The column year lists the year in which the song was released.
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The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band s co founder and leader jeff lynne describing the 73 x27 78 period and the recording of each of the songs.
The column writer s lists who wrote the song.
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The column song lists the song title.
Not an easy task given how many great songs are in the catalog.
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.
The column length lists the length duration of the song.
The column album lists the album the song is featured on.
Elo s greatest hits is a compilation by the electric light orchestra elo released in 1979.
Ironically this revision has become the normative view of the band.
The group s greatest hits all around the world.
The electric light orchestra elo are an english rock band formed in birmingham in 1970 by songwriters multi instrumentalists jeff lynne and roy wood with drummer bev bevan their music is characterised by a fusion of beatlesque pop classical arrangements and futuristic iconography.
The column producer lists the producer of the song.
Electric light orchestra now jeff lynne s elo are famous for their hit singles mr blue sky livin thing and xanadu with olivia newton john.
By ignoring the band s first two albums the roy wood dominated electric light orchestra and the transitional elo ii the 1979 singles compilation elo s greatest hits presents a somewhat skewed vision of the band.
In honor of the big jeff lynne s elo tour we rank the top 10 electric light orchestra songs.
Back in the days before the term 80 s metal ever entered my vocabulary there was my 70 s childhood and elo was a part of it i ve always considered elo to be a beatles soundalike band and this album contains a lot of their best known fm contemporary radio hits their unique rock pop classical fusion sound was hugely successful you can t go wrong.
Slick almost mechanical purveyors of undeniably catchy but somewhat soulless hit singles.
The following is a sortable table of all songs by electric light orchestra.