Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released November 1997
Recorded July 1970–January 1986
Genre Rock
Length 148:04
Label Epic Records
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology

Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra
(1995)		 Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
(1997)		 Live at Wembley '78
(1998)
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Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a two CD compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

The album celebrates the band's 25th Anniversary singles career starting in 1972 and contains all of ELO's 29 UK hit singles plus other single edits that either didn't chart or were hits in other countries. All the songs included are the edited 7" single versions. It is also the first ELO compilation to feature the song "Across the Border" which was scheduled to be released as an EP track in 1980 but was withdrawn. Although not in chronological order, it is however the most comprehensive assemblage of the band's hits of the many compilations available.

The album reached 60 in the UK Album Charts.[2] The album was also released in Europe with an identical track order under the titles, The Swedish Collection and The Danish Collection.

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Turn to Stone" – 3:47
  2. "Evil Woman" – 4:15
  3. "Livin' Thing" – 3:32
  4. "Twilight" – 3:37
  5. "Telephone Line" – 4:41
  6. "Four Little Diamonds" – 4:06
  7. "Xanadu" – 3:27
  8. "Last Train to London" – 4:32
  9. "Strange Magic" (7" Edit) – 4:06
  10. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (7" Edit) – 3:11
  11. "Confusion" – 3:40
  12. "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" – 3:05
  13. "The Way Life's Meant to Be" – 4:39
  14. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" (7" Edit) – 3:07
  15. "Secret Messages" (Special version from the LP) – 3:34
  16. "Calling America" – 3:28
  17. "Don't Walk Away" – 4:39
  18. "Don't Bring Me Down" – 4:03
  19. "Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:03

Disc 2

  1. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – 3:47
  2. "I'm Alive" – 3:43
  3. "Shine a Little Love" – 4:10
  4. "Ticket to the Moon" – 4:07
  5. "Illusions in G Major" – 2:38
  6. "So Serious" – 2:41
  7. "Nightrider" (7" Edit) – 3:43
  8. "All Over the World" – 4:01
  9. "Here Is the News" – 3:44
  10. "The Diary of Horace Wimp" – 4:17
  11. "Across the Border" (EP Version) – 3:51
  12. "Showdown" – 4:10
  13. "Hold On Tight" – 3:07
  14. "Wild West Hero" – 4:40
  15. "Do Ya" – 3:45
  16. "10538 Overture" (7" Edit) – 3:56
  17. "Getting to the Point" – 4:29
  18. "Rockaria!" – 3:14
  19. "Roll Over Beethoven" (7" Edit) – 4:34

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Electric Light Orchestra". Offfical Charts Company. Retrieved 12 March 2013.