A Question of Balance is the sixth album by The Moody Blues, released in 1970. 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. Released in 1970, the album reached #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. The cover was changed slightly to hide the face of Colonel John Blashford-Snell, who had objected to an image of an explorer wearing a pith helmet and wielding a Webley .455 pistol on the cover of the original LP, which he felt was derived from a photograph of himself. The relevant part of the cover was changed to show a generic individual in response to his lawsuit.
Track listing
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6. | "It's Up to You" | Hayward | Hayward | 3:11 |
7. | "Minstrel's Song" | Lodge | Lodge | 4:27 |
8. | "Dawning Is the Day" | Hayward | Hayward | 4:22 |
9. | "Melancholy Man" | Pinder | Pinder | 5:49 |
10. | "The Balance" | Edge, Thomas | Pinder (narration) | 3:33 |
Total length: | 38:41 |
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11. | "Mike's Number One" (previously unreleased) | Pinder | 3:36 |
12. | "Question" (alternate version) | Hayward | 6:08 |
13. | "Minstrel's Song" (original mix) | Lodge | 4:35 |
14. | "It's Up to You" (original mix) | Hayward | 3:19 |
15. | "Don't You Feel Small" (original mix) | Edge | 3:02 |
16. | "Dawning Is the Day" (full original mix) | Hayward | 4:36 |
Chart positions
Singles
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
- Justin Hayward - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin
- John Lodge - vocals, bass
- Ray Thomas - vocals, flute, tambourine
- Graeme Edge - drums, percussion, whispered vocal on "Don't You Feel Small"
- Mike Pinder - vocals, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, piano, maracas, acoustic guitar
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