In Search Of The Lost Chord
by The Moody Blues

In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-07-26
Overall rank: 1,264th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 262 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (130th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,264th)

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The Moody Blues bestography

In Search Of The Lost Chord is ranked 2nd 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 348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,881.

The Moody Blues album bestography « Higher ranked (348th)
Days Of Future Passed
This album (1,264th)
In Search Of The Lost Chord
Lower ranked (1,922nd) »
To Our Children's Children's Children

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,264th | 1960s rank: 130th | 1968 rank: 24th
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2026JohnnyoTop albums of the 60’s (101 - 200)20/100 -
2026mrmcrookTop 12 Music Albums of 19685/123
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 196843/501
2026bonnequestionBest UK Albums52/100 -
2026 sssvnnnTop 65 Music Albums of 196863/650
2026 AAL2014Top 78 Music Albums of 196815/784
2026 slatsheitMy top 101-201 (not a misprint)45/100 -
2026mrmcrookTop 60 Music Albums of the 1960s20/6014
2026 bertrandu*All Time* Psychedelic Pop Albums50/100 -
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 per Year48/68 -
2026Steppenwolf666Top 99 Music Albums of 196868/992
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 196841/1003
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 Per Artist78/100 -
2026BluedogTop 40 Greatest Music Albums23/4044
2026 imacgillTop 28 Music Albums of 19688/284
2026Exist-en-cielTop 61 Music Albums of 196837/612
2026 RepoTop 63 Music Albums of 19683/635
2026jackqTop 43 Music Albums of the 1960s29/437
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s13/10018
2026stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s26/10015
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 247
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,379
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 262 votes)
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4 days ago mids  Ratings distribution  93280/100
 
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05/10/2026 11:56 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,66177/100
 
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04/25/2026 22:59 Robert Anton Wil  Ratings distribution  1,14184/100
 
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03/31/2026 14:51 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,37072/100
 
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03/18/2026 21:03 davidhuret  Ratings distribution  2,02676/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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80/100
From 10/30/2024 00:26 | #305820
Tranquil paisley psychedelic prog. Brilliant. One that just grows on you
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From 12/27/2023 21:00 | #300699
Put on the headphones and get taken away to the Legend inside your own Mind..... From Ride to Om this album takes you on the journey that cant be beat.
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From 03/25/2020 09:49 | #249090
A timeless masterpiece. If I had to choose one single favorite album of all times it will be this one! Pure magic in my opinion.
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70/100
From 02/08/2020 23:33 | #247611
Thinking is The Best Way To Travel
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80/100
From 07/30/2019 14:51 | #240560
Trippy mellotron overload. A Couple of great songs from the MB repertoire and a psychedelic music landmark.
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From 04/13/2019 22:24 | #234922
I was really impressed by this, not so much a flowing concept album as Days of Future Passed, the songs are more stand-alone. The Moodies will have been accused of being a bit light-weight as a rock band, when compared to their British fellows, but "Ride My See-Saw" really rocks. There's a lot of great melody in the songs, some have probably compared the chorus of "House of Four Doors" to Beethoven's 9th Symphony("Ode to Joy"), "Legend of a Mind" with its eerie ♫"Timothy Learyyyyy"♫ followed by the organ melody and "The Word/Om" with it's sitar, tabla and Indian spirituality.
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75/100
From 12/28/2016 05:52 | #181122
Favoritas: House Of Four Doors, Legend Of a Mind, Voices In The Sky, Best Way To Travel
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95/100
From 10/28/2016 15:58 | #177645
So many classics on this album, which is hard to do given the variety of sounds and styles involved. The Moodies had 5 quality songwriters and 4 quality vocalists, making for a broad listening experience on any of their classic albums.
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From 09/04/2015 21:13 | #149260
Great 60's album, the last track is just pure magic.
The whole album combines a lot of genres that were already there or where spawning in the 60's.
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90/100
From 07/29/2015 23:21 | #146704
Underrated album.
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