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Electric Light Orchestra: The Very Best of

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Label: Sony Music
Released: 2005.06.06
Time:
 78:20
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jeff Lynne
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.elo.biz
Appears with: Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne
Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Mr. Blue Sky (J.Lynne) - 5:02
[2] Evil Woman (J.Lynne) - 4:11
[3] Don't Bring Me Down (J.Lynne) - 4:03
[4] Sweet Talkin' Woman (J.Lynne) - 3:47
[5] Shine a Little Love (J.Lynne) - 4:11
[6] Turn to Stone (J.Lynne) - 3:48
[7] The Diary of Horace Wimp (J.Lynne) - 4:16
[8] Confusion (J.Lynne) - 3:41
[9] Hold on Tight (J.Lynne) - 3:06
[10] Livin' Thing (J.Lynne) - 3:31
[11] Telephone Line (J.Lynne) - 4:39
[12] All Over the World (J.Lynne) - 4:03
[13] Wild West Hero (J.Lynne) - 4:40
[14] Showdown (J.Lynne) - 4:11
[15] Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (J.Lynne) - 3:37
[16] Xanadu (New Version) (J.Lynne) - 3:21
[17] Rockaria! (J.Lynne) - 3:12
[18] Strange Magic (J.Lynne) - 4:07
[19] Alright (J.Lynne) - 3:10
[20] Rock 'n' Roll Is King (J.Lynne) - 3:07

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Jeff Lynne – Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass & Drums on [16], Producer
Bev Bevan – Drums, percussion
Richard Tandy – Keyboards, Guitar
Kelly Groucutt – Bass, Vocals
Mik Kaminski – Violin
Hugh McDowell – Cello
Melvyn Gale – Cello
Mike de Albuquerque – Bass on [14,15]
Mike Edwards – Cello on [14,15]
Wilfred Gibson – Violin on [14,15]
Colin Walker – Cello on [14,15]
Marc Bolan – Guitar on [15]

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All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). Originally released in the band's home market exclusively (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first Top Ten entry since Dino Record's compilation album The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra hit number 4 in 1994. All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release. The albums The Electric Light Orchestra, ELO 2, and Eldorado were not represented on the compilation. The album was repackaged with new album art and re released on 30 May 2011 once more reaching the UK top ten.



Few rock & rollers have taken as drastic a musical shift as Jeff Lynne. After mammoth 1970s success as the Electric Light Orchestra's vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, he distanced himself from ELO's slick, symphonic pop-rock and focused on stripped-down, no-frills music as a member of the Traveling Wilburys supergroup, a soloist, and as a producer for the likes of George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. Although it isn't comprehensive, 1989's two-CD, 24-song U.K. compilation The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra is a gem, and it is generally a better collection than the 1995 U.S. release Strange Magic: The Best of the Electric Light Orchestra. Virtually all of ELO's hits are included: "Mr. Blue Sky," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," "Livin' Thing," "Evil Woman," "Turn to Stone," "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Rock & Roll is King," "Confusion," "Don't Bring Me Down," "Last Train to London," "Strange Magic," and "Hold on Tight." Fortunately, two underrated hits - "Shine a Little Love" and "Calling America" - are also featured. "Don't Bring Me Down" is usually considered the standout song on 1979's Discovery, but "Shine a Little Love" explodes with an infectious melody. "Calling America" is a fine little song from 1986's virtually ignored Balance of Power. The best thing about the collection is the inclusion of "I'm Alive" and "All Over the World" from 1980's Xanadu soundtrack, although the title song itself is absent. Key album cuts - such as "Fire on High," for example - would have been nice additions, but since ELO was arguably more of a singles band, The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra is a fine compilation. The liner notes, however, are woefully incomplete.

Bret Adams - AllMusic.com
 

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