Days of Future Passed by Moody Blues (The) (CD, May-1986, Polydor)

Album Features
UPC:	042282000620
Artist:	Moody Blues (The)
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1986
Record Label:	Polydor
Genre:	Art Rock, Rock & Pop

Details
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
The Moody Blues: Justin Hayward (vocals, guitar); Ray Thomas (flute, harmonica); Mike Pinder (keyboards); John Lodge (bass); Graeme Edge (drums).Additional personnel: Peter Knight (conductor); The London Festival Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Hugh Mendl.All tracks have been digitally remasteredAdditional personnel: Peter Knight (conductor); The London Festival Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Hugh Mendl.This is a DTS CD, which features DTS 5.1 Surround Sound technology and is playable on a DTS-capable 5.1 Surround Sound system.Additional personnel: Peter Knight (conductor); The London Festival Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Hugh Mendl.DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED is the Moody Blues' true contribution to rock history: the most cohesive integration of rock songs with orchestral music ever produced. Asked by Deram Records to create a rock reworking of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, the Moodies instead wrote their own symphony, a song cycle that describes the emotions that accompany each part of the day, from dawn ("Dawn Is A Feeling") to night (the classic "Nights In White Satin"). The songs are connected by lush orchestral passages in which the basic musical themes are reworked. Meanwhile, the band had already begun to sound like its own orchestra, using signature Mellotron string sounds, flutes, tympani and multiple vocalists.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]he Moodies wrote songs about Timothy Leary and the astral plane, recited sixth-form verse over flutes and sitars, and made concept albums without a concept.....Symphonic.
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...[The LP] made a prog signature of the Mellotron, a primitive tape-loop-triggering keyboard that tripsters still covet...
Spin (20040101)