This Is The Moody Blues is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album by the Moody Blues, released in late 1974 while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of "A Simple Game" which was a 1968 B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes. Like the Moody Blues albums of the time – but unlike most compilation albums, including later Moody Blues compilations – the songs on this album segue seamlessly, without silence between tracks. On the original LP, this was true of the songs on each side; when the album was remastered for CD, each disc was also blended, so that "Legend of a Mind" segues into "In the Beginning", and "Watching and Waiting" segues into "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)".
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Released | 8 October 1974 (US) 25 October 1974 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 8 October 1967 – 15 August 1972 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 94:18 | |||
Label | Threshold | |||
Producer | Tony Clarke | |||
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The album was the first release to provide a separate name for "Late Lament", the symphonic coda and spoken poem that closes "Nights in White Satin".
This Is the Moody Blues was a commercial and critical success, reaching #14 in the United Kingdom and #11 in the United States.
Chart (1974-1975) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2] | 2 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] | 22 |
UK Albums (OCC)[4] | 14 |
US Billboard 200[5] | 11 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[6] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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