The Classic Albums Collection

Compilation by Electric Light Orchestra

Released 14 November 2011

Tracklist

  • CD 1: No Answer
  • 1
    10538 Overture
    5:30
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Look at Me Now
    3:17
  • 3
    Nellie Takes Her Bow
    5:59
  • 4
    The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
    6:03
  • 5
    First Movement (Jumping Biz)
    3:00
  • 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
    4:50
  • 10
    The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) (take 1/alternate mix)
    1:00
  • 11
    Nellie Takes Her Bow (alternate mix)
    6:02
  • 12
    Mr. Radio (take 9)
    5:19
  • 13
    10538 Overture (take 1/alternate mix)
    5:45
  • CD 2: ELO II
  • 1
    In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
    6:59
    4.4 ★
  • 2
    Mama…
    6:59
    3.4 ★
  • 3
    Roll Over Beethoven
    7:04
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1)
    8:17
    3.6 ★
  • 5
    Kuiama
    11:12
    3.6 ★
  • 6
    In Old England Town (instrumental)
    2:46
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Baby I Apologize (session outtake)
    3:42
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    In Old England Town (take 1/alternate mix)
    6:56
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Roll Over Beethoven (take 1/alternate mix)
    8:18
    3.0 ★
  • CD 3: On the Third Day
  • 1
    Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe
    4:07
    4.5 ★
  • 2
    Bluebird Is Dead
    4:43
    3.5 ★
  • 3
    Oh No Not Susan
    3:07
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    New World Rising / Ocean Breakup Reprise
    4:05
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    Showdown
    4:09
    4.5 ★
  • 6
    Daybreaker
    3:51
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle
    3:57
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Dreaming of 4000
    5:04
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    In the Hall of the Mountain King
    6:38
    4.4 ★
  • 10
    Auntie (Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle) (take 1)
    1:19
  • 11
    Auntie (Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle) (take 2)
    4:05
  • 12
    Mambo (Dreaming of 4000) (alternate mix)
    5:05
  • 13
    Everyone’s Born to Die
    3:43
  • 14
    Interludes
    3:41
  • CD 4: Eldorado: A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra
  • 1
    Eldorado Overture
    2:13
    4.5 ★
  • 2
    Can’t Get It Out of My Head
    4:22
    4.5 ★
  • 3
    Boy Blue
    5:19
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Laredo Tornado
    5:30
    4.5 ★
  • 5
    Poor Boy (The Greenwood)
    2:58
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Mister Kingdom
    5:30
    4.5 ★
  • 7
    Nobody’s Child
    3:57
    4.5 ★
  • 8
    Illusions in G Major
    2:37
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Eldorado
    5:18
    4.5 ★
  • 10
    Eldorado Finale
    1:34
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Eldorado Instrumental Medley
    7:57
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Dark City
    0:47
    4.0 ★
  • CD 5: Face the Music
  • 1
    Fire on High
    5:32
    4.4 ★
  • 2
    Waterfall
    4:12
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Evil Woman
    4:30
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Nightrider
    4:26
    3.8 ★
  • 5
    Poker
    3:32
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Strange Magic
    4:30
    4.1 ★
  • 7
    Down Home Town
    3:55
    3.4 ★
  • 8
    One Summer Dream
    5:51
    3.6 ★
  • 9
    Fire on High Intro (early alternative mix)
    3:23
  • 10
    Evil Woman (stripped down mix)
    5:00
  • 11
    Strange Magic (U.S. single edit)
    3:28
  • 12
    Waterfall (instrumental mix)
    4:15
  • CD 6: A New World Record
  • 1
    Tightrope
    5:06
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Telephone Line
    4:40
    4.5 ★
  • 3
    Rockaria!
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Mission (A World Record)
    4:26
    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
    5:40
    3.6 ★
  • 10
    Telephone Line (different vocal)
    4:41
  • 11
    Surrender
    2:37
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Tightrope (instrumental early rough mix)
    4:56
  • 13
