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JEFF LYNNE'S ELO "alone in the universe" cd, 2015

album stats..........#4 UK...#15 AU...yet to be released in some marketplaces!
singles:
"when I was a boy"........no chart action
"alone in the universe"...no chart action

I refuse to call this one an ELO album because Lynne plays every instrument except 'shakers'/'tamborines'...
its really a solo record if you look at it like that and if it was solely credited to Lynne I bet half the people who have bought it
probably wouldn't have...including me!
has all the hallmarks of an ELO album, light orchestrations, almost Beatle-esque lyrics and melodies and the unmistakable sound of Jeff Lynne...
ten tracks on here but it alo includes two so-called bonus tracks(strange because there is no 'deluxe' version, just the standard version.
a couple of tracks I really love on here...theyre the two singles so far, a couple I don't like, but the rest are pretty good.
one of the bonus tracks, Fault Line, could have been a Travelling Willburys' song, I can picture Tom Petty belting that one out for sure!
its not a bad album of songs, if you get it, don't expct anything as rocky as 'don't bring m down' or bouncy as 'shine a little love' because it just isn't there!
all up though, a pleasant enough album from Mr. Jeff Lynne

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: im leaving you
best track: alone in the universe

[video=youtube;3fKxkI7emNY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fKxkI7emNY[/video]

tracks:

1...when I was a boy ***
2...love and rain **
3...dirty to the bone **
4...when the night comes **
5...the sun will shine on you **
6...aint it a drag **
7...all my life **
8...im leaving you *
9...one step at a time *
10.alone in the universe ***
11.fault line **
12.blue **

3s=2
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 2.0