All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

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All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
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Greatest hits album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released6 June 2005
Recorded1973–2000
Genre Rock
Length78:20
Label Sony Music Australia
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
(2003)		All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
(2005)		 Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2
(2007)
2011 re-issue slip cover
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Pitchfork 7.7/10 [4]
PopMatters 7/10 [5]

All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2005.

Contents

Overview

The album concentrates on the band's biggest singles released between late 1973 and 1983. The albums The Electric Light Orchestra , ELO 2 , Eldorado , and Balance of Power were not represented on the compilation. A companion album Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2 featuring additional hit singles and deeper album cuts was released in 2007.

Release and reception

Originally released exclusively in the band's home market (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first top-ten entry since Dino Records' compilation album The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra hit number 4 in 1994. All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release.

The album was repackaged with new album art and re-released on 30 May 2011, once more reaching the UK top ten. It sold 848,021 copies by December 2014. [6]

Following the band's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in the legends slot in 2016, the album re-entered the chart, [7] reaching No. 1 in the week ending 4 August 2016, [8] and passed its million sales mark 11 years after its release. [9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra track listing
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Mr. Blue Sky" Out of the Blue , 19775:02
2."Evil Woman" Face the Music , 19754:11
3."Don't Bring Me Down" Discovery , 19794:03
4."Sweet Talkin' Woman"Out of the Blue3:47
5."Shine a Little Love"Discovery4:11
6."Turn to Stone"Out of the Blue3:48
7."The Diary of Horace Wimp"Discovery4:16
8."Confusion"Discovery3:41
9."Hold on Tight" Time , 19813:06
10."Livin' Thing" A New World Record , 19763:31
11."Telephone Line"A New World Record4:39
12."All Over the World" Xanadu , 19804:03
13."Wild West Hero"Out of the Blue4:40
14."Showdown" On the Third Day , 19734:11
15."Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"On the Third Day3:37
16."Xanadu" (New version) Flashback , original version from Xanadu3:21
17."Rockaria!"A New World Record3:12
18."Strange Magic"Face the Music4:07
19."Alright" Zoom , 20013:10
20."Rock 'n' Roll Is King" (Single edit) Secret Messages , 19833:07
Total length:78:20

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33] Platinum70,000^
Germany (BVMI) [34] Gold100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [35] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] 5× Platinum1,067,791 [37]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ First charted at number 128 in the week of 1 September 2012 after the London Olympics opening and closing ceremonies featured "Mr. Blue Sky"; peaked at number 72 week of 27 November 2021 [21] [22] .

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