A Question of Balance

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A Question Of Balance
Studio album by The Moody Blues
Released	August 1970
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	38:35
Label	Deram / Polydor
Producer(s)	Tony Clarke
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The Moody Blues chronology
To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)	A Question of Balance (1970)	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)

Question of Balance is a 1970 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. In order to be able to play as many new songs as possible from their new album live, the group decided (temporarily) to abandon their method of heavy overdubbing for A Question of Balance.

For the first time, The Moody Blues used political strife as a basis for songwriting with the UK number one hit "Question", which dealt with the controversy resulting from the ongoing Vietnam War.

Released in 1970, the album went top 5 in both the U.S. and the UK. However, the group would abandon the stripped-down sounds of A Question of Balance for the lusher sounds of their next two albums, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Seventh Sojourn.

In March 2006 the album was remastered into SACD format and repackaged with 6 extra tracks.

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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
6. "It's Up To You" (Hayward) – 3:11
7. "Minstrel's Song" (Lodge) – 4:27
8. "Dawning Is The Day" (Hayward) – 4:22
9. "Melancholy Man" (Pinder) – 5:49
10. "The Balance" (Edge/Thomas) – 3:33

Bonus tracks on the SACD version:

1. Mike's Number One (Previously Unreleased)
2. Question (Alternate Version)
3. Minstrel's Song (Original Mix)
4. It's Up To You (Original Mix)
5. Don't You Feel Small (Original Mix)
6. Dawning Is The Day (Full Original Mix)

The Moody Blues
Justin Hayward | John Lodge | Graeme Edge Former members: Ray Thomas | Mike Pinder | Patrick Moraz | Denny Laine | Clint Warwick
Discography
Studio Albums: The Magnificent Moodies | Days of Future Passed | In Search of the Lost Chord | On the Threshold of a Dream | To Our Children's Children's Children | A Question of Balance | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Seventh Sojourn | Octave | Long Distance Voyager | The Present | The Other Side of Life | Sur La Mer | Keys of the Kingdom | Strange Times | December
Live: Caught Live + 5 | A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Hall Of Fame: Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Lovely To See You Again
Compilations: This is The Moody Blues | Greatest Hits | Prelude | Time Traveller (Box Set) | An Introduction to The Moody Blues
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