Anthology (The Moody Blues album)

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Anthology
Compilation album by The Moody Blues
Released	20 October 1998
Recorded	1964 – 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	129:00
Label	Polydor
Producer	Various
The Moody Blues chronology
The Best of the Moody Blues (1997) Anthology (1998) Strange Times (1999)

Anthology is a compilation album by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was released on 20 October 1998 and nearly spans the band's entire career from 1965 to 1991.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Justin Hayward and performed by the Moody Blues, except where noted.

Disc one[]

1. "Go Now" (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) – 3:10
2. "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" – 4:48
3. "The Night: Nights in White Satin/Late Lament" (Hayward, Graeme Edge, Peter Knight) – 7:38 (5:38/2:00)
4. "Ride My See-Saw" (John Lodge) – 3:42
5. "Legend of a Mind" (Ray Thomas) – 6:37
6. "Voices in the Sky" – 3:29
7. "Lovely to See You" – 2:37
8. "Never Comes the Day" – 4:40
9. "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)" – 3:33
10. "Candle of Life" (Lodge) – 4:12
11. "Watching and Waiting" (Hayward, Thomas) – 4:14
12. "Question" – 5:43
13. "Melancholy Man" (Mike Pinder) – 5:45
14. "The Story in Your Eyes" – 3:05
15. "Lost in a Lost World" (Pinder) – 4:41
16. "Isn't Life Strange" (Lodge) – 6:08
17. "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (Lodge) – 4:17

Disc two[]

1. "Remember Me (My Friend)" (by Justin Hayward & John Lodge) (Hayward, Lodge) – 5:24
2. "Blue Guitar" (by Justin Hayward & John Lodge with 10cc (though Lodge doesn't perform on the track)) – 3:37
3. "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" (Edited version) (Lodge) – 5:05
4. "Driftwood" (Edited version) – 4:24
5. "Forever Autumn" (Edited version) (by Justin Hayward and Richard Burton) (Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne) – 4:30
6. "The Voice" – 5:13
7. "Talking Out of Turn" (Single edit) (Lodge) – 4:56
8. "Gemini Dream" (Hayward, Lodge) – 4:04
9. "Blue World" – 5:10
10. "Sitting at the Wheel" (Lodge) – 5:35
11. "Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:50
12. "The Other Side of Life" – 6:50
13. "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" – 6:36
14. "Say It with Love" – 3:56
15. "Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)" – 4:00
16. "Highway" (Hayward, Lodge) — 4:35

Personnel[]

The Moody Blues[]

• Graeme Edge – acoustic and electric drums, percussion, maracas, tabla, cymbals, handclaps, backing vocal (except on 2/1, 2/2 and 2/5)
• Justin Hayward – lead and backing vocals, guitars, mellotron, handclaps (except on 1/1)
• Denny Laine – lead vocals, guitar (on 1/1)
• John Lodge – bass guitar, handclaps, lead and backing vocals (except on 1/1, 2/2 and 2/5)
• Patrick Moraz – keyboards, piano, mellotron, Oberheim Custom double 8-voice synthesizer, Yamaha CS-80, Roland Jupiter-8, Minimoog, Polymoog, vocoder (on disc 2 tracks 5-16)
• Mike Pinder – keyboards, piano, mellotron, Chamberlin, synthesizers, harmonium, gong, acoustic guitar, handclaps, lead and backing vocals, spoken word (on all disc 1 tracks, 2/3 and 2/4)
• Ray Thomas – flute, tambourine, harmonica, handclaps, lead and backing vocals (except on 2/1, 2/2, 2/5, 2/11 and 2/12)
• Clint Warwick – bass guitar, backing vocal (on 1/1)

Additional personnel[]