ELO's Greatest Hits

ELO's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released November 1979
Recorded April 1973–August 1977
Genre Rock
Length 44:50
Label CBS, Jet Records
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology

Discovery
(1979)
ELO's Greatest Hits
(1979)
A Box of Their Best
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B+[2]

ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1979.

The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one
  1. "Evil Woman" (Single Version)– 4:10
  2. "Livin' Thing" – 3:31
  3. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:22
  4. "Showdown" (Edit) – 3:51
  5. "Turn to Stone" – 3:48
  6. "Rockaria!" – 3:12
Side two
  1. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – 3:47
  2. "Telephone Line" – 4:37
  3. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single Edit) – 3:35
  4. "Strange Magic" (UK single version) – 4:07
  5. "Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:05

Personnel

Chart performance

References

  1. ELO's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  2. Robert Christgau review
  3. "Electric Light Orchestra". Offfical Charts Company. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  4. "Discographie Electric Light Orchestra". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
Preceded by
Bee Gees Greatest by Bee Gees
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
7 January – 3 February 1980
Succeeded by
20 Golden Greats
by Creedence Clearwater Revival