The Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
📀 Album Overview
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is the seventh studio album by The Moody Blues, released in 1971. It continues the band’s progressive and conceptual approach while moving toward a more balanced and accessible sound. The album title is derived from a musical mnemonic used to remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef, reflecting the band’s ongoing connection to musical structure and theory.
🎶 Genre
The album is primarily progressive rock and symphonic rock, with elements of folk rock. It blends melodic songwriting with layered instrumentation, though with a slightly more direct production compared to earlier releases.
💿 Tracklist
- Procession
- The Story in Your Eyes
- Our Guessing Game
- Emily’s Song
- After You Came
- One More Time to Live
- Nice to Be Here
- You Can Never Go Home
- My Song
👥 Album Credits
Justin Hayward – guitars, vocals
John Lodge – bass guitar, vocals
Mike Pinder – keyboards, Mellotron, vocals
Ray Thomas – flute, vocals
Graeme Edge – drums, percussion
The Moody Blues – producers
⚡ Fun Facts
• “The Story in Your Eyes” became one of the band’s most popular and enduring singles.
• The album title comes from a mnemonic used in music education (E-G-B-D-F).
• The band experimented with early electronic sounds and production techniques.
🧠 Trivia
• The opening track “Procession” reflects technological and societal change through sound collage.
• The album balances experimental elements with more straightforward rock songs.
• It was one of the last albums to prominently feature Mike Pinder before lineup changes.
📚 Did You Know
• Every Good Boy Deserves Favour reached the top of the UK Albums Chart.
• The album represents a midpoint between the band’s experimental and accessible phases.
• Its title subtly reinforces the band’s connection to musical theory and structure.
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The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)
The Moody Blues - Strange Times (1999)
