Editing Days of Future Passed (section)

{{short description|1967 studio album by The Moody Blues}}
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{{distinguish|Days of Future Past}}
{{other uses|Days of Future Past (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Days of Future Passed
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Moody Blues]]
| cover      = TheMoodyBlues-album-daysoffuturepassed.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 17 November 1967<ref name="BirminghamEveningMail19671108">{{Cite web |date=1967-11-08 |title=Reaching for riches again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/852881156/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=[[Birmingham Evening Mail]] |page=3 |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="WidnesWeeklyNews19671110">{{Cite web |date=1967-11-10 |title='Nights in white satin' tipped the top |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/984199066/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=[[Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News|Widnes Weekly News]] |page=22 |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| recorded   = 9 May – 3 November 1967
| studio     = [[Decca Studios|Decca]], London
| genre      =
* [[Progressive rock]]<ref name="ss"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Will Romano|title=Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lVMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-1-61713-375-6|page=34}}</ref>
* [[art rock]]<ref>{{cite book|author=James E. Perone|title=The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5Dh_Owq0agC&pg=PA117|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37906-2|page=117}}</ref>
* [[psychedelic rock]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
* [[baroque pop]]
* [[symphonic prog]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=41|s=34}}
| label      = [[Deram Records|Deram]]
| producer   =
* [[Tony Clarke (producer)|Tony Clarke]]
* Michael Dacre-Barclay
| prev_title = [[The Magnificent Moodies]]
| prev_year  = 1965
| next_title = [[In Search of the Lost Chord]]
| next_year  = 1968
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Days of Future Passed
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[Nights in White Satin]]
 | single1date = 3  November 1967<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connolly |first=Ray |author-link=Ray Connolly |date=1967-11-04 |title=Ray Connolly on Discs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1018947927/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=[[Evening Standard]] |page=7 |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Tuesday Afternoon]]
 | single2date = 19 July 1968
}}
}}

'''''Days of Future Passed''''' is the second studio album by English [[progressive rock]] band [[the Moody Blues]], released on 17 November 1967, by [[Deram Records]].<ref name="RS67"/> It has been cited by the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and others as one of the earliest albums of the progressive rock genre and one of rock music's first [[concept album]]s.<ref>Progressive Rock Spotlight. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Www.rockhall.com. https://www.rockhall.com/progressive-rock-spotlight.</ref><ref name="Prince">{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Patrick |date=2010-08-18 |title=Moody Blues 'Days of Future Passed' doesn't get its due |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/moody-blues-days-of-future-passed-doesnt-get-its-due |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |language=en}}</ref>

The album represents a significant creative turning point for the band. The album is their first with guitarist and singer [[Justin Hayward]], who replaced [[Denny Laine]], and bassist [[John Lodge (musician)|John Lodge]], who replaced [[Clint Warwick]]. The album is also their first to feature longtime producer and collaborator [[Tony Clarke (producer)|Tony Clarke]] and the first to feature keyboardist [[Mike Pinder]] on [[Mellotron]]. These changes, combined with a shift away from [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] covers toward original compositions and a thematic concept, helped define the band's sound for the next several albums and earned the group new critical and commercial success. The album was recorded to showcase the [[stereophonic sound|stereo]] recording techniques of [[Decca Records]]' new imprint, Deram. The label had requested the group record covers of [[pop music|pop]] and [[Classical music|classical]] music along with an orchestra. Instead, the album features original compositions expressing the day in a life of an everyday person, interspersed with orchestral interludes arranged and conducted by [[Peter Knight (composer)|Peter Knight]] and performed by the [[London Festival Orchestra]].

The album was a moderate success upon release, but steady FM radio airplay and the success of hit single "[[Nights in White Satin]]", led the album to become a top ten US hit by 1972. It has since been listed among the most important albums of 1967 by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.