Telephone Line (track)
by Electric Light Orchestra
Year: 1979
From the album ELO's Greatest Hits (track #8)
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Telephone Line appears on the following album(s) by Electric Light Orchestra:
- A New World Record (track #2) (1976)
- Afterglow (track #20) (compilation) (1990)
- The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (track #9) (compilation) (2003)
- Flashback (track #23) (compilation) (2000)
- All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #11) (compilation) (2005)
- ELO's Greatest Hits (track #8) (this album) (compilation) (1979)
- Strange Magic: The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #12) (compilation) (1995)
- Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #7) (compilation) (2012)
- ELO Classics (track #3) (compilation) (1990)
- Four Light Years (Box Set) (track #2) (compilation) (1980)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 23:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,444 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 14:39 |  Igtonumama | 31,381 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2025 14:45 | Johnnyo | 45,250 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2024 14:35 | Fevernova | 34,542 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2023 06:34 | juanr1096 | 72,504 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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