Face the Music

E.L.O.

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025DR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,240 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Limited Edition digitally remastered Japanese pressing of this 1975 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve featuring four bonus tracks: Alternate Versions of 'Fire On High', 'Evil Woman', 'Strange Magic' and 'Waterfall'. 12 tracks total. Sony. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ELO's Greatest Disc, January 27, 2003

By	Alan Caylow (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

1975's "Face The Music" was ELO's fifth album, and it remains my personal favorite ELO disc to this day. It was the first ELO album I ever bought, and it made me a lifelong fan. I was completely blown away by the album's most famous trio of songs that I kept hearing on the radio: the magnificent orchestral rocker, "Fire On High," and the instant pop classics "Evil Woman" & "Strange Magic." And I was equally thrilled by the album's other musical gems, such as "Waterfall," "Nightrider," "Down Home Town," and the dreamy album closer, "One Summer Dream." I love the band's Beatle-esque flair for melody, their fine musicianship & production, and the excellent singing, songwriting, and guitar work of leader Jeff Lynne. Great stuff all the way.Capturing the group right smack in the middle of the 70's, "Face The Music" is the Electric Light Orchestra at their most creative. I enjoy all of the band's albums, including other great works like "On The Third Day," "Out Of The Blue" and "Time," but "Face The Music" is the one that I have the most fondness for. Now, if only those folks at Sony Music would give this album a long-overdue remaster treatment....one can dream. :-)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FIRE ON HIGH, March 5, 2002

By	Michael Courtney "exiled01" (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has to be my favorite album from ELO. It shows their complete versatility and their coming of age. The whole band shines here, even though it seems that Jeff Lynne is prepared to steal the spotlight. FACE THE MUSIC finally had ELO on a multitude of radio stations from AM to AOR. "Fire on High" was even used by ABC's Wide World of Sports for years. Most people remember "Strange Magic" and "Evil Woman" from airplay in 1975 and 1976. Both were huge hits and allowed the band to breath a sigh of relief. The limelight was there and Lynne, Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy, and the others were standing firmly in it.

Beyond what you heard on the radio or TV, even though you may not of known it was ELO, is music that is very respectable. "Poker" is one of the harder rockers the band had done up to that time and it is my all-time favorite. With ELO you always get the great strings, keyboards, vocals, and harmonies; FACE THE MUSIC is no different, except it set the standard that they would have to live up to for the rest of their careers. Other great songs include "Nightrider" and "Waterfall". Not just another ELO release, this is the pinnacle of their success. The other perfect disc I would point to from them would be OUT OF THE BLUE. This is atypical 70's music, but is none-the-less great!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has to be their Best Work, No Doubt, July 29, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Memphis, Tn) - See all my reviews

This has to be the ultimate classic work of ELO. Other following albums continued to add more of a mainstream synthesized sound while departing more from the hard but concise orchestra sound that Face the Music provides.