The Present is the eleventh album by the Moody Blues, released in 1983. This was the group's last original studio album to be released on their custom label, Threshold Records.

Overview

The album is the second 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

Side Two

2008 remastered CD expanded edition

The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:

Personnel

Sources:

The Moody Blues

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications