Name: A New World Record
Brand: Electric Light Orchestra

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88875175281

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-05-27

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

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888751752818

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Legacy

180 Gram Vinyl. Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, 'Out of the Blue', as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for 'A New World Record' over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated 'Tightrope,' which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, 'A New World Record' contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne's own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs. 'Telephone Line' might be the best Lennon-McCartney collaboration that never was, lyrical and soaring in a way that manages to echo elements of Revolver and the Beatles without ever mimicking them. The original LP's second side opened with 'So Fine,' which seems like the perfect pop synthesis of guitar, percussion, and orchestral sounds, embodying precisely what Lynne had first set out to do with Roy Wood at the moment ELO was conceived. From there, the album soars through stomping rock numbers like 'Livin' Thing' and 'Do Ya,' interspersed with lyrical pieces like 'Above the Clouds' (which makes striking use of pizzicato bass strings).

A New World Record

Music GB