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- #11
- Posted: 01/01/2018 09:43
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Yeah Romanelli, I think it's far too long but it's one I'd probably prefer to leave that way. Also, you gotta have Summer and Lightning on there. That's the best one to lip sync to in the mirror 
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bobbyb5
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Location: New York 
- #12
- Posted: 01/01/2018 09:55
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| rkm wrote: | | What do you guys think of Jeff Lynne in the role of producer on later albums for the likes of Roy Orbison and Tom Petty? |
I think they both sounded fine. Especially the two Tom Pettys. And also the Dave Edmunds one.
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- #13
- Posted: 01/01/2018 12:37
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| Romanelli wrote: | Out Of The Blue would have been a great single album. As a double...you could easily lose The Whale, for starters. A horrid and wasteful instrumental. The first three tracks of the Concerto For A Rainy Day (?) can go, too. Take away the weaker tracks It's Over, Believe Me Now, and Night In The City...and here's what Out Of The Blue COULD have been:
1. Turn To Stone
2. Sweet Talkin' Woman
3. Across The Border
4. Starlight
5. Jungle
6. Steppin' Out
7. Mr. Blue Sky
8. Sweet Is The Night
9. Birmingham Blues
10. Wild West Hero
Much stronger.
This is the album where Jeff Lynne's production abilities surpassed what he was capable of as a performer. It's also the album where he started slicing the strings and replacing them with synths, a progression that continued on until ELO was pretty much unlistenable and done by Balance Of Power. Out Of The Blue has its moments...but it also has glaring red flags of what was soon to come. The album after their peak...the beginning of the end. Still good, but a turn in the wrong direction. |
I agree that main melody of the Whale is a bit flat, but I love the quiet guitars and general atmosphere on the "verse".
In general, i don't think this double album belongs to those (rare) which are better off as single albums.
And you want to remove Big Wheels as well!?
Happy new year everyone !
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NowhereMan
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Age: 31
Location: Nowhereland 
- #14
- Posted: 01/02/2018 00:38
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A great record, by an exceptional band.
My first loves, before I discovered The Beatles.
Christ the nostalgia! I know their discography as well as I know my own family.
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