I’ve always liked this album a lot. It still has a lot of the symphonic progressive rock element one expects from the Moody Blues. The thing is, there is more folk and psychedelia built into this than there is on some of their other discs. It brings some nice variety to the catalog, while still feeling like it belongs. It should be noted that I reviewed a couple of these songs before on a best of album review. For the sake of consistency, those song reviews have been copied or adapted for use here.

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This is a purely introductory piece. It has sound effects, atmospherics and theatrical voices. The voices provide both dialog and poetry.

There is a bluesy vibe to this. That said, the flute and other elements bring this into psychedelically tinged progressive rock territory. I love the vocal arrangement on this, and the whole piece just drips with class. It’s a mellower, slow moving, tune. It’s also great. The little spoken bit at the end is a nice touch.

Those same symphonic elements carry over at first. We’re brought back into the familiar folk rock themes from the earlier section of this. Another killer symphonic prog section takes it at the end.