Comments on: What is the title of the Electric Light Orchestra album, released in 1975? http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/ Everything About Electric Light Orchestra: Music, biography and photos Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dixster http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Dixster Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/#comment-507 1975's `Face the Music` went gold, generating the hits "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic." http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:os820r5ac48b~T1 1975′s `Face the Music` went gold, generating the hits "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic."
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]]> By: leese69 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-508 leese69 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/#comment-508 Face the Music Face the Music

]]> By: Loopy182 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Loopy182 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/#comment-509 It was released in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer due to a misunderstood telephone message left for a United Artists executive asking about the name. [1] The album is centred around the core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan who were the remaining members of rock group The Move. The Move were still releasing singles in the UK at the same time as this project, but interest was soon to be abandoned in Wood's former band.The sound is unique on this recording, unlike the more slickly produced albums of the Jeff Lynne years, incorporating many wind instruments and replacing guitar parts with heavy 'sawing' cello riffs, giving this recording an experimental Baroque and roll feel. The original LP was mixed in Quad sound but was only released in this format in South America. The album art was designed by Hipgnosis and the photographs of the band on the back of the album cover, dressed in period costume were taken at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, adding to the Baroque flavor and emphasis on Stuart England found on the record It was released in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer due to a misunderstood telephone message left for a United Artists executive asking about the name. [1] The album is centred around the core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan who were the remaining members of rock group The Move. The Move were still releasing singles in the UK at the same time as this project, but interest was soon to be abandoned in Wood’s former band.The sound is unique on this recording, unlike the more slickly produced albums of the Jeff Lynne years, incorporating many wind instruments and replacing guitar parts with heavy ‘sawing’ cello riffs, giving this recording an experimental Baroque and roll feel.

The original LP was mixed in Quad sound but was only released in this format in South America. The album art was designed by Hipgnosis and the photographs of the band on the back of the album cover, dressed in period costume were taken at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, adding to the Baroque flavor and emphasis on Stuart England found on the record

]]> By: kikiwkids http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-510 kikiwkids Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://electric-light-orchestra.com/2009/07/what-is-the-title-of-the-electric-light-orchestra-album-released-in-1975/#comment-510 Face the Music worked for my trivia! Face the Music worked for my trivia!

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