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Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition] [Remaster]
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Album: Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition] [Remaster]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Turn to Stone More Info... 0:03
2)    It's Over More Info... 0:04
3)    Sweet Talkin' Woman More Info... 0:03
4)    Across the Border More Info... 0:04
5)    Night in the City More Info... 0:04
6)    Starlight More Info... 0:04
7)    Jungle More Info... 0:04
8)    Believe Me Now More Info... 0:01
9)    Steppin' Out More Info... 0:04
10)    Standin' in the Rain More Info... 0:04
11)    Big Wheels More Info... 0:05
12)    Summer and Lightning More Info... 0:04
13)    Mr. Blue Sky More Info... 0:05
14)    Sweet Is the Night More Info... 0:03
15)    The Whale More Info... 0:05
16)    Birmingham Blues More Info... 0:04
17)    Wild West Hero More Info... 0:04
18)    Wild West Hero (Alternate Bridge: Home Demo) More Info...
19)    The Quick and the Daft More Info... 0:01
20)    Latitude 88 North More Info... 0:03
 
Album: Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition] [Remaster]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Turn to Stone More Info... 0:03
2)    It's Over More Info... 0:04
3)    Sweet Talkin' Woman More Info... 0:03
4)    Across the Border More Info... 0:04
5)    Night in the City More Info... 0:04
6)    Starlight More Info... 0:04
7)    Jungle More Info... 0:04
8)    Believe Me Now More Info... 0:01
9)    Steppin' Out More Info... 0:04
10)    Standin' in the Rain More Info... 0:04
11)    Big Wheels More Info... 0:05
12)    Summer and Lightning More Info... 0:04
13)    Mr. Blue Sky More Info... 0:05
14)    Sweet Is the Night More Info... 0:03
15)    The Whale More Info... 0:05
16)    Birmingham Blues More Info... 0:04
17)    Wild West Hero More Info... 0:04
18)    Wild West Hero (Alternate Bridge: Home Demo) More Info...
19)    The Quick and the Daft More Info... 0:01
20)    Latitude 88 North More Info... 0:03
 
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  • Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Mik Kaminski (violin); Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale (cello); Richard Tandy (keyboards); Kelly Groucett (bass); Bev Bevan (drums, percussion).
  • Composer: Jeff Lynne.
  • Personnel: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, Wurlitzer organ, mini-Moog synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Kelly Groucutt (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Richard Tandy (guitar, piano, Clavinet, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, mini-Moog synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, sequencer); Mik Kaminski (violin); Melvyn Gale (cello, piano); Hugh McDowell (cello); Bev Bevan (drums, cymbals, tom tom, percussion, gong, background vocals); Spratley's Dancing Academy, Bladys, Bladys Turvis, Goreen Turvis (dancer).
  • Liner Note Author: Rob Caiger.
  • Recording information: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
  • Author: Jeff Lynne.
  • Photographers: Jeff Lynne; Robert Ellis ; Barry Plummer.
  • Nowadays, 1977 is remembered as both the year of punk and the year of disco. At the time, though, it was the year of Fleetwood Mac's RUMOURS and Electric Light Orchestra's OUT OF THE BLUE, two albums that were simply inescapable. But where overexposure made RUMOURS feel somewhat stale and dated, OUT OF THE BLUE sounds as fresh now as it did at the time. This is due in large part to the obsessive insularity of Jeff Lynne's aesthetic. He seems not to be ignoring musical trends, but to be simply unaware of them.
  • Lynne's mid-period Beatles fixation combines with his love of lush orchestrations and pristine production to create some of his strongest music, including the enormous hits "Turn to Stone," "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "Mr. Blue Sky." However, the autobiographical "Birmingham Blues" suggests that Lynne was tiring of the rock-star grind, which might explain ELO's lowered profile after this release.
Professional Reviews
Q (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Their virtuoso musicianship dazzled. But the real genius was in the songwriting and wonderfully unorthodox arrangements."

Uncut (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The symphonic pretensions and STAR WARS-via-Sergio Leone imagery have impacted everyone from Air to Muse."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t shows ELO at their most lush and broad: the choral arrangements have something of '30s Hollywood, the strings arrive simultaneously from several eras -- past and future..."
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