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Lynne's comeback with ELO began in 2000 with the release of a retrospective box set, Flashback, containing three CDs of remastered tracks and a handful of out-takes and unfinished works, most notably a new version of ELO's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". In 2001 Zoom, ELO's first album of new material since 1986, was released. [41]
ELO Classics (1990) The Very Best of ELO (Arcade, 1990) The Very Best of ELO 1 (1990) The Very Best of ELO 2 (1990) Early ELO: 1971–1973 (1991) ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1992) Burning Bright (1992) The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra (Dino, 1994) Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra 2 CD (1995) The Gold Collection ...
"Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's second-highest-charting hit in the UK, where it peaked at number 3, [5] and their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. [6] It also charted well in Canada (number 1) and Australia (number 6). This was the first single by ELO not to include a string section. [7]
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2022) ELO performing live during their 1981 Time Tour. From left: Jeff Lynne, Louis Clark (obscured), Kelly Groucutt, Bev Bevan, and Richard Tandy The English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) recorded over 190 songs from 1971 to 2019. The band's music is characterised by their blending of Beatlesque pop, classical ...
ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released 23 November 1979. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Despite being released after the album Discovery , this album omitted the band's most recent hits, " Don't Bring Me Down " and " Shine a Little Love ".
Xanadu is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in June 1980 on MCA Records in the United States and July 1980 by Jet Records in the United Kingdom. [5]
"Telephone Line" and Meri Wilson's "Telephone Man" were back-to-back on Hot 100's top 40 for two non-consecutive weeks in the summer of 1977. [10] As was the norm, many ELO singles were issued in different colours, but the US version of the single was the only green single ELO issued. The US single also was shortened to 3:56 with an early fade.
At the time of its release, the song's music video was the most expensive ever made, with a budget of approximately £40,000. [6] [better source needed] The mostly black and white video features footage of ELO playing the song in a lounge, intercut with scenes in the style of 1940s serial films featuring the band members, including violinist Mik Kaminski, who was no longer a band member nor ...