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

7. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – 3:47
8. "Telephone Line" – 4:37
9. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single Edit) – 3:35
10. "Strange Magic" (UK single version) – 4:07
11. "Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:05

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"

Chart performance

• 1 Australia
• 2 New Zealand
• 6 Canada
• 7 United Kingdom^[3]
• 13 Norway
• 17 Austria^[4]
• 28 Spain
• 30 United States (CashBox & Billboard 200); RIAA certification: 4x Platinum

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