The Classic Albums Collection - Electric Light Orchestra

The Classic Albums Collection

Compilation by Electric Light Orchestra

Released 14 November 2011

art rock classic rock electronic

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
10538 Overture
5:30
5.0 ★
2
Look at Me Now
3:17
3
Nellie Takes Her Bow
6:00
4
Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644)
6:03
5
1st Movement (Jumping Biz)
2:59
6
Mr. Radio
5:04
4.0 ★
7
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
4:22
8
Queen of the Hours
3:22
4.0 ★
9
Whisper in the Night
4:47
Digital Media 2
1
In Old England Town (Boogie #2)
6:54
4.4 ★
2
Mama
7:03
3.4 ★
3
Roll Over Beethoven
8:09
4
From the Sun to the World (Boogie #1)
8:21
3.6 ★
5
Kuiama
11:18
3.6 ★
Digital Media 3
1
Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe
4:06
4.5 ★
2
Bluebird Is Dead
4:22
4.0 ★
3
Oh No Not Susan
3:27
4
New World Rising / Ocean Breakup (reprise)
4:03
5.0 ★
5
Showdown
4:09
4.5 ★
6
Daybreaker
3:50
4.0 ★
7
Ma‐Ma‐Ma Belle
3:52
4.0 ★
8
Dreaming of 4000
5:01
4.0 ★
9
In the Hall of the Mountain King
6:32
4.4 ★
Digital Media 4
1
Eldorado Overture
2:13
4.5 ★
2
Can’t Get It Out of My Head
4:21
4.5 ★
3
Boy Blue
5:19
4.5 ★
4
Laredo Tornado
5:30
4.5 ★
5
Poorboy (The Greenwood)
2:54
4.0 ★
6
Mister Kingdom
5:30
4.5 ★
7
Nobody’s Child
3:56
4.5 ★
8
Illusions in G Major
2:37
4.0 ★
9
Eldorado
5:18
4.5 ★
10
Eldorado Finale
1:28
5.0 ★
Digital Media 5
1
Fire on High
5:31
4.4 ★
2
Waterfall
4:11
4.0 ★
3
Evil Woman
4:29
4.5 ★
4
Nightrider
4:26
3.8 ★
5
Poker
3:32
4.0 ★
6
Strange Magic
4:29
4.1 ★
7
Down Home Town
3:54
3.4 ★
8
One Summer Dream
5:46
3.6 ★
Digital Media 6
1
Tightrope
5:06
4.0 ★
2
Telephone Line
4:40
4.5 ★
3
Rockaria!
3:12
4.0 ★
4
Mission (A World Record)
4:25
4.5 ★
5
So Fine
3:55
3.8 ★
6
Livin’ Thing
3:32
4.1 ★
7
Above the Clouds
2:17
4.0 ★
8
Do Ya
3:45
4.2 ★
9
Shangri‐La
5:35
3.6 ★
Digital Media 7
1
Turn to Stone
3:49
4.7 ★
2
It’s Over
4:08
4.0 ★
3
Sweet Talkin’ Woman
3:49
4.5 ★
4
Across the Border
3:53
4.4 ★
5
Night in the City
4:03
4.6 ★
6
Starlight
4:31
4.0 ★
7
Jungle
3:53
4.0 ★
8
Believe Me Now
1:21
4.5 ★
9
Steppin’ Out
4:40
3.6 ★
10
Standin’ in the Rain
3:59
5.0 ★
11
Big Wheels
5:32
5.0 ★
12
Summer and Lightning
4:14
3.5 ★
13
Mr. Blue Sky
5:03
4.5 ★
14
Sweet Is the Night
3:27
4.0 ★
15
The Whale
5:07
4.0 ★
16
Birmingham Blues
4:23
4.0 ★
17
Wild West Hero
4:40
4.5 ★
Digital Media 8
1
Shine a Little Love
4:41
4.4 ★
2
Confusion
3:41
3.6 ★
3
Need Her Love
5:11
4.4 ★
4
The Diary of Horace Wimp
4:16
4.5 ★
5
Last Train to London
4:30
4.3 ★
6
Midnight Blue
4:17
3.6 ★
7
On the Run
3:55
4.0 ★
8
Wishing
4:13
4.0 ★
9
Don’t Bring Me Down
4:03
4.4 ★
Digital Media 9
1
Prologue
1:16
4.2 ★
2
Twilight
3:41
4.6 ★
3
Yours Truly, 2095
3:11
4.6 ★
4
Ticket to the Moon
4:07
4.6 ★
5
The Way Life’s Meant to Be
4:38
4.0 ★
6
Another Heart Breaks
3:48
4.5 ★
7
Rain Is Falling
3:54
4.5 ★
8
From the End of the World
3:16
4.0 ★
9
The Lights Go Down
3:33
4.0 ★
10
Here Is the News
3:45
3.6 ★
11
21st Century Man
4:07
3.6 ★
12
Hold On Tight
3:06
4.0 ★
13
Epilogue
1:31
4.0 ★
Digital Media 10
1
Secret Messages
4:43
4.5 ★
2
Loser Gone Wild
5:27
4.0 ★
3
Bluebird
4:13
3.0 ★
4
Take Me On and On
4:57
3.0 ★
5
Four Little Diamonds
4:05
3.5 ★
6
Stranger
4:27
4.0 ★
7
Danger Ahead
3:52
3.0 ★
8
Letter From Spain
2:51
2.0 ★
9
Train of Gold
4:20
4.0 ★
10
Rock ’n’ Roll Is King
3:45
3.0 ★
Digital Media 11
1
Heaven Only Knows
2:56
2
So Serious
2:41
1.0 ★
3
Getting to the Point
4:30
1.0 ★
4
Secret Lives
3:31
5
Is It Alright
3:26
6
Sorrow About to Fall
4:04
7
Without Someone
3:51
8
Calling America
3:30
9
Endless Lies
3:00
10
Send It
3:07

