The Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

The Moody Blues always had a good ear for a hit single, but the turn of the 1970s witnessed their transition into an albums band. With a great succession of loosely conceptualized and highly sophisticated productions, they served notice of that evolution in the summer of 1971, as they topped the British charts with an album that contained no chart singles at all. Taking its title from the mnemonic for the EGBDF lines of the treble clef, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour featured solo compositions by each of the five members, as well as the only Moody Blues song to carry credits for the whole quintet ("Procession"). Highlights come in the form of "Story in Your Eyes," one of Justin Hayward's unsung classics, his equally ambitious "You Can Never Go Home" and drummer Graeme Edge's "After You Came," all showcasing the group's gloriously flexible harmonies.