 | Face the Music by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £3.90 5/5 From 'Fire On High' and mellow 'Waterfall'/'One Summer Dream' to power rock 'Poker' plus hits 'Strange Magic'/'Evil Woman' it's my favourite - a wonderful album. 'Down HomeTown' is the only filler
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 | A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £3.90 5/5 Contains 'Rockaria!'/'Telephone Line'/'Livin' Thing'. Other highlights: 'Tightrope'/'Mission'/'Above The Clouds' and the lovely 'Shangri-la'. 'Do Ya' is (to me) the weakest track. Brilliant album
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 | Eldorado by The Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £3.09 5/5 First ELO album to feature a male choir and a full orchestra. 'Can't Get It Out Of My Head'/'Poorboy'/'Mr. Kingdom'/'Eldorado' are highlights. 'Nobody's Child' the only filler. Fantastic.
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 | Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £2.25 4.5/5 Contains 4 hit singles. 'Concerto For A Rainy Day' set is highlight. Not as good as above albums because of repetition on 'Sweet Talkin' Woman'/'It's Over' etc. - but still great album.
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 | Time by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.28 5/5 The last consistantly good ELO album boosted by 3 excellent b-sides. Highlights: 'Yours Truely'/'Rain Is Falling'/'Here Is The News'. Weakest: 'Ticket To The Moon'
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 | On the Third Day by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £11.50 4/5 Generally regarded as first proper ELO album. 'King Of The Universe'/'Bluebird Is Dead'/'Daybreaker'/'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle'/'Showdown' are highlights. Spoilt by 'Hall Of The Mountain King' hence 4/5
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 | Discovery by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.99 4/5 Biggest selling ELO album but (to me) now the most dated - despite featuring 5 hit singles. No fillers on this but it's just not as good as the above albums. Still good though ;-)
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 | Secret Messages by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £13.30 4/5 Intended by Jeff Lynne as double LP. Sony blocked this idea. The unreleased complete version would've been ELO's best album. Ironic that the best songs were left off the single LP. Frustrating.
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 | Balance of Power by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.04 4/5 Last proper ELO album. Orchestra all but absent. Highlights: 'Getting To The Point'/'Is It Alright'/'Without Someone'/'Calling America', plus newly added b-sides / bonus tracks. Great sound ;-)
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 | Electric Light Orchestra by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £29.99 3.5/5 Interesting / varied album though patchy. Highlights: '10538 Overture'/'Mr. Radio'/'Queen Of The Hours'/'Look At Me Now'. Ultra-Rubbish: 'Battle Of Marston Moor'
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 | ELO 2 - 30th Anniversary Edition by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £17.89 3/5 Album only contains 5 songs. All good songs but all are over-long. However, bonus tracks on this CD edition boost listening pleasure. Highlights 'Momma'/'In Old England Town'
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 | Message from the Country by The Move
Buy used from: £4.13 4/5 ELO (it's Jeff, Roy and Bev). Recorded at same time as 1971 debut ELO album and similar sounding with hints of Wizzard too. Bonus tracks are great! Worth a listen ;-)
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 | Afterglow by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £35.75 5/5 Only place to find most of the rejected tracks from the 'Secret Messages' unreleased double LP version - plus many rare B-sides. Brilliant just for this alone.
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 | Zoom by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £47.78 4.5/5 Jeff Lynne solo album in all but name. Excellent but not really ELO. This Japanese edition includes exclusive bonus track 'Long Black Road' which is a fantastic rocker ;-)
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 | Flashback by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £30.99 4/5 Contains a handful of rare / unreleased tracks, but still a bit of a rip-off to long-term fans (despite it being remastered). Why not a 'Rare Tracks' compilation instead?
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 | Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1997) by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.20 5/5 Fantastic value for money. This contains every ELO single. The only place to find the original 7inch edits of 'Can't Get It Out Of My Head' etc. Well worth buying. It sounds great too!
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 | Live at Winterland '76 by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy used from: £17.63 4/5 Good live concert let down by the absence of 'Poor Boy' (included in original radio broadcast from which this CD was taken). Audience oncore applause lasts 4 mins. too :-( Otherwise recommended
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 | The Night the Light Went on (in Long Beach) by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £8.36 3/5 This is a less polished ELO performance containing earlier material. 'Daytripper' is a good (if over-long) version of the Beatles classic. The live '10538 Overture' is great too.
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 | Live at Wembley '78 by Electric Light Orchestra
1/5 Mono recording! Several tracks feature the studio recordings as the backing-track. 'Showdown'/'Telephone Line' stand-out. 'Standing In The Rain' isn't any different to studio version! Rubbish
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 | Xanadu by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £31.39 / Used from: £22.98 4/5 Split album. One half ELO (5/5). Other half Olivia Newton-John (3.5/5). Contains 6 wonderful singles and ELO's brilliant 'The Fall'. Great soundtrack album (better than the film!) ;-)
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 | Armchair Theatre by Jeff Lynne
Buy used from: £23.68 4.5/5 This Jeff Lynne solo album is criminally underated and was only briefly available. Sad because it's an absolute gem. Many highlights on this. Highly recommended.
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