Octave (album)

Octave
Octave
Studio album by the Moody Blues
Released	9 June 1978
Recorded	October 1977 – April 1978
Studio	The Record Plant, Los Angeles, Indigo Ranch Recording Studios, Malibu
Genre	Rock, pop, progressive rock
Length	46:08
Label	Decca (UK); London (US);
Producer	Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues chronology
Singles from Octave
	"Steppin' in a Slide Zone"; Released: May 1978; "Driftwood"; Released: October 1978;
Colored vinyl issue
	Limited release edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(unfavorable)^[2]

Octave is the ninth album by the Moody Blues (the eighth by this particular line-up), released in 1978, and their first release after a substantial hiatus following the success of the best-selling Seventh Sojourn in 1972. Released after a considerable break, which saw The Moody Blues returning in an era of punk music and disco, Octave produced a reduced commercial outcome for the band, but reached No. 6 in the United Kingdom and went platinum in the United States,^[3] where the album reached No. 13. The album produced the hit single "Steppin' in a Slide Zone", which hit No. 39 in the US, in addition to "Driftwood". The album's title is a musical pun: it references both the notion of an octave; and as a word derived from the Latin octavus it refers to this being the eighth album by this line-up of the Moody Blues (following on from the previous album title Seventh Sojourn).

^ Eder, Bruce. "Octave - The Moody Blues | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ Holden, Stephen (7 September 1978). "The Moody Blues: Octave : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ Brock Helander (1982). The Rock Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary and Critical Discography Including Rhythm-And-Blues, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk, Country, Easy Listening, Punk, and New Wave. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH. pp. 397–398. ISBN 978-0-02-871250-5.

[1] Eder, Bruce. "Octave - The Moody Blues | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

[2] Holden, Stephen (7 September 1978). "The Moody Blues: Octave : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

[Helander1982-3] Brock Helander (1982). The Rock Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary and Critical Discography Including Rhythm-And-Blues, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk, Country, Easy Listening, Punk, and New Wave. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH. pp. 397–398. ISBN 978-0-02-871250-5.

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