Track Listing DISC 1: FACE THE MUSIC: 1. Fire on High 2. Waterfall 3. Evil Woman 4. Nightrider 5. Poker 6. Strange Magic 7. Down Home Town 8. One Summer Dream
DISC 2: A NEW WORLD RECORD: 1. Tightrope 2. Telephone Line 3. Rockaria! 4. Mission (A World Record) 5. So Fine 6. Livin' Thing 7. Above the Clouds 8. Do Ya 9. Shangri-La
DISC 3: DISCOVERY: 1. Shine a Little Love 2. Confusion 3. Need Her Love 4. Diary of Horace Wimp, The 5. Last Train to London 6. Midnight Blue 7. On the Run 8. Wishing 9. Don't Bring Me Down 10. On the Run - (bonus track) 11. Second Time Around - (bonus track) 12. Little Town Flirt - (bonus track)
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Originally released as three separate albums, FACE THE MUSIC, A NEW WORLD RECORD and DISCOVERY. Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer); Kelly Groucett (vocals, bass); Richard Tandy (piano, clavinet, synthesizer); Bev Bevan (drums, percussions). Producers include: Jeff Lynne. THE COLLECTION contains: FACE THE MUSIC (1975)/A NEW WORLD RECORD (1976)/DISCOVERY (1979). This three-disc set collects three of ELO's classic late-'70s albums in their entirety, and as such, it's an excellent overview not only of Jeff Lynne's musical genius, but of commercial '70s pop as a whole. 1975's FACE THE MUSIC, 1976's A NEW WORLD RECORD, and 1979's DISCOVERY--1977's double-disc OUT OF THE BLUE is omitted for space--are as good as Top-40 pop got in the last half of the '70s, and hearing the three together sketches out the arc of Lynne's career. FACE THE MUSIC, ELO's fifth album, is slightly rough-edged, but its enormous hit singles paved the way for the staggeringly good A NEW WORLD RECORD, Lynne's best and most consistent work. After the overwhelming commercial success of OUT OF THE BLUE, DISCOVERY is a bit more self-consciously experimental, with new-wavish Vocoders and disco beats coloring the typically excellent songs. All three are simply essential.
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