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Days of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album by English rock band The Moody Blues, released in December 1967 on Deram Records. After two years performing as a struggling white R&B band, The Moody Blues were asked by their record label in September 1967 to record an adaptation of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 as a stereo demonstration record. Instead, the band chose to record an orchestral song cycle about a typical working day.
I always figured the Moody Blues produced the first "concept album" i.e. "listen straight through" album. Some of you are probably familiar with the fabulous cuts "Tuesday Afternoon" or "Nights in White Satin" - they are quite wonderful when heard as part of the album.