The Moody Blues discography explained

Artist:The Moody Blues
Studio:16
Live:8
Compilation:27
Video:7
Ep:1
Singles:36

The following is the discography of the English symphonic and progressive rock band the Moody Blues.

Albums

Studio albums

Album detailsUK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[9]
Certifications
The Magnificent Moodies (US title: Go Now: The Moody Blues #1)
  • Released: 23 July 1965
  • Label: Decca (UK), London (US)
  • Format: LP
Days of Future Passed
  • Released: 10 November 1967
271033
In Search of the Lost Chord
  • Released: 26 July 1968
  • Label: Deram
  • Format: LP
5373023
  • UK: Silver
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
On the Threshold of a Dream
  • Released: 25 April 1969
  • Label: Deram
  • Format: LP
126371220
  • UK: Silver
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
To Our Children's Children's Children
  • Released: 21 November 1969
21114
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
A Question of Balance
  • Released: 7 August 1970
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP
123853
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
  • Released: 23 July 1971
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP
15244652
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
Seventh Sojourn
  • Released: 23 October 1972
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP
521387101
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
Octave
  • Released: 9 June 1978
  • Label: Decca (UK), London (US)
  • Format: LP
691571491213
  • UK: Gold[13]
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
Long Distance Voyager
  • Released: 15 May 1981
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP
7712816812461
  • UK: Silver
  • CAN: 3× Platinum
  • US: Platinum
The Present
  • Released: 2 September 1983
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP, CD
1511332626143526
  • CAN: Gold
The Other Side of Life
  • Released: 21 April 1986
24344656659
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
Sur la Mer
  • Released: 13 June 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP, CD
21353538
  • CAN: Gold
Keys of the Kingdom
  • Released: 1 July 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP, CD
54296794
Strange Times
  • Released: 17 August 1999
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
9293
December
  • Released: 28 October 2003
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

RecordedAlbum detailsUS
Certifications
12 December 1969 + 5 studio tracks 1967–1968Caught Live + 5
  • Released: 30 April 1977
  • Label: Decca (UK), London (US)
  • Format: double LP
26
9 September 1992A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: 9 March 1993
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
93
  • US: Gold
1 May 2000Hall of Fame
  • Released: 8 August 2000
  • Label: Universal (UK), Ark 21 (US)
  • Format: CD
185
11 June 2005
1967–1970Live at the BBC 1967–1970
  • Released: 26 March 2007
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD
30 August 1970Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
  • Released: 6 July 2008
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: double LP, CD
6–7 June 2017Days of Future Passed Live
  • Released: 23 March 2018
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: double LP, double CD
3 July 1991Live at Montreux 1991
  • Released: 21 June 2021
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: CD + DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Album detailsUK
CAN
US
Certifications
This Is The Moody Blues
  • Released: 8 October 1974
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: double LP
14211
  • UK: Gold
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Platinum
Out of This World
  • Released: 22 October 1979
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
15
  • UK: Gold
  • Released: 21 November 1984
  • Label: Threshold
  • Format: LP, CD
91132
Prelude
  • Released: 26 October 1987
  • Label: London
  • Format: CD
Blue
  • Released: 22 July 1989
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Format: LP, CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 November 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP, CD
71113
  • US: Gold
Legend of a Band: The Story of the Moody Blues
  • Released: 21 November 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
Time Traveller
  • Released: 27 September 1994
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD box set
  • US: Gold
The Very Best of The Moody Blues (US title: The Best of The Moody Blues)
  • Released: 23 September 1996
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
13
  • UK: Platinum
Anthology
  • Released: 20 October 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: double CD
Classic Moody Blues
  • Released: 27 December 1999
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
The Best of The Moody Blues: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
  • Released: 7 March 2000
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Format: CD
The Very Best of The Moody Blues / Strange Times
  • The Very Best of... (1996) and Strange Times (1999) repackaged together
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD
19
The Singles +
  • Released: 17 November 2000
  • Label: BR Music
  • Format: double CD
The Collection
  • Released: 13 April 2001
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD
The Very Best of The Moody Blues / Hall of Fame
  • The Very Best of... (1996) and Hall of Fame (2000) repackaged together
  • Released: 4 June 2002
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD
Say It with Love
  • Released: 14 January 2003
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD
Ballads
  • Released: 28 October 2003
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
Ballads / December
  • Ballads and December (both 2003) repackaged together
  • Released: 17 November 2003
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD
Gold
  • Released: 1 March 2005
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: double CD
An Introduction to The Moody Blues
  • Released: 29 August 2006
  • Label: Fuel
  • Format: CD
The Moody Blues Collected
  • Released: 27 February 2007
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: triple CD
Playlist Plus
  • Released: 29 April 2008
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: triple CD
Icon
  • Released 11 August 2011
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: double CD
Timeless Flight
  • Released: 3 June 2013
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: double CD, CD box set, CD + DVD box set
The Polydor Years 1986–1992
  • Released: 24 November 2014
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD + DVD box set
Nights In White Satin: The Essential Moody Blues
  • Released: 26 May 2017
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Format: triple CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Album detailsCertifications
Legend of a Band: The Story of The Moody Blues
  • Released: 21 November 1990
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Format: VHS
A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: 16 March 1993
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Format: VHS
  • US: Gold
Hall of Fame
  • Released: 14 November 2000
  • Label: Image Entertainment
  • Format: VHS, DVD
Live at Montreux 1991
  • Released: 31 May 2005
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: DVD
  • US: Gold
  • Released: 15 November 2005
  • Label: Image Entertainment
  • Format: DVD
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
  • Released: 6 July 2008
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: DVD
Days of Future Passed Live
  • Released: 23 March 2018
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: DVD