    Above the Clouds (instrumental rough mix)
    1:15
  • 14
    So Fine (instrumental early rough mix)
    4:16
  • 15
    Telephone Line (instrumental)
    4:51
  • CD 7: Out of the Blue
  • 1
    Turn to Stone
    3:49
    4.7 ★
  • 2
    It’s Over
    4:09
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Sweet Talkin’ Woman
    3:50
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Across the Border
    3:54
    4.4 ★
  • 5
    Night in the City
    4:04
    4.6 ★
  • 6
    Starlight
    4:32
    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
    4:00
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Big Wheels
    5:32
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Summer and Lightning
    4:15
    3.5 ★
  • 13
    Mr. Blue Sky
    5:03
    4.5 ★
  • 14
    Sweet Is the Night
    3:28
    4.0 ★
  • 15
    The Whale
    5:07
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    Birmingham Blues
    4:24
    4.0 ★
  • 17
    Wild West Hero
    4:46
    4.5 ★
  • 18
    Wild West Hero (alternate bridge/home demo)
    0:26
  • 19
    The Quick and the Daft
    1:50
  • 20
    Latitude 88 North
    3:24
  • CD 8: Discovery
  • 1
    Shine a Little Love
    4:43
    4.4 ★
  • 2
    Confusion
    3:43
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Need Her Love
    5:12
    4.4 ★
  • 4
    The Diary of Horace Wimp
    4:18
    4.5 ★
  • 5
    Last Train to London
    4:31
    4.3 ★
  • 6
    Midnight Blue
    4:19
    3.6 ★
  • 7
    On the Run
    3:56
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Wishing
    4:14
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Don’t Bring Me Down
    4:06
    4.4 ★
  • 10
    On the Run (home demo)
    1:01
  • 11
    Second Time Around (home demo)
    0:43
  • 12
    Little Town Flirt
    2:54
  • CD 9: Time
  • 1
    Prologue
    1:16
    4.2 ★
  • 2
    Twilight
    3:42
    4.6 ★
  • 3
    Yours Truly, 2095
    3:12
    4.6 ★
  • 4
    Ticket to the Moon
    4:07
    4.6 ★
  • 5
    The Way Life’s Meant to Be
    4:39
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Another Heart Breaks
    3:49
    4.5 ★
  • 7
    Rain Is Falling
    3:56
    4.5 ★
  • 8
    From the End of the World
    3:17
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    The Lights Go Down
    3:33
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Here Is the News
    3:50
    3.6 ★
  • 11
    21st Century Man
    4:03
    3.6 ★
  • 12
    Hold On Tight
    3:06
    4.0 ★
  • 13
    Epilogue
    1:36
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    The Bouncer
    3:15
  • 15
    When Time Stood Still
    3:33
    2.0 ★
  • 16
    Julie Don’t Live Here
    3:42
    4.0 ★
  • CD 10: Secret Messages
  • 1
    Secret Messages
    4:44
    4.5 ★
  • 2
    Loser Gone Wild
    5:27
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Bluebird
    4:13
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Take Me On and On
    4:58
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Time After Time
    4:01
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Four Little Diamonds
    4:05
    3.5 ★
  • 7
    Stranger
    4:27
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Danger Ahead
    3:52
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Letter From Spain
    2:51
    2.0 ★
  • 10
    Train of Gold
    4:21
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Rock ’n’ Roll Is King
    3:49
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    No Way Out
    3:28
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Endless Lies
    3:27
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    After All
    2:24
    5.0 ★
  • CD 11: Balance of Power
  • 1
    Heaven Only Knows
    2:57
  • 2
    So Serious
    2:44
    1.0 ★
  • 3
    Getting to the Point
    4:31
    1.0 ★
  • 4
    Secret Lives
    3:32
  • 5
    Is It Alright
    3:27
  • 6
    Sorrow About to Fall
    4:05
  • 7
    Without Someone
    3:51
  • 8
    Calling America
    3:31
  • 9
    Endless Lies
    3:00
  • 10
    Send It
    3:10
  • 11
    Opening
    0:24
  • 12
    Heaven Only Knows (alternate version)
    2:35
  • 13
    In for the Kill
    3:16
  • 14
    Secret Lives (alternate take)
    3:27
  • 15
    Sorrow About to Fall (alternate mix)
    3:51
  • 16
    Caught in a Trap
    3:47
  • 17
    Destination Unknown
    4:10
    2.0 ★

