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Moody Blues
Ballads
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Nights in White Satin
2. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
3. Voices in the Sky
4. Never Comes the Day
5. Watching and Waiting
6. Dawning Is the Day
7. For My Lady - The Moody Blues, Thomas, Ray
8. New Horizons
9. Isn't Life Strange [Version] - The Moody Blues, Lodge, John
10. Blue Guitar
11. Driftwood [Full Version]
12. Forever Autumn - The Moody Blues, Osborne, Gary
13. Your Wildest Dreams
14. Lean on Me (Tonight) - The Moody Blues, Lodge, John
15. Haunted
16. I Know You're Out There Somewhere
17. Nervous - The Moody Blues, Lodge, John

CD Details

All Artists: Moody Blues
Title: Ballads
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Universal UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2004
Re-Release Date: 9/8/2004
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Soft Rock, Oldies, Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602498119549

Synopsis

Album Description

2006 collection by the Moodies that highlights their romantic, sensitive side. 17 tracks filled with lush arrangements and soaring beautiful melodies. Features hits and album tracks from the Moodies ('Knights In White Satin', 'I Know You're Out There Somewhere', 'Tuesday Afternoon', etc.) plus tracks from Justin Hayward & John Lodge (from their Blue Jays project) and 'Forever Autumn', Hayward's contribution to Jeff Wayne's epic musical War Of The Worlds. Spectrum.

CD Reviews

The Best, Brilliant, Ballads of The Moody Blues!

Kevin Martinell KevyGuy | Dunmore, PA USA | 04/16/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Just like the compilation, "Say It With Love," "Ballads" features a collection of pleasant and relaxing Moody Blues tunes, through the years ... I highly recommend either of these CD's if you are a collector or would like to get a hold of some of The Moody Blues' finest tracks.

Here is some info. of interest, in regard to certain tracks on this release ... Included here are the shorter versions of "Nights In White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon," as featured on "The Best Of The Moody Blues."

The only negative point to this release is that the two tracks that were stated to be the "full versions" aren't really the full versions at all ... The details in the song list are misleading, so "Isn't Life Strange" comes to a close at about 2/3rds of the original version and "Driftwood" is the shorter version that appears on "Time Traveller" and all other compilation albums, not the original version, from "Octave" ... Because of CD space, this is probably why these tracks were edited (This was why I gave this album four stars instead of five).

One major plus to this CD includes a return of the rare stereo mix of "Never Comes The Day," originally found on a version of the 1985 compilation, "Voices In The Sky" ... Compared to the mix from "On The Threshold Of A Dream", this mix features better stereo separation of the overdubbed vocals, guitars, and percussion, best heard through headphones!

In closing, if you love the mellotron/synthesizer-driven sound of The Moody Blues, choose "Ballads!" Thanks for reading! God Bless... :)"