The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
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Artist: The Moody BluesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- The Voice - The Moody Blues, Hayward, Justin
- Talking Out of Turn - The Moody Blues, Lodge, John
- Gemini Dream - The Moody Blues, Hayward, Justin
- In My World - The Moody Blues, Hayward, Justin
- Meanwhile - The Moody Blues, Hayward, Justin
- 22,000 Days - The Moody Blues, Edge, Graeme
- Nervous - The Moody Blues, Lodge, John
- Painted Smile - The Moody Blues, Thomas, Ray
- Reflective Smile - The Moody Blues, Thomas, Ray
- Veteran Cosmic Rocker - The Moody Blues, Thomas, Ray
Free Music Notes for Long Distance Voyager
Free Music Review: The first, and best, Moody Blues album of the 1980s is still a masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
The Moody Blues' tenth studio album entitled Long Distance Voyager was released in May of 1981.
The Moody Blues, by 1981, had not put out any studio work since 1978's Platinum selling Octave (which was the last album which featured founding keyboard player Mike Pinder). Then in the spring of 1981 saw the return of The Moody Blues (which now consisted of guitarist/singer/songwriter Justin Hayward, bass player/singer/songwriter John Lodge, flute player/singer/songwriter Ray Thomas, drummer Graeme Edge and new member and one time Yes keyboard player Patrick Moraz (whom Yes fans remember for his stellar work on the band's 1974 album Relayer)). Many people were disappointed with Octave and called it disjointed but Long Distance Voyager saw The Moody Blues return in a MAJOR WAY!
First, the band jettisoned producer Tony Clarke and replaced him with Pip Williams. Then the band recorded in England for the first time since 1972's Seventh Sojourn at Threshold Studios in Northamptonshire, England in late 1980/early 1981. Finally, the mellotrons were gone and synthesizers (especially the Oberheims (which were the most popular synthesizer at the time)) were now here in its place.
The album opened with the Top 20 hit and FM rock radio staple "The Voice" which its synthesizer intro showcaed Moraz' synthesizer work and is a great piece with some fiery vocals and guitar from Hayward and was penned by Hayward, is a great song and worthy of hit status. Next is "Talking Out of Turn", a ballad penned and sung by Lodge. A great song. Next was the album's other big hit, the Top 20 charting "Gemini Dream", which was penned and sung by by Lodge and Hayward and proclaiming they were back, and they were. "In My World" is next and was the last song on the first side. The Hayward penned number is almost country-ish in sound but a beautiful track and featured excellent steel guitar work by B.J. Cole.
"Meanwhile" starts the second half of the album and was penned and sung by Hayward and is a fantastic number about love slipping through the character's fingers. Next is the Graeme Edge penned number "22,000 Days" which is about life and making the most of it and a stellar track. We follow with another Lodge penned number called "Nervous" and is another classic number. The album's last 3 tracks is a mini-suite penned and sung by Ray Thomas. The three tracks in question are "Painted Smile", "Reflective Smile" and "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" compares the music and entertainment world to the circus. This mini-suite of three songs is a great way to close a classic album and should be listened to as one suite (not individually).
Long Distance Voyager upon its release became The Moody Blues' second, and to date last, US chart-topper hitting #1 in July of 1981 and staying there for three weeks and was the second Moody Blues album to hit the Platinum mark in the US (meaning it sold a million or more in copies) and rightfully so because the album is flawless and saw The Moody Blues come back from a clunker to bring one of the best albums of their career.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic 1981 album. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.A regular fixture on the pop charts throughout the '70s, the Moody Blues roared into the '80s with this tremendously successful record. In fact, the album sounds only slightly different than its predecessors; the synthesizer textures are heavier (thanks to former Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz), but the band's flair for catchy, melodic compositions is still very much in evidence. In retrospect, songs like "The Voice," "Talking Out of Turn" and "In My World," while solid, don't exactly measure up to such all-time Moodies classics like "Ride My See-Saw" or "Tuesday Afternoon." Still, this is probably the last truly consistent album the band ever made. --Dan Epstein
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