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  • Audio CD (1 Dec 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Epic
  • ASIN: B00005QZ9T
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 392,152 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Evil Woman
2. Livin' Thing
3. Can't Get It Out of My Head
4. Showdown
5. Turn to Stone
6. Rockaria!
7. Sweet Talkin' Woman
8. Telephone Line
9. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
10. Strange Magic
11. Mr. Blue Sky

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You can't make a meal of bubblegum, but it sure can be a delicious distraction. ELO's Greatest Hits is filled with gooey, chewy delights--sonic kitsch like "I Can't Get It Out of My Head" (Lennon on Lithium), "Telephone Line" (Kool & The Gang with violins), and the irresistible "Turn to Stone" (Wagner in spandex)--cultural guideposts, whether you want to admit it or not. ELO combined classical elements with electronic rock and their influence can still be heard in new Turk bands playing with Moogs--for all their Beatles-in-space trappings, the group was also pretty damn catchy. Early ELO was spotty, with flavorful items like "Strange Magic" popping out of the lab nevertheless. By the late '70s, producer-songwriter-singer Jeff Lynne had his electronic pop chamber-group machine oiled to perfection, and this package contains a heavy dose of those longer-lasting-flavor years, with well-chosen dabs of essential chewing pleasure. --Don Harrison

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5.0 out of 5 stars The hits from 1973 to 1978, 20 May 2005
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ELO's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
ELO evolved from another British group, The Move, which was successful in the late sixties with such hits as Flowers in the rain and Blackberry way. Bev Bevan, Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, all previously with The Move, created ELO. With other new members, they recorded their debut album, which yielded the UK top ten hit 10538 overture. After that, there were a series of line-up changes but the biggest change came because Roy and Jeff disagreed about the way that ELO should develop. Roy and two others quit and formed their own group, Wizzard (essentially a rock'n'roll group, updated for the seventies) who had a couple of UK number one hits (See my baby jive, Angel fingers), but is now best remembered for the top five hit, I wish it could be Christmas every day.

With Roy gone, Jeff was free to do what he wanted. He added classical music influences to a basic rock sound, making something unique and distinctive, though this vision took a few albums to be fully realized. ELO had a long string of hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the seventies, particularly from the albums A new world record, Out of the blue and Discovery, but were unable to sustain that success in the eighties. Their last UK top ten hit was in 1981 and they only came close once after that - in 1983, with Rock'n'roll is king. In America, their fortunes faded equally dramatically but they had already recorded a body of work that is well worth listening to.

This brilliant compilation contains most of ELO's big British and American hits from the period 1973 to 1978. Six of the tracks here come from the two albums for which they are best remembered - A new world record (Living thing, Telephone line, Rockaria) and Out of the blue (Mr Blue sky, Sweet talking woman, Turn to stone). The other five tracks are older.

There are stronger ELO compilations than this, but if you only want a sample of their music and your favorite songs are here, this might suit you. The most comprehensive compilation is the British double-CD, Ultimate collection, which lives up to its title (unlike some compilations titled Ultimate).

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great album, 26 May 2005
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ELO's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
This wonderful album was first released in 1979, and was re-released on CD in 1990. It contains many of the Electric Light Orchestra's finest works up to 1979, and indeed many of their finest works, period. I had this album on cassette during my college years, and often missed its fantastic sounds. Well, now it's back and I am very glad to have it.

Admittedly, this CD doesn't include any "extras" beyond what was on the original album, but the quality is excellent. As a bonus, the liner notes include the words to all of the songs. So, let me sum up by saying that this is a great album, one that I am very glad to have. I highly recommend it!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Too Short for CD, 11 Nov 2008
This review is from: ELO's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
This album when released in 1979 on vinyl was 'a must have' and owing to the playing time limitations of Vinyl the track list did omit some of the bands hits, most notably 10538 Overture and Wild West Hero. However as a CD release this does fall short, especially since it has long since been eclipsed by much more thorough CDs compiling their greatest hits, ie Light Years, Flashback and the Ultimate Collection to name but a few!

Fantastic band and songs but I would recommend one of their more recent compilations to get the Whole Picture
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