This Is The Moody Blues is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album by the Moody Blues, released in late 1974 while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of "A Simple Game" which was a 1968 B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes. Like the Moody Blues albums of the time — but unlike most compilation albums, including later Moody Blues compilations — the songs on this album segue seamlessly, without a gap of silence. On the original LP, this was true of the songs on each side; when the album was remastered for CD, each disc was also blended, so that "Legend of a Mind" segues into "In The Beginning", and "Watching and Waiting" segues into "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". The album is particularly notable for being the first release to provide a separate name for "Late Lament", the symphonic coda and spoken poem that closes "Nights in White Satin". This Is the Moody Blues was a commercial and critical success, reaching #14 in the United Kingdom and #11 in the United States before 1974 was out. This Is The Moody Blues is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album by the Moody Blues, released in late 1974 while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of "A Simple Game" which was a 1968 B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes. Like the Moody Blues albums of the time — but unlike most compilation albums, including later Moody Blues compilations — the songs on this album segue seamlessly, without a gap of silence. On the original LP, this was true of the songs on each side; when the album was remastered for CD, each disc was also blended, so that "Legend of a Mind" segues into "In The Beginning", and "Watching and Waiting" segues into "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". The album is particularly notable for being the first release to provide a separate name for "Late Lament", the symphonic coda and spoken poem that closes "Nights in White Satin". This Is the Moody Blues was a commercial and critical success, reaching #14 in the United Kingdom and #11 in the United States before 1974 was out. false 2023-07-15 17:03:20 1974 1974-01-01 1974-01-01 46 Classic Rock Folk Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelic Rock Rock Soft Rock 111727 2326133 2b622bba-a43d-4bee-bbd5-562ccbefa1b2 774666d2-2064-4d6c-856c-f8cda0aaf9f0 422528e0-fe62-366b-95eb-34838b34e44f /media/data/media5/Music/The Moody Blues/This Is The Moody Blues (1974)/12 Vinyl 02/folder.jpg The Moody Blues AlbumArtist The Moody Blues Artist The Moody Blues The Moody Blues 1 03:32 2 04:01 3 02:56 4 05:05 5 03:18 6 04:16 7 04:10 8 03:53 9 02:44 10 05:05 11 04:32 12 02:36