Very Best of [Import]

E.L.O. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Columbia
• ASIN: B000059RJ4
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Turn To Stone

2. Evil Woman

3. Livin Thing

4. Twilight

5. Telephone Line

6. Four Little Diamonds

7. Xanadu

8. Last Train To London

9. Strange Magic (7 Inch Edit)

10. Ma Ma Ma Belle (7 Inch Edit)

11. Confusion

12. Rock N Roll Is King

13. The Way Lifes Meant To Be

14. Cant Get It Out Of My Head (7 Inch Edit)

15. Secret Messages (Special Version From The LP)

16. Calling America

17. Dont Walk Away

18. Dont Bring Me Down

19. Mr Blue Sky

20. Sweet Talkin Woman

See all 38 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recycled, July 1, 2001

By 

eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Made in AUT in 2000, Serial# 489039-5, Playing Time 148:08

Not much to say about this compilation, but here's the lowdown:

Ever heard of the 2-disc set "Light Years" everyone that's craving for a great "best of" is raving about? No... well, it was released in 1997.

This set is the same, also made in Austria (not in Sweden as the title might suggest!) but in 2000, same track content, but with different artwork.

Same material (even the core serial number is the same!), but better priced!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the newbie, April 9, 2004

By 

Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I am sick of ELO being bashed as the poor man's Beatles, as sappy, as "disco-flavored violin trash," and as infantile muzak. All of these criticisms are from people who haven't bothered to listen to ELO from beginning to last and who are too obtuse to realize that Jeff Lynne is a musical genius (and no, I don't use that word lightly). Yes, his lyrics are banal, but with this type of music, who on earth cares? The lyrics to "Ob La Di, Ob La Da" are trite too, but with such catchy music, one can overlook the banality of the words.

This set is the not definitive set of the three issued ELO compilations, check out "Flashback" for that distinction. "Xanudu" is still a limping dog of a song, but there are some remastered gems here. ALl of the first 2 discs are pure magic, including ELO's most underrated (and, I think, best) song, "Nightrider." And how about "Four Little Diamonds" on disc three, where you can Lynne counting down the intro and sounding exactly like Ozzy Osbourne, in their mutual Birmingham accents.

The sound quality is excellent and the track order is pleasing. There are no omissions and only a few questionable inclusions, and they all appear on disc three.

I bought my first ELO single when I was 10 years old and I never looked back. If you've read this far, you're a fan like me and you will devour this set. Long live this sappy, trite, banal band... I still love 'em forever!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recycled, July 1, 2001

By 

eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Made in AUT in 2000, Serial# 489039-5, Playing Time 148:08

Not much to say about this compilation, but here's the lowdown:

Ever heard of the 2-disc set "Light Years" everyone that's craving for a great "best of" is raving about? No... well, it was released in 1997.

This set is the same, also made in Austria (not in Sweden as the title might suggest!) but re-issued in 2000, same track content, but with different artwork.

Exactly the same versions (even the core serial number is the same!), but better priced!