The Album Review Club - Week #195 (page 1310) - A New World Record - ELO

mrbelfry said:
according to google there is a band called Big Swede but I don't think it's that. I also don't think it's Armand Van Helden. Probably not Swedish House Mafia. There is a metal band called Pole Position. Could be Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede
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Nothing to do with Sweden. At first, I had a photo of an African athlete but it wouldn't save into a suitable file format.
It's more what the photo represents than who it is or where he's from.

mrbelfry said:
World Record is an album by Neil Young?
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Now you're getting closer.

The band name might be something somebody from Yorkshire might say when they greet you.
 
RobMCFC said:
Nothing to do with Sweden. At first, I had a photo of an African athlete but it wouldn't save into a suitable file format.
It's more what the photo represents than who it is or where he's from.


Now you're getting closer.

The band name might be something somebody from Yorkshire might say when they greet you.
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How do?
 
No idea what the album is but I've just put on this years album by Wire bassist Graham Lewis, which is called Alreet, which it is.
 
Yup, well done that man. Here's what @BimboBob had to say.

Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record

It's Sunday. Just after 4pm. Mine and my Dad's bellies are full to overflowing from the roast that my Mum lovingly overcooked. It was rude to complain or moan because I knew what was coming next. The short trip into the front room, Dad carrying his ashtray and scotch, me, my hopes that this weeks choice would knock my little socks off. I already knew it would be ELO, he'd given the game away the day before as I watched him buy it, but I hoped it would be better than their previous record which I found, at the time, to be a little dull and long winded.

As soon as the opening song 'Tightrope' kicked in I was hooked. And so was my Dad. It got a second play through, which was mostly unheard off as he liked an afternoon snooze before the pub reopened.

A New World Record was a turning point for ELO. Their previous three albums failed to make a significant dent in the UK charts so things needed to change. Out went the long winded sort of prog sort of not hit and miss style and in it's place a more punchier, pop orientated offering. It's also a better produced album than the previous three, in my head at least, but the strings and arrangements are still front and centre. It also has my favourite ending of any record, the delightful Shangri-la.

I play this record at least once a month. And yes, it's the very same one he bought all those years ago. A bit battered. But still loved.

  1. Tightrope
  2. Do Ya
  3. Telephone Line
  4. Rockaria!
  5. Mission (A World Record)
  6. So Fine
  7. Livin' Thing
  8. Above The Clouds
  9. Shangri-La
 
RobMCFC said:
I just knew that the musical time machine would be taking us back to his living room, sometime in the 70s - and I made that prediction before I read the full content of his message :)
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On the subject of father and son music, my 18 year old has just DM'd me to say that his Spotify wrap has estimated him to be 60 years old :-) Can't tell if he's outraged or quite chuffed.
 
threespires said:
On the subject of father and son music, my 18 year old has just DM'd me to say that his Spotify wrap has estimated him to be 60 years old :-) Can't tell if he's outraged or quite chuffed.
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That's OK, I reckon it would have done the same to me aged 19 if it had have been around in 1987.

It's good that he's obviously bypassed the liking a certain type of music because it's popular at college or in the charts etc.
 
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