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Discovery [Original recording remastered]

E.L.O. | Format: Audio CD
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The Electric Light Orchestra's ambitious yet irresistible fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements, and futuristic iconography rocketed the group to massive commercial success throughout the 1970s. ELO was formed in Birmingham, England in the autumn of 1970 from the ashes of the eccentric art-pop combo the Move, reuniting frontman Roy Wood with guitarist/composer… Read more in Amazon's E.L.O. Store

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  • Audio CD (11 Jun 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B00005KBK7
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Shine A Little Love 4:41£0.89
Listen  2. Confusion 3:41£0.89
Listen  3. Need Her Love 5:11£0.89
Listen  4. The Diary Of Horace Wimp 4:16£0.89
Listen  5. Last Train To London 4:30£0.89
Listen  6. Midnight Blue 4:17£0.89
Listen  7. On The Run 3:55£0.89
Listen  8. Wishing 4:13£0.89
Listen  9. Don't Bring Me Down 4:03£0.89
Listen10. On The Run (Home Demo)0:59£0.89
Listen11. Second Time Around (Home Demo)0:41£0.89
Listen12. Little Town Flirt (Previously Unreleased) 2:53£0.89

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Although Discovery isn't one of the Electric Light Orchestra's strongest albums, it is more than redeemed by the inclusion of what is perhaps their greatest single, the massive, drum-looped pop genius of "Don't Bring Me Down". "Shine a Little Love" and "Confusion" are also both classic ELO: synths, guitars and orchestration all merging into a finely crafted whole. Unfortunately, songs such as the Beatles pastiche of "The Diary of Horace Wimp" and the overly sentimental "Last Train to London" all show that, for this world-conquering band, time was about to run out. This remastered edition includes three extra tracks, including a cover of Del Shannon's "Little Town Flirt". --Robert Burrow

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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Discovery (2001 US issue 12-track CD album [originally released in 1979] includes 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks - On The Run Second Time Around and Little Town Flirt picture sleeve)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Solid 21 Feb 2005
Format:Audio CD
The follow up to 'Out Of The Blue'. Expectations were High. And I was not disappointed at the time. Although for example the opening track 'Shine A Little Love' is rather too disco-ish and let's face it...ordinary (by their standards)... to rank as an ELO classic, the rest of of the album contains so many highlights that simply delighted at the time, and equally so 35 years later. 'Confusion' is just perfect in its McCartneyesque melody, 'Need Her Love' is up there with the great ELO ballads, the melody again seemingly made in Heaven. 'Horace Wimp' is Beatlesque for sure but rather too manufactured for my liking. Even a tad annoying if I'm honest. 'Last Train To London' is a disco single yes, but a great one. Play this one Loud. 'Midnight Blue' is even better than 'Need her Love'. Beautiful. 'On The Run' is an upbeat, utterly infectious ELO song. 'Wishing' is good but not great. The closing number 'Don't Bring Me Down' is absolutely brilliant and when played loud is about the best rocker they ever recorded.
So a bit of a mixed bag here as they struggled to follow up their masterpiece 'Out of the Blue' from the previous year. And before they returned with the timeless album 'Time' (Ha Ha) in 1981 which may be their best record of all.
From most bands, an album of this quality would probably prompt multiple cartwheels in the corridor. And there is a lot of very fine stuff here. It's just that when you're a band as talented as the Electric Light Orchestra, you set standards pretty high. And the facts are that this album is inferior to the previous two 'A New World Record' (1976) and 'Out Of The Blue (1978) and to the next one 'Time' (1981).
But that shouldn't detract from the highlights here, which are as timeless as anything they ever did. Jeff Lynne, between 1976 and 1981 very rarely put a foot wrong. This album may have displayed a minor dip in quality but this was hardly noticaeble at the time and contained enough golden eggs to keep the ELO flame alive. They were on this album still a Mightily Talented Band.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
superb sound quality 1 April 2003
Format:Audio CD
Discovery has long divided ELO fans. Many felt a disco album was a sell out, others liked it for what it was - a break from the epic ELO style. After Out of the Blue ELO had nowhere to go and arguably should have been disbanded the concept of a rock band with strings having been well and truly exhausted. Commercially Discovery was ELOs greatest success but managed along with Xanadu to undermine the band's cred with rock critics who appear to prefer tuneless guitar bands. I would have given this album five stars but for two truly dreary songs Need Her Love and Wishing. The rest is superb. The sound quality of this reissue makes it a must, especially for the bass lines on Last Train to London. This album has dated very well - for those who like some retro disco but find the Bee Gees nauseating this is just the ticket.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
ELO go very DISCO 25 July 2005
Format:Audio CD
ELO were at the height of their commercial fame when this album was released in 1979. It's been dubbed 'DISCO very' and does indeed live up to that tag with many of it's tracks veering towards that genre.

