In Search Of The Lost Chord
by The Moody Blues
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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 351 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,724.
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In Search Of The Lost Chord track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In Search Of The Lost Chord rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | The best British Psych Rock albums of all time | 40/56 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 87 Music Albums of 1968 | 53/87 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 77 Music Albums of 1968 | 34/77 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 65 Music Albums of 1968 | 13/65 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 85 Music Albums of 1968 | 28/85 | 3 |
| 2026 | Bluedog | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 23/40 | 42 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1968 | 68/99 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 250 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,316 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 15:58 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 15:17 | mids | 937 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 11:56 | Adhura | 1,732 | 77/100 |
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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 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Listmeister 07/22/2013 21:32 | #82167 | TOP COMMENT
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First the album grabs you, with 'Ride My See-Saw', then it intrigues you with 'House of Four Doors' and 'Legend of a Mind', then it blows your mind with 'Best Way to Travel' and 'Visions of Paradise'. Finally, it brings it all together with 'The Word' and 'Om'. The 1967-1972 Moody Blues (as opposed to earlier and later incarnations) knew how to put together the perfect album, and this their best. One of the best art-rock albums of all time, by one of the two best art-rock bands (Pink Floyd is the other one).
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2016 15:58 | #177645 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
Beautiful and wonderful spiritual journey, underrated masterpiece in my opinion, it's perfect from start to finish. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
AndrewJFisher 04/13/2019 22:24 | #234922 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
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