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The Present

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Genre
  
Rock

Label
  
Threshold

Length
  
41:47

Producer
  
Pip Williams

Released
  
28 August 1983 (UK) 2 September 1983 (US)

Recorded
  
8 March 1982 – 10 December 1982 at Strawberry Studios, South London

The Present is the eleventh album by The Moody Blues, released in 1983. It is the second album of the Patrick Moraz era. It yielded three minor hit singles in the U.S. with "Blue World" (#62), "Sitting at the Wheel" (#27) and "Running Water". The album has a track sequence designed to capitalise on the legacy of the more successful Long Distance Voyager, with Justin Hayward's songs at the beginning and Ray Thomas's at the end.

Contents

In November 2008 the album was remastered and released on CD with two extra tracks.

The cover is a pastiche of Maxfield Parrish's painting Daybreak.

Side One

  1. "Blue World" (Justin Hayward) – 5:20 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  2. "Meet Me Halfway" (Hayward, John Lodge) – 4:08 (lead singers: Justin Hayward, John Lodge)
  3. "Sitting at the Wheel" (Lodge) – 5:40 (lead singer: John Lodge)
  4. "Going Nowhere" (Graeme Edge) – 5:33 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)

Side Two

  1. "Hole in the World" (Lodge) – 1:54 (instrumental)
  2. "Under My Feet" (Lodge) – 4:51 (lead singer: John Lodge)
  3. "It's Cold Outside of Your Heart" (Hayward) – 4:27 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  4. "Running Water" (Hayward) – 3:23 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
  5. "I Am" (Ray Thomas) – 1:40 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
  6. "Sorry" (Thomas) – 5:02 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)

2008 remastered CD expanded edition

The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:

  1. "Blue World" (Single Edit)" – 3:38
  2. "Sitting at the Wheel (Steve Greenberg Remix)" – 7:32

The Moody Blues

  • Justin Hayward – vocals, guitar
  • John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ray Thomas – vocals, harmonica, flute
  • Graeme Edge – drums
  • Patrick Moraz – keyboards

    • Additional personnel

  • Pip Williams – sequencing

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    References

    The Present Wikipedia
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