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, 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).

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1. Steppin’ In A Slide Zone (5:28)
2. Under Moonshine (5:00)
3. Had To Fall In Love (3:38)
4. I’ll Be Level With You (3:47)
5. Driftwood (5:02)
6. Top Rank Suite (3:40)
7. I’m Your Man (4:20)
8. Survival (4:09)
9. One Step Into The Light (4:28)
10. The Day We Meet Again (6:18)

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