The Best of The Moody Blues

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The Best of the Moody Blues
Compilation album by The Moody Blues
Released	23 September 1996
Recorded	1964 – 1988
Genre	Rock
Length	77:03
Label	Deram, Polydor
Producer	Various
The Moody Blues chronology
Time Traveller (1994) The Best of the Moody Blues (1996) Anthology (1998)
Original 1996 cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The Best of The Moody Blues is a compilation album by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues, released on 23 September 1996.

The album marked the first time the band's only UK No. 1 single, 1964's "

", was included on an official Moody Blues compilation album.

The album was re-released in both the UK and US on 28 January 1997, only just over four months after its original release, with new artwork. In the UK this re-release also carried a slightly different title, The Very Best of The Moody Blues, though the original title was kept in the US.

Track listing

All tracks performed by The Moody Blues except track 10 performed by Justin Hayward and John Lodge (with backing by 10cc) and track 12 performed by Justin Hayward and Jeff Wayne

All songs written by

and track 14 by Justin Hayward and John Lodge

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	" Blue World"	The Present (1983)	5:11
16.	"Your Wildest Dreams"	The Other Side of Life (1986)	4:50
17.	"I Know You're Out There Somewhere"	Sur la Mer (1988)	6:37

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[2]	13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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