Album #82: Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues

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Sound: 60’s rock with a symphony

Mood: Varied

Important Songs: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?); Nights In White Satin

Song You Must Hear: Nights in White Satin

Quote: “...fantasy strides, over colourful skies, Of form disappearing from view.”

Notes: This is the Moody Blues’ most ambitious project.  They created a full rock symphony which passes through all the moods and colors of the day.  It sometimes is as pretentious as it sounds, and sometimes it doesn’t work.  But when it does, it is amazing, especially what is arguably the most haunting song ever written, Nights in White Satin and the powerful Twilight Time.  As a whole, it works brilliantly.