The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

Tracklist

• 1
  Evil Woman
  4:19
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Do Ya
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Can’t Get It Out of My Head
  4:26
  4.3 ★
• 4
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:08
  4.5 ★
• 5
  Strange Magic
  4:07
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Livin’ Thing
  3:33
  4.3 ★
• 7
  Turn to Stone
  3:48
  4.8 ★
• 8
  Sweet Talkin’ Woman
  3:49
  4.4 ★
• 9
  Telephone Line
  4:40
  4.4 ★
• 10
  Shine a Little Love
  4:42
  4.4 ★
• 11
  Hold On Tight
  3:08
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Calling America
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Rock & Roll Is King
  3:17
• 14
  Don’t Bring Me Down
  4:04
  4.5 ★
• 15
  Roll Over Beethoven
  4:33
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Addie Lee
  background vocals [6]
• Al Quaglieri
  producer
• Bev Bevan
  background vocals [4], drums (drum set), other instruments [4], percussion
• Bill Bottrell
  engineer [12-13]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [6]
• Colin Walker
  cello [15]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [15]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [2-3, 6, 9]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [2, 6, 9]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [1-2, 5-6, 9]
• Jaan Uhelszki
  liner notes
• Jeff Lynne
  Moog [3, 15], arranger [1, 4, 7-8], background vocals [12], bass guitar [12], choir vocals [6, 10, 14], drum machine [13], electric guitar [10, 14], guitar [1-9, 11-13, 15], harmonium [15], keyboard [12], lead vocals, orchestrator [6], percussion [13], piano [10-14], producer, strings [10, 14], synthesizer [4, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [1, 5]
• John Middleton
  engineer [15]
• John Richards
  assistant [3], engineer [2, 6, 9]
• Joseph M. Palmaccio
  mastering
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [2, 4, 6, 9], bass [1-2, 4-9, 11, 13], bass guitar [10, 14], choir vocals [10, 14]
• Kenny Denton
  assistant [3]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [1, 4, 7-8], choir vocals [6, 10, 14], conductor [1-10, 14], orchestrator [6], strings [10, 14]
• Mack
  engineer [1-2, 4-11, 14], mix [12]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [1-2, 5-6, 9]
• Michael Putland
  photography
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals [15], bass [3, 15]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin [1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 13]
• Mike Edwards
  cello [15]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [3]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [6]
• Peter Mazèl
  photography
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [11]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [1-3, 5-6, 9, 15], arranger [1, 4, 7-8], background vocals [15], choir vocals [6, 10, 14], clarinet [10, 14], clavinet [1-2, 5-6, 9], drum machine [13], electric piano [10-11, 13-14], grand piano [13], guitar [1-2, 5-6, 9, 11, 15], harmonica [13], harmonium [15], keyboard [4, 7-8, 12], orchestrator [6], piano [1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 14-15], programming [12], solo [5], strings [10, 14], synthesizer [10-11, 13-14]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Tom Thiel
  engineer [12]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [15]
• Show all credits (36)

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  CD
  2003
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  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  CD (BMG Direct Edition)
  2003
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  T
  The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

  CD
  10 April 2006
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  Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

  Enhanced CD
  2011