The Moody Blues discography

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The Moody Blues discography
Studio albums16
Live albums6
Compilation albums24
Video albums3
Singles36

The following is the discography of the English symphonic and progressive rock band the Moody Blues.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Year Album details UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[9]
Certifications
1965 The Magnificent Moodies
  • Released: 23 July
  • Label: Decca (LK 4711)
  • Format: mono LP
  • Released in the US as Go Now – The Moody Blues #1
1967 Days of Future Passed
  • Released: 10 November
  • Label: Deram (SML 707)
  • Format: stereo LP
27 10 3 3 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
UK: Silver[12]
1968 In Search of the Lost Chord
  • Released: 26 July
  • Label: Deram (SML 711)
  • Format: stereo LP
5 37 30 23 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Gold[11]
UK: Silver[13]
1969 On the Threshold of a Dream
  • Released: 25 April
  • Label: Deram (SML 1035)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 26 37 12 20 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
UK: Silver[12]
To Our Children's Children's Children
  • Released: 21 November
  • Label: Threshold (THS 1)
  • Format: stereo LP
2 11 14 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Gold[11]
1970 A Question of Balance
  • Released: 7 August
  • Label: Threshold (THS 3)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 2 3 8 5 3 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
1971 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
  • Released: 23 July
  • Label: Threshold (THS 5)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 5 2 44 6 5 2 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Gold[11]
1972 Seventh Sojourn
  • Label: Threshold (THS 7)
  • Format: stereo LP
5 2 1 38 7 10 1 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Gold[11]
1978 Octave
  • Released: 9 June
  • Label: Decca (TXS 129)
  • Format: stereo LP
6 9 15 7 14 9 12 13 UK: Gold[13]
Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
1981 Long Distance Voyager
  • Released: 15 May
  • Label: Threshold (TXS 139)
  • Format: stereo LP
7 7 1 28 16 8 12 46 1 UK: Silver[13]
Canada: 3x Multi-Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
1983 The Present
  • Released: 28 August
  • Label: Threshold (TXS 140)
  • Format: stereo LP
15 11 33 26 26 14 35 26 Canada: Gold[10]
1986 The Other Side of Life
  • Released: 6 April
  • Label: Threshold/Polydor (POLD 5190)
  • Format: stereo LP
24 34 46 56 65 9 Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Platinum[11]
1988 Sur la Mer
  • Released: 6 June
  • Label: Polydor (POLH 43/835 756-2)
  • Format: LP/CD
21 35 35 38 Canada: Gold[10]
1991 Keys of the Kingdom
  • Released: 25 June
  • Label: Threshold/Polydor (849 558-1/2)
  • Format: LP/CD
54 29 67 94
1999 Strange Times
  • Released: 17 August
  • Label: Polydor (153 565-2)
  • Format: CD
92A 93
2003 December
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums[]

Year Album details UK
[1]
CAN
[3]
US
[9]
Certifications
1974 This Is The Moody Blues
  • Released: 8 October
  • Label: Threshold (MB 1/2)
  • Format: double LP
14 2 11 UK: Gold[13]
Canada: Platinum[10]
US: Gold[11]
1978 The Great Moody Blues
  • Label: Deram
  • Format: double LP
1979 Out of This World
  • Released: 22 October
  • Label: K-tel (NE 1051)
  • Format: LP
15 UK: Gold[13]
1981 Eternity in an Hour: A Collection of the Best of The Moody Blues
  • Released:
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP
1984 Voices in the Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues
  • Released: 21 November
  • Label: Threshold/Decca (820 155-1/2)
  • Format: LP/CD
91 132
1987 Prelude
  • Released: 26 October
  • Label: London
1989 Blue
  • Released:
  • Label: Pickwick Music(PWKS 4022 P)
  • Format: LP/CD
1989 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 November
  • Label: Polydor
71 113
1990 The Story of the Moody Blues – Legend of a Band
  • Released: 21 November
  • Label: Polydor (840 659-1/2)
  • Format: LP/CD
US: Gold[11]
1994 Time Traveller
  • Released: 27 September
  • Label: Polydor (31451 6436-2)
  • Format: CD box set
US: Gold[11]
1996 True Story
  • Released:
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
1996 The Very Best of The Moody Blues
  • Released: 23 September
  • Label: PolyGram TV (535 800-2)
  • Format: CD
  • Later released as The Best of The Moody Blues
13 UK: Platinum[13]
1997 The Best of The Moody Blues
  • Released: 28 January
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
1998 Anthology
  • Released: 20 October
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: double CD
1999 Classic Moody Blues: The Universal Masters Collection
  • Released: 27 December
  • Label: Universal International
  • Format: CD
2000 The Best of The Moody Blues: 20th Century Masters
– The Millennium Collection
  • Released: 7 March
  • Label: PolyGram (541139)
  • Format: CD
2001 The Singles+
  • Released: 6 February
  • Label: BR Music
  • Format: double CD
2003 Say It with Love
  • Released: 14 January
  • Label: Polydor (068201)
  • Format: CD
2003 Ballads
  • Released: 30 December
  • Label: UMVD (9811954)
  • Format: CD
2005 Gold
  • Released: 1 March
  • Label: Polydor (B0004041-02)
  • Format: double CD
2006 An Introduction to The Moody Blues
  • Released: 29 August
  • Label: (604)
  • Format: CD
2007 Collected
  • Released: 27 February
  • Label: Universal (B0984646-02)
  • Format: CD box set
2008 Playlist Plus
  • Released: 29 April
  • Label: Polydor (B0010660-02)
  • Format: CD box set
2011 Icon
  • Released 11 August
  • Label: Polydor (B0010660-02)
  • Format: double CD
2013 Timeless Flight
  • Released: 3 June
  • Label: Threshold (B0010660-02)
  • Format: CD box set
2014 The Polydor Years: 1986-1992
  • Released: 24 November
  • Label: Threshold (B0010660-02)
  • Format: CD box set
2017 Nights in White Satin: The Essential
  • Released: 26 May
  • Label: Spectrum Music (B0010660-02)
  • Format: CD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[]

