
(1965) 		Days of Future Passed In Search of the Lost Chord
(1968)
Single releases
1967 Nights in White Satin
1967 Tuesday afternoon

Days of Future Passed is the second studio album by the British band The Moody Blues . It was released in 1967 by Deram Records and contained the later hit single Nights in White Satin . The concept album is one of the first in rock history and is also considered a pioneer of early psychedelic and progressive rock .

Creation and publication

After two unsuccessful years as a rhythm and blues band, founding members Denny Laine and Clint Warwick left The Moody Blues. They have been replaced by Justin Hayward and John Lodge. The band failed to meet an alleged obligation by Decca Records to record an adaptation of Antonín Dvořák's 9th Symphony and instead recorded their own material with producer Tony Clarke, conductor Peter Knight and the London Festival Orchestra.

Days of Future Passed was released in November 1967. After several LP editions, the album was first released on CD in 1986. Later remastered versions partly contained alternative versions as bonus titles.

Track list

page 1

  1. The Day Begins - 5:51 am
  2. Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling - 3:49
  3. The Morning: Another Morning - 3:56
  4. Lunch Break: Peak Hour - 5:29 am

Page 2

  2. The Afternoon - 8:23
    1. Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
    2. (Evening) Time to Get Away
  3. Evening - 6:40
    1. The Sun Set
    2. Twilight Time
  4. The Night: Nights in White Satin - 7:26

Bonus title 2008

  2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 2:25
  3. Fly Me High - 2:54
  4. I Really Haven't Got the Time - 3:07
  5. Love and Beauty - 2:24
  6. Leave this Man Alone - 2:29
  7. Cities - 2:23
  8. Tuesday Afternoon - 4:20
  9. Dawn Is a Feeling - 2:19
  10. The Sun Set - 2:49
  11. Twilight Time - 2:27

Bonus CD 2006

Alternate Versions & Outtakes
  1. Tuesday Afternoon - 4:20
  2. Dawn Is a Feeling - 2:19
  3. The Sun Set - 2:49
  4. Twilight Time - 2:27
1967 Mono Single Masters
  2. Nights in White Satin - 4:25
  3. Fly Me High - 2:54
  4. I Really Haven't Got the Time - 3:07
  5. Love and Beauty - 2:24
  6. Leave this Man Alone - 2:29
  7. Cities - 2:23
1967 Studio Recordings
  2. Long Summer Days - 3:13
  3. Please Think about It - 3:40
BBC radio sessions
  2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 2:23
  3. Love and Beauty - 2:12
  4. Leave this Man Alone - 2:52
  5. Peak Hour - 3:22
  6. Nights in White Satin - 3:48
  7. Fly Me High - 2:45
  8. Twilight Time - 2:08

style

The Moody Blues combine melodious pop, psychedelic art rock and lush orchestral classical music as well as influences from beat music and musicals on the album . The symphony orchestra is mostly used for preludes and interludes, the motifs of which are partially taken up by the band in the rock passages. In addition to the harmonious singing, there are also spoken prologues. The pieces are often kept at a leisurely pace. The lyrics describe the course of a typical working day.

reception

Days of Future Passed became a successful album for the band. It stayed on the Billboard 200 for over two years , the single Nights in White Satin hit the charts several times and is one of the band's best known pieces. The album is considered one of the most important of its time, as it paved the way for ambitious concept albums, classic-rock crossings and thus for important characteristics of progressive rock . On the baby blue pages it is sometimes criticized that the music is sweet or cheesy; Robert Christgau, however, considers Days of Future Passed an essential album of 1967 and the music magazine eclipsed included it in their list of the 150 most important prog albums.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Band ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , moodybluestoday.com , accessed November 4, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.moodybluestoday.com
  2. ↑ a b c d Baby Blue Prog Reviews: The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on November 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c Bruce Eder: Days of Future Passed at Allmusic (English), accessed on November 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau : The 40 Essential Albums of 1967 , Rolling Stone July 2007, accessed November 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 35.