ELO's Greatest Hits

by Electric Light Orchestra

ELO's Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 23 November 1979
  • Label: Jet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:14
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeff Lynne

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Summarizing Jeff Lynne's remarkably successful string of late-seventies smashes, this compilation underscores his mastery of dense, symphonic pop-rock production. The elaborate string arrangements and immaculate, Beatlesque melodies defined a grandiose, highly commercial iteration of classic rock.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, orchestral, compilation, arena rock, classic

Tracklist

  1. Overture (2:26)
  2. Turn To Stone (3:50)
  3. Evil Woman (4:19)
  4. Showdown (5:08)
  5. Livin' Thing (4:04)
  6. Hold On Tight (2:58)
  7. Thousand Eyes (4:28)
  8. Can't Get It Out Of My Head (6:46)
  9. Telephone Line (5:04)
  10. Roll Over Beethoven (6:07)

Credits

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