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"Melancholy Man" is a song written by Mike Pinder that was first released on the Moody Blues' 1970 album A Question of Balance. It was also released as a single in some countries, but not in the UK or US, although in the US it was later released as the b-side of "The Story in Your Eyes".
Sessions from 1 to 6 June produced "Dawning is the Day", "Melancholy Man", "How Is It We Are Here" and "The Balance". [ 26 ] The sessions were a departure from their studio practice on the previous album, To Our Children's Children's Children , featuring minimal overdubs and an simpler, more natural sound that the band could more readily ...
Pinder's "Melancholy Man" would be released as a single in France, reaching No. 1 there. Hayward began an artful exploration of guitar tone through the use of numerous effects pedals and fuzzboxes and developed for himself a very melodic buzzing guitar-solo sound.
The success of the band's previous record, Days of Future Passed allowed the group additional studio time and creative flexibility in crafting a follow-up album. At the time, keyboardist Mike Pinder told the Melody Maker, "Albums give us a chance to experiment with new ideas.
Pinder's "When You're a Free Man" is addressed to Timothy Leary, who befriended the band after the release of their song "Legend of a Mind". At the time, Leary was imprisoned on a marijuana charge. In a later interview, Pinder defends Leary: ""He's a tremendous humanitarian with a tremendous capacity to bring people together.
"Question" is a 1970 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by guitarist Justin Hayward, who provides lead vocals."Question" was first released as a single in April 1970 and remains their second highest-charting song in the UK, reaching number two and staying on the chart for 12 weeks.
The album is a mix of rhythm and blues covers, including "Go Now" which had been a Number 1 hit single for the band earlier that year, and original songs by Laine and Pinder which show more of a Merseybeat influence. Also included is a cover of the George and Ira Gershwin standard "It Ain't Necessarily So".
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is the seventh album by The Moody Blues, released in 1971.The album reached No. 1 on the British album chart, in addition to a three-week stay at No. 2 in the United States, and produced one top-40 single, "The Story in Your Eyes".