Strange Times (Moody Blues album) explained

Strange Times
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Moody Blues
Cover:	Strangetimes.jpg
Released:	17 August 1999
Recorded:	December 1997 – June 1999 Studio Mulinetti, Recco, Italy
Genre:	Rock
Length:	57:33
Label:	Universal
Producer:	The Moody Blues
Prev Title:	Anthology
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Hall of Fame
Next Year:	2000

Strange Times is the fifteenth and penultimate studio album by the rock band the Moody Blues, released in 1999. The sound features mostly acoustic guitar, slightly processed electric guitar, light organ, flute, and string arrangements, with heavy synthesizer use in the fast-paced opening track, "English Sunset". This was the last Moody Blues album to feature longtime flautist and vocalist Ray Thomas.

This album and the following year's live album Hall of Fame would be the last two Moody Blues albums to contain any reference to the Moody Blues' custom label Threshold Records in their credits.

Track listing

1. "English Sunset" (Justin Hayward) — 5:05
2. "Haunted" (Hayward) — 4:31
3. "Sooner or Later (Walkin' on Air)" (Hayward, John Lodge) — 3:49
4. "Wherever You Are" (Lodge) — 3:35
5. "Foolish Love" (Hayward) — 3:56
6. "Love Don't Come Easy" (Lodge) — 4:33
7. "All That Is Real Is You" (Hayward) — 3:33
8. "Strange Times" (Hayward, Lodge) — 4:29
9. "Words You Say" (Lodge) — 5:31
10. "My Little Lovely" (Ray Thomas) — 1:45
11. "Forever Now" (Lodge) — 4:37
12. "The One" (Hayward, Lodge) — 3:39
13. "The Swallow" (Hayward) — 4:58
14. "Nothing Changes" (Graeme Edge) — 3:32

Personnel

• Justin Hayward — vocals, guitar
• John Lodge — vocals, bass guitar, guitar
• Ray Thomas — vocals, flute, tambourine
• Graeme Edge — drums, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

• Danilo Madonia — keyboards, organ, orchestration