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Wembley or Bust 2017

Alone in the Universe

Alone in the Universe 2015

Release credits

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
performing orchestra [6]
Addie Lee
background vocals [6]
Bev Bevan
background vocals [13], drums (drum set) [8.1-9, 5.1-8, 9.1-13, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 11.1-10, 3.1-9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-8, 10.1-7, 10.9-10, 4.1-10, 6.1-8, 7.1-17], other instruments [13], percussion [8.1-9, 2.2, 2.4-5, 10.1-7, 10.9-10, 7.1-17, 3.5, 3.7, 1.2, 1.5-6, 4.1-10, 6.1-8, 5.1-8, 11.1-10, 9.1-13], spoken vocals [1]
Bill Bottrell
engineer [10.1-10, 11.1-10]
Bill Hunt
French horn [1.1-4, 1.6-7, 2.4]
Bob Irwin
producer [1]
Brian Jones
effects [4], foot stomps [1]
Brie Brandt
background vocals [6]
Christian Schneider
saxophone [3, 6]
Colin Walker
cello [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.5-9]
David Thoener
engineer [1-8]
Denny Bridges
engineer [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.1, 3.4-9]
Dick Plant
engineer [3.1-4, 3.6-9, 4.1-10, 6.1-9]
Douglas Bogey
engineer [1-4, 6-9]
Duane Scott
engineer [1-9]
Electric Light Orchestra
arranger [9]
Ellie Greenwich
background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
Hugh McDowell
cello [4.3-8, 5.1-8, 6.1-9]
Jeff Lynne
Moog [4.1-10, 2.2, 2.4-5, 3.7], arranger [7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9, 5.8], background vocals [1-10], bass [1, 3-5, 7-8], bass guitar [1-10], choir vocals [6.6, 8.1, 8.1-2, 8.2-3, 8.3-4, 8.4-5, 8.5-6, 8.6-7, 8.7-8, 8.8-9, 8.9, 5.1], drum machine [1-10], electric guitar [1-9], electric piano [9], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 5.1-8, 9.1-13, 4.1-10, 10.1-10, 6.1-9, 7.1-17, 1.1-2, 3.1-9, 11.1-10], harmonium [3.7, 2.2, 2.4-5], keyboard [1-10], lead vocals [10.1-10, 4.2-9, 7.1-14, 7.16-17, 9.2-13, 2.5, 3.1-8, 6.1-9, 8.1-9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 5.2-8, 11.1-10], orchestrator [6.6, 5.1], other vocals [1.4, 7.7], percussion [1, 3-10], piano [1.3, 1.6-7, 9.1-13, 8.1-9, 10.1-10, 11.1-10], producer [5.1-8, 4.1-10, 6.1-9, 1.1-9, 7.1-17, 8.1-9, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 9.1-13, 10.1-10, 11.1-10, 3.1-9], strings [1-9], synthesizer [9.1-13, 10.1-10, 7.1-17, 8.1-9], vocal [1.7, 2.1-2, 2.4-5]
Jimmy Iovine
engineer [1-8]
John Middleton
engineer [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.1, 3.4-9]
John Richards
assistant [1-2], engineer [1-9]
Kelly Groucutt
background vocals [5.2, 5.4-7, 6.1-9, 7.13], bass [5.1-8, 9.1-13, 6.1-8, 7.1-17, 10.10], bass guitar [1-9], choir vocals [1-9], drums (drum set) [9], percussion [9]
Kenny Denton
assistant [1-2]
Louis Clark
