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All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

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Released
  
6 June 2005

Length
  
1:18:20

Release date
  
6 June 2005

Label
  
Sony Music

Recorded
  
1973–2000

Artist
  
Electric Light Orchestra

Producer
  
Jeff Lynne

Genre
  
Rock music

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Jeff Lynne albums, Rock music albums

All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2005. Originally released exclusively in the band's home market (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first Top Ten entry since Dino Record's compilation album The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra hit number 4 in 1994. All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release. The albums The Electric Light Orchestra, ELO 2, Eldorado, and Balance of Power were not represented on the compilation.

Contents

The album was repackaged with new album art and re-released on 30 May 2011, once more reaching the UK top ten. It sold 848,021 copies by December 2014. Following the band's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in the legends slot in 2016, the album re-entered the chart, reaching No. 1 in the week ending 4 August 2016, and passed its million sales mark 11 years after its release.

Not to be confused with Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, an album of new re-recordings by Lynne of ELO's greatest hits, released under the ELO name on 8 October 2012.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Personnel

  • Jeff Lynne – Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums ("Xanadu (New version)")
  • Bev Bevan – Drums, percussion
  • Richard Tandy – Keyboards, guitar
  • Kelly Groucutt – Bass, vocals
  • Mik Kaminski – Violin
  • Hugh McDowell – Cello
  • Melvyn Gale – Cello
  • Mike de Albuquerque – Bass ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
  • Mike Edwards – Cello ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
  • Wilfred Gibson – Violin ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
  • Colin Walker – Cello ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
  • Marc Bolan – Guitar ("Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
  • Charts and certifications

    Notes
  • A ^ Charted week of 1 September 2012 after the London Olympics opening and closing ceremonies featured "Mr. Blue Sky"
  • Songs

    1Mr Blue Sky5:04
    2Evil Woman4:13
    3Don't Bring Me Down4:05

    References

    All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Wikipedia