Long Distance Voyager
by The Moody Blues
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Long Distance Voyager is ranked 6th best out of 30 albums by The Moody Blues on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Moody Blues is Days Of Future Passed which is ranked number 351 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,728.
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Long Distance Voyager track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Long Distance Voyager rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 42 Music Albums of 1981 | 19/42 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best of Rest | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 24 Music Albums of 1981 | 10/24 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 17 Music Albums of 1981 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 98 Music Albums of 1981 | 66/98 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #401-500 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 26/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 287 | |||
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Long Distance Voyager ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/18/2026 19:55 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 10:19 | cicadelic | 14,047 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 21:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,700 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Great early eighties album by the Moody Blues where they are kind of, just hanging on to prog but also embracing the more 'radio friendly' soft rock approach. Despite the loss of Mike Pinder, oh master of the Mellotron, the keyboard corner still brings forth many layers of sound that blend seamlessly into the soundscape.
Nice come-back effort. "The Voice" is as a good a song as they've ever recorded.
I hadn’t listened to this album in a long time. It holds up well. (Edited)
AndrewJFisher 04/14/2019 12:01 | #234952 | TOP COMMENT
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I reckon it's almost as good as the albums of the '67-'72 period. I felt "Gemini Dream" was an attempt to sound like ELO, who's popularity also persisted into the '80s. "The Voice" sounds like them modernized, without sounding too much like any particular new wave band. I thought when they did "Your Wildest Dreams", they went a bit soft though that album does also have the impressive "Rock 'n Roll Over You", used in Karate Kid II.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2016 15:03 | #177635 | TOP COMMENT
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Despite the loss of keyboardist Mike Pinder, this album proved to be the big Moodies comeback album that 1978's Octave failed to be. It has an updated sound, but loses none of the Moodies' creativity and it stands well alongside the group's earlier classic seven.
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