Seventh Sojourn by The Moody Blues

Seventh Sojourn, the Moody Blues' eighth album, came out on Threshold in October 1972, and it's the classic lineup at the end of a remarkable run: Justin Hayward on guitar, John Lodge on bass, Mike Pinder on keyboards, Ray Thomas on flute and harmonica and Graeme Edge on drums, all of them taking turns at the lead vocal. It's progressive rock with the edges softened, lush, reflective and a touch melancholy, the harmonies wrapped in warm keyboard haze.

It went to number five in Britain and gave them their first American chart-topper, holding the top spot for five weeks as 1972 ran out. It was the last album of a streak that began with Days of Future Passed; the band toured on until a hiatus in 1974.

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