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ELO - Out Of The Blue (1977) (20-track Deluxe Remaster 2007)
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007
The last ELO album to make a major impact on popular music, Out of the Blue was of a piece with its lavishly produced predecessor, A New World Record, but it's a much more mixed bag as an album. For starters, it was a double LP, a format that has proved daunting to all but a handful of rock artists, and was no less so here. The songs were flowing fast and freely from Jeff Lynne at the time, however, and well more than half of what is here is very solid, at least as songs if not necessarily as recordings. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "Turn to Stone" are among the best songs in the group's output, and much of the rest is very entertaining. The heavy sound of the orchestra, however, as well as the layer upon layer of vocal overdubs, often seem out of place. All in all, the group was trying too hard to generate a substantial-sounding double LP, complete with a suite, "Concerto for a Rainy Day." The latter is the nadir of the album, an effort at conceptual rock that seemed archaic even in 1977. Another chunk is filled up with what might best be called art rock mood music ("The Whale"), before you finally get to the relief of a basic rocker like "Birmingham Blues." Even here, the group couldn't leave well enough alone -- rather than ending it on that note, they had to finish the album with "Wild West Hero," a piece of ersatz movie music that adds nothing to what you've heard over the previous 65 minutes. In its defense, Out of the Blue was massively popular and did become the centerpiece of a huge worldwide tour that earned the group status as a major live attraction for a time. [Out of the Blue was reissued in 2007 as a 30th Anniversary Edition with new photos, liner notes, and three bonus tracks, including "The Quick and the Daft," "Latitude 88 North," and a home demo of "Wild West Hero."] Bruce Eder
Jeff Lynne wrote the entire album in three and a half weeks after a sudden burst of creativity whilst hidden away in his rented chalet in the Swiss Alps. It took a further two months to record in Munich. The album had 4,000,000 pre-ordered copies and quickly went multi-Platinum upon release. Out of the Blue spawned five hit singles in different countries, and was ELO's most commercially successful studio album. It was also the first double album in the history of the UK music charts to generate four top twenty hit singles. Side three of the original double LP consisted of the symphonic Concerto for a Rainy Day, composed of four separate tracks which together made up a cohesive suite. The inclement weather effects heard on "Concerto" were real and recorded by Jeff Lynne during a very rainy summer in Munich 1977. The Concerto suite would be Lynne's last dabbling in symphonic rock. ”
Codec: mp3
Size: 205 MB
Genre : Rock
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Tracklist:
01. Turn To Stone 3:51
02. It's Over 4:08
03. Sweet Talkin' Woman 3:49
04. Across The Border 3:53
05. Night In The City 4:03
06. Starlight 4:31
07. Jungle 3:53
08. Believe Me Now 1:21
09. Steppin' Out 4:40
10. Standin' In The Rain 3:59
11. Big Wheels 5:32
12. Summer And Lightning 4:15
13. Mr. Blue Sky 5:03
14. Sweet Is The Night 3:27
15. The Whale 5:07
16. Birmingham Blues 4:23
17. Wild West Hero 4:40
18. Wild West Hero (Alt. Bridge) (Bonus) 0:29
19. The Quick And The Draft (Bonus) 1:50
20. Latitude 88 North (Bonus) 3:25
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