Long Distance Voyager
| Long Distance Voyager | ||||
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| Released | 15 May 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 19 February 1980 – 14 April 1981 | |||
| Studio | Threshold and RAK, London | |||
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| Length | 46:32 | |||
| Label | Threshold | |||
| Producer | Pip Williams | |||
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| Singles from Long Distance Voyager | ||||
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Long Distance Voyager is the tenth album by the Moody Blues, first released in May 1981 on the group's Threshold record label. It was the group's first album featuring keyboardist Patrick Moraz (who previously had worked with bands such as Refugee and Yes) in place of co-founder Mike Pinder, who left after the Octave album in 1978.
Upon release in 1981, Long Distance Voyager became the Moody Blues' second American number one album, and was also the source of the US Top 20 singles "Gemini Dream" (No. 12) and "The Voice" (No. 15) on the Billboard Hot 100. A third single, "Talking Out of Turn", only reached No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 but reached No. 27 in Canada. It also continued the Moody Blues' winning streak in their native United Kingdom, reaching No. 7 there.
Besides the singles, two songs from the album charted on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. "Meanwhile" charted at No. 11 and "22,000 Days" charted at No. 38.
In November 2008, the album was remastered and released on CD with one extra track.