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Natural Avenue

Natural Avenue is the debut solo album by John Lodge of The Moody Blues, released in 1977 during the Moody Blues' five-year hiatus. During the five years, Lodge also collaborated with Justin Hayward for an album titled Blue Jays. While Natural Avenue was not a major hit, the album fared slightly better than Hayward's release of Night Flight three years later. Music critic Robert Hillburn gave the album a favourable review in the Los Angeles Times. The album's cover features artwork by English artist Roger Dean.

Track listing
All tracks composed by John Lodge Side 1 • "Intro to Children of Rock 'n' Roll" – 1:04 • "Natural Avenue" – 3:56 • "Summer Breeze" – 5:22 • "Carry Me" – 5:42 • "Who Could Change" – 6:04 Side 2 • "Broken Dreams, Hard Road" – 4:33 • "Piece of My Heart" – 3:56 • "Rainbow" – 3:53 • "Say You Love Me" – 6:25 • "Children of Rock 'n' Roll" – 4:31 1987 CD Bonus Track "Street Café" – 4:02 1996/2014 Reissue CD Bonus Tracks "Street Café" – 4:02 "Threw It All Away" – 4:17 • Both "Street Café" and "Threw It All Away" produced by Pip Williams. ==Personnel==
Personnel
• John Lodge – 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars (1–7, 9, 10), bass (2–10), harmonica (2), piano (5), vocals • Steve Simpson – Spanish guitar (1, 9), 6-string acoustic guitars (1, 3–6, 10), electric guitar (2, 6), vocals • Chris Spedding – electric guitar (5, 7–10) • Mick Weaver – piano & organ (2–6, 8–10), electric piano (7), celeste (7) • Kenney Jones – drums & percussion (2–10) • Jimmy Jewell – saxophone (3, 6) • Mel Collins – soprano saxophone (2) • Martin Dobson – alto saxophone (2) • Brian Rogers Orchestra – (3–10) • Dennis Lopez – percussion (5) • Gary Osborne – vocals • John Richardson – vocals • Allan Williams – vocals • Billy Lowrie – vocals == Charts==
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