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 540 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,205.
(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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/44 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1979 | 30/71 | 3 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 33 Music Albums of 1979 | 5/33 | 4 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/88 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1979 | 39/75 | - |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 18 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/18 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 221 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,085 | |||
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Discovery ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/01/2026 15:41 |  Leonard | 6,629 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2026 03:37 | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 23:48 |  slatsheit | 2,076 | 81/100 |
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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 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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Discovery forum mentions
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Discovery comments
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2012 04:30 | #51419 | TOP COMMENT
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Jeff Lynne was a popmeister. Confusion and Don't Bring Me Down were brilliant in that right but tracks like Midnight Blue cemented this as another solid outing by a band that was unabashedly Beatles-esque... yet not.
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. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 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. (Edited)
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!!! (Edited)
You know Don't Bring Me Down, Shine A Little Love, Confusion, Last Train To London, all big hits. What you don't know, what will make the hairs on the back of your neck stick up is the hidden gem "The Diary of Horace Wimp". It sounds like a lost Beatle classic. Jeff Lynne's voice at its Beatle best.
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