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Jeff Lynne & ELO: The Full Discography
Lynne's own name rarely tops the marquee, most of his best-known work is credited to Electric Light Orchestra, the band he wrote and produced virtually alone from 1972 onward. Given how much ELO's layered, symphonic production shaped what he brought to the Wilburys sessions (and then had to deliberately unlearn to make those sessions work), the full catalog is worth having in one place. Full story on his member page.
Jeff Lynne & ELO Vinyl
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Eldorado
The record where ELO's sound properly arrived: a full orchestral concept album built around "Can't Get It Out of My Head." The turning point from art-pop curiosity to arena band.
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Face the Music
"Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic," plus the instrumental opener "Fire on High," built around a backmasked message. The record where Lynne's production instincts fully clicked into place.
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A New World Record
"Livin' Thing," "Do Ya," and "Telephone Line" in one place. Widely considered the most consistent album in the whole catalog, five million copies sold worldwide.
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Out of the Blue
"Mr. Blue Sky," "Turn to Stone," and "Sweet Talkin' Woman" all in one place. The clearest single record for hearing exactly the layered, meticulous production instinct Lynne brought to everything he touched.
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Alone in the Universe
The modern-era comeback record, made after Lynne reclaimed the ELO name outright. Rolling Stone called it ELO's best work since Time. Includes a direct tribute to Roy Orbison, "I'm Leaving You."
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ELO's Greatest Hits (LP)
"Evil Woman," "Livin' Thing," "Mr. Blue Sky," "Telephone Line," and more in one place. If you only want one ELO record rather than working through the full discography above, this is it.
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Face the Music
The CD edition of ELO's fifth album, if vinyl isn't your format.
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A New World Record
ELO's first platinum record on CD, with six bonus cuts on this edition.
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Discovery
The disco-era pivot: "Shine a Little Love" and "Don't Bring Me Down" both became Top Ten hits. ELO's second UK chart-topper.
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Time
A synth-forward, science-fiction concept record and ELO's third UK Number One. "Hold on Tight" was the band's final Top Ten hit.
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Secret Messages
Originally planned as a double album before being trimmed to one disc. The record made right before drummer Bev Bevan's temporary departure to Black Sabbath.
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Balance of Power
Includes the Top 20 hit "Calling America." The last Electric Light Orchestra album before Lynne stepped away to produce Cloud Nine, Mystery Girl, and the Traveling Wilburys.
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Alone in the Universe
The CD edition of the modern-era comeback, Lynne's first new ELO material in 14 years.
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ELO's catalog runs deeper than what's listed above. The band's first three albums, The Electric Light Orchestra (1971, released in the US as No Answer), ELO 2 (1973), and On the Third Day (1973), predate the classic Lynne-led sound and are harder to find in consistent current pressings. On the other end, Zoom (2001) and From Out of Nowhere (2019) are the two other Jeff Lynne-led studio albums bookending Alone in the Universe; check current availability directly on Amazon, as pressings and editions of these three change more often than the classic-era catalog above.
See the rest of the family: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison.