Gold (The Moody Blues album)

Gold
Greatest hits album by The Moody Blues
Released	1 March 2005
Recorded	1967–2003
Genre	Rock, symphonic rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, pop rock
Length	155:00
Label	Polydor Universal
Producer	Tony Clarke Pip Williams Tony Visconti Alan Tarney The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues chronology
December (2003) Gold (2005) Lovely to See You: Live (2005)

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Gold is a compilation album by The Moody Blues, released in 2005 by Polydor Records as part of Polydor's Gold series.

Track listing

All songs were written by Justin Hayward and performed by the Moody Blues, except where noted.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Tuesday Afternoon"		Days of Future Passed, 1967	4:11
2.	"Nights in White Satin" (Single edit)		Days of Future Passed	4:25
3.	"Ride My See-Saw"	John Lodge	In Search of the Lost Chord, 1968	3:43
4.	"Legend of a Mind"	Ray Thomas	In Search of the Lost Chord	6:38
5.	"Voices in the Sky"		In Search of the Lost Chord	3:31
6.	"Lovely to See You"		On the Threshold of a Dream, 1969	2:36
7.	"Never Comes the Day"		On the Threshold of a Dream	4:42
8.	"Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)"		To Our Children's Children's Children, 1969	3:34
9.	"Candle of Life"	Lodge	To Our Children's Children's Children	4:13
10.	"Watching and Waiting"	Hayward, Thomas	To Our Children's Children's Children	4:15
11.	"Question"		A Question of Balance, 1970	5:45
12.	"Melancholy Man"	Mike Pinder	A Question of Balance	5:46
13.	"The Story in Your Eyes"		Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971	3:05
14.	"Lost in a Lost World"	Pinder	Seventh Sojourn, 1972	4:40
15.	"New Horizons"		Seventh Sojourn	5:11
16.	"Isn't Life Strange"	Lodge	Seventh Sojourn	6:09
17.	"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"	Lodge	Seventh Sojourn	4:16
Total length:				76:00

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Remember Me (My Friend)" (Single edit) (Justin Hayward & John Lodge)	Hayward, Lodge	Blue Jays, 1975	3:54
2.	"Blue Guitar" (Justin Hayward & John Lodge with 10cc (though Lodge doesn't perform on the track))		Non-album single, 1975	3:38
3.	"Steppin' in a Slide Zone"	Lodge	Octave, 1978	5:30
4.	"Had to Fall in Love"		Octave	3:42
5.	"Driftwood" (Edited version)		Octave	4:25
6.	"Forever Autumn" (Edited version) (Justin Hayward & Richard Burton)	Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, 1978	4:17
7.	"The Voice"		Long Distance Voyager, 1981	5:13
8.	"Talking Out of Turn" (Single edit)	Lodge	Long Distance Voyager	4:57
9.	"Gemini Dream"	Hayward, Lodge	Long Distance Voyager	4:06
10.	"Blue World"		The Present, 1983	5:10
11.	"Sitting at the Wheel"	Lodge	The Present	5:36
12.	"Your Wildest Dreams"		The Other Side of Life, 1986	4:50
13.	"I Know You're Out There Somewhere"		Sur la Mer, 1988	6:36
14.	"Say It with Love"		Keys of the Kingdom, 1991	3:54
15.	"Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)" (Orchestral mix)		Keys of the Kingdom	4:01
16.	"Strange Times"	Hayward, Lodge	Strange Times, 1999	4:30
17.	"December Snow"		December, 2003	5:10
Total length:				79:00

Personnel

Disc 01

• Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals
• John Lodge – bass, guitar, vocals
• Michael Pinder – keyboards, vocals
• Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, percussion, harmonica
• Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals

Disc 02

Track 01: Blue Jays

• Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals
• John Lodge – bass, vocals
• Kirk Duncan – piano
• Jim Cockey – violin
• Tom Tompkins – viola
• Tim Tompkins – cello
• Graham Deakin – drums

Track 02: Blue Jays with 10cc

• Justin Hayward – guitar, lead vocals
• Lol Creme – guitar, vocals
• Kevin Godley – drums, vocals
• John Lodge – bass
• Eric Stewart – keyboards, vocals

Tracks 03–05:

• Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals
• John Lodge – bass, guitar, vocals
• Michael Pinder – keyboards, vocals
• Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, percussion, harmonica
• Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals

Track 06:

• See above

Tracks 07–13:

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

Tracks 14–16:

• Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals
• John Lodge – guitar, vocals
• Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, percussion
• Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals

Track 17:

• Justin Hayward – guitar, vocals
• John Lodge – bass, guitar, vocals
• Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals