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Alone in the Universe is the thirteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the first credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. [1] [2] The moniker came out from Lynne as a response to ELO tribute and imitation bands, who repeatedly used ELO for promoting their own tours. [3]
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.
The DVD earned Platinum status in Australia and the UK. [1] [2] Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy were the only band members returning from the original incarnation of ELO. All songs played on tour, except "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" and "All She Wanted", were released on either the Electric Light Orchestra Live album [3] or the Zoom Tour Live VHS/DVD. [4]
Live: The Early Years is a UK DVD compilation of three Electric Light Orchestra concerts from the 1970s that includes Fusion – Live in London (1976) along with two other never before released live performances at Brunel University (1973) and on a German television programme Rockpalast (1974), Eagle Rock Entertainment released it on 9 August 2010. [2]
L.E.O. is a 2006 project by Boston musician Bleu and collaborators which produced Alpacas Orgling, a 2006 album of original songs similar in style to Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the Traveling Wilburys, and 1970s AM radio pop music. [1] [2] [3]
On 14 September 2014, Jeff Lynne's ELO, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and backed by the Take That/Gary Barlow band, headlined BBC Radio 2s Festival In A Day at Hyde Park, London. The show was the first time in almost 30 years that ELO had performed on a festival stage. 50,000 tickets for the event sold out in just under 15 minutes.
Upon joining, he was asked to adopt a stage name because ELO had already had several members named Michael, Mike or Mik; he chose Kelly (a school nickname). [7] ELO then set off on their Eldorado tour. [8] The first Electric Light Orchestra album to feature Groucutt on bass guitar and as a backing vocalist was Face the Music (1975).
The album features most, although not all post-1973 UK singles that did not make the first album, together with band leader and songwriter Jeff Lynne's input of best album tracks, however again not featuring the albums The Electric Light Orchestra and ELO 2.