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Strange Times
Studio album by
The Moody Blues
Released17 August 1999
RecordedDecember 1997 – June 1999
Studio Mulinetti, Recco, Italy
GenreRock
Length57:33
LabelUniversal
ProducerThe Moody Blues
The Moody Blues chronology
Anthology
(1998) 		Strange Times
(1999) 		Hall of Fame
(2000)
Singles from Strange Times
  1. "English Sunset"
    Released: August 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 92
US Billboard 200[3] 93

References

  1. ^ Strange Times at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Moody Blues | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "The Moody Blues Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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