The Present
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| Studio album by The Moody Blues | ||||
| Released | 28 August 1983 (UK) 2 September 1983 (US) |
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| Recorded | 8 March 1982 – 10 December 1982 at Strawberry Studios, South London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:47 | |||
| Label | Threshold | |||
| Producer | Pip Williams | |||
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The Present is the eleventh album by the Moody Blues, released in 1983. It is the second album of the Patrick Moraz era. It provided three minor hit singles in the U.S. with "Blue World" (#62), "Sitting at the Wheel" (#27) and "Running Water". The album has a track sequence designed to capitalise on the legacy of the more successful Long Distance Voyager, with Justin Hayward's songs at the beginning and Ray Thomas's at the end.
In November 2008 the album was remastered and released on CD with two extra tracks.
The cover is a pastiche of Maxfield Parrish's painting Daybreak.
The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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