Discovery
by Electric Light Orchestra
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Electric Light Orchestra bestography
Discovery is ranked 5th 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 525 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,303.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Discovery track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Discovery rankings
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Discovery ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/08/2026 18:44 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 19:50 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 17:08 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 17:41 | davidhuret | 2,045 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 00:01 |  UofTBlues | 3,636 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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ELO sound as only ELO can. An original and unique sounding band. Some of their best songs are on this, but for me not their best album.
Timhop 02/29/2024 11:31 | #302298
My favourite ELO album, not because it’s their best. It just holds a special place in my childhood. Great tunes, some of which can stand with the best tracks Lynne made. Deserves to be higher in their canon.
Jboy56 05/04/2022 16:18 | #284951
Disco time
Very disco, great collection of tunes and more influential than is recognised.
This is a disco album through and through released pretty closely to Jeff Lynne's Xanadu soundtrack. Either you like disco music on it's own merits or you don't-in fairness to the E.L.O. this isn't watered down pop-rock, this isn't "disco music for pretentious people who don't like disco music", it just is what it is. I happen to be a big fan of disco, as I think that Shine A Little Love and Last Train To London are two of the best songs that the band ever recorded. The ballads that make up the middle of each side are all pretty decent (Midnight Blue is the best of them IMO) but oddly enough Don't Bring Me Down is kind of a problem. It's a phenomenal song, but also it completely doesn't go with anything else on this album.
90/100
it felt sad when you listen to entire ELO discography, realize is one of the best bands ever and they are so underrated!!!
Fischman 01/04/2019 02:40 | #228795 | TOP COMMENT
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ELO goes full on disco/pop on this one, but they still make it work. There are some genuine classics on this album.
The ballads are love em or hate em, but Horace Wimp, Shine, and Don’t Bring Me Down are 3 absolute classics.
Leonard 06/30/2016 12:01 | #170180
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nitomano 06/01/2016 17:51 | #167536
Favoritas: Need Her Love, Confusion, Don't Bring Me Down, Last Train To London
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