Days of Future Passed

Days of Future Passed (1967) by The Moody Blues with the London Festival Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight is a concept album that juxtaposes the band's rock songs with orchestral interludes organized around the passage of a single day. The sound combines melodic rock instrumentation, prominent Mellotron textures, and folk-tinged songwriting with lush string and brass arrangements, producing a cinematic, baroque-influenced pop and symphonic rock palette. Notable for its suite-like sequencing and the fusion of classical orchestration with rock elements, the record is often cited as an early example of progressive and symphonic rock.