ELO's Greatest Hits

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ELO's Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released23 November 1979
RecordedApril 1973–August 1977
Length44:50
Label
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Discovery
(1979)		ELO's Greatest Hits
(1979)		 A Box of Their Best
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound 3/5 [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released 23 November 1979. [7] [8] Despite being released after the album Discovery , this album omitted the band's most recent hits, "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Shine a Little Love".

Contents

The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one
#TitleAlbumLength
1"Evil Woman" (Single version) Face the Music (1975)4:10
2"Livin' Thing" A New World Record (1976)3:31
3"Can't Get It Out of My Head" Eldorado (1974)4:22
4"Showdown" (U.S. single edit) On the Third Day (U.S.) (1973)
Showdown (UK) (1974)		3:51
5"Turn to Stone" Out of the Blue (1977)3:48
6"Rockaria!"A New World Record (1976)3:12
Side two
#TitleAlbumLength
1"Sweet Talkin' Woman"Out of the Blue (1977)3:47
2"Telephone Line"A New World Record (1976)4:37
3"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single edit)On the Third Day (1973)3:35
4"Strange Magic" (UK single version)Face the Music (1975)4:07
5"Mr. Blue Sky"Out of the Blue (1977)5:05

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979-1980)Peak
position
Argentinian Albums Chart [9] 7
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [10] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [13] 13
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [14] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 7
US Billboard 200 [16] 30

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] Platinum50,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [18] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [20] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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