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However, both songs were overshadowed by the re-release of "Nights in White Satin", which had been first released in 1967. Whereas both singles from Seventh Sojourn made the top 40, "Nights In White Satin" bested both, hitting No. 9 in the UK and No. 2 in the United States and gaining the highest American chart position for a Moody Blues single.
Lodge's songs "Isn't Life Strange" and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (the latter written in response to some of the band's hippie fans, who mistook the Moodies as spiritual leaders due to the philosophical themes of many of their lyrics) [45] were lifted as singles from Seventh Sojourn, both reaching the Top 40 in the UK and US.
All tracks performed by The Moody Blues. Tracks 1, 3–4, 9, 11, 13 and 15 written by Justin Hayward, tracks 2, 10 and 18–20 by Mike Pinder, track 5 by Hayward, Graeme Edge and Peter Knight, track 6 by Edge and John Lodge, tracks 7 and 14 by Ray Thomas, track 8 by Lodge, tracks 12 and 17 by Edge and track 16 by Hayward and Thomas
One of the reasons "For My Lady" was released as the b-side of "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock 'n' Roll Band)" was because it was one of the most frequently played tracks on radio from Seventh Sojourn. [2] "For My Lady" was included on several Moody Blues compilation albums, including This Is The Moody Blues in 1974 and Time Traveller in 1994. [9 ...
"Isn't Life Strange" is a 1972 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues Written by bassist John Lodge, it was the first of two singles released from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn, with the other being "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)", also written by Lodge.
The basic tracks for the song were recorded in Pinder's garage, producing a raw sound. [8] The song remained in the Moody Blues' live concerts throughout their career. [8] Live performances of the song during the band's final years featured a live saxophone played by keyboardist Julie Ragins, along with Norda Mullen on flute. [10]
The Best of The Moody Blues is a compilation album by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues, released on 23 September 1996. The album marked the first time the band's only UK No. 1 single, 1964's " Go Now ", was included on an official Moody Blues compilation album.
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.