Out Of The Blue

This was an instant no on first listen! I was appalled at how much I disliked it. Gave it another bash and I’m going to tell you, this is a pretty good album! Poppy, synth tunes! Done well! I wouldn’t be first in line at the shop, or for tickets but this was a genuine surprise on second listening! Does it count as mood music? Haha! Not shit, not great either but I can totally see how people love it!

Brilliant space odyssey

Love ELO. Such an unmistakable sound.

Catchy pop rock. Can't go wrong with a bit of ELO

Good songs in addition to Mr Blue Sky, would listen

3.5 It was ok, but I felt like there were too many songs on the album

Damn I need to listen to more ELO. This is like a softcore Beatles. This is good. Four stars.

Buen álbum

Excellent! ELO are a genuine sound all of their own.

A classic. Full of great tracks.

1. I enjoy opening track, Turn to Stone, but do not like the way it fades at the end 2. Really like beginning instrumentals of It's Over, I like the way it changes at the end. 3. Sweet Talkin' Woman was forgettable. 4. Across the Border is enjoyable, I like the cymbals and I think violins? 5. Night in the City intro threw me at first but I like the way it goes into the guitar and drums. Vocals are nice. The bv are really nice, harmonies are lovely. The "I'll getcha (is she gonna getcha?)" is very good. My highlight so far. 6. Starlight by Taylor Swift is better but I like the vocals. Originally was just listening through laptop, but on speaker it sounds much much better (duh). 7. Interesting opening to Jungle, did not particularly enjoy but when the instruments kicked in I enjoyed more. It feels kind of childlike? Not sure why just the feel of the song. Not a big fan of it but I like the beat. Animal noises take away from the song - they don't fit (in my opinion). I liked the way it faded. 8. I like Believe Me Now's intro, the instruments sound great. Drums sound great. Not the biggest fan of the electronic sound here, could have done without. Wish it was a full song or a longer instrumental. 9. Steppin' Out opens nicely, the whine of whatever that is is nice. Vocals sound honest and are nice to listen to. Build up was enjoyable, subtle harmonies give depth. Lyrics are good. Drums sound great. Electric sounding vocals are nice here. Choir effect sounds good here. Outro is very strong. 10. Standin' in the Rain's initial intro is boring. Instrumental kick in adds to it but the voice is unnecessary. Drums are a highlight as well as keyboard. Choir is great, chords sound good. Build up was slightly disappointing. Forgettable altogether. Sounds too similar to a previous song. Vocals sound good though, lyrics are good too. Getting into the groove of it now, the descending chords are good, increase in tempo is nice. Night in the City is still the best so far 11. Big Wheels teases Mr Blue Sky, which is interesting. Very subdued opening, nice to hear. Drums are good, choir is not needed here. Later choir effect is good but adds nothing in the early part. Strongest vocals here so far. Strange outro, neutral feeling. 12. Summer and Lightning is fairly forgettable up until the chorus. Nice drum beat. Verses are boring, second chorus is underwhelming in comparison to the first due to lack of change in later verses. Unexpected change in instrumental, claps? are different and nice. Strange choir change. Third chorus is more enjoyable than second but still lacklustre next to first. Didn't like the fade at first but went into next song nicely. 13. Mr Blue Sky is a classic for a reason!! I enjoy this song thoroughly, drums are nice, pants in bv are different and fun. Changes in music keep it invigorating to listen to. Guitar is lovely. Cow bells are fun as well as the lyrics. Haven't enjoyed the electronic voice on most tracks on this album but Mr Blue Sky makes it work, as I knew previously. Ending is always great to listen to - so refreshing and different, drums are a highlight every time. Gorgeous piano at the end with choir. Great song period. 14. Sweet is the Night has big shoes to follow and the intro is promising. Very different sound to MBS, a good thing, the drums sound great, vocals are great as well as bv. Easily overtakes Big Wheel for best vocals. Drums are LOVELY here, really really like them. Guitar sounds fab too. Enough adlibbing to make it different each time so it doesn't sound too repetitive. Was not expecting the end to sound the way it did but I liked it. 15. The Whale has a weird opening but definitely reminiscent of a whale :D, bass is nice. Drums bringing in the rest of instruments was good, slightly too synthy for my taste? Trying to hard to sound futuristic I think. Reminds me of Pokémon which adds nostalgia. Guitar at 3:40 was nice, unexpected on my part. Nice break and instrumental in the album. Fade was lovely. 16. Very different sound heard in Birmingham Blues next to The Whale. Seems different so far to rest of album (violins remind you that you are still listening to the same one). Vocal style is completely different. Drums are lovely. Again very different sound in my opinion, even in bv. Reminds me of earlier rock, then that slight electronic feeling comes in again. The guitar solo reminds me of Thin Lizzy, who came later. Neutral on this song, unsure of the overall feeling. Fade is nice on this song. 17. Final song, Wild West Hero, is building up to be a big song, which would be a great album closer. Vocals are good here, strong piano, drum intro is great. Violins have been consistent in this album nice to hear. Was not expecting that change, guitar brought it in very well. Definitely reminding me of the Wild West, piano was great in the change. Lyrics are enjoyable, good storytelling. The cut of instruments is great, kind of wish it lasted longer. Great ending vocals. Outro is lovely, a great way to end the album. FINAL THOUGHTS: 3 out of 5 stars, enjoyed.

