A New World Record
by Electric Light Orchestra
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Electric Light Orchestra bestography
A New World Record is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by Electric Light Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Electric Light Orchestra is Out Of The Blue which is ranked number 536 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,220.
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A New World Record track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A New World Record rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 5/70 | 5 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 1976 | 24/32 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 63/99 | 37 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 24 Music Albums of 1976 | 17/24 | 2 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 401-500 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 21 Music Albums of 1976 | 10/21 | 3 |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 51 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/51 | 18 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 18 Music Albums of 1976 | 1/18 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 406 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,001 | |||
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A New World Record ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 35 hours ago |  Leonard | 6,623 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2026 03:37 | Philly28 | 961 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 23:36 |  slatsheit | 2,074 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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A New World Record forum mentions
dihansse 08/19/2026 19:36 in My discoveries per year
BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolderA New World Record comments
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sheer bloody genius. If this lp only contained Tightrope alone it would be classic (like carry on my wayward son is the only classic song on that Kansas lp) but there is also Telephone Line, Do Ya and Livin Thing. In it's day, it sold for a new world record too.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2016 17:01 | #177660 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the pinnacle of ELO. It has great melodies and thoughtful songs. It is listenable but still their signature progressiveness before they went all out pop. A remarkable achievement.
Classical music, hard rock, and pop perfection. There may not be any guitar solos or explicitly deep lyrics, but Lynne does what he does best here.
elo269megv 05/04/2018 22:02 | #214197 | TOP COMMENT
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This is one amazing album! From top to bottom not a single weak point. Packed with so many hits any one of them could be on a greatest hits. Also, Mission (A World Record) is a deep cut that I adore. Very psychedelic for ELO
"Eat your diploma, Eric Carmen--after years of floundering, they've gone all the way and made a Moody Blues album with brains, hooks, and laffs galore. My fave is "Rockaria!," about a lass who "loves the way Puccini lays down a tune." Granted, I initially thought it was strictly for those who got off on music appreciation in high school, like the lass. But now I think it's also for those who hated it, like me. B+" - Robert's Christgau's Consumer Guide
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