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Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music CD

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4.8 stars (4 Customer Reviews)

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ELO was big enough by 1974 that some people actually suggested that ELDORADO featured Satanic backward-masking. Of course, the idea was ludicrous; but the band playfully ...    Full Description

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Art Rock
Label Legacy
Orig Year 1975
All Time Sales Rank   1228  
CD Universe Part number 7062322
Catalog number 94278
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 12, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Jeff Lynne (Reissue); Jeff Magid (Reissue)
Personnel Jeff Lynne - vocals, guitar
Bev Bevan - drums, percussion
Richard Tandy - guitar, piano, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer
Hugh McDowell
Kelly Groucutt - vocals, bass
Mik Kaminski - violin
Melvyn Gale - cello
Additional Info Bonus Tracks; Remastered; Expanded Edition
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Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music Album Track Listing



Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Fire on High  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Waterfall  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Evil Woman  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Nightrider  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Poker  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Strange Magic  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Down Home Town  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.One Summer Dream  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Fire on High Intro - (Early Alternative mix, previously unreleased, bonus track)  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Evil Woman - (Stripped Down mix, previously unreleased, bonus track)  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Strange Magic - (US Single Edit; bonus track)  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Waterfall - (previously unreleased, instrumental, bonus track)  

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Face The Music  (1975) Japan; Mini LP Sleeve
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Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars This one's got it all!
"Face the Music" was the final album before ELO were to blast off into real commercial success with their 3 flying saucer albums ("A New World Record", "Out of the Blue" and "Discovery"), and in this album we find ALL the sounds that were definitive of Jeff Lynne's vision for the band. There's spooky and haunting sounds in "Fire on high", enchanting ballads such as "Waterfall" and "Strange magic", great dance numbers such as "Evil Woman" and "Nightrider", hard rock can be heard in "Poker" and there's also the endearing tender closing track, "One summer dream". Throughout this album ELO mix rock with orchestra, and they do it perfectly. The vocal harmonies between the band members are heavenly and there's also well arranged choral sections, too. "Face the music" has it all! And in this expanded edition we also get to hear alternative versions of "Evil Woman" and "Waterfall", making it a real treat. For those of you who are not ELO fans or have yet to hear their music, I highly recommend this album (or "A New World Record) as your first ELO experience.
Submitted by James Richardson (Elizabeth, South Australia)
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5 stars E.L.O. SUPERB SOUND AT LAST!
VERY NICE TO HEAR INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF WATERFALL AND A CURIUS ONE , EVIL WOMAN.
Submitted by blay_mar (SPAIN) Verified Buyer
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5 stars Classic ELO!
This is classic ELO, my favorite album by them. I give this a 5-star rating on the music alone. The remastering is very good, but did draw my attention to some of the original editing and production work that didn't seem as obvious on the LP or previous CD release. If you have a copy of this on LP, you can spin the disk backwards by hand to hear the backwards recorded vocals on the 1st track. :)
Submitted by Doug (Arizona Desert) Verified Buyer
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4 stars ELO's Mid Seventies Classic Finally Gets Remastered!
The idiot that gave "Face The Music" a two star rating and calling it "ponderous commercial prog-rock" (scroll down under the album notes) has no idea what he/she are talking about. In my opinion, this album is one of the band's best releases to date (1975) and although ELO were heading in the direction that many prog rock groups took, that is, becoming commercial (ELP, Wishbone Ash, Yes, and Genesis to name a few), "Face The Music" contained some of the band's best loved songs starting with the haunting instrumental "Fire On High", followed by the classics "Evil Woman", "Nightrider", and "Strange Magic" plus more. The four bonus tracks are a nice addition here and the remastering is superb with crisp highs, increased midrange and bass as well as extended output. A notch better was the follow up "A New World Record" which is also newly remastered.
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