Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue
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Electric Light Orchestra's 1977 Studio Album Out of the Blue on Colored 2LP. Featuring the Worldwide Hit Singles "Mr. Blue Sky," "Turn To Stone" and "Sweet Talkin Woman."
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One of the indisputable masterpieces – and most commercially successful titles – in the ELO canon, Out of the Blue, the group's seventh studio album, was originally released in October 1977. Featuring the worldwide hit singles "Mr. Blue Sky," "Turn To Stone" and "Sweet Talkin Woman."
The musical and conceptual brainchild of Jeff Lynne, who wrote and produced the entire album, Out of the Blue is among the most ambitious double albums in classic rock history, a complex and visionary work that included, as the album's complete Side 3, Lynne's "Concerto for a Rainy Day," a coherent song suite comprised of four movements and authentic ambient weather effects recorded by Lynne and incorporated into the soundscape of the record.
Out of the Blue was the first ELO album to feature the group's logo as a three-dimensional flying saucer/space station, a visual motif central to ELO's live shows. The album, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 has gone on to sell upwards of 10 million copies worldwide. Out of the Blue is the first double album in UK chart history to spawn four Top 20 singles. "Forty years on, I would never have imagined that this music would take on a life of its own," says Lynne.
Track Listing
Side A:
- Turn to Stone
- It's Over
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Across the Border
Side B:
- Night in the City
- Starlight
- Jungle
- Believe Me Now
- Steppin' Out
Side C:
- Standin' in the Rain
- Big Wheels
- Summer and Lightning
- Mr. Blue Sky
Side D:
- Sweet Is the Night
- The Whale
- Birmingham Blues
- Wild West Hero





