Album · The Moody Blues
A Question of Balance by The Moody Blues
A Question of Balance is an album by The Moody Blues, released in 1970. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Question”, on 24 lists with a best position of #41.
A Question of Balance, the Moody Blues' sixth album, came out on Threshold on 7 August 1970, with Tony Clarke producing, and it went to number one in the UK and number 3 in the US. After the lush, psychedelic swirl of the records before it, the Birmingham band wanted songs they could actually pull off onstage, so Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge cut it close to live, easing off the overdubs.
The songs circle the big questions: Hayward described the first side as asking them and the second as starting to find answers, and the title comes from the opening and closing tracks, "Question" and "Balance". "Question" is the one FM radio latched onto, charging forward, dropping into a wistful ballad and charging back again, and it still shows up on the countdowns. It's the Moodies' cosmic searching, played by five guys in a room.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Question of Balance on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Question | 24 | #41 | – | 1991–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.