Long Distance Voyager
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| Studio album by The Moody Blues | |||||
| Released | 15 May 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1980 - 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 46:29 | ||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||
| Producer | Pip Williams | ||||
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Long Distance Voyager is a Moody Blues album released in 1981, and was their first with keyboardist Patrick Moraz in place of original keyboardist Mike Pinder who had departed in 1978.
Long Distance Voyager is only partially a concept album, as only half of the songs relate to a "traveling" referred to in the album's title. The final three tracks comprise a mini-suite that combines themes of carnival jesters and the chaos experienced backstage at a rock show.
Upon release in 1981, Long Distance Voyager became the Moody Blues' second U.S. number one album, and was also the source of the Top 20 singles "Gemini Dream" (#12) and "The Voice" (#15). It also continued their winning streak in their native UK, reaching #7 there.
If one looks at the top of the front side of the album cover, one can see NASA's Voyager spacecraft. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were in the news in 1980-81 as they were observing the planet Saturn.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Voice" (Justin Hayward) – 5:18
- "Talking Out of Turn" (John Lodge) – 7:18
- "Gemini Dream" (Hayward/Lodge) – 4:07
- "In My World" (Hayward) – 7:17
- "Meanwhile" (Hayward) – 4:08
- "22,000 Days" (Graeme Edge) – 5:27
- "Nervous" (Lodge) – 5:45
- "Painted Smile" (Ray Thomas) – 3:18
- "Reflective Smile" (Thomas) – 0:37
- "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" (Thomas) – 3:14
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Personnel
- Justin Hayward - Vocals, Guitar
- John Lodge - Vocals, Bass Guitar
- Ray Thomas - Vocals, Flute, Harmonica
- Graeme Edge - Drums
- Patrick Moraz - Keyboards
- Melvyn Abrahams - Mastering
- Cream - Design, Illustrations
- Pip Williams - Producer, String Arrangements
- Greg Jackman - Engineer, Mixing
- Norman Goodman - Engineer, Mixing
| Preceded by Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes |
Billboard 200 number-one album July 25 - August 14, 1981 |
Succeeded by Precious Time by Pat Benatar |
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