Year Date performed Album details US
[9]
Certifications
1977 1969 Dec 12 Caught Live + 5
  • Released: 30 April
  • Label: Threshold (MB 3/4)
  • Format: double LP
26
1993 1992 Sep 09 A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: 9 March
  • Label: Polydor (314 517 977-2/4)
  • Format: CD, CD deluxe, cassette
93 US: Gold[11]
1998 1969 Nov, 1969 Dec, 1970 Melancholy Men [14]
  • Released: ?
  • Label: TDR (074)
  • Format: CD
  • Notes: Unofficial release, tracks 1-3 first radio concert 1969, tracks 4-10 live Philadelphia 11/70, tracks 11-13 BBC 12/69
2000 2000 May 1 Hall of Fame
  • Released: 8 August
  • Label: Ark 21 (810059)
  • Format: CD
185
2005 2005 Jun Lovely to See You: Live
  • Released: 15 November
  • Label: Image Entertainment (2851)
  • Format: double CD
2007 1967-1970 Live at the BBC: 1967–1970
  • Released: 26 March
  • Label: Polydor (9847202)
  • Format: double CD
2008 1970 Aug Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
  • Released: 6 July
  • Label: Eagle (EAGCD 380)
  • Format: CD, Double LP
2010 2000 May 1 [15] Live at the Royal Albert Hall with the World Festival Orchestra
  • Released: 3 March
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment - Custom Marketing Group (A 764431)
  • Format: CD
2018 2017 Jul Days of Future Passed Live
  • Released: 23 March
  • Label: Eagle (ER416842)
  • Format: CD, Double LP, Blu-ray, DVD
2021 1991 The Moody Blues – Live at Montreux
  • Released: 21 June
  • Label: Eagle Eye Media (EE392639)
  • Format: CD + DVD, DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums[]

Year Album details Certifications
1990 The Story of The Moody Blues: Legend of a Band
  • Label: PolyGram Video (082 775)
  • Format: VHS
1993 A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: 16 March
  • Label: polyGram Video (086 761)
  • Format: VHS
US: Gold[11]
2000 Hall of Fame – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 14 November
  • Label: Image Entertainment (ID9756TEVHS/ID9757TEDVD)
  • Format: VHS/DVD

Singles[]

Year Titles
Both sides from same album except where indicated
UK
[1]
AUS
CAN
[3]
NLD
[5]
US
Hot

