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  • Artist: The Moody Blues
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1971
  • Total Time: 40:05
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The best-realized of their classic albums, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour was also the last of the group's albums for almost a decade to be done under reasonably happy and satisfying circumstances -- for the last time with this lineup, they went into the studio with a reasonably full song bag and a lot of ambition and brought both as far as time would allow, across close to four months (interrupted by a tour of the United States right in the middle). Virtually everywhere you listen on this record, the lush melodies and the sound of Michael Pinder's Mellotron (augmented here by the Moog synthesizer and a brace of other instruments) just sweep over the music, and where they don't, Justin Hayward's guitar pyrotechnics on pieces like "The Story in Your Eyes" elevate the hard rocking side of the music, in tandem with John Lodge's muscular bass work -- which still leaves plenty of room for a cello here, and a grand piano there, on top of Ray Thomas' flute, and Graeme Edge's ever more ambitious percussion. "Emily's Song." "Nice to Be Here," and "My Song" are among the best work the group ever did, and "The Story in Your Eyes" is the best rock number they ever cut, with a bracing beat and the kind of lyrical complexity one more expected out of George Harrison at the time. Sad to say, the group would never be this happy with an album again -- at least not for a lot of years -- or with their commitment to being a group, though they would leave one more highly worthwhile album before taking a hiatus for most of the rest of the 1970s. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Procession (Lyrics) Michael Pinder, Ray Thomas, Justin Hayward, Graeme Edge, John Lodge The Moody Blues (4:40)
The Story in Your Eyes Justin Hayward The Moody Blues (2:56)
Our Guessing Game (Lyrics) John Lodge, Ray Thomas The Moody Blues (3:34)
Emily's Song (Lyrics) John Lodge The Moody Blues (3:42)
After You Came (Lyrics) Graeme Edge The Moody Blues (4:39)
One More Time to Live (Lyrics) John Lodge The Moody Blues (5:41)
Nice to Be Here (Lyrics) Ray Thomas The Moody Blues (4:23)
You Can Never Go Home Justin Hayward The Moody Blues (4:14)
My Song (Lyrics) Michael Pinder The Moody Blues (6:19)

Credits

Justin Hayward (Remastering), Graeme Edge (Percussion), Graeme Edge (?), Tony Clarke (Audio Production), The Moody Blues (Instrumentation), Graeme Edge (Drums), Tony Clarke (Producer), Phil Travers (Illustrations), Ray Thomas (Vocals), Michael Pinder (Keyboards), Dave Baker (Assistant Engineer), Ray Thomas (Bass), Mike Pinder (Keyboards), Michael Pinder (Vocals), Michael Pinder (?), Alberto Parodi (Remastering), Ray Thomas (Flute), Phil Travers (Cover Painting), John Lodge (?), Steven Fallone (Remastering), Ray Thomas (Harmonica), Ray Thomas (?), Barry Plummer (Photography), Derek Varnals (Engineer), Justin Hayward (Guitar), Joe Black (Project Coordinator), Justin Hayward (Vocals), Paschal Byrne (Remastering), John Reed (Liner Notes), John Lodge (Bass), Phil Smee (Package Design), John Lodge (Guitar), John Lodge (Vocals), David Baker (Assistant Engineer)
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Studio album by The Moody Blues
Released 23 July 1971
Recorded November 1970 and
January - March 1971
Wessex Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock
Length 40:05 (album)
47:33 (reissue)
Label Threshold Records
Producer Tony Clarke
Professional reviews
The Moody Blues chronology
A Question of Balance
(1970)		 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
(1971)		 Seventh Sojourn
(1972)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, the sixth album by the Moody Blues' psychedelic-era lineup, was released in 1971. The album was the last to feature only the Mellotron, as it would be assisted by the Chamberlin (another device that uses recorded tape to generate sound) on the Moody Blues' next studio album, 1972's Seventh Sojourn.

This album featured the only track to be written by all five members of the band. The opening "Procession" was a piece that was intended to describe the history of music from the beginning of time up until the album's recording. The only three words heard in this track --"desolation," "creation," and "communication" -- were similarly used (along with many other "-ation" words) in "One More Time to Live."

The album reached #1 on the UK album charts, in addition to a three week stay at #2 in the U.S., and produced one top-40 single, "The Story In Your Eyes." The track "Emily's Song" was written by John Lodge for his newborn daughter.

The title is taken from the student mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef.

In April 2007 the album was remastered into SACD format and repackaged with the two extra tracks.

In 2008 a remaster for standard audio CD was issued with the same bonus tracks.

Contents

Original Track Listing

Side One

  1. "Procession" (Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas) – 4:40
  2. "The Story in Your Eyes" (Hayward) – 2:57
  3. "Our Guessing Game" (Thomas) – 3:34
  4. "Emily's Song" (Lodge) – 3:41
  5. "After You Came" (Edge) – 4:37

Side Two

  1. "One More Time to Live" (Lodge) – 5:41
  2. "Nice to Be Here" (Thomas) – 4:24
  3. "You Can Never Go Home" (Hayward) – 4:14
  4. "My Song" (Pinder) – 6:20

2007 SACD Expanded Edition Tracks (also 2008 remaster)

Bonus tracks SACD version:

  1. "The Story in Your Eyes" (Original Version) (Hayward) – 3:33
  2. "The Dreamer" (Hayward, Thomas) – 3:42

Chart Positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1971 UK Albums Chart 1[3]
1971 Billboard 200 2[citation needed]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1971 "The Story in Your Eyes" Billboard Hot 100 23[citation needed]

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Derek Varnals – recording engineer
  • David Baker – assistant engineer
  • Harry Fisher – cutting engineer
  • Phil Travers – sleeve artist

References

  1. ^ "allmusic ((( Every Good Boy Deserves Favour > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tb6uak1k5m3n. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  2. ^ "Moody Blues, The - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Moody-Blues-Every-Good-Boy-Deserves-Favour/master/41295. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  3. ^ "Chart Stats - The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=2872. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
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