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Release credits

  • performing orchestra [6]
  • background vocals [6]
  • producer
  • Minimoog, background vocals, drums (drum set), gong, percussion, background vocals [13], drums (drum set) [5.1-10, 5.12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-8, 1.10-13, 4.1-11, 8.1-9, 7.1-17, 7.19, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 3.1, 3.4-13, 9.1-16, 2.1-9, 10.1-8, 10.10-14], other instruments [13], percussion [11.1-10, 11.12-17, 1.2, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.12, 3.5, 3.7, 3.10-13, 4.1-11, 10.1-8, 10.10-14, 5.1-10, 5.12, 8.1-9, 9.1-16, 2.2-6, 2.8, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 7.1-17, 7.19], spoken vocals [1]
  • engineer [11.1-17, 10.1-14]
  • French horn, horn, French horn [1.1-4, 1.6-7, 1.10-13, 2.4]
  • producer [1]
  • mastering
  • effects [4], foot stomps [1]
  • background vocals [6]
  • saxophone, saxophone [3, 6, 17]
  • cello, cello [3.5-9, 3.11-12, 3.14, 2.1-6, 2.8-9]
  • background vocals
  • engineer [1-12]
  • engineer [3.1-14, 2.1-9]
  • engineer [3.1-4, 3.6-14, 6.1-15, 4.1-11]
  • engineer [1-4, 6-14]
  • engineer [1-15]
  • design
  • arranger [9]
  • background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
  • cello, cello [4.3-8, 4.11, 6.1-10, 6.12, 6.14-15, 5.1-8, 5.12]
  • Minimoog, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic guitar, arranger, background vocals, bass, electric guitar, guitar, harmonium, keyboard, lead vocals, percussion, piano, producer, slide guitar, strings, synthesizer, Moog [4.1-11, 3.7, 3.11-14, 2.2-6, 2.8], arranger [7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9, 5.8], background vocals [1-10], bass [10.12, 9.14, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.7-8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 11.12-17], bass guitar [1-10], choir vocals [5.1, 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], drum machine [1-14], electric guitar [1-9], electric piano [9], guitar [4.1-12, 6.1-12, 6.14-15, 5.1-10, 5.12, 7.1-20, 10.1-14, 3.1, 3.4-13, 8.10-12, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 2.1-9, 9.1-16, 1.1-2, 1.10, 1.13], harmonium [2.2-6, 2.8, 3.7, 3.11-14], keyboard [11.1-10, 11.12-17, 4.12], lead vocals [2.5, 2.7, 2.9, 8.1-9, 8.11-12, 5.2-8, 5.10, 11.1-10, 9.2-16, 3.1, 3.4-8, 3.11-13, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 7.1-14, 7.16-18, 4.2-9, 10.1-13, 6.1-10], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], other vocals [7.7, 1.4], percussion [10.1, 10.3-14, 4.12], piano [8.1-9, 8.12, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11-12, 9.1-16, 10.1-14, 11.1-10, 11.12-17], producer [2.1-9, 4.1-12, 1.1-13, 11.1-17, 3.1, 3.4-12, 3.14, 5.1-10, 6.1-15, 9.1-16, 8.1-12, 7.1-20, 10.1-14], strings [1-9], synthesizer [10.1-14, 7.1-17, 7.19, 8.1-12, 9.1-16], vocal [7.20, 1.7, 1.10-13, 2.1-5, 2.8, 4.12, 11.12-17, 6.11, 8.10]
  • producer
  • design
  • engineer [1-12]
  • engineer [2.1-9, 3.1-14]
  • assistant [1-2], engineer [1-15]
  • mastering
  • background vocals, bass, percussion, background vocals [6.1-10, 7.13, 5.2, 5.4-7, 10.12], bass [5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 9.1-16, 7.1-17, 7.19, 10.11], bass guitar [1-9], choir vocals [1-9], double bass [12], drums (drum set) [9], percussion [9]
  • assistant [1-2]
