The Best of the Moody Blues | ||||
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Released | 23 September 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1964 – 1988 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 77:03 | |||
Label | Deram, Polydor | |||
Producer | Various | |||
The Moody Blues chronology | ||||
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Original 1996 cover | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Best of The Moody Blues is a compilation album by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues, released on 23 September 1996.
The album marked the first time the band's only UK No. 1 single, 1964's "Go Now", was included on an official Moody Blues compilation album.
The album was re-released in both the UK and US on 28 January 1997, only just over four months after its original release, with new artwork. In the UK this re-release also carried a slightly different title, The Very Best of The Moody Blues, though the original title was kept in the US.
All tracks performed by The Moody Blues except track 10 performed by Justin Hayward and John Lodge (with backing by 10cc) and track 12 performed by Justin Hayward and Jeff Wayne
All songs written by Justin Hayward except track 1 by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett, tracks 4, 8, 9 and 11 by John Lodge, track 12 by Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass and Gary Osborne and track 14 by Justin Hayward and John Lodge
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[2] | 13 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |