Greatest Hits (The Moody Blues album)

Greatest Hits
Compilation album by The Moody Blues
Released 21 November 1989
Recorded 1967 – 1988
Genre Progressive rock
Length 63:48
Label Polydor Records
Producer Tony Clarke
Pip Williams
Tony Visconti
Anne Dudley / Justin Hayward & John Lodge
The Moody Blues chronology

Sur la Mer
(1988)
Greatest Hits
(1989)
Keys of the Kingdom
(1991)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, released in 1989. It was re-released as Legend of a Band in 1990. Both releases contained additional orchestration on "Isn't Life Strange" and "Question." [2] The arrangements and new productions were overseen by Anne Dudley.[3]

Original Track Listing

All songs written by Justin Hayward except where noted.

Side One

  1. "Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:51
  2. "The Voice" – 5:17
  3. "Gemini Dream" (Hayward, John Lodge) – 4:09
  4. "The Story in Your Eyes" – 3:06
  5. "Tuesday Afternoon" – 4:53
  6. "Isn't Life Strange (1988 version)" (Lodge) (orch. arr. by Anne Dudley) – 6:41

Side Two

  1. "Nights in White Satin" – 7:39
  2. "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" – 6:39
  3. "The Other Side of Life" – 6:52 (not on vinyl LP (Europe only); included on CD and Cassette format)
  4. "Ride My See-Saw" (Lodge) – 3:47
  5. "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (Lodge) – 4:20
  6. "Question (1988 version)" (Hayward) (orch. arr. by Anne Dudley) – 5:45

Additional personnel on 1988 versions

Personnel are otherwise the same as on the original albums.

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1990 Billboard 200 113

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Hits - The Moody Blues | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. "The Moody Blues Discography". king-nerd.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. Greatest Hits / Legend of a Band liner notes, 1989, 1990