8.24.2009

RIYL: the symphony on LSD, handclaps, and glam minus the eroticism

Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO

available on epic records (2005)

Rising like the proverbial phoenix after the demise of English art-pop group The Move in 1970, Electric Light Orchestra announced its intentions to "pick up were I am the Walrus left off" and never looked back. The band's adventurous blend of pop and classical music with pomp theatrics and galactic concept-art perfectly embodied the 1970's spirit of psychedelic experimentalism and excess. ELO's melodramatics are kind of hard to take seriously today; but the music is as good a time as ever.

Most listeners will instantly recognize "Mr. Blue Sky" and "Evil Woman." Be sure to get down to the disco-symphonies of "Shine A Little Love" and "Turn To Stone" as well.



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