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The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children [MFSL UDCD 671] (1969)

Genre: Progressive Rock

To Our Children's Children's Children is an album by The Moody Blues first issued in late 1969. It was the first album released on the group's newly formed Threshold Records label, which was named after the band's previous album from the same year, On the Threshold of a Dream.

It is the fourth of what are popularly considered the group's "core seven" albums from 1967-72, and as such represents the peak of their career to some. While the song chosen for the single, "Watching and Waiting," by itself was not a major hit, taken as a whole the album is remarkably balanced, featuring strong songwriting contributions from all five band members.

It was inspired by the 1969 moon landing, and the songs left around the twin themes of space travel and children, with minor-key tonalities and a distinct psychedelic influence.

To Our Children's Children's Children was critically well-received but sold relatively poorly. The band also found most of the songs impossible to perform live, due to extremely lush orchestrations and a great deal of overdubbing. The only songs from the album that were performed live were "Higher and Higher," "Gypsy" and, to a limited extent, "Candle of Life." For this reason their following album, A Question of Balance, was more stripped down and basic in instrumentation. This change only lasted for one album and the next, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, saw a return to their earlier orchestral sound. ~ Buy Book at Lowest Price on Amazon

Recorded and released in 1969, this Moody Blues album captures the band in all of their glorious excess. With intellectualized lyrics, overblown arrangements, and rampant experimentation, the Moody Blues manage to create an evocative, psychedelic musical experience. ~

This is an essential Moodies album for sure. The celestial quality of the mellotron has never been more evident than on this LP, and the songwriting is up there with the best of their career. The theme of space travel is not important and fairly loose, although it does provide the album's one skippable track, Beyond, an experimental instrumental that isn't really much fun to listen to. Other than that, the songs really shine. Hayward's Gypsy and Watching and Waiting are incredibly moving and beautiful compositions, and his guitar playing features melodic, attention-grabbing licks that catch the ear without dominating the dense but clear mix. Mike Pinder gets in a couple of his best songs on Out and In and the sitar-driven Sun is Still Shining, and John Lodge shows his mystical side on Candle of Life. Even Ray Thomas, who sometimes succumbs to schmaltziness, contributes the classy, ultra-melodic Eternity Road. The songs blend into each other with fade ins and outs in a wonderful, flowing manner. The whole affair has a sense of quiet profundity and spirituality that you won't find in much of the psych music of the period. This album has been with me for half my life, and I never tire of it. If you want to pick up a couple of Moody Blues albums, make this one of them. It's pure class from start to finish. ~ Review by Allister Thompson @

Tracklisting:

1. Higher And Higher (4:06)

2. Eyes Of A Child (3:22)

3. Floating (3:02)

4. Eyes Of A Child Pt. 2 (1:21)

5. I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred (1:06)

6. Beyond (2:57)

7. Out And In (3:47)

8. Gypsy (3:34)

9. Eternity Road (4:18)

10. Candle Of Life (4:18)

11. Sun Is Still Shining (3:36)

12. I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million (0:33)

13. Watching And Waiting (4:18)

Total Time: 40:18

Line-Up:

- Justin Hayward / guitars, vocals

- John Lodge / bass guitar, vocals

- Michael Pinder / keyboards, vocals

- Ray Thomas / harmonica, flute, vocals

- Graeme Edge / drums, percussion

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