Sunday 22 May 2011

The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children

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This is the remaster of the 4th Moody Blues album to feature the post "Magnificent" line-up. I think it's their best, although it takes a couple of tracks to really warm up and out of the twee psychedelia, tracks 5 through to 13 are golden. A really lush sounding album, featuring only a couple of tracks (namely Higher and Higher and Gypsy) which they were able to recreate live. Mellotron features heavily throughout, spacey, choral and symphonic. There are a few alternate mixes and live tracks at the end of the album, but I recommend concetrating on the first 13 tracks which really hang together as a whole piece.

tracklisting

1. Higher and Higher (4:07)
2. Eyes of A Child - Part 1 (3:24)
3. Floating (2:59)
4. Eyes of A Child - Part 2 (1:24)
5. I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred (1:06)
6. Beyond (2:58)
7. Out And In (3:50)
8. Gypsy (3:33)
9. Eternity Road (4:19)
10. Candle of Life (4:15)
11. Sun Is Still Shining (3:40)
12. I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million (0:34)
13. Watching and Waiting (4:21)

bonus tracks


14. Gypsy (alternate version) (4:19)
15. Candle of Life (alternate version) (4:59)
16. Sun Is Still Shining (extended version) (4:06)
17. Have You Heard / The Voyage / Have You Heard - Part 2 (Live) (5:51)
18. Legend of A Mind (Live) (4:33)


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