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On The Threshold Of A Dream |  | Artist: The Moody Blues
Label: Decca - Pop
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1419
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 68 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 600753066256
EAN: 0600753066256
ASIN: B0018LMZO4
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | In The Beginning - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Lovely To See You - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Dear Diary - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Send Me No Wine - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | To Share Our Love - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | So Deep Within You - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Never Comes The Day - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Lazy Day - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Are You Sitting Comfortably - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | The Dream - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Have You Heard (Part 1) - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | The Voyage - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | Have You Heard (Part 2) - The Moody Blues, Tony Clarke | | • | In The Beginning - The Moody Blues | | • | So Deep Within You - The Moody Blues | | • | Dear Diary - The Moody Blues | | • | Have You Heard - The Moody Blues | | • | The Voyage - The Moody Blues | | • | Lovely To See You - The Moody Blues | | • | Send Me No Wine - The Moody Blues | | • | So Deep Within You - The Moody Blues | | • | Are You Sitting Comfortably - The Moody Blues |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Released in 1969, just two years after the groundbreaking Days Of Future Passed, the Moodies' third collection kicked off in high gear with a gutsy Justin Hayward rocker--"Lovely To See You"--before seguing into typically cosmic territory. As ever, keyboardist Mike Pinder contributed the most unabashedly trippy numbers here: both "The Voyage" and "Have You Heard" float along dreamily on a raft of dope smoke and good karma--though the album also found the group moving away from Oriental and Indian influences, in favour of more traditional Western melodies and instrumentation, notably, Pinder's Mellotron. As ever, there's a slightly bittersweet quality to these songs, a sense of melancholy--as if the band were aware, even as they celebrated the counterculture's heyday, of its actual ephemerality. In this vein, Hayward's "Never Comes The Day" set the stage for the stoic, devotional love songs of his later work, while John Lodge's "To Share Our Love" betrayed the influence of the 1960s British blues scene upon his song writing. All in all, a strong, diverse set. --Andrew McGuire
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 Spacey rock music. December 10, 2003
Mr. R. Baker (Leeds, England)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
In terms of variety and scale, On the Threshold of a Dream doesn't seem a huge step on from the previous album, In Search of the Lost Chord. However, the difference lies in its influences - Threshold is, in a way, a Western version of Lost Chord. Gone are the sitars, psychedelic sounds and the mystical, Indian feel. Here we have a very Western sounding album. Opening with a very cold, spacey synth, and some spoken philosophical words, the album takes the usual tour of 60s pop and experimental moments that the Moodies would slowly lose after this album.
Whilst promoted as a concept album, the theme here is a lot less clear than on their previous records. Whilst some songs have images of dreams and magic and philosophy, others seem unrelated, just being standard pop songs (Send Me No Wine and Lazy Day in particular).The album standouts include 'Dear Diary', a slow, slightly sinister jazzy number, and the end run of the spoken 'The Dream', acoustic 'Have You Heard' and epic spacey instrumental 'The Voyage' - one of the band's most chilling and sonically impressive pieces. All in all, a very impressive album, and an interesting step on from their earlier albums.
A third classic in a row ! March 20, 2002
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
After the groundbreaking work of "Days of future passed" and the Indian mysticism of "In search of the lost chord" came possibly my favourite moodies album, "On the threshold of a dream". This is because of the main epic of 'Are you sitting comfortably?/The dream/Have you heard/Voyage/Have you heard (2)'.It is an amazing collage of mellotron sounds, serious lyrics and a phenomenal finish. I'm only 15 and this is mind-boggling listening material. Other high points include Justin Hayward's "Never comes the day" and John Lodge's "To share our love". Ray Thomas also contributes well with "Dear diary". The other tracks are still great, and although the original sleeve notes are slightly silly, it is definately Mike Pinder's closing epic that, for me is The Moody blues' all time masterpiece.This album ought to be owned by every fan of the progressive rock genre.
Give up on dreaming! May 2, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've just started listening to this album after many long years - and I can't believe I waited so long! With this album, you get some of the best of the Moody Blues ever.All their songs are hauntingly brilliant, especially "The Dream". Every song is written with what must be their own personal experience, as there is no way that they could have written these off the cuff! Thanks to my girlfriend who finally got the hint to buy me this for my birthday!
CD review July 22, 2009
Mr. S. C. Warburton
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had this on vinyl years ago. It was good to be able to get it on CD - A Moody Blues classic!
Second Album Is Wondrous! December 12, 2002
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules))
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Released after "Days Of Future Passed", this CD was the start of a unique style that would be matched by no other group. Beginning with the soon to be followed motif of 'special acoustic starts'; "In The Beginning" combines spoken word, synthesized effects and soaring vocals. Containing the hit singles, "Lovely To See You" and "Never Comes The Day", the entire album could have been a series of individual hits. "Dear Diary" is a wonderful laid back storyline of a song and "Send Me No Wine" is a vintage 1969 rock and roller. The last half of the CD contains the great work of Mike Pinder and his mellotron, seemlessly soaring through his psychodelic "The Dream", "Have You Heard" and "The Voyage". This truly was the Moody Blues on the threshold of their own dream.
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