Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Moody Blues


Released = 23 July 1971
Recorded = November 1970 and January-March 1971
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 40:05
Label = Threshold Records
Producer = Tony Clarke
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tb6uak1k5m3n link]
Last album = "A Question of Balance"
(1970)
This album = "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour"
(1971)
Next album = "Seventh Sojourn"
(1972)

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour", the sixth album by the Moody Blues' psychedelic-era lineup, was released in 1971. The album was the last to feature the Mellotron, as it would be replaced by the Chamberlin (another device that uses recorded tape to generate sound) on the Moody Blues' next studio album, 1972's "Seventh Sojourn".

This album featured the first and only track to be written by all five members of the band. The opening "Procession" was a piece that was intended to describe the history of music from the beginning of time up until the album's recording. The only three words heard in this track --"desolation," "creation," and "communication" -- were similarly used (along with many other "-ation" words) in "One More Time to Live."

The album reached #1 on the UK album charts, in addition to a three week stay at #2 in the U.S., and produced one top-40 single, "The Story In Your Eyes." The track "Emily's Song" was written by John Lodge for his newborn daughter.

The title is taken from the student mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef.

In March 2006 the album was remastered into SACD format and repackaged with two extra tracks.

Track listing

ide one

#"Procession" (Graeme Edge/Justin Hayward/John Lodge/Mike Pinder/Ray Thomas) – 4:40
#"The Story in Your Eyes" (Hayward) – 2:57
#"Our Guessing Game" (Thomas) – 3:34
#"Emily's Song" (Lodge) – 3:41
#"After You Came" (Edge) – 4:37

ide two

#"One More Time to Live" (Lodge) – 5:41
#"Nice to Be Here" (Thomas) – 4:24
#"You Can Never Go Home" (Hayward) – 4:14
#"My Song" (Pinder) – 6:20

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks SACD version:

10. "The Story in Your Eyes" (Original Version) (Hayward) – 3:33
11. "Dreamer" (Hayward/Thomas) – 3:42

Chart Positions

Album

ingles

Personnel

* Justin Hayward: vocals, guitar, sitar
* John Lodge: vocals, bass
* Ray Thomas: vocals, flute, tambourine
* Graeme Edge: electric and acoustic drums
* Mike Pinder: vocals, synthesizer, mellotron, harpsichord, organ