Out Of The Blue
by Electric Light Orchestra

From Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2011 13:54 | #21250 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album was very big in 1977. ELO was at the height of their popularity. The problem was, disco and punk were starting to gain momentum, and Out Of The Blue was the beginning of the downside for ELO. A double album was a bit ambitious, and a lot of the material was not up to par. Jeff Lynne as a producer had reached a point where nothing ELO did sounded rough at all...everything was extremely slick with no edge. And he was starting to trim the lineup down...the string players were finding their roles diminished, and the band was down to a four piece by the time of the next album, Discovery. As ambitious as it is, it's also Lynne starting to shortcut his own band, and starting to not care as much. And while Out Of The Blue has some great moments, it also has some huge cracks in it. For truly underrated ELO, see Eldorado.

From ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2009 20:16 | #6619 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is a really underrated album, came out in 1977, at the height of record sales(per capita) in the US and I think that it was lost in the avalanche of releases that year..

somewhere down the line it became "uncool" to like elo. the line is broken. as ffudnebbuh stated "really underrated album"

It's really impressive when an artist makes a double album without a single bad song. Sure, one or two tracks I'd consider to be just "ok" but with such beautiful melodies and good vibes on every other track, this is my favorite double album of all time.

Beautiful pop. It's a little too slick for my tastes but you can't deny the beauty of the melodies and songs. Turn to stone, sweet talkin' woman, and, Mr. Blue sky, are essential pop songs. Ambitious and enjoyable.