Label: Decca Records (UK & Europe), 00422 8822832 5
Style: Soft Rock, Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Swindon, Wiltshire, England (14 October 1946)
Time: 54:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 403 Mb
Justin
Hayward and John Lodge parted ways after Blue Jays, releasing solo
albums in 1977. Songwriter and Natural Avenue were full of ideas,
suggesting that both artists might have benefited from a wider canvas
than that afforded to them in The Moody Blues. Not that Octave was a bad
album, but it’s not demonstrably better than what Hayward and Lodge
were able to do on their own. Songwriter sounds like the Moodies, The
Beatles and 10cc, which is to say intelligent and inventive pop music
that feels fresh with each song. Hayward plays much of the music
himself; in fact, I’m pretty sure he plays everything—including the
flute, cello and violin—on the closing Nostradamus. Though the album
charted well, it didn’t produce a hit single. They’re one of the rare
acts where the sum may actually be smaller than the parts, since I
wouldn’t know where to begin editing on Blue Jays, Natural Avenue or
Songwriter, and I couldn’t imagine any Moodies album without the
contributions of its other three members. Maybe they should have been
making double albums all along...
(progrography.com/justin-hayward/review-justin-hayward-songwriter-1977/)
01. Tight Rope (04:49)
02. Songwriter (Part 1) (03:32)
03. Songwriter (Part 2) (02:33)
04. Country Girl (04:02)
05. One Lonely Room (05:21)
06. Lay It On Me (02:55)
07. Stage Door (05:11)
08. Raised On Love (03:13)
09. Doin' Time (04:22)
10. Nostradamus (06:37)
11. Wrong Time, Right Place (bonus track) (02:35)
12. Marie (bonus track) (03:53)
13. Heart Of Steel (bonus track) (03:25)
14. Learning The Game (bonus track) (02:11)
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