I like ELO and generally enjoyed the album

Easy-listening music, straight out of the 70's. I really liked hearing an entire orchestra of music in this album.

Aside from Mr blue sky I hadn't heard any of the tracks here before. There were some really good ones and some forgettable ones. This was very much a collection of songs rather than a cohesive album.

I'm a big fan of this album, it contains most of ELO's stand out tracks along with some lesser known ones which are still pretty great. I can't really mark this one down.

Has some huge songs on it that are really good, but it sort of felt samey some of the time, and let me down

Just a vibe

Bunt und spaßig?

Hell yea

Very dope Crazy chords some of it to 80's shmaltz for me but rating subject to change as i hear more

very good, had forgotten those great songs, gonna put it on my play list.

Discazo de rock muy al estilo de Supertramp.

Two disks filled with brilliant pop music.

You are in for a ride with ELO, an album that is almost 80 minutes long, and it has its moments. So what I think first of is a mix between some Beatles-esque songs with Queen harmonizing set to take place in space in the late '70s. You have probably heard some part of Mr Blue Sky, and it is a really fun and happy song in its whole length. Listen to this and feel yourself get filled with joy and happiness.

6/10 It was pretty good, I’m always gonna rate orchestral pieces good, I just feel it adds life to a song. Favs: Turn to Stone, Mr. Blue Sly

Noice

1|20

ELO struck gold with this album, and as a result kept the art motif for any subsequent efforts. Boasting several of their most recognizable singles this album flows from one track to the next.

This album feels like driving 65 in a 65 speed limit zone. There is some really fun instrumental stuff in Across the Border. Jungle has got a totally different feel and I dig it, but only kind of. This music just feels like corporate and soulless and sterile to me I guess. There’s no heart here.

Some great Beatlesque pop. Well known hit singles and THAT side 3 weather sequence concluding with the gilt edged Mr Blue Sky. Pretty good, but a little long.

Mr Blue Sky great tune, but this is so much not my type of music 😂 so, 2/5

fuck me they loved a high pitched vocal in the 70s. dirge album, but i looked up the words for jungle. nice story, 100 animals hanging around in a clearing in the jungle singing a song about how the earth is a spaceship circling the sun and joy to everyone on it. Weed was so much better in the 70s.

about as 70s a sound as you can imagine and massively thorough

This was fun, although the style admittedly wore me out after a whole album. Way too much perky for too long. It really does lift you a bit though. Mr Blue Sky is a fun quirky song.

Some good songs but I got a little lost in the middle and felt like some songs merged together - all in all though a fun listen!

Ok, not particularly memorable

Ahh 1977. I was more into punk than this shite. Spikey hair, ripped jeans and sucking off wheelies in alleyways was my game. ELO can fuck right off.

Not very interesting. Very typical of 70s rock. Elements of Bee Gees which I greatly dislike. Some parts obviously inspired by the Beach Boys, but not executed interestingly enough for me. Starlight, Standin' in the Rain, Mr. Blue Sky, and Sweet is the Night are the standout tracks but did not really enjoy the album. It's a double album too and is quite bloated. 2/5

Was never a big ELO fan -- rock muzak

Kind of thing SHACK's mum likes as she watches him swish his hair.

'60s pop meets '70s prog. The album John Lennon's Imagine wishes it was.

