Album of the day (#5094): Time by Electric Light Orchestra - Music

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Time by Electric Light Orchestra (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1981.
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Overall rank: 675
Average rating: 76/100 (from 378 votes).

Tracks:
1. Prologue
2. Twilight
3. Yours Truly, 2095
4. Ticket To The Moon
5. The Way Life's Meant To Be
6. Another Heart Breaks
7. Rain Is Falling
8. From The End Of The World
9. The Lights Go Down
10. Here Is The News
11. 21st Century Man
12. Hold On Tight
13. Epilogue

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I'm sorry. But I believe this to be the single most overrated album on BEA. It completes the ELO transition from a creative melding of classical strings and rock instrumentation to over simplified synth pop. Lynne's strong suit was never his lyrics...it was his production, his instrumental sight and his symphonic vision. He seems to have eliminated his string section and handed it over to Richard Tandy simply because it was easier. I don't believe Lynne's heart was in it any more. It's ELO in name only. A trio of fairly good songs ("Twilight", "Rain Is Falling", and "Hold On Tight") surrounded by some of Lynne's weakest tracks (the three single B-sides, later bonus tracks, "The Bouncer", "When Time Stood Still", and "Julie Don't Live Here" are better than the rest of Time). And the concept? I don't care about rock album concepts. They rarely hold water. This one doesn't either...even Lynne admits that he doesn't quite get where he was going with it.

When I was young, I was DEEPLY into ELO. Discovery was disappointing...but Time broke my heart.
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Romanelli wrote:

I'm sorry. But I believe this to be the single most overrated album on BEA. It completes the ELO transition from a creative melding of classical strings and rock instrumentation to over simplified synth pop. Lynne's strong suit was never his lyrics...it was his production, his instrumental sight and his symphonic vision. He seems to have eliminated his string section and handed it over to Richard Tandy simply because it was easier. I don't believe Lynne's heart was in it any more. It's ELO in name only. A trio of fairly good songs ("Twilight", "Rain Is Falling", and "Hold On Tight") surrounded by some of Lynne's weakest tracks (the three single B-sides, later bonus tracks, "The Bouncer", "When Time Stood Still", and "Julie Don't Live Here" are better than the rest of Time). And the concept? I don't care about rock album concepts. They rarely hold water. This one doesn't either...even Lynne admits that he doesn't quite get where he was going with it.

When I was young, I was DEEPLY into ELO. Discovery was disappointing...but Time broke my heart.

That pretty much sums up my thoughts as well. After the high water mark of Out Of The Blue, I thought that Discovery was an Ok album, but this was a slide into a phase in their career that became know longer interested in. This was the last ELO album that I bought and no regrets about that. Subsequent output just got worse and worse.

And please don’t get me started on ELO Part II. Ahhhhhhhhhhh