Released 1 April 2003 Artist Electric Light Orchestra Producer Jeff Lynne Genre Rock music | Length 1:00:58 Release date 2003 Label Epic/Sony Records | |
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Recorded September 1972 – January 1986 The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
(2003) All Over the World The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
(2005) Similar Electric Light Orchestra albums, Rock music albums | ||
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra is a single CD, US-only compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 2003. It is part of Sony Music's The Essential series. It was preceded by US compilations Olé ELO in 1976 and Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra in 1995.
Contents
On 2 September 2008 an eco-friendly repackage of this album called Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra was released and included a multimedia section on the CD with photos, credits and two new wallpapers.
A third re-release in 2011 expanded the original album to include a second disc and also rearranged the entire track order. This is the third ELO compilation that presents a chronological run-through of ELO's singles/songs. The original artwork has been slightly altered as well to differentiate from the single CD release.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne, except where noted.
- "Evil Woman" (Single edit) – 4:19
- "Do Ya" – 3:47
- "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:26
- "Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:08
- "Strange Magic" (UK single edit) – 4:07
- "Livin' Thing" – 3:33
- "Turn to Stone" – 3:48
- "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – 3:49
- "Telephone Line" – 4:40
- "Shine a Little Love" – 4:42
- "Hold on Tight" – 3:08
- "Calling America" – 3:28
- "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" (Edited version) – 3:17
- "Don't Bring Me Down" – 4:04
- "Roll Over Beethoven" (Single edit) (Chuck Berry, Ludwig van Beethoven) – 4:33
Track listing
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne, except where noted.
Songs
1Evil Woman4:19
2Do Ya3:46
3Can't Get It Out of My Head4:24