A Question of Balance

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A Question of Balance
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Studio album by
The Moody Blues
Released7 August 1970
RecordedJanuary – June 1970 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
GenreProgressive rock, folk rock
Length38:41
LabelThreshold
ProducerTony Clarke
The Moody Blues chronology
To Our Children's Children's Children
(1969) 		A Question of Balance
(1970) 		Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
(1971)
Singles from A Question of Balance
  1. "Question"
    Released: 24 April 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(unrated)[2]

A Question of Balance is the sixth album by The Moody Blues. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert.[3] Released in 1970, the album reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom and #3 in the United States.

In March 2006, the album was remastered into SACD format and repackaged with six extra tracks. In 2008, a remaster for standard audio CD was issued with the same bonus tracks.

Melancholy Man song was covered by Gökhan Abur, former Turkish pop singer and present weatherman, as Yalnız Adam (Lonely Man in Turkish) in his 45 rpm Yalnız Adam/Palyaçodan Başka Neyim ? in 1972[4]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Question"Justin HaywardHayward5:40
2."How Is It (We Are Here)"Mike PinderPinder2:48
3."And the Tide Rushes In"Ray ThomasThomas2:57
4."Don't You Feel Small"Graeme EdgeHayward, Thomas, Pinder, John Lodge; whisper by Edge2:40
5."Tortoise and the Hare"LodgeLodge3:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."It's Up to You"HaywardHayward3:11
7."Minstrel's Song"LodgeLodge4:27
8."Dawning Is the Day"HaywardHayward4:22
9."Melancholy Man"PinderPinder5:49
10."The Balance"Edge, ThomasPinder (narration)3:33
Total length:38:41
2006 SACD expanded edition and 2008 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Mike's Number One" (previously unreleased)Pinder3:36
12."Question" (alternate version)Hayward6:08
13."Minstrel's Song" (original mix)Lodge4:35
14."It's Up to You" (original mix)Hayward3:19
15."Don't You Feel Small" (original mix)Edge3:02
16."Dawning Is the Day" (full original mix)Hayward4:36

Chart positions[]

Album[]

Year Chart Position
1970 UK Albums Chart[5] 1
Billboard 200 3
Danish Albums Chart[6] 7
1975
Danish Albums Chart[7] 17

Singles[]

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Question" UK Singles Chart 2
Billboard Hot 100 21

The "Question" single released in the United States and Canada was a 4:55 edit of the song, in a substantially different mix from the album version that eliminated many of the Mellotron overdubs featured in the latter.

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Question of Balance - The Moody Blues - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ "The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Reed, Ryan. "How Moody Blues Found New Urgency With 'A Question of Balance'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Gökhan – Yalnız Adam / Palyaçodan Başka Neyim (1972, Vinyl) - Discogs".
  5. ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  6. ^ "danskehitlister.dk". danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. ^ "danskehitlister.dk". danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

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