Prog nonces

Nice sounds, love them, I already knew mr blue sky

I love ELO, I would’ve cut a few songs but also it sounds so good it’s hard to complain

Great

Well this was a pleasant bloody surprise this Wednesday morning. Borrows hugely from the best bits of the Beatles. Grand, Flawlessly produced, and timelessly catchy. Its 5 or 6 tracks too long which is a shame as there is an absolute masterpiece 11 or 12 song album in there somewhere. 4/5

Würde ich lieber mögen, wenn es nicht so schlimm gemocht werden wollte. Ein peanutbutter/jelly Sandwich ohne Brot, das in einem Milkshake planscht. Puh, so würden sich die Beatles angehört haben, wären sie zusammengeblieben. Sticky 1.6

goood shit

I wrote a long and detailed review, but it got eaten somehow...Anyways, Out Of The Blue is a fantastic double album that has maybe 1 track worth skipping. There's a lot of technical (for the time) feats in this whole experience, and lyrics that reaffirm ELO's embrace of said technology. Side 3 is known as Concerto for a Rainy Day, and should be listened to in its entirety, right up to the special message at the end just for LP listeners.

The first album I ever bought was ELO. This one remains a favourite of mine, despite the decades they spent languishing in the mire of critical scorn. I'm glad they've undergone a minor re-evaluation, because Jeff Lynne owned the purest pop ears since Paul McCartney. The songs here feel liked they're beamed in from a softer, sunnier dimension; and it's a small marvel at just how meticulous some of the arrangements are. Lynne has the sensibility of a jeweller where creating pop is concerned - one of my favourite albums, of any genre, ever

Good but way too long

Tiene una canción que conocía, de la película de guardianes de la galaxia. El disco no me ha acabado de enganchar...

:-/

Chika-chika boom boom, Chanclas in the room room, here with thoughts for you, on “out of the blue”. I feel the appeal, a couple bangers right from the get go, this happy go lucky journey through space is peppered with memorable tracks. But the journeys a bit long ain’t it? 17 tracks might just be too many for an album in my opinion. However it’s length and energy does make it a excellent album for getting some good cleaning done. Beware dancing might occur. True feeling: 3.7/5 stars Saved tracks: 6/17 Stand out tune: turn to stone

Anyone who doesn’t put a 5 deserves death

Thanks you, Guardians of the Galaxy.

why are there so many rock albums aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 6/10 it's decent

Good classic but my fav is TIME

it was ok, groovy

I like my rock like I like my shaft... Soft...

i discovered this record a while back and it has become a classic in my library. the tunes they have produced are great pieces of rock. giving it a 4 but for me its probably a 4.3/5

Omg how did I not know these people? I knew half the songs already, classics! The other review is for Beauty And The Beat, which is alright I guess

Discazo, tiene una buena combinación de rolas movidas y otras más tranquis, de repente se escucha un buen sintetizador que podría sonar como precursor de algunas tendencias electronicas.

Very nice

Si escuchas atento hasta el final se oye Creep.

First time listening to this entire album. I’ve always been impressed by Jeff Lynne simply because he was the one person in the Traveling Wilburys whom I had never heard of. Once I learned about ELO it still seemed like he was the non-famous one in a group of super famous singers. It totally makes sense though after listening to this record; this absolutely sounds like the kind of record other musicians would admire. I’ll have to listen to it way more than once to even begin to digest it all, but it was good going down.

not my jam, very beatles.

3

Alright, sounds late Beatles a bit probably won’t listen again

Absolute banger!

