Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

by The Moody Blues

Overview

The best-realized of their classic albums, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour was also the last of the group's albums for almost a decade to be done under reasonably happy and satisfying circumstances -- for the last time with this lineup, they went into the studio with a reasonably full song bag and a lot of ambition and brought both as far as time would allow, across close to four months (interrupted by a tour of the United States right in the middle). Virtually everywhere you listen on this record, the lush melodies and the sound of Michael Pinder's Mellotron (augmented here by the Moog synthesizer and a brace of other instruments) just sweep over the music, and where they don't, Justin Hayward's guitar pyrotechnics on pieces like "The Story in Your Eyes" elevate the hard rocking side of the music, in tandem with John Lodge's muscular bass work -- which still leaves plenty of room for a cello here, and a grand piano there, on top of Ray Thomas' flute, and Graeme Edge's ever more ambitious percussion. "Emily's Song." "Nice to Be Here," and "My Song" are among the best work the group ever did, and "The Story in Your Eyes" is the best rock number they ever cut, with a bracing beat and the kind of lyrical complexity one more expected out of George Harrison at the time. Sad to say, the group would never be this happy with an album again -- at least not for a lot of years -- or with their commitment to being a group, though they would leave one more highly worthwhile album before taking a hiatus for most of the rest of the 1970s. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	07/27/2018
Label:	Polydor / Universal
UPC:	0602567226383
Rank:	44295

Tracks

1. Procession
2. The Story in Your Eyes
3. Our Guessing Game
4. Emily's Song
5. After You Came
6. One More Time To Live
7. Nice To Be Here
8. You Can Never Go Home
9. My Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Moody Blues   Primary Artist
Graeme Edge   Percussion,Drums
Ray Thomas   Harmonica,Bass,Flute,Vocals
Mike Pinder   Keyboards
John Lodge   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Michael Pinder   Vocals,Keyboards
Justin Hayward   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Tony Clarke   Audio Production,Producer
Joe Black   Project Coordinator
Graeme Edge   Composer
Derek Varnals   Engineer
John Lodge   Composer
Michael Pinder   Composer
The Moody Blues   Instrumentation
Ray Thomas   Composer
Justin Hayward   Composer,Remastering
Paschal Byrne   Remastering
Phil Smee   Package Design
Steve Fallone   Remastering
Dave Baker   Assistant Engineer
Barry Plummer   Photography
John Reed   Liner Notes
Alberto Parodi   Remastering
Phil Travers   Illustrations,Cover Painting
David Baker   Assistant Engineer