A NEW WORLD RECORD

I didn't think I would be a big ELO fan but this album has helped me get into them. One of the best collections of songs by ELO is presented on this album. Every track has nice melodies and catchy hooks. A few personal favourites are "Telephone Line", "So Fine", "Livin' Thing", and "Shangri-La".

By the time of this album's release, 1976, they had almost abandoned prog rock. The songs are much more poppy here and they have more immediacy. There is no bad song to be found on this album really, it all works.

I'm still wondering why Electric Light Orchestra would be on ProgArchives. Maybe it's because of their album Eldorado being a sort of semi-symphony. Anyway, this is a fine album with lots of hit songs that any ELO fan shouldn't be without.