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Poll Question: Best ELO album 71-81
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3 [6.67%]
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11 [24.44%]
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    Posted: June 07 2006 at 06:04
I'm amazed at how much I like ELO myself. Prog or not prog. Although my favorites are album no. 1,2,4 and 9, I think all the the albums of this era are quite good.

I voted for their Barock'n'roll Clown debut, which really is one of the best debuts I've heard. What album of their best and most prog related years is your favorite, and why?
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oh goodie.... how I love ELO polls...


best album. A New World Record
best prog album - On the Third Day
favorite - ELO 2
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I don't like ELO!!!
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Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

I don't like ELO!!!


hahah... your loss..
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I go for Time, a great comeback after the only ELO record i don't like Discovery.For the rest they are all great(Well ok i don't know Xanadu and the records after Time). I have a live record of their work before Out of the blue and they are live even better then in the studio.
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

oh goodie.... how I love ELO polls...




Has there been a lot of them? I only found one, with the first four albums and Time, missing.
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I think their debut belongs to the top 100 of all time of prog albums >> a crossbetween Gryphon and Beatles >> absolutely essential listening
 
 
On The Third Day is also excellent
 
But I find Eldorado simply too lightweight.
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Sincerely... NOT XANADU' (but I love ELO songs. I extremely hate Olivia Newton-John songs!!!)
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Voted for A New World Record...My favorite ELO album/most consistent...Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

I don't like ELO!!!


hahah... your loss..
I think Genesis, Yes and King Crimson are just a little better...
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Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

I don't like ELO!!!


hahah... your loss..
I think Genesis, Yes and King Crimson are just a little better...


Most of us do.

But if you haven't heard the first (or third) album, you might be pleasantly surprised if you ever try it.
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Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Kord Kord wrote:

I don't like ELO!!!


hahah... your loss..
I think Genesis, Yes and King Crimson are just a little better...


hahahhah.. *micky has a heart attack* 

I'd figured you'd name some half-ass prog metal groups with some name like Creeping Death or Disembodied Corpse.Wink
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Originally posted by wolf0621 wolf0621 wrote:

Voted for A New World Record...My favorite ELO album/most consistent...Thumbs Up


I pulled that out the other night.... what a great album that is.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

I think their debut belongs to the top 100 of all time of prog albums >> a crossbetween Gryphon and Beatles >> absolutely essential listening
 
 
On The Third Day is also excellent
 
But I find Eldorado simply too lightweight.


hahahha.....

I always thought On the Thrid Day just a 'tad' bit better... but love both.  And agree with Eldorado as well. Clap
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I voted for Eldorado and I freely admit that it might have been for pure nostalgia, as I saw them live in Philadelphia when they had just released that one.
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The most consistente as a whole is A New World Record
 
My fav's are Eldorado (lightweight, bu sooooo beautiful) nad Time (this one doesn't aged very well, is too eightish, but is my first ELO album and has Prologue/Twilight - a hit of my childhood in Brazil - and 21st Century Man, a very personal song
 
On the Third Day has their best suite.
 
Out of the blue has a lot of marvelous pop-rock songs, so as Discovery, although this one is very disco (daah).
 
ELO 2 is their proggiest.
 
No Answer is tto beatles infected to be a original statesment, but is a good first album.
 
Face the Music has my fav instrumental, the opening track, and the lovely strange magic.
 
Even Xanadu has its moments - I'm Alive and Don't walk away.
 
 
As you can see, I really love ELO. My choice is totally emotional, and can change by the mood. Today the coosen one is Eldorado. Tomorrow, who knos?
 
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A New World Record for me. It's one of the first LP's I ever bought when I was 12 .
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Time is absolutely brilliant. CONCEPT ALBUM, guys.

A New World Record is the peak of their pop output. 

On The Third Day is a decent prog album. Eldorado is a lot better, though. Totally epic too.
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Strange. No one has voted for Face the Music.

I also love Time. My favorite album when I was six. 'Yours Truly 2095' sounds like a smart electropop hit from the '00's. 

Although Eldorado is full of weak moments, and even some bad songs, it's an album I've played a lot. Something very atmospheric and (strange) magic about it.

ELO 2 is the most prog, but I still think its one of their worst albums. 1 & 3 are much better, and just a bit less proggy, imo.
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    "A New World Record" is just fantastic. My Sister got a copy when it was released, and I think I listened to it more than she did. At that time I just found it enjoyable (too young to really figure out why). Years later, I still love it. It's practically flawless.
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