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The Present

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Original track listing
Side One Side Two 2008 remastered CD expanded edition
Personnel
The Moody Blues Additional personnel
Charts
References
External links

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| name = The Present
| type = Album
| artist = The Moody Blues
| cover = The Present album cover - the Moody Blues.gif
| alt =
| released = 28 August 1983 (UK)
2 September 1983 (US)
| recorded = 8 March 1982 – 10 December 1982 at Strawberry Studios, South London
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Art rock, synthpop, new wave
| length = 41:47
| label = Threshold
| producer = Pip Williams
| prev_title = Long Distance Voyager
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = The Best of The Moody Blues
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Present
| type = Studio
| single1 = Blue World
| single1date = August 1983
| single2 = Sitting at the Wheel
| single2date = November 1983
| single3 = Running Water (US only)
| single3date = March 1984
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} ^[1]
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}} ^[2]
}}

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.

Original track listing

Side One

"Blue World" (Justin Hayward) – 5:20 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
"Meet Me Halfway" (Hayward, John Lodge) – 4:08 (lead singers: Justin Hayward, John Lodge)
"Sitting at the Wheel" (Lodge) – 5:40 (lead singer: John Lodge)
"Going Nowhere" (Graeme Edge) – 5:33 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)

Side Two

"Hole in the World" (Lodge) – 1:54 (instrumental)
"Under My Feet" (Lodge) – 4:51 (lead singer: John Lodge)
"It's Cold Outside of Your Heart" (Hayward) – 4:27 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
"Running Water" (Hayward) – 3:23 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
"I Am" (Ray Thomas) – 1:40 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
"Sorry" (Thomas) – 5:02 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)

2008 remastered CD expanded edition

The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:

"Blue World" (Single Edit)" – 3:38
"Sitting at the Wheel (Steve Greenberg Remix)" – 7:32

Personnel

The Moody Blues

Justin Hayward – vocals, guitar
John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar
Ray Thomas – vocals, harmonica, flute
Graeme Edge – drums
Patrick Moraz – keyboards

Additional personnel

Pip Williams – sequencing

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Pop Albums	26

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Blue World"	Mainstream Rock	32
	"Blue World"	Billboard Hot 100	62
	"Sitting at the Wheel"	Mainstream Rock	3
	"Sitting at the Wheel"	Billboard Hot 100	27

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r13380/review|first=Dave|last=Connolly}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themoodyblues/albums/album/181108/review/5942837/the_present |title=The Moody Blues: The Present : Music Reviews |first=Errol |last=Somay |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=1983-10-27 |accessdate=2012-09-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606000829/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themoodyblues/albums/album/181108/review/5942837/the_present |archivedate=2008-06-06 |deadurl=yes}}

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COCCp62oAy4 "Blue World" Official Music Video (YouTube)]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jFuHKraiE "Sitting at the Wheel" Official Music Video (YouTube)]

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