arranger [4.9, 5.8, 7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17], choir vocals [5.1, 6.6, 8.1-9], conductor [5.1-8, 6.1-9, 8.1-9, 7.1-17, 4.1-3, 4.5-7, 4.9-10, 10.6-7, 10.9], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], strings [1-9]
Mack
engineer [6.1-9, 8.1-9, 9.1-13, 5.1-8, 7.1-17], mix [1-10]
Marc Bolan
guitar [7-8]
Margaret Raymond
background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
Mary Thomas
soprano vocals [9], vocal [3]
Melvyn Gale
cello [5.1-8, 6.1-9], piano [17]
Michael d’Albuquerque
background vocals [3.5, 3.7, 4.3, 2.2, 2.4-5], bass [4.1-10, 3.1-9, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], vocal [5]
Mik Kaminski
solo [10], violin [10.10, 4.3-8, 5.1-8, 6.1-9, 7.3, 7.5, 7.17, 3.1-4]
Mike Edwards
cello [3.1-9, 4.3-8, 2.1-2, 2.4-5]
Mike Pela
engineer [1-10]
Nancy O'Neill
background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
Patti Quatro
background vocals [6]
Peter Forbes-Robertson
spoken vocals [1, 10]
Peter Olliff
engineer [1-9]
Rainer Pietsch
conductor [1-13]
Richard Tandy
Moog [3.1-9, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 5.1-8, 4.1-10, 6.1-9], arranger [5.8, 4.9, 7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17], background vocals [3.7, 2.2, 2.4-5], choir vocals [6.6, 8.1-9, 5.1], clarinet [1-9], clavinet [5.1-8, 6.1-9], drum machine [1-7, 9-10], electric guitar [9], electric piano [9.1-13, 10.1-7, 10.9-10, 8.1-9], grand piano [1-7, 9-10], guitar [9.1-13, 3.7, 6.1-8, 5.1-8, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], harmonica [10], harmonium [2.2, 2.4-5, 3.7], keyboard [6.9, 11.1-10, 7.1-17], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], piano [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.1-9, 8.1-9, 11.1-10, 9.1-13, 10.2, 4.1-10, 5.1-8, 6.1-8], programming [1-10], strings [1-9], synthesizer [8.1-9, 10.1-7, 10.9-10, 9.1-13]
Rick Price
bass [1]
Roger Wake
engineer [1-9]
Roy Wood
acoustic guitar [5, 9], arranger [4], bass [1, 4], bass clarinet [7], bassoon [4, 7], cello [1.1-9, 2.1, 2.4], clarinet [2, 5], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [1], lead vocals [2, 9], oboe [2-3, 5], producer [1.1-9, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], recorder [2, 4, 7], slide guitar [9], spoken vocals [4], vocal [1, 4, 7]
Sandi Lynne
spoken vocals [3]
Steve Woolam
violin [1-8]
Susan Collins
background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
Tom Thiel
engineer [1-10]
Wilfred Gibson
violin [2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.5-9]

Issues

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The Classic Albums Collection
11x CD
14 November 2011
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The Classic Albums Collection
11x Digital Media
14 November 2011