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- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: CD
- ASIN: B000F8O4E0
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Even taking into account the dodgy track "Down Home Town", this has to rate as ELO's best album. The songwriting is superior to Eldorado yet it hasn't quite reached the commercialism of A New World Record and subsequent albums. "Fire On High" is an incredible opener and leads seamlessly into probably what is THE greatest album track of all time, "Waterfall", a harmony drenched masterpiece. "Evil Woman", "Strange Magic" and "Nightrider" are three of ELO's best ever singles and then there's "Poker" which has to rate as their best rocker.
A previous reviewer claims the only good track on offer on Face The Music is "Fire On High" which makes me wonder if he has been listening to the same album!! Still, there's no accounting for taste!
A previous reviewer claims the only good track on offer on Face The Music is "Fire On High" which makes me wonder if he has been listening to the same album!! Still, there's no accounting for taste!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Find out how Jeff Lynne invented thrash metal with Poker, listen to the spectacle of Fire on High and mellow out to One Summer Dream. Remember this was recorded for vinyl so not so many tracks as cds these days, but still one worth getting. Very hard to find in the UK as well!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've always wondered why it's always been difficult to find this album in shops? Pity because it's a cracker. ELO (with the now classic line-up that they would tour with through the rest of the 70's) strike out with a still prog-rock experimental album which is prehaps a little bit more accessable than "Eldorado" to Joe Public. "Fire on High" is MAD and best listened to loud to freak out the straights! "Waterfall" & "One Summer Dream" are beautiful, and I still think "Evil Woman" is the best single they've ever done. The orchestration is never compromised by crystal clear production and the album cover again is probably the best of all their albums. For me this is ELO's "Wish You Were Here" to their "Dark Side of the Moon" of the previous year.
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My Favourite Album Cover
So there's a set of headphones resting on an electric chair, plugged in and ready to go! And the album's called Face The Music. Genius. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. I. Brooke
One of the best ever
I love the English 60's & 70's bands especially The Beatles and 10CC and ELO. This is also one of my favourite ELO albums, after their ÖN the Third Day" and "A New World... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Stephen Lawrence Whitty
Love ELO
This is my favourite ELO CD after the "New World Record" CD . Only wish that they were still around one of the greatest bands ever.
Published 22 months ago
too polished but still some good stuff
1975 for me marks the point when ELO began to lose their way, but ironicly this is when the massive hits started. Read more
Published on 8 April 2008 by Peter Jones
FIRE ON HIGH! One of the finest instrumentals by a Rock Band!
Too bad one of ELO's best songs doesn't appear on any of their greatest hits packages...and they have a lot of "Best Of's" and "Greatest Hits"! Read more
Published on 13 July 2007 by KiraLilli
Electrifying
The Remastered version just sounds awesome especially the stand out track ''Fire on High'' .The kind of track you just want to turn up full blast and have the neighbours hating... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2007 by Steve
Face the Music
I have just purchased the 2006 remastered verison and what a good CD it is. Having never heard the original I cannot comment on it, however the remastering on this CD is far better... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2007 by Alwev
absolute genius symphonic-rock
this is the real link between the progressive-rock
era to the mega-hits success.
the leader, jeff lynne, made here a triumphant production with dark edges ("fire on... Read more
era to the mega-hits success.
the leader, jeff lynne, made here a triumphant production with dark edges ("fire on... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2002 by noam
a brilliant underrated elo classic !!!.
"face the music" is the link between the progressive-rock elo and the mega-hits-making elo. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2002
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