Olé ELO

Olé ELO
Greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1971–75
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock
Length	49:22 (US United Artists original pressing) 43:49 (subsequent issues)
Label	United Artists, Columbia/Jet
Producer	Jeff Lynne (all tracks), Roy Wood (track 1)
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Face the Music (1975) Olé ELO (1976) A New World Record (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound	3/5 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Olé ELO is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) covering their early years. Released in 1976, this LP was originally compiled by United Artists Records as a promotional album for American radio stations, but when copies of the LP started selling to fans "underground" United Artists decided to release it in the US to capitalize on the band's growing popularity.

Track listing

Original US United Artists pressings of the album contained the full-length versions of "Kuiama" and "Roll Over Beethoven", as included in the album Electric Light Orchestra II . Original promotional copies were pressed on gold vinyl. An extremely limited run of white, blue & red vinyl promotional pressings was also made. Later US releases and CBS/Jet reissues have included edited versions of these two songs. "Kuiama" was shortened to 9:08, and the single edit of "Roll Over Beethoven" was used, which was 4:31.

Side one

#	Title	Writer	Album	Length
1	"10538 Overture"	Jeff Lynne	The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer	5:25
2	"Kuiama"	Jeff Lynne	ELO 2 (1973)	11:10
3	"Roll Over Beethoven"	Chuck Berry / Ludwig van Beethoven	ELO 2 (1973)	8:02

Side two

#	Title	Writer	Album	Length
1	"Showdown"	Jeff Lynne	1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973)	4:12
2	"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"	Jeff Lynne	On the Third Day (1973)	3:35
3	"Can't Get It Out of My Head"	Jeff Lynne	Eldorado (1974)	4:26
4	"Boy Blue"	Jeff Lynne	Single edit; full version included on Eldorado (1974)	4:12
5	"Evil Woman"	Jeff Lynne	Face the Music (1975)	4:15
6	"Strange Magic"	Jeff Lynne	Face the Music (1975)	4:05

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	32
US CashBox Top 100 Albums [6]	24

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [7]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA) [8]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Olé ELO at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
3. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p.  383. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p.  274. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
5. "Electric Light Orchestra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
6. "CashBox Top 100 Albums" (PDF). CashBox. Vol. XXXVIII #13. United States. 14 August 1976. p. 61. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
7. "Canadian album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – Ole". Music Canada.
8. "American album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – Ole' ELO". Recording Industry Association of America.