Singles

YearTitles
Both sides from same album except where indicated
UK
AUS
CAN
NLD
US
Hot

[15]
US
CB

[16]
US
AC

[17]
US
MR

[18]
Album
1964"Steal Your Heart Away"
b/w "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)"
Non-album tracks
"Go Now"
b/w "It's Easy Child"
112210106UK: A-side on The Magnificent Moodies/B-side non-album track US: Go Now: The Moody Blues #1
1965"Go Now"
b/w "Lose Your Money"
UK: A-side on The Magnificent Moodies/B-side non-album trackUS: A-side on Go Now: The Moody Blues #1/B-side non-album track
"I Don't Want to Go On Without You"
b/w "Time Is on My Side"
33UK: Non-album tracksUS: A-side on Go Now: The Moody Blues #1/B-side non-album track
"From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)"
b/w "And My Baby's Gone"
22239370UK: Non-album tracks US: Go Now: The Moody Blues #1
"Everyday"
b/w "You Don't"
44Non-album tracks
1966"Stop!"
b/w "Bye Bye Bird"
889893UK: The Magnificent Moodies US: A-side non-album track/B-side on Go Now: The Moody Blues #1
"This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)"
b/w "Boulevard de la Madeleine"
119Non-album tracks
1967"Life's Not Life"
b/w "He Can Win"
"Fly Me High"
b/w "I Really Haven't Got the Time"
"Love and Beauty"
b/w "Leave This Man Alone"
"Nights in White Satin"
b/w "Cities"
19301103A-side on Days of Future Passed/B-side non-album track
1968"Tuesday Afternoon"
b/w "Another Morning"
122426Days of Future Passed
"Voices in the Sky"
b/w "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume"
27In Search of the Lost Chord
"Ride My See-Saw"
b/w "A Simple Game"
4233126141A-side on In Search of the Lost Chord/B-side non-album track
1969"Never Comes the Day"
b/w "So Deep Within You"
749190On the Threshold of a Dream
"Watching and Waiting"
b/w "Out and In"
To Our Children's Children's Children
1970"Question"
b/w "Candle of Life"
236812119A-side on A Question of Balance/B-side on To Our Children's Children's Children
1971"The Story in Your Eyes"
b/w "Melancholy Man"
687112314A-side on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour/B-side on A Question of Balance
1972"Isn't Life Strange"
b/w "After You Came"
133992920A-side on Seventh Sojourn/B-side on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
"Nights in White Satin"
b/w "Cities"
9812137A-side on Days of Future Passed/B-side non-album track
1973"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"
b/w "For My Lady"
3639164128Seventh Sojourn
1978"Steppin' in a Slide Zone"
b/w "I'll Be Level with You"
78413946Octave
"Driftwood"
b/w "I'm Your Man"
60596838
1981"Gemini Dream"
b/w "Painted Smile"
361121313Long Distance Voyager
"The Voice"
b/w "22,000 Days"
919461515161
"Talking Out of Turn"
b/w "Veteran Cosmic Rocker"
276560
1983"Blue World"
b/w "Going Nowhere" (UK), "Sorry" (US)
3540627232The Present
"Sitting at the Wheel"
b/w "Sorry" (UK), "Going Nowhere" (US)
911827303
"Running Water"
b/w "Under My Feet"
1986"Your Wildest Dreams"
b/w "Talkin' Talkin'"
205591012The Other Side of Life
"The Other Side of Life"
b/w "The Spirit"
8058761811
1988"I Know You're Out There Somewhere"
b/w "Miracle"
523715304092Sur la Mer
"Here Comes the Weekend"
b/w "River of Endless Love"
50
"No More Lies"
b/w "River of Endless Love"
15
1991"Say It with Love"
b/w "Lean on Me (Tonight)"
363122Keys of the Kingdom
"Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)"
b/w "Once Is Enough"
1999"English Sunset"Strange Times
2003"December Snow"December
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

A:"Nights in White Satin" charted highest in most countries on its 1972 re-release, except in the Netherlands where the original 1967 release charted higher.

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Go-Set Magazine Charts: Australian Top 40 Singles and Album Charts 1966–1974 . Pop Archives . 13 June 2011 . 12 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130212122859/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/ . dead .
  3. Web site: RPM Search Engine . 31 March 2004 . . PHP.
  4. Web site: Moody Blues Search Results . . de . ASP . 27 June 2011.
  5. Web site: The Moody Blues . . Hung Medien . nl . ASP . 15 June 2011.
  6. Web site: The Moody Blues . New Zealand Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . 16 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Artist Info: The Moody Blues . . 14 June 2011.
  8. Web site: The Moody Blues . . Hung Medien . ASP . 27 June 2011.
  9. The Moody Blues Chart History: Billboard 200 . . 13 November 2021.
  10. Web site: Certified Awards . 5 October 2014 . 24 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx . dead .
  11. Web site: Gold & Platinum Database Results . . ASPX . 12 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405135039/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist . 5 April 2012 .
  12. Web site: Gold & Platinum Searchable Database . . PHP.
  13. Web site: Certified Awards Search . . ASPX . 15 June 2011 . 6 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110806174307/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx . dead .
  14. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 DVD . . 16 June 2011.
  15. The Moody Blues Chart History: Hot 100 . . 13 November 2021.
  16. Book: Hoffmann, Frank. 1983. The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, NJ & London. 407.
  17. The Moody Blues Chart History: Adult Contemporary . . 13 November 2021.
  18. The Moody Blues Chart History: Mainstream Rock . . 13 November 2021.