A Question Of Balance

Over the coming months and, maybe, years (who knows?), I'll be endeavouring to share my love of vinyl records with you all. I have a very eclectic taste in music and I will feature many different genres, although in my opinion there are only two genres of music...Good and Bad. Hopefully I will be looking at good music, but I may sometimes dip my toe in to the cesspool of weird and wonderful music that may well be described as bad. I do realise that my idea of good may differ from yours, but I won't abuse your taste in music if you can put up with mine occasionally.

 Albums will be the main feature, but I will try to feature singles from the albums, where possible. I've chosen to start with a title which says much about how I will try to cover many different musical tastes and also how I shall juggle the extra demands a blog may place on my time...It's all "A Question of Balance".

In 1970, the Moody Blues released their sixth studio album, A Question of Balance. This album showed a marked change from their previous releases, featuring a much more stripped back sound, in order that the songs could be played live more easily. The album reached Number 1 in the UK and Number 3 in the USA. It also spawned the Number 2 UK hit single "Question", a song dealing with the controversy surrounding the ongoing Vietnam War.

Side One

1. "Question" (Justin Hayward) – 5:40

2. "How Is It (We Are Here)" (Mike Pinder) – 2:48

3. "And the Tide Rushes In" (Ray Thomas) – 2:57

4. "Don't You Feel Small" (Graeme Edge) – 2:40

5. "Tortoise and the Hare" (John Lodge) – 3:23

Side Two

1. "It's Up to You" (Hayward) – 3:11

2. "Minstrel's Song" (Lodge) – 4:27

3. "Dawning is the Day" (Hayward) – 4:22

4. "Melancholy Man" (Pinder) – 5:49

5. "The Balance" (Edge, Thomas) – 3:33