Strange Times is the sixteenth album by the rock band The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....

, released in 1999. By this time it suited the band to release a very airy and generally more minimal-sounding album, with a slower pace. The sound features acoustic guitar, slightly processed electric guitar, light organ, flute, and string arrangements. The exception may be the opening track "English Sunset", which is arguably one of the fastest, most emotionally-charged, and synthesiser-laden Moody Blues' songs ever recorded. This was the last Moody Blues album to feature longtime flautist and vocalist Ray Thomas

Ray Thomas

Ray Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...

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Track listing

1. "English Sunset
   English Sunset
   "English Sunset" is the first and only single released by The Moody Blues from their 1999 album Strange Times, making it their first single in nearly 8 years. Their previous single had been 1991's "Bless the Wings " from Keys of the Kingdom...
   
   " (Justin Hayward
   Justin Hayward
   Justin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
   
   ) – 5:05
2. "Haunted" (Hayward) – 4:31
3. "Sooner or Later (Walkin' on Air)" (Hayward, John Lodge) – 3:49
4. "Wherever You Are" (Lodge) – 3:35
5. "Foolish Love" (Hayward) – 3:56
6. "Love Don't Come Easy" (Lodge) – 4:33
7. "All That Is Real Is You" (Hayward) – 3:33
8. "Strange Times" (Hayward, Lodge) – 4:29
9. "Words You Say" (Lodge) – 5:31
10. "My Little Lovely" (Ray Thomas
    Ray Thomas
    Ray Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
    
    ) – 1:45
11. "Forever Now" (Lodge) – 4:37
12. "The One" (Hayward, Lodge) – 3:39
13. "The Swallow" (Hayward) – 4:58
14. "Nothing Changes" (Graeme Edge
    Graeme Edge
    Graeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 3:32

Personnel

• Justin Hayward: vocals, guitar
• John Lodge: vocals, bass guitar
• Ray Thomas: vocals, flute
• Graeme Edge: drums, vocals

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1999	Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	93
1999	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	92