5/29/2023 0 Comments Electric light orchestra discovery![]() Whether it be the catchy and soulful "Shine A Little Love", the raw, heartfelt, and hooky "Confusion", the slow and mature "Need Her Love", the aforementioned story driven and excellent "The Diary of Horace Wimp", the very of-the-era and catchy "Last Train to London", beautiful and sparkly "Midnight Blue", incredibly underrated and hooky "On the Run", the memorable and soulful "Wishing", or the iconic, raw, and hooky "Don't Bring Me Down", every song here hits-and yes, I really did just cover the whole track list. While the album, with the exception of "The Diary of Horace Wimp", is not as adventurous or diverse as what you'd find on "Out of the Blue", there's really nothing on the album that isn't good. Because even though it's cheesier, the band is still very disciplined and music forward, which makes this album enjoyable for a wide audience.Īnd that's not just from the style, but the music itself. And this album does it well, but not in the way you'd think. ![]() ![]() That's not necessarily a bad thing, as cheese can be enjoyable if executed properly-heck, that's why Devo is one of my favorite new wave bands of all time. Even though this album does focus more on disco, it's not exactly what I'd call a full-on disco album, but instead, a pop-heavy rock album-much like the bands previous 2 albums, only this time, cheesier (then again, with this album's awesome cover art, that is to be somewhat expected). So, instead of trying to one-up what they did with "Out of the Blue", they took a lot of what worked in that album, condensed the length to 9 songs instead of 17, and threw in some '70s disco flair. But seeing how the band had some impossibly big shoes to fill thanks to their previous album, it does seem like Lynne and the rest of the band were struggling. That does not mean this album isn't great on its own, because it is very underrated. So, because of this, it's understandable that the next album would inevitably not be as good. And while it's understandable that the album may have been a bit overwhelming to some with its 17 tracks, it showed the band at their most diverse, soulful, and big. Review Summary: After such a big album, the band would release a follow-up 2 years later that's actually way better than it has any right to be, making this an underrated gem.Īfter the big, boisterous, and fantastic "Out of the Blue", it was tough to guess where Jeff Lynne's brains would go next in terms of songwriting-what with that album covering so many themes while also still coming together as something incredible. ![]()
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