The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  10538 Overture (7″ edit)
  4:03
• 2
  Roll Over Beethoven
  4:31
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Showdown
  4:09
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Ma‐Ma‐Ma Belle
  3:37
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Can’t Get It Out of My Head (7″ edit)
  3:07
  4.5 ★
• 6
  Evil Woman
  4:12
  4.1 ★
• 7
  Nightrider (7″ edit)
  3:42
• 8
  Strange Magic
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Livin’ Thing
  3:31
  4.1 ★
• 10
  Do Ya
  3:45
  4.2 ★
• 11
  Rockaria!
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Telephone Line
  4:40
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Turn to Stone
  3:48
  4.7 ★
• 14
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:02
• 15
  Sweet Talkin’ Woman
  3:48
  4.5 ★
• 16
  Wild West Hero
  4:41
  4.5 ★
• 17
  It’s Over
  4:09
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Shine a Little Love
  4:11
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Don’t Bring Me Down
  4:03
  4.4 ★
• 2
  The Diary of Horace Wimp
  4:17
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Confusion
  3:40
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Last Train to London
  4:29
  4.3 ★
• 5
  I’m Alive
  3:43
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Xanadu (new version)
  3:21
• 7
  All Over the World
  4:02
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Don’t Walk Away
  4:47
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Hold On Tight
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Twilight
  3:43
  4.6 ★
• 11
  Ticket to the Moon
  4:07
  4.6 ★
• 12
  The Way Life’s Meant to Be
  4:38
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Rock and Roll Is King
  3:08
  3.5 ★
• 14
  Secret Messages
  4:43
  4.5 ★
• 15
  Four Little Diamonds
  4:05
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Calling America
  3:29
• 17
  So Serious
  2:42
  1.0 ★
• 18
  Surrender
  2:32
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Latitude 88 North
  3:23

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Alone in the Universe

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Release credits

• Addie Lee
  background vocals [9]
• Bev Bevan
  background vocals [14], drums (drum set) [2.1-5, 2.7-18, 1.1-3, 1.5-18], other instruments [14], percussion [1.2-3, 1.5-18, 2.1-5, 2.7-18], timpani [5, 7-8]
• Bill Bottrell
  engineer [13-17]
• Bill Hunt
  French horn [1]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [9]
• Colin Walker
  cello [2-3]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [2-3]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [1.5, 1.9-12, 2.18]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [1.9-12, 2.18]
• Electric Light Orchestra
  performer [5, 7-8]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [6-8]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [6-12]
• Jeff Lynne
  Moog [2, 5], acoustic guitar [5, 7-8], arranger [6, 13, 15-16], background vocals [5, 7-8, 16-17], bass [1], bass guitar [6, 16-17], choir vocals [1.9, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-3, 2.3-4, 2.4], drum machine [13-15], drums (drum set) [6], electric guitar [1-4], guitar [2.5-19, 1.1-3, 1.5-18], harmonium [2], keyboard [16-17], lead vocals [1.2-3, 1.5-18, 2.1-17], orchestrator [9], percussion [13-15], piano [1.18, 2.1-4, 2.9-17], producer, strings [1-4], synthesizer [2.1-5, 2.7-15, 1.13-18], vocal [2.18-19, 1.1]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [6-8]
• John Middleton
  engineer [2-3]
• John Richards
  engineer [2.18, 1.9-12]
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [2.5, 2.7-8, 1.7, 1.9-12, 1.14, 1.18], bass [2.9-13, 2.18, 1.6-18], bass guitar [1-5, 7-8], choir vocals [1-4]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [6, 13, 15-16], choir vocals [1.9, 2.1-4], conductor [2.1-5, 2.7-8, 1.5-18], orchestrator [9], strings [1-5, 7-8]
• Mack
  engineer [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 2.18-19, 1.6-18], mix [16-17]
• Marc Mann
  engineer [6], keyboard [6]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [6-8]
• Mary Thomas
  vocal [11]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [6-12], piano [16]
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals [2-3], bass [2-3, 5]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin [2.13, 1.6-12, 1.15-16]
• Mike Edwards
  cello [2-3]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [5]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [6-8]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [9]
• Peter Olliff
  engineer [1]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [9-12]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [1.2-3, 1.5-12, 2.18], arranger [6, 13, 15-16], background vocals [2], choir vocals [2.1-4, 1.9], clarinet [1-4], clavinet [2.18, 1.6-12, 1.18], drum machine [13-15], electric piano [1.18, 2.1-4, 2.9-15], grand piano [1.18, 2.13-15], guitar [2.9-12, 2.18, 1.2, 1.6-12], harmonica [13], harmonium [2], keyboard [1.13-17, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.16-17], orchestrator [9], piano [1.2-3, 1.5-12, 2.1-5, 2.7-12, 2.16-18], programming [16-17], solo [8], strings [1-4], synthesizer [2.1-5, 2.7-15, 1.18]
• Rick Price
  bass [1]
• Roger Wake
  engineer [1]
• Roy Wood
  cello [1], guitar [1], producer [1], vocal [1]
• Ryan Ulyate
  engineer [6, 19]
• Steve Woolam
  violin [1]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [6-8]
• Tom Thiel
  engineer [16-17]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [2-3]
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  2x Digital Media
  7 October 2011
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  2x Digital Media
  7 October 2011
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  2x Digital Media
  7 October 2011
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  2x CD
  24 October 2011
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  2x CD
  2011