How amazing is E.L.O.'s "Time?"

[Danger^Cart]

Like Dark Side of the Moon this is one of those albums that truly qualifies as an "experience." Both rich in story and epic in scope, once you've started this album it's hard to shut it off, and impossible not to enjoy yourself. Which is pretty much the case for almost all of E.L.O.'s stuff, I'm just really fond of this one.

What do you think of this album, and which albums would you classify as an "experience."

[God of War]

I love ELO! My first post in the music forums too. Below are some of my favs. Also, I have some original records, as in LP's and they still work maybe. But I don't have a record player. I found them at my work in the $2 bin.

Don't Bring Me Down
Evil Woman
The Diary of Horace Wimp
Hold On Tight
Last Train to London
Livin' Thing
Telephone Line
Turn To Stone

Below is one of the albums I have. It opens out and has 3 arabian swordman chasing this dude on horseback. Very cool.

http://images.bluebeat.com/an/8/0/9/1/l1908.jpg

[Le_Big_Mac]

I find it hard to believe that an album by E.L.O. could be an experience, but I've never heard one of their actual albums so I'll refrain from judgment. Anyway, here are some other albums that could qualify as experiences:

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Low by David Bowie
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
Sea Change by Beck
Tommy by The Who
The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Blue by Joni Mitchell

[Danger^Cart]

I find it hard to believe that an album by E.L.O. could be an experience, but I've never heard one of their actual albums so I'll refrain from judgment.

Well...yeah.

[Danger^Cart]

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel


Great call.

New addition: The Fountain - Clint Mansell

[hoojib127]

Their first album (w/ Roy Wood) was their best..and each subsequent album seemed to get more commercial and overproduced. Still a good group, though.

[RicochetShaw]

I find it hard to believe that an album by E.L.O. could be an experience, but I've never heard one of their actual albums so I'll refrain from judgment.


Why is it hard to believe if you've never heard any of their albums?




Anyway, here are some other albums that could qualify as experiences:

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Low by David Bowie
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
Sea Change by Beck
Tommy by The Who
The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Blue by Joni Mitchell


... ok.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Why is it hard to believe if you've never heard any of their albums?

ELO has its nuances, but they have far too much of a generic classic rock feel most of the time for me to imagine any of their albums being something I could really sink my teeth into. However, I could say the same thing about Fleetwood Mac, who created the brilliant Rumours. It was just an observation though, so let's not start a LordSimen-esque argument over it.

[hoojib127]

ELO has its nuances, but they have far too much of a generic classic rock feel most of the time for me to imagine any of their albums being something I could really sink my teeth into. However, I could say the same thing about Fleetwood Mac, who created the brilliant Rumours. It was just an observation though, so let's not start a LordSimen-esque argument over it.

Again, check out their first album (called No Answer here in the States, but self-titled everywhere else). It sounds almost nothing like the rest of their material. As much as I like The ELO, I have to say I like The Move (the group from which they materialized) much more. Their 1970 albums Shazam and Looking On are fantastic, as are their earlier singles such as "Night of Fear," "I Can Hear the Grass Grow," "Wild Tiger Woman," and "Blackberry Way." They're probably the best 60s rock group of which you've never heard (though Jeff Lynne didn't join until mid 1970; everything prior to that was almost solely from the mind of Roy Wood [drummer Bev Bevan is the only person who's played on every recording by both The Move and ELO]).

[Dr.Frankenstein]

Everything E.L.O. did back in the 70's was just amazing + no one did (whether always intentional or not?..) the backwards masking thing better(or worse? depends on the messages right?) than E.L.O. of the 1970's. Their 1980's work,I never got into much-like the album "Time". One thing I have to mention that is so cool these last 2 decades of re-releases by Bowie E,W+F E.L.O. Queen and most bands and artists of the past. is the bonus tracks! demos/unreleased tracks/alternate takes/ extended versions / interludes/ unreleased concert versions and rarities + studio chat etc. I love that stuff!