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Use British English|date=July 2011Use dmy dates|date=July 2011Infobox Album | | Name = Keys of the Kingdom| Type = Album | Artist = The Moody Blues | Cover = Moodykeys.jpg| Released = 25 June 1991 (US) 1 July 1991 (UK)| Recorded = 1990 - 1991| Genre = Rock and Roll|Rock | Length = 53:02| Label = Polydor | Producer = Christopher Neil Alan Tarney Tony Visconti | Last album = Greatest Hits (The Moody Blues album)|Greatest Hits (1989)|| This album = Keys of the Kingdom (1991)|| Next album = A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (1993)| Misc =Singles| Name = Keys of the Kingdom| Type = Studio| single 1 = Say It With Love | single 1 date = June 1991| single 2 = Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back) | single 2 date = August 1991Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|2|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r13364|first=|last=|accessdate=2011-06-21 other uses|Keys of the Kingdom (disambiguation) Keys of the Kingdom is the fifteenth album released by the rock band The Moody Blues in 1991. Although some of the tracks recall the songwriting on Sur La Mer , the failure of Keys of the Kingdom to produce any major hit singles would mark the beginning of the Moodies' decline in popularity with mainstream audiences after their success in the MTV video generation. The album saw the band beginning to return to a more airy rock oriented sound (similar to The Present ), rather than the previous two albums' forays into synthesiser pop. Flautist Ray Thomas plays more of a substantial role on this record, with his first ambient flute piece in eight years. Drum machines are still used heavily; Graeme Edge only performs on three songs, with session drummer Andy Duncan providing live drums on two more, and the rest being programmed. cite web|url= http://www.webwriter.f2s.com/moody/lyrics/kotk.htm |title=The Moody Blues - Keys Of The Kingdom Lyrics |publisher=Webwriter.f2s.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-21 Keyboardist Patrick Moraz left the band after completing only a few tracks for this album, and he is listed as an 'additional' keyboard player. As this was the second time the band and their keyboardist would part ways, their future album and re-release booklets would distance themselves from Moraz and any future keyboardists they hired from being members of the band.
This was the last Moody Blues album before their extravagant concert at Red Rocks and a series of symphonic tours with orchestras.
Original Track Listing
#" Say It With Love " ( Justin Hayward ) - 3:57 #" Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back) " (Hayward) - 5:10 #"Is This Heaven? " (Hayward, John Lodge (musician)|John Lodge ) - 4:04 #"Say What You Mean (Part 1 & 2)" (Hayward) - 8:00 #" Lean on Me (Tonight) " (Lodge) - 4:58 #"Hope and Pray" (Hayward) - 5:03 #"Shadows on the Wall" (Lodge) - 5:07 #"Once Is Enough" (Hayward, Lodge) (not on vinyl LP (Europe only) or Cassette; included on CD format and 7 inch single - 4:03 #"Celtic Sonant" ( Ray Thomas ) - 5:02 #"Magic" (Lodge) - 5:11 #"Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain" (Hayward, Thomas) - 4:57
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