A Question of Balance
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| Studio album by The Moody Blues | ||||
| Released | 7 August 1970 | |||
| Recorded | January – June 1970 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 38:41 | |||
| Label | Threshold Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Clarke | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
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 law suit.
The "Question" single released in North America 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.
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