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Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music

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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
Title: Face the Music
Released: 1975.10.01
Label: Jet Records
Time: 36:19
Producer(s): Jeff Lynne
Appears with: Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne
Category: Pop/rock
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.04.21
Price in €: 10,99
Web address: www.elo.biz











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[1] Fire on High (J.Lynne) - 5:30
[2] Waterfall (J.Lynne) - 4:27
[3] Evil Woman (J.Lynne) - 4:19
[4] Nightrider (J.Lynne) - 4:23
[5] Poker (J.Lynne) - 3:31
[6] Strange Magic (J.Lynne) - 4:29
[7] Sown Home Town (J.Lynne) - 3:54
[8] One Summer Dream (J.Lynne) - 5:47

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JEFF LYNNE - Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals
BEV BEVAN - Drums and Percussion, Backing Vocals
RICHARD TANDY - Piano, Moog, Guitar, Clavinet
KELLY GROUCUTT - Bass, Vocals, Backing vocals
MIK KAMINSKI - Violin
HUGH MCDOWELL - Cello
MELVYN GALE - Cello

LOUIS CLARK - String Arrangements
MICHAEL EDWARDS - Cello

DAVE - Engineer
JIMMY - Engineer
MACK - Engineer
JOHN KEHE - Design
MICK HAGGERTY - Design
FRED VALENTINE - Cover Photo, Inlay Photography
NORMAN SEEFF - Photography, Back Cover

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1990 CD Jet ZK-35527
1990 CS Jet PZT-35527
1995 CD Jet 57184
1995 CD Jet 57184
1975 LP United Artists 546
1975 LP Jet LA546
1990 CD Jet 35527

Recorded at Musicland Studios Munich, Germany
Strings Recorded at De Lane Lea Studois, London
Re-mixed at The Record Plant, New York
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles



The group's more modest follow-up to Eldorado is a very solid album, if not as bold or unified. It was also their first recorded at Musicland in Munich, which became Jeff Lynne's preferred venue for cutting records. At the time, he was also generating songs at a breakneck pace and had perfected the majestic, quasi-Beatles-type style (sort of high-wattage Magical Mystery Tour) introduced two albums earlier. The sound is stripped down a bit on Face the Music, Louis Clark's orchestral contributions generally more subdued than on Eldorado, even when they compete with the band, as on "Strange Magic." The soulful "Evil Woman" was one of the most respectable chart hits of its era, and one of the best songs that Lynne ever wrote (reportedly in 30 minutes), while "Strange Magic" showed off his writing in a more ethereal vein. "One Summer Dream," which is written in a similar mode, also has a touchingly wistful mood about it but is a somewhat lackluster finale compared to the albums that preceded and followed this one. The requisite rock & roll number, "Poker," is a quicker tempo than anything previously heard from the band, the guitar is pumped up louder than ever. And "Down Home Town," an experiment in achieving a country & western sound, is fresh at this point and more interesting than the equivalent material of Out of the Blue.

Bruce Eder - All-Music Guide



Face the Music is more fine work from the Electric Light Orchestra, which rather quietly has evolved into a most consistent septet. Leader Jeff Lynne remains one of a few Sixties rockers who has developed a new and more adventurous style with a minimum of chaff in the process. In this setting he has successfully integrated a recognizable string trio (an achievement in itself) with his own melodic strings, producing a stately music without being stuffy or saccharine. Nor do the cellos and violin seem a mere afterthought. All eight compositions are strong and fully realized: "Poker" with its hard rock guitar explosions, the oddly workable C&W flirtation "Down Home Town" and an instrumental with lavish but spirited orchestration. The seven outdo themselves, however, on "One Summer Dream," a beautiful and evocative tune sung touchingly by Lynne. A trifle sentimental perhaps, but lyrically and musically, it displays more emotion (not to mention pure ability) than one ordinarily hears from a rock group. Most importantly the song, and the rest of Face the Music as well, reiterates that rock can be complex, ambitious and "arty," yet still remain rock.

Charley Walters - Rolling Stone, 1-1-76.
  