[17]
US
CB

[18]
US
AC

[19]
US
MR

[20]
Album
1964 "Steal Your Heart Away"
b/w "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)"
Non-album tracks
"Go Now"
b/w "It's Easy Child" (Non-album track in UK)
1 12 2 10 10 6 The Magnificent Moodies (UK)
Go Now -- The Moody Blues #1 (US)
"Go Now"
b/w "Lose Your Money" (Non-album track)
1965 "I Don't Want to Go On Without You"
b/w "Time Is on My Side" (Non-album track in UK and US)
33 Non-album tracks in UK
Go Now -- The Moody Blues #1 (US)
"From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)"
b/w "And My Baby's Gone"
22 23 93 70
"Everyday"
b/w "You Don't"
44 Non-album tracks
1966 "Stop!"
b/w "Bye Bye Bird" (from US Go Now album)
88 98 93 The Magnificent Moodies (Both sides in UK)
Non-album A-side in the US
"This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)"
b/w "Boulevard de la Madeleine"
119 Non-album tracks
1967 "Life's Not Life"
b/w "He Can Win"
"Fly Me High"
b/w "I Really Haven't Got the Time"
"Love and Beauty"
b/w "Leave This Man Alone"
"Nights in White Satin"B
b/w "Cities" (Non-album track)
19 1 103 Days of Future Passed
1968 "Tuesday Afternoon"
b/w "Another Morning"
12 24 26
"Voices in the Sky"
b/w "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume"
27 In Search of the Lost Chord
"Ride My See-Saw"
b/w "A Simple Game" (from This Is The Moody Blues)
42 33 12 61 41
1969 "Never Comes the Day"
b/w "So Deep Within You"
74 91 90 On the Threshold of a Dream
"Watching and Waiting"
b/w "Out and In"
To Our Children's Children's Children
1970 "Question"
b/w "Candle of Life" (from To Our Children's Children's Children)
2 36 8 1 21 19 A Question of Balance
1971 "The Story in Your Eyes"
b/w "My Song" (UK)
"Melancholy Man" (US, from A Question of Balance)
68 7 11 23 14 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1972 "Isn't Life Strange"
b/w "After You Came" (from Every Good Boy Deserves Favour)
13 39 9 29 20 Seventh Sojourn
"Nights in White Satin"B
b/w "Cities" (Non-album track)
9 8 1 2 1 37 Days of Future Passed
1973 "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"
b/w "For My Lady"
36 39 16 4 12 8 Seventh Sojourn
1978 "Steppin' in a Slide Zone"
b/w "I'll Be Level with You"
78 41 39 46 Octave
"Driftwood"
b/w "I'm Your Man"
60 59 68 38
1981 "Gemini Dream"
b/w "Painted Smile"
36 1 12 13 13 Long Distance Voyager
"The Voice"
b/w "22,000 Days"
91 9 46 15 15 16 1
"Talking Out of Turn"
b/w "Veteran Cosmic Rocker"
27 65 60
1983 "Blue World"
b/w "Going Nowhere" (UK), "Sorry" (US)
35 40 62 72 32 The Present
"Sitting at the Wheel"
b/w "Sorry" (UK), "Going Nowhere" (US)
91 18 27 30 3
1984 "Running Water"
b/w "Under My Feet"
1986 "Your Wildest Dreams"
b/w "Talkin' Talkin'"
20 55 9 10 1 2 The Other Side of Life
"The Other Side of Life"
b/w "The Spirit"
80 58 76 18 11
1988 "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"
b/w "Miracle"
52 37 15 30 40 9 2 Sur la Mer
"No More Lies"
b/w "River of Endless Love"
15
1991 "Say It with Love"
b/w "Lean on Me (Tonight)"
36 31 22 Keys of the Kingdom
"Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)"
b/w "Once Is Enough"
1999 "English Sunset" Strange Times
2003 "December Snow" December
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes[]

A.^ Strange Times charted in the UK combined with The Very Best of The Moody Blues.
B.^ The peak positions for "Nights in White Satin" are from the single's 1972 reissue, except for the Dutch chart.

References[]

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  2. ^ "Go-Set Magazine Charts: Australian Top 40 Singles and Album Charts 1966–1974". Pop Archives. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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  5. ^ a b "The Moody Blues" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  6. ^ "The Moody Blues" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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  8. ^ "The Moody Blues" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  9. ^ a b c "The Moody Blues Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gold & Platinum Database Results". Music Canada. Archived from the original (ASPX) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  12. ^ a b [1][dead link]
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Certified Awards Search" (ASPX). British Phonographic Industry.
  14. ^ "The Moody Blues – Melancholy Men (1998, CD)". Discogs.
  15. ^ "The Moody Blues with the World Festival Orchestra – Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2010, CD)". Discogs.
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 DVD". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  17. ^ "The Moody Blues Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  18. ^ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 407.
  19. ^ "The Moody Blues Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  20. ^ "The Moody Blues Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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