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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 (1979) The Best of ELO (Tellydisc, 1981) Eldorado/Electric Light Orchestra II (cassette only reissue) (1983) A Perfect World of Music (1985) First Movement (1986) All Over the World (1987) The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra (Telstar, 1989) The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra (Epic, 1990) ELO Classics ...
Although the biggest hit on the album (also ELO's biggest hit overall) was the rock song "Don't Bring Me Down", the album was noted for its heavy disco influence. Discovery also produced the hits " Shine a Little Love " (their only No. 1 hit on a US singles chart--- Radio & Records (R&R) ), [ 29 ] [ 30 ] " Last Train to London ", " Confusion ...
Originally released exclusively in the band's home market (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first top-ten entry since Dino Records' 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.
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 ".
During the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released a string of top 10 albums and singles, including the band's most commercially successful album, the double album Out of the Blue (1977). Two ELO albums reached the top of the British chart: the disco-inspired Discovery (1979) and the science fiction–themed concept album Time (1981). In 1986, Lynne ...
Face the Music: 4:14: 5. "Telephone Line" A New World Record: 4:41: 6. "Rockaria!" A New World Record: 3:14: 7. "Turn to Stone" Out of the Blue: 3:49: 8. "Don't Bring Me Down" Discovery: 4:04: 9. "Wild West Hero" Out of the Blue: 4:41: 10. "All Over the World" Xanadu: 4:00: 11. "Hold on Tight" Time: 3:07: 12. "Confusion" Discovery: 3:41: 13 ...
"Showdown" is a 1973 song written by Jeff Lynne and recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was the band's last contemporary recording to be released on the Harvest label. The song was released as a single and reached No 12 in the UK Singles Chart , in the week beginning 28 October, and No 9 on the Norwegian chart VG-lista .