4.5 | Un álbum que disfruté bastante y, aunque conocía canciones sueltas de ELO me sorprendió de muy buena manera escuchar todo un disco. Desde que arranca se siente ese rock retrofuturista (retro al menos ya para hoy en día) setentero que me gusta mucho. Es alegre, te amarra y emociona. Me da un sonido y me hace imaginar mucho esa estética que tenía la ciencia ficción antes de Alien y Star Wars… esa ciencia ficción y cosas del espacio más… inocentes en la que todo era limpio y todos se vestían con batas por alguna razón; es una estética que hoy en día se siente muy tonta quizá para muchos, pero me recuerda demasiadas películas de mi infancia. Música muy eléctrica con coros, cuerdas, letras pegajosas y que se sienten tremendamente británicas. Música divertida. Se siente como un rock sinfónico exagerado, quizá cursi pero muy agradable y termina sintiéndose como una verdadera joya de rock pop. Turn to Stone, It’s Over y Sweet Talking Woman son excelentes y todo ese grupo de canciones que termina con Mr. Blue Sky hacen un conjunto maravilloso y una subida y bajada de emociones muy bien realizada. Tiene un par de canciones lentas, algunas bien algunas que sobran un poco y la última parte después de Mr. Blue Sky es un poco desigual en calidad, algo instrumental que medio sobra, pero todo el álbum es muy agradable. Quizá es un poco largo, no se si funcionaría mejor como un disco normal y no un álbum doble; hay suficientes canciones buenas que no cabrían en un solo disco pero también siento que no hay tanto material como para llenar bien el álbum doble y termina con un poco de relleno.

Love ELO

I like it

Side three of the release is subtitled Concerto for a Rainy Day, a four-track musical suite based on the weather and how it affects mood change, ending with the eventual sunshine and happiness of "Mr. Blue Sky". This was inspired by Lynne's experience while trying to write songs for the album against a torrential downpour of rain outside his Swiss Chalet. "Standin' in the Rain" opens the suite with a haunting keyboard over a recording of real rain, recorded by Jeff Lynne just outside his rented studio. Also heard at the 0:33 mark of the song, which marks the beginning of The Concerto, is thunder crackling in an unusual manner voicing the words "Concerto for a Rainy Day" by the band's keyboardist, Richard Tandy. At around the 1:07 mark, the staccato strings play a morse code spelling out "ELO". The band used the song to open their 1978 World Tour Out of the Blue concerts. "Big Wheels" forms the second part of the suite and continues with the theme of the weather and reflection. Apart from its inclusion on the Out of the Blue album, the song has never appeared on any of the band's compilations or as a B-side until 2000, when Lynne included it on the group's retrospective Flashback album. "Summer and Lightning" is the third song in the suite. The raining weather theme is continued throughout the track though the mood and lyrics are more optimistic. "Mr. Blue Sky", an uplifting, lively song celebrating sunshine, is the finale of "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite. Again, the Vocoder is used at the end of the track where, at the 4:54 mark, one can hear "Please turn me over" as it fades out. It is the only piece from the Concerto to be excerpted as a single.

Rock und synth mix pretty good especially Mr blue sky and turn to stone Paar Songs sind mir zu repetetive

Favs - Turn to Stone & Mr. Blue Sky

Extra AF. Good album with a ton of interesting sounds and ideas. But man, it feels like Pink Floyd got bedazzled and thrown onstage at broadway. Overall enjoyable though, so don't get me wrong. True feelings: 3.6/5

Primero lo primero, amo las cuerdas utilizadas durante todo el disco. Los efectos grabados de lluvia y otros instrumentos por sí solos están bien, pero la combinación crea música por demás disfrutable. No me encantan los coritos a la mitad de las frases y seguro Daft Punk cuando escucharon a ELO dijeron "vamos a hacer música". Un disco muy agradable que experimenta con sonidos sin dejar de ser fácil de consumir. Una chulada. Songs: Night in the City, Across the Border, Believe Me Now, I'm Steppin' Out, Mr Blue Sky, Sweet is the Night

disco progrock is the best progrock?

false

It’s so ambitious and largely successful. He’s a very worthy Wilbury.

The concerto was good. The rest I could take or leave. The musicians are/were extremely talented, I just wasn't enthralled by the result.

Estamos desconectados.

no es pa tanto.

beatles vibes, listenable

It's an album in the spirit of 70's. I didn't quite like the first couple of tracks with lots of electronic/synth background, but the album finds its pace as it moves on. Favorite tracks: * Summer and Lightning * Sweet is the Night

OMG it just goes on and on. I think I hate 70s rock.

I didn't listen to the whole thing, but it has some iconic songs on it so thumbs up.

electric light orchestra. I hardly know her.

pretty funny pretty nice pretty pretty

Proggy

yesss top track - sweet talkin woman every track hit the spot apart from jungle. electronic willy wonka papooz

fuck yeah

Surely there is a brilliance in this but the EZ listening vibe is a little too strong for my taste.

