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Jeff Lynne: Armchair Theatre

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Label: Reprise Records
Released: 1990
Time:
 36:41
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jeff Lynne
Rating: ****...... (4/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.elo.biz
Appears with: ELO, Traveling Wilburys 
Purchase date: 2008.01.20
Price in €: 25,99





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[1] Every Little Thing (J.Lynne) - 3:41
[2] Don't Let Go (J.Stone) - 3:00
[3] Lift Me Up (J.Lynne) - 3:36
[4] Nobody Home (J.Lynne) - 3:51
[5] September Song (M.Anderson/K.Weill) - 2:57
[6] Now You're Gone (J.Lynne) - 3:57
[7] Don't Say Goodbye (J.Lynne) - 3:09
[8] What Would It Take (J.Lynne) - 2:40
[9] Stormy Weather (H.Arlen/T.Koehler) - 3:42
[10] Blown Away (J.Lynne/T.Petty) - 3:29
[11] Save Me Now (J.Lynne) - 2:39

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Jeff Lynne - Guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, vocals

Richard Tandy - Keyboards, organ, piano, electric guitar, vocals
George Harrison - Guitars, vocals
Mette Mathiesen - Drums, percussion
Jim Horn - Saxophones

Hema Desai - Operatic voice
Phil Hatton - Backing vocals
Dave Morgan - Backing vocals
Del Shannon - Backing vocals
Jack Commander - Backing vocals

Michael Kamen - String arrangements, Strings

Richard Dpdd - Engineer
Charlie Brocco - Assistant Engineer
Robert Salcedo - Assistant Engineer
Steve Hall - Mastering
Craig Fruin - Management
Martyn Atkins - Art Direction
Andrew Earl - Photography
 

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1990 CD Reprise 2-26184
1990 CS Reprise 4-26184
1990 LP Warner Bros. 26184
1990 CD Warner Bros. 26184

Recorded on Raindirk at Posh Studios, England
Mixed at Village Recorders, Los Angeles
Mixed at Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California
Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Los Angeles.
Released 1990 by Reprise Records, a Warner Communications Company.

Special thanks to:
Craig Fruin, Mo Ostin, Lenny Waronker, Michael Ostin, John Beug, Clyde Bakkemo and everyone at Warner-Reprise, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Sandy, Laura and Stephanie, Tom Petty, Nicholas Brown, Sam Sylvester, Don Passman, Garnet Mellon, Bob Dylan, Roger (Ollie) Spencer, Fred Gretsch, Mike Campbell, Alan 'Bugs' Weidel, Cyril Jones and Raindirk.
Doris Vartan Lafrenais for Cosmic Bell
Richard Dodd and Phil Hatton for their amazing support.

God bless Del Shannon.



It could have been better, but it's not all that bad, really, when it comes down to it. The only problem is the album is just not that memorable. Then again, ELO probably wasn't really all that memorable in the first place, but they were almost always nice to listen to, and the Jeff Lynne album, Armchair Theatre, seems like Jeff Lynne, contrary to expectations, is the real survivor of the Move -- an English rock band that did some highly regarded material ("Fire Brigade" springs to mind as does "Flowers in the Rain") and then did a side project called the Electric Light Orchestra (a reference to the BBC's Light Program, featuring, of course, the BBC Light Orchestra. The original ELO sprang from Move leader Roy Wood's brow; in time he became disenchanted, the Move became history, and Roy Wood became Wizzard, while Jeff Lynne took the reigns of ELO. Since then, Move drummer Bev Bevan has vanished almost completely, Roy Wood surfaces once in a while with something else new and strange, and Jeff Lynne has managed to resurrect the careers of several of his heroes (George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan), as well as more recent arrivals (Tom Petty) and somehow managed to start the Supergroup for Fun Under Silly Names trend with the Traveling Wilburys. Armchair Theatre, then, is a collection of 11 songs, including several covers, and influences run rampant, from the upbeat Beatlesque "Every Little Thing" to the closing eco/peace anthem "Save Me Now," a touching acoustic number that reflects, of all things, Peter, Paul and Mary when they were blowin' with Bob Dylan's wind. Along the way, there are several cover songs, including "September Song" and "Stormy Weather," both of which are such wonky choices and played with such delighted syrupy lounge-lizard panache that you can't help but like them. It isn't a great album, but it is a good, affectionate, subdued recording. It deserves to be heard because it manages to be appealing without sounding overproduced, glossy, or outlandishly mindless. It was something Lynne did because he wanted to do it, not because he wanted to sell millions of records. That makes all the difference in the world. It would have been even better if they could have squeezed out a few more minutes -- 37 minutes is too short for the price. Still....

Steven McDonald - All Music Guide



The Move, das Electric Light Orchestra und die Traveling Wilburys waren seine Elite-Schulen, seine Produktionen für andere sind Legion. Und doch überrascht, wie souverän und locker er aus seinem Fundus schöpft. Genußvoll wird der Rock'n'Roll-Oldie Don't Let Go zerhackt, Nobody Home vermittelt mit rauhbauzigen Gitarren und fiepender Schweineorgel Sixties- Feeling pur und George Harrisons Slide versetzt in Kurt Weills September- Song zu Beatles-Harmonien nach Hawaii. Lechz, schwelg, mmmmmh.

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Jeff Lynne, ehemals Kopf des Electric Light Orchestra, betätigte sich in jüngster Vergangenheit äußerst erfolgreich als Produzent und Hit- Komponist. Zu seinen prominentesten Klienten zählten George Harrison ("Cloud Nine"), Roy Orbison ("Mystery Girl"), Tom Petty ("Full Moon Fever") und die Traveling Wilburys, denen Lynne auch angehört. Als Komponist war er an "You Got It" (Orbison), "Free Fallin'" und "I Won't Back Down" (Petty) sowie "Handle With Care" (Wilburys) beteiligt. "Armchair Theatre" ist Jeff Lynnes erstes Soloalbum. Er hat es natürlich selbst produziert, die meisten Songs geschrieben und viele der Instrumentalparts (Gitarren, Keyboards, Baß) höchstpersönlich eingespielt. Singen kann er auch. Bei so viel Talent wundert es nicht, daß ihm von seinen Superstar-Freunden einzig George Harrison als Akustik- und Slide- Gitarrist zur Seite stand. Hier hat Lynne elf Songs von erstaunlicher stilistischer Bandbreite zusammengestellt: Poprocker mit nicht zu überhörenden ELO-Zitaten ("Lift Me Up" und "Every Little Thing"), eine Prise Rockabilly ("Don't Let Go") sowie eine Art Raga-Rocksong mit klassischem indischem Hintergrundchor ("Now You're Gone"). Zum Ausgleich präsentiert das Multitalent Balladen aus eigener Feder ("Blown Away"), den Jazz-Klassiker "Stormy Weather" und eine hinreißend gecroonte Version von Kurt Weills "September Song". ELO- und Wilbury-Fans werden's mögen.

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