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The Very Best Of The Moody Blues

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The Moody Blues is one of those groups that just has staying power. Back in the early 60's they grabbed my heart with GO NOW - a tune that has not dated and is just as driving today as it was years ago.
But they went on to demonstrate they were much more than a simple rock band, creating poetry to music in Nights in White Satin, Story in Your Eyes, Voice And The Question. Justin Heywood proved this even more with the beautiful and haunting Forever Autumn. They also showed they had a wee touch of tongue through cheek in I'm Just A Singer (in a rock 'n' roll band).

Then, coming into a third decade of rocking, they showed their romantic side with I Know You're Out there Somewhere and In My Wildest Dreams.

So this album is a definite best of the BEST....just missing So Deep Within You....

Have found no matter how foul of a mood I am in, put on the Moody Blues and suddenly you are singing and your spirits are soaring!!

The Moody Blues are medicine for the soul!

[One CD, with a running time of 78:22] This collection of Moody Blues hits would better be called, "The Moody Blues Through The Years." The songs run from their early Go Now (1964), through I Know You're Out There Somewhere (1988). Along the way, we get the touching Isn't Life Strange, the haunting Forever Autumn, the radiant The Voice, and many other great songs.

My one and only complaint is that Nights In White Satin is included without Graeme Edge's spellbinding poem Late Lament. I have always found that poem to be a fantastic epilogue to the song. But that's such a minor complaint. This is a great CD, and well worth the money.

By the way, the sleeve includes a one or two-sentence story of each song, and a conversation between John Reed and Justin Hayward, which tells the story of the band. Nice bonus!

How do you fit so many Moody Blues songs on one CD? That's easy...you edit the hell out of them. Nights in White Satin is edited in the very beginning and also has a large portion of the ending cut out. There are others edited as well, including Tuesday Afternoon. If you don't mind that, this CD offers a good sampling of their great music. I bought it for the song Forever Autumn from War of the Worlds. It's the single version that was often played on radio. I like the song so much that I wanted both versions. In fact, this may be the only CD, other than War of the Worlds, that has this beautiful song.

I am a devoted Moody Blues fan, and find that this is a great hits compilation. Having seen the Moodies recently in concert, I am reminded of how great they are, and I can confidentally give this CD 5 stars. The Moody Blues are on par with the Beatles, Stones and Who in my estimation. It is a disgrace and travesty that they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, especially when so many lesser acts and one-hit wonders are. But to return the Very Best of The Moody Blues CD, I do not think it is their best compilation available; The 2-Disc Anthology, and the now out-of-print Legends of A Band: The Moody Blues Greatest Hits (1989), are each much better sets in my estimation. The latter does not have Go now, Blue Guitar or Forever Autumn, but it does have 12 of their best singles, and covers well the span of their career through the Sur La Mer CD. Go Now is okay, was a great single for 1964, but it pales in comparison of the material that the Moodies would be producing once Haywood and Lodge joined the team. Blue Guitar and Forever Autumn are great tunes, but they arise from solo projects, and I believe this set should stick to the group material. There is group material left off that is better, anyway. This set, the Very Best of the Moody Blues, would have been better with the same track listing as Legends of a Band, plus 3 out of these four titles: Driftwood, Blue World, Lean on Me, and English Sunset (English Sunset came out after this compilation, but should be the chronological finale in any future single disc Moody Blues CDs).

This is a cd I picked up expecting to know about three hits, and ended up knowing half the disc, well. Plus, what I didn't know, I also grew to like. Besides the big hits like "Nights In White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", and "Ride My See-Saw", this includes "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", "Voice", "Question", and "Your Wildest Dreams". All these songs most people will know, even if not by title. Yes, a few tracks are edited, but I doubt the casual fan will notice, or care. Overall, it's a great collection, that any level of fan should enjoy.

This compilation is very well-done and put together. You really do get a feel of many of the Moody Blues Greatest Hits. Some of my favorite songs in the collection are:

The Voice: A great and uplifting song about the importance of learning to trust your feelings and inner voice (which helps explain the voice title). The song also sends a positive message that you can create your future however you want.
Your Wildest Dreams: A beautiful song about someone singing about what it felt like to them when they were with their first love, and they wonder if that person thinks about them from time to time.
Nights in White Satin: A beautiful song about being in love.
The Story In Your Eyes: An interesting musical track about living a life to good fortune and good luck.
Steppin in a Slide Zone: What makes this musical number interesting is the time travel references.

My overall favorite song after listening to this compilation is definitely still "The Voice". I have played "The Voice" frequently this week, and it always gives me joyful positive encouragement listening to it. "Your Wildest Dreams" comes in a close second. All the songs in this compilation are very good to listen to. This compilation is worthwhile to get if you like classic rock and/or soft rock.

this cd has every good tune the band ever made. It is good from first till the end am real impressed with the remastering and excellent sound better than on the original albums a must listen to for moody blue fans

Many times have I dreamily listened to "Nights in White Satin." I was intrigued enough to buy the album, but what followed was a gradual disappointment in the cd as each song progressed. I found myself cutting songs short in the vain hope that the next would redeem the album. No such luck. I'm not thrilled with their sound. If I want psychadelic rock, I'll listen to Pink Floyd. If I want mellow rock, I'll listen to Procol Harum. I shall NOT listen to the Moody Blues.

...then this is the best choice.this greatest hits colection covers all their most interesting hits from 30 + years career.
songs like "Nights in white satin" or "gemini dreams" need no comments.while many of their regular albums featured great single material along with some fillers here we've good pure gold.the best of moody blues.

I really enjoy this CD! It has some of the greatest songs Moody Blues ever did and all of my personal favorites. If you enjoy Moody Blues you'll really love this! I highly recommend it to all MD fans!!!