The Moody Blues - Greatest Hits & More (1996)

The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick.

The Moody Blues first came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. After some early line-up changes, the band settled on a line-up of Pinder, Thomas, Edge, guitarist Justin Hayward and bassist John Lodge, which would stay together for most of the band's "classic era" through the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Their second album, Days of Future Passed, which was released in 1967, was a fusion of rock with classical music and established the band as pioneers in the development of art rock and progressive rock. The album has been described as a "landmark" and "one of the first successful concept albums".

After extensively touring throughout the early 1970s, the group took an extended hiatus from 1974 until 1977. A year after reforming, founder Mike Pinder left the group to be replaced by Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz in 1978. In the 1980s, the group took on a more synth pop sound and scored their second-best selling album of their career, 1986's The Other Side of Life. Health troubles led to a diminished role for founder Ray Thomas throughout the 1980s, though with the leaving of Moraz in 1991, Thomas's musical contributions rebounded in the 1990s. Thomas retired from the band in 2002, leaving the band to continue on as a three piece. Their most recent album was 2003's December, a collection of Christmas music. The band continued to tour throughout the first decade of the 2000s, and still reforms for periodic events, one-off concerts, short tours and cruises. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

The Moody Blues' most successful singles include "Go Now", "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question" and "Your Wildest Dreams". The band has sold 70 million albums worldwide, which includes 18 platinum and gold LP's.