The Best of The Moody Blues
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| Compilation album by The Moody Blues | ||||||||||||
| Released | 28 January 1997 | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 1964 – 1988 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||
| Length | 77:03 | |||||||||||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||||||||||
| Producer | Various | |||||||||||
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The Best of the Moody Blues is a compilation album by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, released on 28 January 1997. The album was also the Moody Blues' first compilation album to feature "Go Now", a song recorded in 1964 with then lead singer Denny Laine, who was replaced by Justin Hayward shortly after.
Track listing
All songs written by Justin Hayward except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Go Now" | Larry Banks, Milton Bennett | The Magnificent Moodies, 1965 | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" | Days of Future Passed, 1967 | 4:09 | |
| 3. | "Nights in White Satin" | Days of Future Passed | 4:25 | |
| 4. | "Ride My See-Saw" | John Lodge | In Search of the Lost Chord, 1968 | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Voices in the Sky" | In Search of the Lost Chord | 3:29 | |
| 6. | "Question" | A Question of Balance, 1970 | 5:44 | |
| 7. | "The Story in Your Eyes" | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971 | 3:05 | |
| 8. | "Isn't Life Strange" | Lodge | Seventh Sojourn, 1972 | 6:05 |
| 9. | "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" | Lodge | Seventh Sojourn | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Blue Guitar" (by Justin Hayward & John Lodge with 10cc (though Lodge did not perform on the track)) | Non-album single, 1975; later included on the 1987 CD release of Blue Jays, 1975 | 3:37 | |
| 11. | "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" | Lodge | Octave, 1978 | 5:28 |
| 12. | "Forever Autumn" (Edited version; by Justin Hayward) | Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, 1978 | 4:31 |
| 13. | "The Voice" | Long Distance Voyager, 1981 | 5:14 | |
| 14. | "Gemini Dream" | Hayward, Lodge | Long Distance Voyager | 4:05 |
| 15. | "Blue World" | The Present, 1983 | 5:11 | |
| 16. | "Your Wildest Dreams" | The Other Side of Life, 1986 | 4:50 | |
| 17. | "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" | Sur la Mer, 1988 | 6:37 |
