Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (album)

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Electric Light Orchestra Part Two
Electric Light Orchestra Part Two album cover.jpg
US cover
Studio album by
ELO Part II
Released1990 (US)
20 May 1991 (UK)
Studio
  • Mill Studios, Cookham, UK
  • Angel Studios, Islington, London, UK
  • Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham, UK
  • Fanfare Studios, Golden, Colorado, US
  • Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, US
[1]
Genre Rock
Length42:03
Label
Producer Jeff Glixman
ELO Part II chronology
Electric Light Orchestra Part Two
(1990)		Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live
(1992)
Singles from Electric Light Orchestra Part Two
  1. "For the Love of a Woman"
    Released: 1990 (US)
  2. "Honest Men"
    Released: 15 April 1991
  3. "Thousand Eyes"
    Released: 24 June 1991 [2]
  4. "Kiss Me Red"
    Released: 1991 (Japan)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound woof! [10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

In 1991, Music & Media magazine declared in their review that ELO Part II "have succeeded in reviving the old trademark sound of E.L.O." [12] In his retrospective review, AllMusic's Doug Stone noted the album as "a decent fabrication of a begone [ sic ] fab era". [8]

Track listing

Original LP

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Hello" Eric Troyer, Bev Bevan, Pete Haycock, Neil LockwoodTroyer1:17
2."Honest Men"TroyerTroyer6:13
3."Every Night"Troyer, Ken CummingsLockwood3:15
4."Once upon a Time"Bevan, HaycockHaycock4:18
5."Heartbreaker"Bevan, HaycockLockwood4:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Thousand Eyes"TroyerTroyer4:49
7."For the Love of a Woman"TroyerTroyer4:01
8."Kiss Me Red" Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly Lockwood4:01
9."Heart of Hearts"TroyerTroyer4:18
10."Easy Street"Bevan, HaycockHaycock4:56
Total length:42:03

Tracks included on 2021 reissue: [13]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Love for Sale" (B-side to "Honest Men")Bevan, Haycock [14] 4:14
12."Kiss Me Red" (live)Steinberg, Kelly4:03
13."Thousand Eyes" (live)Troyer4:30
14."Honest Men" (live)Troyer6:22
15."Every Night" (live)Troyer, Cummings4:04
16."Blackberry Way" (live) Roy Wood 3:50
17."Honest Men" (single video edit)Troyer3:27

Personnel

Personnel according to the booklet. [1]

ELO Part II
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 22
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 34

References

  1. 1 2 Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (booklet). ELO Part II. Netherlands: Disky. 1991. DCD 5225.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ "New Singles". Music Week . 22 June 1991. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Electric Light Orchestra". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Part Two: Once Upon A Time at AllMusic . Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Sinclair, Keith (28 June 2021). "ELO Part II: Renaissance Reissues Update". elobeatlesforever.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 Boehm, Mike (22 July 1995). "ELO Part II: It Can Rise, but Can It Shine?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Electric Light Orchestra Part II Biography". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 Stone, Doug. Electric Light Orchestra Part Two at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  10. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp.  382–83. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
  11. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn) . New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p.  275. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  12. ↑ "New Releases – Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8. Issue 24. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 15 June 1991. p. 8. Retrieved 15 March 2021– via WorldRadioHistory.Com.
  13. ↑ Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (CD back cover). ELO Part II. United States: Renaissance Records. 2021. RMED-0990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ "Honest Men" (inner sleeve, back). ELO Part II. Telstar. 1991. ELOCD100.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Electric Light Orchestra Part II – Part Two" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Electric Light Orchestra Part II – Part Two". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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