Track Listing 1. Heaven Only Knows 2. So Serious 3. Getting to the Point 4. Secret Lives 5. Is It Alright 6. Sorrow About to Fall 7. Without Someone 8. Calling America 9. Endless Lies 10. Send It 11. Opening - (Bonus Track) 12. Heaven Only Knows - (Bonus Track/Alternate Version) 13. In For the Kill 14. Secret Lives - (alternate take, Bonus Track) 15. Sorrow About to Fall - (Alternate mix, Bonus Track) 16. Caught in a Trap - (Bonus Track/B-Side) 17. Destination Unknown - (Bonus Track/ U.K. B-Side)
| Details | | Producer: | Jeff Lynne | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass); Richard Tandy (piano, keyboards); Bev Bevan (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Christian Shnieder (saxophone). All tracks have been digitally remastered. Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, bass guitar, background vocals); Richard Tandy (piano, keyboard, programming, sequencer); Bev Bevan (drum, percussion). 1986's BALANCE OF POWER, the last ELO album to feature Jeff Lynne--the rest of the group re-convened as ELO Part II in the late '90s with cult-fave singer/guitarist Parthenon Huxley replacing Lynne--looks at first like a dubious attempt at '80s-style modernization. The cliched, dated graphics--and keyboard player Richard Tandy's red-flag credit for "programming"--notwithstanding, this is a fine example of Lynne's '80s work. The opening "Heaven Only Knows" is a catchy tune with Lynne's trademark overdubbed Beatlesque harmonies that would have fit in well on OUT OF THE BLUE or DISCOVERY. The rest of the album is less immediately enthralling, but that's due to the slightly antiseptic, MIDI-heavy production, not the caliber of the songs. Listening past the surfaces reveals these songs to be a solid set of tunes well in Lynne's tradition of melodic pop.
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