Telephone Line (track)
by Electric Light Orchestra
Year: 1976
From the album A New World Record (track #2)
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Telephone Line appears on the following album(s) by Electric Light Orchestra:
- A New World Record (track #2) (this album) (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) (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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| ! | 08/08/2026 18:14 |  Squonk007 | 3,339 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 05:45 | Deckard | 423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2026 14:41 |  AAL2014 | 40,760 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 18:42 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/09/2026 18:24 | CjHubb117 | 1,323 | 97/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.1/100, a mean average of 89.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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Squonk007 08/08/2026 18:16 | #315598
Beautiful song, one of their very best. (Edited)
I love this song beyond words. The production on it is impeccable, and speaks to a very specific feeling that most of us have felt in our lifetime.
Such a beautiful song, the first time I heard this I completely fell in love with it, the vocals are fantastic and the keys are amazing.
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