A Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth 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.

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  • A Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth 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 British number two hit in May 1970, "Question", which dealt with the controversy resulting from the ongoing Vietnam War. Released in 1970, the album reached #1 in the United Kingdom and #3 in the United States. 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 six extra tracks. In 2008 a remaster for standard audio CD was issued with the same bonus tracks.
  • A Question of Balance est le sixième album des Moody Blues, sorti en 1970. C'est, après On the Threshold of a Dream, leur second n 1 au Royaume-Uni.
  • A Question of Balance è il sesto album della rock band The Moody Blues, del 1970. Sostanzialmente può essere definito il quinto dell'era Hayward - Lodge, in quanto il primo disco dei Moody Blues, The Magnificent Moodies del 1965, vedeva nell'organico della band il chitarrista - cantante Danny Lane (successivamente con i Wings di Paul Mc Cartney) e il bassista Clint Warwick (scopmparso nel 2001) ed era una mistura di rock'n'roll e rhythm'n'blues. A Question of a Balance, invece, fa parte di quelle " sette perle " dell'epoca d'oro dei Moody Blues, durante la quale il gruppo, animato da un'incredibile vena creativa, aveva raggiunto una solida popolarità soprattutto negli States, grazie a brani come Question, Don't you feel small e It's up to you, raccolti in questo lavoro, ma anche grazie a brani entrati di diritto nella storia del progressive, primo fra tutti Nights in White satin, tratto dal primo lavoro con Hayward e Lodge, Days of Future Passed del 1967, registrato con la London Festival Orchestra diretta dal maestro Peter Knight, e dal quale verrà tratta una cover dal titolo " Ho difeso il mio amore " dal gruppo nostrano dei Nomadi. In A Question of a Balance i Moody Blues inserirono brani di pregevole fattura ma di meno difficoltosa esecuzione dal vivo, mentre i precedenti album raccogliervano brani, per lo più legati l'uno all'altro dal missaggio dell'allora produttore Tony Clarke (definito " il sesto Moody " dalla critica del tempo); non per questo il disco non ebbe successo, anzi in brevissimo tempo balzò ai primi posti delle classifiche discografiche UK ed USA, restandovi a lungo. I brani più suggestivi del disco (ovviamente suscettibili di gusti e preferenze differenti) sono, senza dubbio And the tide rushes in di Ray Thomas, in cui si mette in bella evidenza la chitarra classica di Justin Hayward, Dawning is the day e The Balance, brano che chiude il disco, in parte cantato ed in parte recitato. I Moody Blues, soprattutto nei primi anni di attività, erano dediti alla creazione di Concept Albums, quale è anche A Question of a Balance, e sovente amavano inserire brevi parti recitate su un sottofondo strumentale, che, spolitamente, introducevano il brano seguente. In Question of a Balance ciò avviene soltanto nel brano di chiusura, peraltro dalla struttura musicale molto intensa e di pregiata esecuzione. All'ascolto del disco occorre comunque non perdere di vista l'anno in cui fu prodotto: si era nel 1970; le tecniche di registrazione non erano quelle attuali, come le stesse strumentazioni non facevano ancora uso dell'informatica, dei sintetizzatori e del digitale. Gli strumenti analogici e in particolare il mellotron, antesignano del moderno sintetizzatore, insieme alle chitarre acustiche e classiche, al flauto traverso e ad una sapiente miscela di voci, conferivano al disco un'atmosfera gradevolissima, a tratti anche attuale, mai aggrassiva né monotona.
