Prelude
by The Moody Blues
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The Moody Blues bestography
Prelude is ranked 21st best out of 30 albums by The Moody Blues on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Moody Blues is Days Of Future Passed which is ranked number 350 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,786.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Prelude track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Prelude rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 46 Music Albums of 1987 | 9/46 | 4 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Moody Blues Albums Ranked (Including Solo Albums) | 12/31 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Prelude ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/28/2026 10:13 | dukeboxkool | 2,219 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2021 20:09 | Pluto11 | 12,246 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2020 19:58 |  Tamthebam | 23,195 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2019 18:25 |  UofTBlues | 3,636 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2017 11:45 | JoSt | 3,046 | 71/100 |
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Fischman 12/28/2016 23:07 | #181183
Better late than never. In 1987, the Moodies released their own Coda/Odds n' Sods. Five tracks were previously included in as the fourth side of the double Caught Live +5 album. Other than the closing Late Lament, the rest found album release for the first time and both sets (the +5 and the newly released tracks) are all excellent. We see that Justin Hayward was a fully mature songwriter even pre-Nights in White Satin, with outstanding cuts like Fly Me High, Cities, Long Summer Days, and the positively devastating King and Queen.
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