The Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager 1981 Threshold Records Vinyl LP NM

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Long Distance Voyager Studio album by  The Moody Blues Released 15 May 1981 Recorded 19 February 1980 – 14 April 1981 at Threshold Studios and RAK Studios, London Genre Progressive rock, synthpop, pop rock Length 46:32 Label Threshold Producer Pip Williams The Moody Blues chronology Octave
(1978) Long Distance Voyager
(1981) The Present
(1983) Singles from Long Distance Voyager

1. "Gemini Dream"
   Released: May 1981
2. "The Voice"
   Released: July 1981
3. "Talking Out of Turn"
   Released: November 1981

Long Distance Voyager is the tenth album by the Moody Blues, first released in May 1981 on the group's Threshold record label. It was the group's first album featuring keyboardist Patrick Moraz (who previously had worked with bands such as Refugee and Yes) in place of co-founder Mike Pinder, who left after Octave in 1978.

Upon release in 1981, Long Distance Voyager became the Moody Blues' second American number one album, and was also the source of the Top 20 singles "Gemini Dream" (#12) and "The Voice" (#15). It also continued their winning streak in their native United Kingdom, reaching #7 there.

Overview

The songs on Long Distance Voyager were recorded at the band's own Threshold Studios. The songs were recorded and mixed by Greg Jackman, while Pip Williams was the album's producer. Supplementing the Moody Blues—Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge, and Patrick Moraz—was a string section performed by the New World Philharmonic, which Pip Williams arranged.

Long Distance Voyager is only partially a concept album, as only half of the songs relate to the "voyager" referred to in the album's title. The final three tracks comprise a mini-suite that combines themes of carnival jesters and the chaos experienced backstage at a rock show.

The cover for the album was a painting entitled "Punch" (1840) by Thomas Webster from the Art Union of Glasgow, while the sleeve was based on a concept by the Moody Blues which was designed by Cream, who were in charge of the album's cover artwork. NASA's Voyager spacecraft is at the top of the front side of the album cover. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2's flybys of Saturn were in the news in 1980–81.

Original track listing

1. "The Voice" (Justin Hayward) – 5:21 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
2. "Talking Out of Turn" (John Lodge) – 7:18 (lead singer: John Lodge)
3. "Gemini Dream" (Hayward, Lodge) – 4:09 (lead singers: Justin Hayward, John Lodge)
4. "In My World" (Hayward) – 7:22 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)

5. "Meanwhile" (Hayward) – 4:08 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
6. "22,000 Days" (Graeme Edge) – 5:25 (lead singers: John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Justin Hayward)
7. "Nervous" (Lodge) – 5:45 (lead singer: John Lodge)
8. "Painted Smile" (Ray Thomas) – 3:18 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
9. "Reflective Smile" (Thomas) – 0:36 (narrator: Dave Symonds)
10. "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" (Thomas) – 3:18 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)