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Electric Light Orchestra
Eldorado
This is the first ELO album which achieves a true orchestral sound by using
session musicians. It also contains Can't Get It Out Of My Head, one of
the very few ELO singles I rate as highly as I do the band's non-single album
tracks; on this song, Jeff Lynne is almost a vocal
dead ringer for John Lennon, and though this album was released six years before
Lennon's death, it's still eerie to hear. It also contains Laredo
Tornado, a spooky song driven by a mournful guitar phrase and one of my
all-time favorites, Illusions in G Major, a song which is actually the
most rock-oriented piece on the whole album despite its fancy title, and the
mournful Eldorado itself in which Lynne strives for other extremes and
almost achieves an operatic sound with his singing. Not only is the album on my
DNP Album List, but it's the point at which ELO caught on like wildfire - and
not without reason. Highest recommendations.
- Eldorado Overture (2:13)
- Can't Get It Out Of My Head (4:21)
- Boy Blue (5:19)
- Laredo Tornado (5:30)
- Poorboy - The Greenwood (2:56)
- Mister Kingdom (5:30)
- Nobody's Child (3:57)
- Illusions in G Major (2:38)
- Eldorado (5:18)
- Eldorado Finale (1:39)
Released by: Jet
Release date: 1974
Total running time: 39:21
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