The Present


The Present is the eleventh album by the Moody Blues, released in 1983. It is the second album of the Patrick Moraz era. It provided three minor hit singles in the U.S. with "Blue World", "Sitting at the Wheel" 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

  1. "Blue World" – 5:20
  2. "Meet Me Halfway" – 4:08
  3. "Sitting at the Wheel" – 5:40
  4. "Going Nowhere" – 5:33

    Side Two

  5. "Hole in the World" – 1:54
  6. "Under My Feet" – 4:51
  7. "It's Cold Outside of Your Heart" – 4:27
  8. "Running Water" – 3:23
  9. "I Am" – 1:40
  10. "Sorry" – 5:02

    2008 remastered CD expanded edition

The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:
  2. "Blue World" " – 3:38
  3. "Sitting at the Wheel " – 7:32

    Personnel

The Moody Blues

Album – Billboard
Singles - Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1983"Blue World"Mainstream Rock32
1983"Blue World"Billboard Hot 10062
1983"Sitting at the Wheel"Mainstream Rock3
1983"Sitting at the Wheel"Billboard Hot 10027
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