I WORKED LIKE A
SLAVE FOR YEARS
SWEAT SO HARD JUST TO
END MY FEARS
NOT TO END MY LIFE
A POOR MAN
BUT BY NOW
I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE RUN...
In Search of the Lost Chord
is the third album by
released
July,26th 1968
on the Deram label.
Background
The success of the band's
previous record,
Days of Future Passed,
allowed the group
additional studio time
and creative flexibility
in crafting a
follow-up album.
At the time,
keyboardist
Mike Pinder
told the Melody Maker,
"Albums give us a chance to
experiment with new ideas.
And buyers realize
they offer more than
just music to dance to.
They can sit down
and listen
get away on
a trip of musical exploration."
Guitarist
Justin Hayward
recalled that
In Search of the Lost Chord "
was when I feel we found
our soul and direction.
It was when
everything gelled musically."
Writing
Like its predecessor,
In Search of the Lost Chord
features a conceptual theme.
The songs of
In Search of the Lost Chord
form a loose concept
around a theme of
quest and discovery,
including both
world exploration
and
inner self-realization.
Mike Pinder explained,
"The Moodies were really
the first rock band
to do conceptual albums
and to work with
a symphony orchestra.
Because of that,
I realized that
so many of my ideas
were linked-up to
this whole area of
conceptual thinking
and of communicating ideas
to people by
asking questions musically
and through the lyrics."
The album takes
inspiration from
the spirit of
inner exploration
that characterized
the psychedelic era.
Justin Hayward
acknowledged the influence of
psychedelic drugs
on the band's
creative process:
"Oh, we all dabbled in
all sorts of things.
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