First up is 'Shine a little love' which was released as a single ahead of the albums release. Slightly longer than the single cut with a bit of quiet instrumental doodling at the start it gets us off to a rousing , bouncy overture to the album. Everyone would recognise vintage ELO from this sound, and hook after catchy hook abounds.

'Confusion' follows next and it's a little more pedestrian in tempo but formed a great double A side release with 'Last train to London'. It's one of my favourite tracks on the album.

The next track which is the longest is the beautiful ballad 'Need her love' and is for me the top track on the album. Lovely harmonies and instrumentation.

'The Diary of Horace Wimp' is an ELO track where opinion is divided. Some hate its sanitised storyline whilst others consider it a light hearted gem. Jeff Lynne later explained that the lack of 'Saturday' in the Diary is because Saturday is always football day.

'Last Train to London' is the 'Off the wall' sounding other half of the double A side of the aforementioned 'Confusion'. Jeff Lynne obviously liked trains as they often popped up in ELO songs and this song is an absolute delight and so easy on the ears.

Next up another beautiful ballad, 'Midnight Blue'. Blue being another of Jeff Lynnes much written about themes. This song is a great album track which was relegated to the b-side of the later single 'All around the World'.

'On the run' is not the same track as on Pink Floyds 'Dark side of the Moon' but instead forms for me the weakest track on this album. A rather unusual intro takes us into some standard ELO fodder.

The penultimate track of the original album 'Wishing' is slower in tempo bookended by an atmospheric intro and outro on the keyboards. This track too was only considered worthy of putting on a b-side; this time of the flop single 'The way life's meant to be'.

The albums tour-de-force closes off with 'Don't bring me down' which surely everyone must have heard and tapped their foot to. It had to be a hit, it was a hit and summed up the whole Disco feel of this album. By the way, a 12" single appeared for this release but the track sadly was not remixed in any way which I feel was a lost opportunity.

This release contains 3 bonus tracks....well one bonus and a couple of doodles actually. 'On the run' and 'Second time around' are both early demos in very brief snatches of less than a minute each. Much more worthwhile is Jeffs tribute to one of his musical heroes Del Shannon with ELOs version of the classic 'Little town flirt'. A nice unreleased edition. There were no non-album b-sides that accompanied the single releases from Discovery hence none appearing here unlike the rereleases of 'Time' and 'Secret Messages'.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Jeff Lynne starts to lose interest
I recall hearing the much-anticipated first single, 'Shine A Little Love', for the first time and feeling disappointed. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. J. H. Thorn
Enjoyed the memories!
Took me back to my youth, sound not as good as expected, but still enjoyable.
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by C. Bennett
Terrible remaster
Awesome album but the sound quality of this remaster is seriously disappointing. A 1:1 comparison with my original cd issue from the 80's made me wanna throw it in the trashbin... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by E. ten Bensel
Brill!
I have this as an LP and have missed playing this at full blast. The Cd was such a joy to receive and it was on the player within 7 minutes of it falling onto my mat. Love it. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by J. A. Royall
Slightly Disappointing but Great Production!
In all Honesty I thought ELO peaked with `A New World record`... `Out of the Blue` had its great moments but overall it was`nt as strong as ANWR compositionally and production... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2009 by Pd Davies
The Beginning of The End
This album probably marks the end of the most fertile part of Jeff Lynne's songwriting career, as well as the time where ELO's musical direction coincided with the public mood. Read more
Published on 1 July 2008 by ds
Disco-very
My favourite elo album. Very pop tastic. All the songs could have been singles and lets face it, most were. Shine a Little Love has a superb opening , great single first choice. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2007 by Alpinefinland
Go on
Having bought Discovery on its first release in my early teens and being a fan I was somewhat disappointed with it coming after New World Record & Out Of The Blue. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2007 by D. A. Walker
Dudley Disco-Tastic
With tongue firmly in my cheek I can say, hmm!? ELO aren't the first band that spring to mind when thinking about disco, but here they are anyway. Read more
Published on 25 April 2006 by Neilio
Arguably the best
i grew up on ELO and although out of the blue was good it was not a patch on discovery, i have never heard a song as beautiful as midnight blue and i guess i never will, i have the... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2004
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