Eldorado

by Electric Light Orchestra

Type: Album
Released: September 1974
Label: Warner Bros., United Artists
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 39:07
Community rating: 4.03/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike de Albuquerque, Jeff Lynne, Mike Edwards, Bev Bevan, Mik Kaminski, Richard Tandy, Hugh McDowell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Eldorado' is the band's first complete concept album, centering on a Walter Mitty-esque character who escapes into fantasy dream worlds. This was the first ELO album to utilize a full orchestra, a significant shift from the group's prior string overdubs, with conductor Louis Clark joining Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy in arranging the extensive orchestral and choral parts. The resulting fusion of rock instrumentation with symphonic textures solidified the band's signature sound and marked their commercial breakthrough in the United States, yielding the hit single "Can't Get It Out of My Head".

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, progressive, symphonic, orchestral, melodic, strings

Tracklist

Credits

Jeff Lynne - lead & backing vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass, Moog, production, orchestra & choral arrangements, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals Vocal, Lead Vocals Vocal, Producer
Bev Bevan - drums, percussion, Percussion, Drums (drum Set)
Richard Tandy - piano, Moog, clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, guitar, backing vocals, orchestra & choral arrangements, Arranger, Piano, Guitar, Background Vocals Vocal
Mike de Albuquerque - bass & backing vocals (credited; departed during the recording of the album)
Mike Edwards - cello, Cello
Mik Kaminski - violin, Violin
Hugh McDowell - cello, Cello
Peter Forbes-Robertson - spoken word, Spoken Vocals Vocal
Louis Clark - orchestra and choral arrangements and conducting, Arranger, Conductor
Al Quaglieri - reissue producer (2001)
John Kehe - Design
Michael d’Albuquerque - Bass, Background Vocals Vocal
Kenny Denton - Assistant Engineer
Mike Pela - Engineer
Dick Plant - Engineer
John Richards - Assistant Engineer