A rather mediocre greatest hits album ... Too short! This release is missing some Moody Blues classics that rightfully ended up on the 1996 compilation, "The Best Of The Moody Blues." I also found it unusual that the actual song, "Voices in the Sky" didn't even appear on this album with the same title! Also, the edited single versions of "Talking Out Of Turn," "Driftwood," "The Voice," and "Gemini Dream" are featured ... Why? There's enough space on the CD to feature the full-length, original versions!In ad..
A word to the wise, as a collector I got this one, but beware, many of theses titles are the 10 track versions(look at seller info that it is the 12 track version you actually are getting)& I found a 12 track version. The title of the CD misses the actual track, they used 7" edits on some tracks & could have actually used full versions on this collection. So unless your collector, you might want to buy "This Is The moody Blues" first & then "Anthology",or the box set "Time Traveller" (look for the 5 CD set ..
This album was originally released in 1984 and as such, was designed for the space limitations of vinyl. Apart from the remixed compilation This Is the Moody Blues (a 1974 double LP covering the classic years) and the odd foreign comp., this was the first-ever Moodies "hits" collection.Back in the '80s, some non-US (import) CD's were made easily available as domestic purchases. Since the US edition of Voices hadn't yet been issued on CD, the UK issue became the more widely available and commonly known ver..