Voy a presentarles La Orquesta de La Luz Oye esta Rica Salsa Nuestro ambiente musical ♬ Ahh no, esta es la OTRA Orquesta de La Luz XD ------ No estoy seguro de cómo catalogar este estilo musical, quizá "Rock-Pop-Sinfónico", pero el álbum me recuerda muchísimo a Queen. Imagino perfectamente a Freddie cantando 'It's Over', 'Standin' in the rain' o 'Mr. Blue Sky'. Algo que también me agradó mucho fueron canciones como 'Jungle', que está instrumentada como una jungla, 'Across the Border' con sus trompetas de mariachi o 'Whale' que pues... es una ballena. El disco tiene algo de 'progresivo' o 'conceptual' que me resulto muy interesante. Por último, este álbum rompió mi estereotipo de que ELO era un grupo de música disco. Escuché todo el disco quizá unas 4 veces y seguro lo escucharía de nuevo.

Was gonna do 3 but mr blue sky boosted it

Too long.

MR BLUE SKY ... but seriously easy listening

Me gusta la música de ELO, Hacen un manejo impecable de las cuerdas y los efectos contrastando con el rock

Mr. Blue Sky es una de mis canciones favoritas desde hace unos años y sin embargo, nunca la había escuchado en el contexto de su disco original, y me encantó ahora oírla como parte de una cosa conceptual que está justo en medio del Rock y la sobreproducción del Disco que empezaba en esa época. Muy buenos solos de guitarra, sintetizadores, motivos que se repiten pero utilizados sutilmente, creo que el disco tiene de todo. Perfecta la coincidencia que, después de Blue de Joni Mitchel siguiera Out of the Blue.

6.5/10 Best songs - starlight Pretty good I liked it a lot but it is a very specific vibe. Another summer drop top album.

Pretty good soft rock/pop album from the 70s. The album has lots of similar sounding tracks.

Fun! Would listen again

Fine, but very middle of the road

Richtig krankes ding

Not bad, somewhat cheesy,maybe I wasn't in the mood for it. Seemed a bit generic

It's ELO nuff said. Great songs.

@@@½. Some nice tunes.

Mr Blue Skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Energetic, epic synth, a bit cheesy feeling with the backing vocals but that's just not to my taste.

Bem feliz

It's ELO in their prime. Disco stylings mixed into classic rock that doesn't tire even in 17 songs.

4 stars cause they got better albums IMO, but definitely a classic. ELO is really good in general

I love ELO and this album is not an exception! Good rock with various styles, ranging from classic to prog, and some really good instrumental songs.

pretty great, I have solid memories with the album but as a standalone I think it's super impressive and enjoyable

Not as great as discovery

What the beatles could have become. Fantastic album

did not click with me, too much disco/flare.

A great decade album. Mr Blue Sky is fantastic

Liked the album in the beginning, but I got bored of the sound.

OH FUCC YEAH how did i ever wait this long to listen to this

Fun listening.

Ihan vekkuleita ralleja

3 ⭐️ nice vibes.

Mr. Blue Sky: Super, Rest: So lala

Not my thing.

Loved it. Classic fun pop. Good melodies.

Some wacky ones, some memorable songs

Brings back memories.

Quite liked this one! A lot of the songs sounded similar to one another, but the album was energetic and put me in a good mood, so I'll let that slide.

Classic double album that seems shorter than its 70 minutes. The suite on Side 3 is perfect.

Somehow ends up sounding a bit slight, despite the absurd maximalism. Which is a shame because that maximalism is the shiny thing that makes ELO ELO. I'm far from disenchanted, just need to wait for my mood to change or consume in smaller bites.

eh. it was ok

A spacious, kaleidoscopic romp towards the highest of highs, Out of the Blue stands tall as the culmination of everything Jeff Lynne had been working up to with ELO. An embrace and rebuke of what was around them, ELO not only turn up the ambition but turn the page of what was before in acknowledgement of what was bound to be new. Favorites: Turn to Stone, It's Over, Night in the City, Starlight, Jungle, Steppin' Out, Standing in the Rain, Mr. Blue Sky, Sweet is the Light, Wild West Hero.

One of my all time favourite albums! Jeff Lynne is the man!

kinda cool old-schooley proggish rock, a couple of mates of mine are big fans so i've heard a bit before. not gonna make regular rotation but it was pleasant enough.

Great ELO album. 10/10

Big fab and stupid

Catchy, memorable, inventive. One of my all time favourites!

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