Out of the Blue

by Electric Light Orchestra

Out of the Blue cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 October 1977
  • Label: Jet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:10:35
  • Community rating: 4.08/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Mik Kaminski, Hugh McDowell, Kelly Groucutt, Melvyn Gale, Bev Bevan

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Jeff Lynne authored an undisputed masterpiece of maximalist stadium rock with this remarkably ambitious, famously spaceship-adorned double album. Featuring the immortal hit 'Mr. Blue Sky', 'Out of the Blue' is a profoundly uplifting, intricately orchestrated pop-rock triumph, seamlessly blending fiercely melodic hooks with lush, deeply epic symphonic grandeur.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, melodic, strings, symphonic, synthesizers

Tracklist

  1. Turn to Stone (3:49)
  2. It's Over (4:08)
  3. Sweet Talkin' Woman (3:49)
  4. Across the Border (3:53)
  5. Night in the City (4:02)
  6. Starlight (4:31)
  7. Jungle (3:53)
  8. Believe Me Now (1:21)
  9. Steppin' Out (4:40)
  10. Standin' in the Rain (4:21)
  11. Big Wheels (5:08)
  12. Summer and Lightning (4:14)
  13. Mr. Blue Sky (5:03)
  14. Sweet Is the Night (3:27)
  15. The Whale (5:06)
  16. Birmingham Blues (4:23)
  17. Wild West Hero (4:41)

Credits

  • Electric Light Orchestra - primary artist
  • Jeff Lynne - arranged by [orchestra and choral arrangements], music by, lyrics by, producer, percussion, guitar, Minimoog, Wurlitzer electric piano, slide guitar, orchestrator, background vocals vocal, lead vocals vocal, choir vocals vocal arranger
  • Louis Clark - arranged by [orchestra and choral arrangements], conductor [orchestra conducted by], conductor, orchestrator, choir vocals vocal arranger
  • Richard Tandy - arranged by [orchestra and choral arrangements], synthesizer, mellotron, piano, clavinet, guitar, Moog, Minimoog, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestrator, choir vocals vocal arranger
  • John Kosh - art direction, design
  • Ria Lewerke - art direction, design
  • Michael Bryan - artwork [portraits]
  • Mack - engineer, effects [special effects]
  • Shusei Nagaoka - illustration
  • Kevin Metcalfe - lacquer cut by
  • 長岡秀星 - illustration
  • Bev Bevan - percussion, drums (drum set), gong, rototom, background vocals vocal
  • Melvyn Gale - cello
  • Kelly Groucutt - percussion, bass, vocal
  • Mik Kaminski - violin
  • Hugh McDowell - cello

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