Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:35 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

On the Third Day was released in 1973 and failed to enter the UK charts at the time, although it did reach the US charts at number 52. Side two of the album was recorded during or shortly after the sessions for ELO’s LP ELO 2, but unlike its predecessor it contains shorter tracks. By contrast, the four songs on side one of the album were linked into a continuous suite. Violinist Mik Kaminski made his debut on side one of this album replacing Wilf Gibson, although Gibson plays on side two. Also, cellist Colin Walker left the line up around the same time, leaving Mike Edwards as lone cellist.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Face The Music (1975/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:27 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Face the Music is the fifth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and features a new line-up following their previous studio album, Eldorado. The singles “Evil Woman” and “Strange Magic” were the most commercial songs they had recorded up to that point. “Evil Woman” was a big hit in the UK and the US, embracing disco rhythms while still embodying ELO’s classic sound. The chords and melody of this song were composed in merely six minutes, making it the fastest song Lynne has ever written.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Electric Light Orchestra II (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:36 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

ELO 2 is the second album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1973. In the US the album was released as Electric Light Orchestra II and is sometimes known as ELO II. It was also the last album to be released by the band under the Harvest label.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:13 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Electric Light Orchestra’s fourth album, released in 1974 carries a concept through the entire album and the first to feature an orchestra.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:59 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Discovery is the eighth studio album by British symphonic rock band, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Discovery was the band’s first number 1 album in the UK, entering the chart at that position and staying there for five weeks.[3 – The album contained five hit songs in “Shine a Little Love”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, “Last Train to London”, “Confusion” and “The Diary of Horace Wimp”, many of which were heavily influenced by disco.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Balance Of Power (1986/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:44 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Balance of Power is the twelfth studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released in 1986. Balance of Power was the last studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra before their disbanding (the band would later reform in 2000).

After mining the Beatles gold mine for all those catchy hooks, by the time that Balance of Power was released, Jeff Lynne and company had pretty much found that once-rich vein going dry. This album did contain yet another Top 40 hit with “Calling America,” but by the mid-’80s, ELO were finding their audience and their inspiration on the wane. Not truly memorable, but passable.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Alone In The Universe (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:14 minutes | 826 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Known as one of the most iconic forces in music history, ELO delivers the new album, ‘Jeff Lynne s ELO Alone In The Universe , which will be the first new ELO music in a decade. As with ELO’s previous chart-topping albums, Jeff Lynne continues to serve as ELO’s producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer and guitarist. Jeff Lynne was the creative genius behind ELO which sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, had more than 20 Top 40 Hits across the U.S. and the U.K. and received countless awards and accolades. At the time of ELO’s formation, Lynne had said the goal was to create modern rock and pop songs. A goal that remains true some 30 years later with the creation of this new material.

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Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:25 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band’s history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated “Tightrope,” which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne’s own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs. “Telephone Line” might be the best Lennon-McCartney collaboration that never was, lyrical and soaring in a way that manages to echo elements of Revolver and the Beatles without ever mimicking them. The original LP’s second side opened with “So Fine,” which seems like the perfect pop synthesis of guitar, percussion, and orchestral sounds, embodying precisely what Lynne had first set out to do with Roy Wood at the moment ELO was conceived. From there, the album soars through stomping rock numbers like “Livin’ Thing” and “Do Ya,” interspersed with lyrical pieces like “Above the Clouds” (which makes striking use of pizzicato bass strings).

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