Discovery [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

E.L.O. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005KHEU
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,292 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ELO's Brilliance, October 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Discovery (Audio CD)

Read the reviews up above and then this one and you'll get an ida of why ELO is brilliant.

They mean a thousand different things to a thousand different people.

While some one else might think Horace Wimp is "horrid" songwriting, I think it's an absolutely brilliant example of Jeff Lynne's reverence and appreciation for the Beatles and Absurdist Brit humor.

Ironically, "Don't Bring me Down" the biggest "hit" on the record, is probably my least favorite on this albumn.

Although catchy at first, It's repetative and boring to me. The song has a short relistenability lifespan.

Other songs like "I need her love" and "last train to london" remain fun and interesting years after you first hear them.

If ELO bridges Pop and Prog (and many suggest that it does) Discovery is certainly more to the Pop side (while the next albumn, Time, leans more to the prog side).

Personally I feel as though this stretch of time between out of the blue through time (including the xanadu soundtrack songs) are the most interesting and exciting period of Jeff Lynne and ELO's catalog.

If you liked out of the blue or new world record, don't hesitate to get either discovery or xanadu (but never rent the movie because it's god awful... unless your into god awful, in which case, cheers!).

If you want a real treat that will challenge you and open you up to a world of beautifully brilliant intelligent yet poppy while simultaneously progressive sounding music, I suggest you look into TIME.

From a musical standpoint, Time is groundbreaking in it's production and it's conception. The problem is that no one noticed it at the time because it's also ve fun (and since Pink Floyd's "The Wall" was dominating charts at the time, fun wasn't exactly what folks were listening to in the post punk pop world.

But don't snub discovery either. It's a blast you won't regret (or at least shouldn't regret!)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of ELO's best ever albums but not THE best!, October 28, 2005

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Frederick Baptist (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery (Audio CD)

That honour has to go to "Time" in my opinion but still this album is very strong on its own merits. For one thing, this has been remastered by Jeff Lynne himself with 3 extra tracks and liner notes also written by Jeff plus the lyrics as well. I actually hate "Don't...Down" but "Last Train..." is one of my all-time favourite tracks ever. By the way, "...Horace Wimp" isn't as bad as all that and it has some interesting musical ideas and was always meant to be a kind of musical joke so don't take it so seriously. All the other tracks are good working examples of good songwriting and melody irrespective of genre and even disco, done tastefully is good music. Recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Discover ELO, November 11, 2005

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Alan Caylow (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery (Audio CD)

1979's "Discovery" was another smash album for the Electric Light Orchestra, a catchy confection of discofied pop-rock. For this album, the band had shrunk down from a sextet to a quartet, but musically Jeff Lynne & company were still at the top of their game with such irresistible classics as "Shine A Little Love," "Last Train To London," and "Don't Bring Me Down." Other standouts include the humourous "Diary Of Horace Wimp" (a somewhat maligned track, but I think it's fun), and the beautiful "Wishing." I don't understand the criticism of this album being "uneven"---as far as I'm concerned, "Discovery" is a great entry in the ELO catalog.