All Over The World: The Very Best Of Elo - Electric Light Orchestra

We all have secret guilty pleasures, we know deep down we shouldn’t really enjoy these things but we can’t help ourselves, for some its pot noodles, for others its watching reality TV shows. Well I’ll admit here and now to one of my musical guilty pleasures is a liking for 70’s popsters ELO (Electric Light Orchestra). It’s not that musically ELO were crap, quite the opposite, it’s just that they were so pop chart orientated that they were dismissed as simple musical fluff and quickly lost their cool over the last few years. Despite this I’ll own up, I still find myself humming along to their hits whenever a radio station is brave enough to play them. I think (if I can ...  Read the complete review

For a lot of people buying a best of collection on CD is to replace the old vinyl collection that is approaching its last few spins. It's not that I'm old enough to have bought ELO albums upon their initial releases it's just that I took a long time to upgrade to CD. If you're in the same position with an aging vinyl collection then this is a very good purchase to show you how a band you like sounds on CD. The concept of ELO was that they would be less of a rock band and more of an orchestra so there were strings a plenty and they played guitar style riffs. Along with the strings ELO used Jeff Lynne's production methods which falls very much into the category ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this album a while back after having a sort out of my old vinyls (or LP's to those of us who remember them), I discovered that I had once upon time bought ELO's greatest hits and it had just got stored away with all my other albums of yesteryear, but I decided I ought to listen to these guys on a piece of modern equipment - namely a CD! *** A Little Background Information on the Band *** ======================================== The Electric Light Orchestra was formed over 35 years ago by lead singer Jeff Lynne. Their popularity soared between 1974 and 1981 in which time they amassed 28 hit singles in the UK. The band split in 1986 and ...  Read the complete review

Well, If we have all had our fair share of yet another Supertramp Greatest Hits then its about time ELO stepped in to take the limelight. If you are certain age, (and to enjoy the likes of ELO, you would have to be) then I think this album is a must. If its only Mr Blue Sky that gets you going, then surely this album is a good buy just for that one track. If you're like me and only own Jeff Lynne on vinyl then please find it in yourself to purchase this, then that poor scratched record can rest in peace....... A good buy for Fathers Day ...  Read the complete review