What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

MOODY BLUES "in search of the lost chord" vinyl,1968

career stats:
studio albums.................16
compilation albums..........17
singles...........................26

this album stats..............#5 UK, #37 CAN, #23 US, #13 AU
singles:
"voices in the sky"..........#27 UK
"ride my see-saw"..........#42 UK, #33 CAN, #67 US

i'd heard so much hype about this album over the years and then last year i managed to find this one at a secondhand vinyl store so i
snapped it up thinking i was holding gold in my hands.....
but what a disappointment it turned out to be....
as much as i like the Moody's i just cannot get "into" this album at all, i guess its one of those 'had to be there' moments, after all i was still a
baby when this was released, infact, i turned one the day this was released in the UK....
its just too much of a mish-mash for me as the tracks tend to blend/meld into one, not knowing where they start or finish...
too much psychadelia,early prog sounds and overall too much of a muchness in the tracks for it to hold my attention fully over two sides of music...
i totally see where these guys were coming from, its just not the same place i come from or wish to go to unfortunately.
the cover art is exceptional IMO as is the album title, but sadly, this is one of those albums i couldnt care less if i heard again or not!

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: house of four doors
best track: dr.livingstone,i presume

tracks:

1. departure *
2. ride my see-saw **
3. dr.livingstone,i presume ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiIH6gvXQGc tv performance
4. house of four doors *
5. legend of a mind ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EXCIWlm1fs video
6. house of four doors(part 2) *
7. voices in the sky *
8. the best way to travel *
9. visions of paradise *
10.the actor *
11.the word *
12.OM **

3s=2
2s=2
1s=8

rating: 1.5