Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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Album Summary
Recorded and released in 1971 on Threshold Records, 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' stands as one of the Moody Blues' most deeply felt artistic statements — a record born from a band firing on all cylinders, producing themselves alongside the trusted Tony Clarke, the man who knew how to capture their sound like nobody else. This was the Moody Blues continuing to push the boundaries of what rock music could be, layering orchestral grandeur over emotional songwriting with a confidence that only comes from a group who had already changed the game and knew it. The title itself, lifted from the old music teacher's mnemonic for reading the lines of a treble clef, was a love letter to music itself — and everything inside those grooves delivered on that promise.
Reception
- The album reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, a testament to just how devoted the British public had become to the Moody Blues' symphonic vision.
- It achieved gold certification in multiple countries, cementing the band's remarkable commercial reach across both sides of the Atlantic in the early 1970s progressive rock era.
Significance
- 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' captures the Moody Blues at the absolute peak of their symphonic rock powers, weaving orchestral arrangements and rock instrumentation together with a seamlessness that few bands before or since have managed to replicate.
- 'The Story In Your Eyes' emerged from this album as one of the most enduring tracks in the Moody Blues' entire catalog — a hard-driving, emotionally charged piece that proved the band could rock with urgency while still carrying that signature lush, layered beauty.
- The album stands as a defining artifact of the early 1970s progressive rock movement, a time when artists dared to believe that rock music could carry the same emotional and spiritual weight as classical composition — and the Moody Blues made that case beautifully here.
Tracklist
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A1 Procession 79
4:40
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A2 The Story In Your Eyes 172
2:57
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A3 Our Guessing Game 108
3:34
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A4 Emily's Song 121
3:41
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A5 After You Came 151
4:37
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B1 One More Time To Live 108
5:41
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B2 Nice To Be Here 108
4:24
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B3 You Can Never Go Home 80
4:14
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B4 My Song 96
6:20
Artist Details
The Moody Blues were a magnificent British rock outfit that came together in Birmingham, England back in 1964, weaving together psychedelic rock, classical orchestration, and philosophical lyricism into a sound so lush and cosmic it practically invented the art rock and progressive rock genres before anyone even had a name for them. Their landmark 1967 album Days of Future Passed, recorded with the London Festival Orchestra, was a groundbreaking fusion of rock and classical music that shook the industry to its core and proved once and for all that rock and roll could be a serious, soul-stirring art form. These cats left an undeniable mark on music history, influencing generations of artists and earning a well-deserved induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, their dreamy, transcendent sound forever a reminder that music at its finest can lift the spirit straight to the stars.