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FIRE ON HIGH

(Instrumental)


WATERFALL

So now it´s getting late, for those who hesitate, got no one,
But they don´t understand and no one hears the sound,
It´s like a waterfall, it´s an illusion

CHORUS
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are,
Pulls you in, takes you down, it´s a sad affair,
But you know as you hold back the power there
Without the friends and lovers
You could never go on living

Across the waterfall that´s falling evermore down on you,
Cascading through the days, and flowing on it´s way,
That´s how it has to be, just an illusion

CHORUS repeat


EVIL WOMAN

You made a fool of me, but them broken dreams have got to end

Hey woman, you got the blues,
Cos´ you ain´t got no one else to use,
There´s an open road that leads nowhere,
So just make some miles between here and there
There´s a hole in my head where the rain comes in,
You took my body and played to win,
Ha Ha woman it´s a cryin´ shame,
But you ain´t got nobody else to blame

CHORUS
Evil Woman, Evil woman, Evil Woman, Evil Woman

Rolled in from another town,
Hit some gold too hot to settle down,
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways,
And you found a fool lyin´ in a daze,
Ha Ha woman what you gonna do,
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you,
It´s so good that you´re feelin´ pain,
But you better get your face on board the very next train

CHORUS repeat

Evil woman how you done me wrong,
But now you´re tryin´ to wail a different song,
Ha Ha funny how you broke me up,
You made the wine now you drink a cup,
I came runnin´ every time you cried,
Thought I saw love smilin´ in your eyes,
Ha Ha very nice to know,
That you ain´t got no place left to go

CHORUS repeat


NIGHTRIDER

I remember somewhere in the rain,
The faces of the passers-by,
Staring faces broken blinds,
I recall the situation clearly
Standing in a crowded car,
I can feel the need in me

CHORUS
Hold on, nightrider baby,
Hold on you´re a nightrider,
Riding the night, searching for what is gone,
Never reaching the end, so you must travel on

I still see that vision of delight,
While cruising on the black of night,
But she keeps a step ahead
Looking out the corner of her world,
Nobody ever knows a girl,
Who once lived along this way

CHORUS Repeat

Desolation degradation row,
Go on don´t let the feeling show,
She´s a ten a penny dream,
Faces with no name and no address,
Keep staring in on my distress,
But she kills me with her smile

CHORUS Repeat


POKER

Away, the joker´s closing in,
Reform and they will win,
The light is fading fast
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody´s gonna burn down

The girls come crawling on all fours,
Banging on locked doors,
High cards call the tune
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody´s gonna burn down

Play me another hand,
Lose everything I am,
Until we meet again

The ace, that´s hiding up your sleeve,
Will cause the world to grieve,
The love you had is gone,
I know you know, they know, we all know

The dream, in every player´s heart,
To win it all not part,
They lie awake at night,
I know, you know, they know, we all know

The game, where gamblers rule the night,
And get your blood they might,
The joker´s closin´ in,
I know, you know, they know, we all know


STRANGE MAGIC

You´re sailing softly through the sun
In a broken stoneage dawn you fly, so high, I get a

CHORUS
Strange magic, oh what a strange magic,
Oh it´s a strange magic, got a strange magic,
Got a strange magic

You´re walking meadows in my mind,
Making waves across my time, oh no, oh no, I get a

CHORUS Repeat

Oh I´m never gonna be the same again,
Now I´ve seen the way it´s got to end,
Sweet dream, sweet dream

CHORUS Repeat


DOWN HOME TOWN

The world outside don´t like us much,
´Cos they ain´t got our classy touch,
But they ain´t good enough to breathe,
This towns good air we make ´em leave

CHORUS
But it´s no, no, no, you really can´t do that,
No, no, no, down homw town

No monkey business in this town,
Well who do you think you´re pushing round,
This towns respectable and clean,
Just look around you´ll see what I mean

CHORUS Repeat

Down home town, down home town

CHORUS Repeat

We got the best town band around,
Just listen to their crazy sound
When they get hot they gonna blow,
Ucedemwinnin** every show
Down home town, down home town

CHORUS Repeat

ucedemwinnin - wrong


ONE SUMMER DREAM

Deep waters flow, out to the sea,
They never needed you or me
One Summer Dream, One Summer Dream

Blue Mountains high and valley low,
I don´t know which way I should go,
One Summer Dream, One Summer Dream

Warm summer breeze blows endlessly,
Touching the hearts of those who feel,
One Summer Dream, One Summer Dream

Bird on wing goes floating by,
But there´s a teardrop in his eye,
One Summer Dream, One Summer Dream
One Summer Dream, One Summer Dream

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