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- Posted: 08/29/2021 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#3906): Out Of The Blue
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Today's album of the day
Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1977.
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Overall rank: 508
Average rating: 78/100 (from 520 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Turn To Stone
2. It's Over
3. Sweet Talkin' Woman
4. Across The Border
5. Night In The City
6. Starlight
7. Jungle
8. Believe Me Now
9. Steppin' Out
10. Standin' In The Rain
11. Big Wheels
12. Summer And Lightning
13. Mr. Blue Sky
14. Sweet Is The Night
15. The Whale
16. Birmingham Blues
17. Wild West Hero
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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Yann
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- #2
- Posted: 08/30/2021 20:37
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a joy
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UofTBlues
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- #3
- Posted: 08/31/2021 00:46
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I really liked ELO when I was a young teen in the 70's. This was there last half decent album but nowhere near as good as A New World Record.
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Fischman
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- Posted: 09/01/2021 02:41
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| UofTBlues wrote: | | I really liked ELO when I was a young teen in the 70's. This was there last half decent album but nowhere near as good as A New World Record. |
I still really like ELO.
This was their last great album (they still had a few half decent ones in them)
As good as this is, it's definitely not as good as ELOs only complete masterpiece, A New World Record.
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theblueboy
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- Posted: 09/01/2021 06:48
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I like them both about evenly now (New World Record and Out of the Blue). I guess I’d prefer to hear New World Record again, but mainly because I own Out of the Blue and over-played it. I did used to love the album though.
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Romanelli
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- Posted: 09/07/2021 02:14
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for not filling this up with how incredible the embarrassingly overrated album Time is. This is truly the best period of ELO...from Eldorado thru A New World Record, with Out Of The Blue being the last gasp of greatness before Lynne turned the band into a stringless trio that leaned way too heavily on synths.
ELO was at its best when it was truly about merging a rock band and an orchestra together. Out Of The Blue is the last gasp of that period...it's also the tail end of Lynne's songwriting mastery.
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EyeKanFly
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- Posted: 09/07/2021 11:17
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| Romanelli wrote: | Thank you, thank you, thank you for not filling this up with how incredible the embarrassingly overrated album Time is. This is truly the best period of ELO...from Eldorado thru A New World Record, with Out Of The Blue being the last gasp of greatness before Lynne turned the band into a stringless trio that leaned way too heavily on synths.
ELO was at its best when it was truly about merging a rock band and an orchestra together. Out Of The Blue is the last gasp of that period...it's also the tail end of Lynne's songwriting mastery. |
100% agree with this. The whole side 3 Concerto for a Rainy Day is essentially Jeff Lynne's swan song, but the whole album is a joy start to finish.
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theblueboy
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- Posted: 09/07/2021 12:00
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I wasn’t at all convinced by Time either- but it would be good to hear from someone who thinks otherwise. I don't rule out changing my opinion at least. I do really like some 80s onwards stuff that Jeff Lynne did. Though it’s more odd songs here and there than full albums.
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Yann
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- Posted: 09/07/2021 13:12
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| Romanelli wrote: | | Thank you, thank you, thank you for not filling this up with how incredible the embarrassingly overrated album Time is |
Thanks for the reminder: How incredible Time (and Discovery) are !
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