Night Flight (album)
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| Studio album by Justin Hayward | ||
| Released | 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | Unknown | |
| Label | Decca Records | |
| Producer(s) | Unknown | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Justin Hayward chronology | ||
| Songwriter (1977) |
Night Flight (1980) |
Moving Mountains (1985) |
Night Flight was a studio album by Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward, released on Decca Records in 1980. It was reissued on CD in 1989.
The album came about as a result of Hayward's involvement in Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of War of the Worlds. Wayne produced and arranged the album, which proved to be one of the lengthiest recording experiences of Hayward's career. The music was mostly pop and dance oriented, and most of the tracks were romantic love songs. It was not a favourite with Moody Blues fans, and was not a commercial success.
The title track was the last to be recorded for the album.
[edit] Track listing
- Night Flight (Jeff Wayne/Paul Vigrass)
- Maybe It's Just Love (Mike Silver)
- Crazy Lovers (Justin Hayward)
- Penumbra Moon (Billy Nicholls)
- Nearer To You (Justin Hayward)
- A Face In The Crowd (Justin Hayward)
- Suitcase (Justin Hayward)
- I'm Sorry (Daryl Hall/John Oates, copyright 1972)
- It's Not On (Jeff Wayne/Gary Osborne)
- Bedtime Stories (Colin Still)
A further CD reissue in 2004 appended two bonus tracks: the single version of "Bedtime Stories" and a live version of "Forever Autumn".
[edit] Personnel
- Justin Hayward: vocals and guitars; bass and drums on "Suitcase"
- Jeff Wayne: production, arrangements, conducting; piano on "Night Flight"
- Jo Partridge: guitars
- Ken Freeman: keyboards
- Herbie Flowers: bass
- Barry de Souza: drums
- Roy Jones: percussion
- Tony Carr: percussion
- Doreen Chanter: female vocals on "Bedtime Stories" and "Nearer To You"
- Irene Chanter: female vocals on "Bedtime Stories" and "Nearer To You"
- Dave Holland: drums on one track (possibly "Crazy Lovers"; the liner note information is unclear)
Brass arrangements by Jeff Wayne and Steve Gray. Engineered by Geoff Young with technical assistance from Graham Meek. Assistant engineers: Paul Taylor, Craig Thompson and Norman Goodman.
| The Moody Blues |
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| Justin Hayward | John Lodge | Graeme Edge Former members: Ray Thomas | Mike Pinder | Patrick Moraz | Denny Laine | Clint Warwick |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: The Magnificent Moodies | Days of Future Passed | In Search of the Lost Chord | On the Threshold of a Dream | To Our Children's Children's Children | A Question of Balance | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Seventh Sojourn | Octave | Long Distance Voyager | The Present | The Other Side of Life | Sur La Mer | Keys of the Kingdom | Strange Times | December |
| Live: Caught Live + 5 | A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Hall Of Fame: Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Lovely To See You Again |
| Compilations: This is The Moody Blues | Greatest Hits | Prelude | Time Traveller (Box Set) | An Introduction to The Moody Blues |
