ELO's Greatest Hits
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ELO's Greatest Hits | |||||
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Greatest hits by Electric Light Orchestra | |||||
Released | November 1979 | ||||
Recorded | 1973 - 1977 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 44:50 | ||||
Label | Jet Records, United Artists Records & Columbia Records FZ 36310 | ||||
Producer | Jeff Lynne | ||||
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Electric Light Orchestra chronology | |||||
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Jeff Lynne 1979 | |||||
Jeff Lynne as seen on back cover
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ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra.
Released in 1979. The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the period '73–'78 and the recording of each of the songs.
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[edit] Chart position
- #1
- #7
- #30 Billboard 200, RIAA certification: 4x Platinum (7/25/2000)
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.
- "Evil Woman"[1]
- "Livin' Thing"[2]
- "Can't Get It Out Of My Head"[3]
- "Showdown"[4]
- "Turn To Stone"[5]
- "Rockaria!"[2]
- "Sweet Talkin' Woman"[5]
- "Telephone Line" [2]
- "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"[4]
- "Strange Magic"[1]
- "Mr. Blue Sky"[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Originally appeared on the album Face the Music
- ^ a b c Originally appeared on the album A New World Record
- ^ Originally appeared on the album Eldorado
- ^ a b Originally appeared on the album On the Third Day
- ^ a b c Originally appeared on the album Out of the Blue
[edit] Personnel
- Jeff Lynne - Vocals, Guitars
- Bev Bevan - Drums, percussion
- Richard Tandy- Keyboards
- Mike de Albuquerque- Bass (to 1974)
- Kelly Groucutt - Bass, Vocals (1974 onwards)
- Mik Kaminski- Violin
- Mike Edwards- Cello (to 1974)
- Melvyn Gale- Cello (1975 onwards)
- Hugh McDowell- Cello
- Wilfred Gibson- Violin ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Colin Walker- Cello ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Marc Bolan - Guitar on "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
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