  • A Question of Balance is het 7e album album van de The Moody Blues uit 1970 en het 5e in de succesvolle bezetting: Justin Hayward – zang, gitaren; John Lodge - zang, basgitaar, gitaar, cello; Ray Thomas - zang, blaasinstrumenten; Michael Pinder – zang, toetsen; Graeme Edge - drums Na een aantal conceptalbums te hebben afgeleverd, bestaat dit album uit losse nummers;wel lopen de nummers nog in elkaar over. Het vorig album had een beetje te lijden onder het vele dubben, zodat de nummers live moeilijk uit te voeren waren. Met dit album probeerde men weer recht toe recht aan nummers te schrijven en op te nemen, die ook goed uit te voeren waren (met de toenmalige techniek). Dit had ook tot gevolg dat men ging experimenteren met nieuwe synthesizers; in How is it wordt voor het eerst de Moog gebruikt. Zoals in die tijd gewoon was voor musici, begon men zich ook steeds meer politiek bezig houden. De hit Question verwijst naar de Vietnamoorlog en wordt uitgebracht in april 1970. Dat het achter elkaar toeren en opnemen van albums hun tol begint te eisen, is te merken aan de composities van Pinder How is it (we are here) en Melancholy Man; deze zijn somberder en introverter van aard dan zijn eerdere composities. A Question of Balance kan ook anders beschouwd worden. De albums hiervoor waren zeker optimistisch te noemen. Met name de twee albums na deze plaat zijn pessimistischer, alhoewel nog lang niet te vergelijken met de doemmuziek uit de jaren 80 van de 20e eeuw. De uitklaphoes van de originele LP moest 90 graden gedraaid worden om in zijn geheel bekeken te worden. De hoes leidde ook nu weer tot problemen. Vaste hoesontwerper Phil Travers had op de achterzijde een afbeelding geplaatst van ontdekkingsreiziger John Blashford Snell, die met helm en al werd afgebeeld. Snell spande een proces aan tegen Decca en won dat, waardoor de hoes aangepast moet worden; de helm is verdwenen. Ook op de cd-hoes van de SAcd uitgave, zie je dat er bewerkt is. De SACD-uitgave werd uitgegeven in 2006; deze bevat zes extra tracks. De uitklaphoes is in ere hersteld op het bijgaande boekje.
  • A Question of Balance är ett musikalbum av The Moody Blues. Albumet spelades in i London från januari till juni 1970 och släpptes på gruppens skivbolag Threshold Records i augusti samma år. Gruppen var känd för att i sin musik lägga in komplicerade storslagna studioarrangemang med mellotron och stråkinstrument. Men inför detta album valde man ett mer avskalat rocksound, så att man inte skulle få problem med att framföra låtarna på scen. Den inledande låten "Question" var färgad av protest mot Vietnam-kriget och blev en hitsingel i Storbritannien. Albumets LP-omslag var utfällbart och omslagsbilden målad av Phil Travers. Det ingick även en liten vikt poster med texten till låtarna på albumet.
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  • A Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth 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.
  • A Question of Balance est le sixième album des Moody Blues, sorti en 1970. C'est, après On the Threshold of a Dream, leur second n 1 au Royaume-Uni.
  • A Question of Balance è il sesto album della rock band The Moody Blues, del 1970. Sostanzialmente può essere definito il quinto dell'era Hayward - Lodge, in quanto il primo disco dei Moody Blues, The Magnificent Moodies del 1965, vedeva nell'organico della band il chitarrista - cantante Danny Lane (successivamente con i Wings di Paul Mc Cartney) e il bassista Clint Warwick (scopmparso nel 2001) ed era una mistura di rock'n'roll e rhythm'n'blues.
  • A Question of Balance is het 7e album album van de The Moody Blues uit 1970 en het 5e in de succesvolle bezetting: Justin Hayward – zang, gitaren; John Lodge - zang, basgitaar, gitaar, cello; Ray Thomas - zang, blaasinstrumenten; Michael Pinder – zang, toetsen; Graeme Edge - drums Na een aantal conceptalbums te hebben afgeleverd, bestaat dit album uit losse nummers;wel lopen de nummers nog in elkaar over.
  • A Question of Balance är ett musikalbum av The Moody Blues. Albumet spelades in i London från januari till juni 1970 och släpptes på gruppens skivbolag Threshold Records i augusti samma år. Gruppen var känd för att i sin musik lägga in komplicerade storslagna studioarrangemang med mellotron och stråkinstrument. Men inför detta album valde man ett mer avskalat rocksound, så att man inte skulle få problem med att framföra låtarna på scen.
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