On The Threshold of a Dream by The Moody Blues (Vinyl record album review)

Record basics

• Album name: On The Threshold of a Dream
• Group name: The Moody Blues
• Year: 1969
• Number of discs: one
• Label: Deram records
• Collection: Brenner / Gessner
• Distinguishing characteristics: “G” written inside album sleeve, indicating that my father owned this record
• Buy it:
  • Amazon (Vinyl): $11.89
  • Amazon (CD): $11.59

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I listened to a Moody Blues compilation a few weeks ago, and thought it was all right, but not really impressive or memorable.

What I expected

Progressive rock with Space Oddity vibes.

What it was actually like

This record had some of the same stuff that I disliked from the previous one. In particular, In the Beginning and The Dream were really annoying and I don’t get the point of them at all.

On the other hand, I thought the quality of the actual songs was quite strong. Lovely to See You and Never Comes the Day were both great, and Lazy Day was also pretty good.

Grade

4/5: would listen again