Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  10538 Overture
  5:32
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Roll Over Beethoven
  8:10
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Showdown
  4:11
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Daybreaker
  3:30
• 5
  Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
  4:12
• 6
  Can't Get It Out of My Head
  4:21
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Boy Blue
  5:20
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Evil Woman
  4:21
• 9
  Strange Magic
  4:31
  4.1 ★
• 10
  Livin' Thing
  3:34
  4.1 ★
• 11
  Do Ya
  3:46
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Telephone Line
  4:41
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Rockaria!
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Turn to Stone
  3:49
  4.7 ★
• 2
  Sweet Talkin' Woman
  3:50
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:04
• 4
  It's Over
  4:10
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Shine a Little Love
  4:43
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Don't Bring Me Down
  4:04
  4.4 ★
• 7
  Confusion
  3:42
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Last Train to London
  4:32
  4.3 ★
• 9
  Hold On Tight
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Twilight
  3:43
  4.6 ★
• 11
  Rain Is Falling
  3:57
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Rock 'n' Roll Is King
  3:18
• 13
  Four Little Diamonds
  4:05
  3.5 ★
• 14
  Stranger
  4:29
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Calling America
  3:30
• 16
  So Serious
  2:43
  1.0 ★

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Release credits

• Addie Lee
  background vocals [10]
• Bev Bevan
  background vocals [3], drums (drum set) [1.1-4, 1.6-13, 2.1-16], other instruments [3], percussion [1.2-3, 1.6-13, 2.1-16]
• Bill Bottrell
  engineer [12-16]
• Bill Hunt
  French horn [1]
• Bob Irwin
  producer [1]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [10]
• Colin Walker
  cello [2-4]
• David Thoener
  engineer [9]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [3]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [6-7, 10-13]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [10-13]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [8-9]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [7-13]
• Jeff Lynne
  Moog [2, 6-7], arranger [1-2], background vocals [15-16], bass [1], bass guitar [15-16], choir vocals [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.6-7, 2.7-8, 2.8, 1.10], drum machine [12-14], electric guitar [5-8], guitar [1.1-4, 1.6-13, 2.1-4, 2.9-16], harmonium [2], keyboard [15-16], lead vocals [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-13, 2.1-16], orchestrator [10], percussion [12-14], piano [5-16], producer [1.1-4, 1.6-13, 2.1-16], strings [5-8], synthesizer [1-14], vocal [2]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [8-9]
• John Middleton
  engineer [2-3]
• John Richards
  assistant [6], engineer [10-13]
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [1.9-13, 2.3], bass [2.1-4, 2.9-11, 1.8-13], bass guitar [5-8], choir vocals [5-8]
• Kenny Denton
  assistant [6]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [1-2], choir vocals [2.5-8, 1.10], conductor [1.6-13, 2.1-8, 2.14], orchestrator [10], strings [5-8]
• Mack
  engineer [1.8-13, 2.1-11], mix [15-16]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [8-9]
• Mary Thomas
  vocal [13]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [8-13]
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals [2-3, 7], bass [2-4, 6-7]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin [2.2, 2.12, 1.7-13]
• Mike Edwards
  cello [2-4, 7]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [6-7]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [8-9]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [10]
• Peter Olliff
  engineer [1]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [9-11]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [2-4, 6-13], arranger [1-2], background vocals [2], choir vocals [1.10, 2.5-8], clarinet [5-8], clavinet [8-13], drum machine [12-14], electric piano [5-14], grand piano [12-14], guitar [1.2, 1.8-13, 2.9-11], harmonica [12], harmonium [2], keyboard [1-4, 15-16], orchestrator [10], piano [2.5-11, 2.15-16, 1.2-4, 1.6-13], programming [15-16], strings [5-8], synthesizer [5-14]
• Rick Price
  bass [1]
• Roger Wake
  engineer [1]
• Roy Wood
  cello [1], guitar [1], producer [1], vocal [1]
• Steve Woolam
  violin [1]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [8-9]
• Tom Thiel
  engineer [15-16]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [2-4]
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Issues

• 

  S
  Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra

  2x CD (club edition)
  11 April 1995
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  S
  Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra

  2x CD
  1995