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Length
  
48:51

Release date
  
8 October 2012

Label
  
AVALON

Artist
  
Electric Light Orchestra

Producer
  
Jeff Lynne

Genre
  
Rock music

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Released
  
8 October 2012 (UK) 9 October 2012 (US)

Recorded
  
2001–2012 Bungalow Palace

Mr. Blue Sky The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (2012)
  
Electric Light Orchestra Live (2013)

Similar
  
Jeff Lynne albums, Rock music albums

Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (also known as Mr. Blue Sky) is an album of re-recordings by Jeff Lynne of hits by Electric Light Orchestra. It was issued in 2012 on Frontiers simultaneously with Lynne's cover album Long Wave.

Contents

Background

Jeff Lynne told Rolling Stone magazine that the idea came from him listening to the original Electric Light Orchestra recordings, and thinking that he could produce a better result having since had a long career as a record producer. Lynne decided to re-record a number of songs from scratch, and began with "Mr. Blue Sky". He told Rolling Stone that "I enjoyed doing that a lot, and when I listened back to it and compared it to the old one, I really liked it much better." It was suggested by his manager that Lynne record a few more versions of Electric Light Orchestra songs, the results being recordings of "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic". Lynne also liked these versions, so he continued by producing a full album of re-recordings.

Release and content

The album features all new recordings of some of the group's hits, as well as two bonus tracks: a new song, "Point of No Return", and a live recording of "Twilight" on Japanese releases. The album debuted at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 2 on the UK Top 40 Independent Albums Chart, then also at number 118 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, at number 29 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart and at number 46 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written, produced and performed by Jeff Lynne.

  1. "Mr. Blue Sky" – 3:44
  2. "Evil Woman" – 4:30
  3. "Strange Magic" – 3:53
  4. "Don't Bring Me Down" – 4:01
  5. "Turn to Stone" – 3:46
  6. "Showdown" – 4:16
  7. "Telephone Line" – 4:30
  8. "Livin' Thing" – 3:42
  9. "Do Ya" – 3:56
  10. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:35
  11. "10538 Overture" (40th anniversary version) – 4:44
  12. "Point of No Return" – 3:14
Japanese bonus track
  1. "Twilight" (Live) – 3:40
  2. Live from CBS Television City, 2001
iTunes Store "Deluxe edition" bonus tracks
  1. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" – 3:52
  2. "Rockaria!" – 3:13
  3. "Steppin' Out" – 3:23
  4. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:11

Personnel

Personnel per album booklet:

Musicians
  • Jeff Lynne — lead vocals, background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, piano, bass, drums, keyboards, vocoder, cowbell (instrument), production, mixing, engineering
  • Marc Mann — string arrangements, Minimoog ("Turn to Stone"), engineering
  • Laura Lynne — background vocals ("Evil Woman", "Strange Magic", "Showdown", "Livin' Thing")
  • Steve Jay — shakers, tambourine, mixing, engineering
  • Ryan Ulyate — piano solo ("Evil Woman"), engineering
  • Howie Weinberg — mastering engineer
  • Dan Gerbarg — mastering engineer
  • Chart performance

  • #8 UK (UK Albums Chart)
  • #2 UK (UK Top Independent Albums Chart)
  • #29 US (Billboard Top Independent Albums)
  • #46 US (Billboard Top Rock Albums)
  • #118 US (Billboard 200)
  • #119 Belgium (Flanders)
  • #129 Belgium (Wallonia)
  • Songs

    1Mr Blue Sky3:44
    2Evil Woman4:30
    3Strange Magic3:53

    References

    Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Wikipedia


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