  • arranger, conductor, strings, arranger [7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9, 5.8], choir vocals [6.6, 5.1, 8.1-9], conductor [7.1-17, 7.19, 4.1-3, 4.5-7, 4.9-11, 10.5, 10.7-8, 10.10, 5.1-9, 5.12, 8.1-9, 6.1-10, 6.12-15], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], strings [1-9]
  • engineer [7.1-20, 9.1-16, 6.1-15, 8.1-9, 8.12, 5.1-12], mix [1-17]
  • guitar [7-8, 10-13]
  • background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
  • soprano vocals [9], vocal [3]
  • cello, piano, cello [6.1-10, 6.12, 6.15, 5.1-8], piano [17, 19]
  • background vocals, bass, background vocals [2.2-5, 2.8, 3.5, 3.7, 3.11-13, 4.3], bass [4.1-11, 2.1-9, 3.1, 3.4-13], vocal [5]
  • violin, solo [11], violin [3.1-4, 4.3-8, 4.11, 7.3, 7.5, 7.17, 7.19, 10.11, 6.1-10, 6.12, 6.14-15, 5.1-8, 5.12]
  • cello, cello [3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-12, 3.14, 4.3-8, 4.11, 2.1-6, 2.8-9]
  • engineer [1-11]
  • background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
  • background vocals [6]
  • spoken vocals [1, 10]
  • remixer [11]
  • engineer [1-13]
  • conductor [1-13, 15-16]
  • Minimoog, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, arranger, background vocals, clavinet, electric piano, grand piano, guitar, harmonium, keyboard, mellotron, percussion, piano, programming, strings, synthesizer, Moog [2.1-9, 4.1-11, 5.1-10, 5.12, 6.1-12, 6.14-15, 3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-14], arranger [5.8, 7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9], background vocals [3.7, 3.11-12, 2.2-5, 2.8], choir vocals [8.1-9, 5.1, 6.6], clarinet [1-9], clavinet [5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12, 6.1-12, 6.14-15], drum machine [1-8, 10-14], electric guitar [9], electric piano [10.1-8, 10.10-14, 9.1-16, 8.1-9], grand piano [1-8, 10-14], guitar [3.7, 3.11-12, 2.1-6, 2.8-9, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12, 9.1-16], harmonica [11-12], harmonium [3.7, 3.11-12, 3.14, 2.2-6, 2.8], keyboard [11.1-10, 11.12-17, 3.10, 6.9, 7.1-17, 7.19], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], piano [5.1-10, 5.12, 10.2, 10.12, 9.1-16, 8.1-9, 2.1-9, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-13, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 4.1-11], programming [1-10, 12-17], strings [1-9], synthesizer [10.1-8, 10.10-14, 9.1-16, 8.1-9]
  • bass [1, 13]
  • engineer [1-13]
  • acoustic guitar, bass, bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, oboe, percussion, recorder, slide guitar, vocal, acoustic guitar [5, 9], arranger [4], bass [1, 4, 6, 8], bass clarinet [7], bassoon [4, 7], cello [1.1-13, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8], clarinet [2, 5], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [1, 10, 13], lead vocals [2, 9], oboe [2-3, 5, 11], producer [1.1-13, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], recorder [2, 4, 7], slide guitar [9], spoken vocals [4], vocal [1, 4, 7, 13]
  • engineer [7.18-20, 8.12]
  • spoken vocals [3]
  • mastering
  • violin, violin [1-8, 10-13]
  • background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
  • engineer [1-17]
  • violin, violin [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 3.5-9, 3.11-14]
  • additional [12-14]

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