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Track Listings
| 1. Mr. Blue Sky |
| 2. Evil Woman |
| 3. Don't Bring Me Down |
| 4. Sweet Talkin' Woman |
| 5. Shine A Little Love |
| 6. Turn To Stone |
| 7. The Diary Of Horace Wimp |
| 8. Confusion |
| 9. Hold On Tight |
| 10. Livin' Thing |
| 11. Telephone Line |
| 12. All Over The World |
| 13. Wild West Hero |
| 14. Showdown |
| 15. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle |
| 16. Xanadu |
| 17. Rockaria! |
| 18. Strange Magic |
| 19. Alright |
| 20. Rock and Roll Is King |
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The Electric Light Orchestra were one of the biggest and most successful bands of the late 1970s, producing a massive string of hit singles and albums that almost any other band would envy. Their works have been cited as influences by such hip acts as Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals. Their frontman and leader Jeff Lynne has been the producer of choice for people like Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and George Harrison. From "Evil Woman", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Mr Blue Sky" to "Livin' Thing" and "Hold On Tight", there are few duds amongst these 20 remastered tracks. ELO produced some of the biggest and best singles in rock & roll's history, and All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO is an excellent reintroduction to this great band. Hopefully, this also signals the beginning of a long-overdue revival and re-evaluation. --Robert Burrow
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2005 compilation remastered by Jeff Lynne. Features all their huge hits plus new liner notes & artwork.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Brilliant single CD. Contrary to views expressed by the music lover from Portsmouth UK all the tracks are 'original' apart from the classy re-interpretation of Xanadu. Horace Wimp is simply a marvellous remaster that adds a totally new dimension to an underrated track. The included version of Xanadu is different to the chart hit which featured Olivia Newton John but personally I think it is better. It features the vocals of the Jeff Lynne and originally appeared on the ELO Flashback box set of 2000. As Jeff Lynne composed the song it could be argued that his version is really the 'original'! A real treat for lapsed ELO fans is the inclusion of the single 'Alright' from the now hard to come by 'Zoom' album. I can thoroughly recommend the purchase of this release if only for the quite superb quality of the remastering. If only all remasters were done with such obvious loving care and appreciation of the source analogue tapes! Perfect for the car. For an 'at home' ELO compilation then the 3CD 'Flashback' competetively priced box set is probably the order of the day for those wishing to delve a little deeper into the work of the Electric Light Orchestra.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love ELO. They bring back memories of a very happy childhood in the 1970s and the power and beauty of the work still shines very strongly today. I find it very emotional listening to them having lost my mother very recently and "Mr Blue Sky" transports me back to a golden summer day in the late 70s with all the joys of being a boy-child with forests, bikes and love all around. Music is all about memories and glory and ELO provide both with abundance.
52 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's really not cool to like ELO is it? Even now, after various film directors have used their music for soundtracks and admitted that they, like they really dug them all along, it's not going to do your street cred any good admitting that you think "Wild West Hero "is a wonderfully poignant song about the power of dreams or that "Turn To Stone" makes you so giddy with delight that you would kiss your Grand Mothers whiskery chin if only she was still alive. Guess what? I lost my rarely tangible grasp on any pretensions to street cred years ago so I feel quite secure in proclaiming that I think ELO are fantastic and that this album is a pretty good overview of their career.
That said it misses some real gems out. No "Can't Get It out Of My Head" or "10538 Overture" (The bands early years are sparsely represented here) or no "Ticket to the Moon". It's not a definitive collection by any means. There are far more complete over views of their career available. "Light Years" or "The Ultimate Collection", both double CD, s spring to mind. But for a single album this doesn't do too bad a job of representing what a terrific singles band they were, particularly in the mid 70,s, and showcasing what a superb and under rated songwriter Jeff Lynne was.
He was capable of writing some right clunkers though and it could be argued and I would certainly be up for the challenge, that one or two of the songs on this album hardly represent the band in their best light (No pun intended) No song that has rock n, roll in the title should ever be allowed to pollute the airwaves and The annoyingly jaunty "Rock And Roll Is King" with it's gibberish vocals is no exception. Summarily "Xanadu" is way too slick and polished, lacking the heady organic grace of their earlier material and signalling a transition to a more synthesised sound that would lead to the "Time" album. Though that did have some decent songs on it.
I loved the punk and post punk period; I love innovative challenging music or exciting fresh bands. But mainly I just love great song writing. Jeff Lynne wrote great songs and the band performed them superbly. I think there are better encapsulations of their output available, but this isn't bad and will hopefully lead to an overdue reappraisal of this most maligned of bands.
That said it misses some real gems out. No "Can't Get It out Of My Head" or "10538 Overture" (The bands early years are sparsely represented here) or no "Ticket to the Moon". It's not a definitive collection by any means. There are far more complete over views of their career available. "Light Years" or "The Ultimate Collection", both double CD, s spring to mind. But for a single album this doesn't do too bad a job of representing what a terrific singles band they were, particularly in the mid 70,s, and showcasing what a superb and under rated songwriter Jeff Lynne was.
He was capable of writing some right clunkers though and it could be argued and I would certainly be up for the challenge, that one or two of the songs on this album hardly represent the band in their best light (No pun intended) No song that has rock n, roll in the title should ever be allowed to pollute the airwaves and The annoyingly jaunty "Rock And Roll Is King" with it's gibberish vocals is no exception. Summarily "Xanadu" is way too slick and polished, lacking the heady organic grace of their earlier material and signalling a transition to a more synthesised sound that would lead to the "Time" album. Though that did have some decent songs on it.
I loved the punk and post punk period; I love innovative challenging music or exciting fresh bands. But mainly I just love great song writing. Jeff Lynne wrote great songs and the band performed them superbly. I think there are better encapsulations of their output available, but this isn't bad and will hopefully lead to an overdue reappraisal of this most maligned of bands.
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Great music for kids!
I had forgotten how good ELO are. Was reminded on a flight home from the States. My 8 year old loves this album. It is upbeat and fun. Read more
Published 5 months ago by lucyf
Beware!! Xanadu!
I bought this for 3 quid doing m'shopping in Sainsburys! I love ELO and got Out of the Blue and New World Record and fancied listening to Xanadu and I wanted a decent copy of Don't... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Alan D. Evans
all over the world elo
This is a brilliant cd,very good value. A must buy for any ELO fan
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Published 10 months ago by L. K. Fraser
brilliant stuff
I just had to buy this album, it takes me back to my college days, its a album to have on driving on a long road. Pure class from ELO. Read more
Published 10 months ago by gallini
nostalgic ELO
Great cd, not a bad song on it, unlike some compilations where u get a few good songs n the rest are dull. Read more
Published 10 months ago by D. Bedford
BRILLIANT
having watched the movie Paul recently it was listening to the soundtrack that prompted me to look for an ELO album, this is the one I chose it had all of the tracks that I wanted... Read more
Published 11 months ago by L. Sims
Dandy
There are so many ELO albums out there but I think this is the only one I could find with all the songs I loved on. Deff worth buying, I am addicted to all of them now!! So catchy.
Published 12 months ago by Rainbow-Socks
A classic
I have long been a fan of ELO, from my school days when Telephone line was top of the charts. I was please to get this album downloaded at such a good price and can once again... Read more
Published 12 months ago by morroda
ELO
Have really enjoyed listing to ELO again after many years, sometimes you are disappointed that the nostalgia was not as good as you remember but must say this brought a smile to... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Paul
Absolutely fantastic
I was always a big fan of ELO, and even though I have most of these tracks scattered throughout my music collection, it is brilliant to have them all on one cd. Read more
Published 13 months ago by winowen
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