Tag Archives: Jeff Lynne

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of

April 17, 2014

Frontiers 2013 More electric than orchestral, the Captain’s charmless revision of the mothership’s logbook. That might well be a nadir of Jeff Lynne’s latter-day of his old band’s name: a re-recording of ELO’s well-known moments in a solo, with a … Continue reading →

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JEFF LYNNE – Long Wave

March 28, 2014

Frontiers 2012 Mr. Blue Sky extends his antenna to pick up a gentle blast from from the past. Visually and melodically timeless, Jeff Lynne knows the value of nostalgia too well but, the latest jumper on the oldies bandwagon, he … Continue reading →

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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Live

March 12, 2014

Frontiers 2013 A brief re-launch of a ’70s luminous spaceship with spectacular, if hardly glorious, results. ELO have been one man’s personal circus ever since Roy Wood left the arena but there still was a collective air, which all but … Continue reading →

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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Zoom

February 27, 2014

Epic 2001 / Frontiers 2013 Beatles-infested, luminescent revitalization of the archived brand brings its forces and foible into focus. It was an unexpected move (no pun intended) when the long-buried acronym and spaceship shot into the skies 15 years after … Continue reading →

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JEFF LYNNE – Armchair Theatre

January 12, 2014

Reprise 1990 / Frontiers 2013 ELO ringmaster’s humble attempt to escape from the orchestra pitfall, with another runaway and a Beatle for a company. His band effectively over in 1986, Jeff Lynne swiftly found himself in a producer’s chair for … Continue reading →

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