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Electric Light Orchestra
Face The Music
Relax. The backward voice that booms through the intro of Fire On High
is simply saying the famous phrase, "The music is reversible, but time
is not," and just between you and me, the voice treatment and the
phrase itself sound like a Vorlon from Babylon
5 (not to mention that later ELO albums credited art and photography to
someone simply named Kosh). In the meantime, this album marked the beginning of
ELO's more consciously commercial sound, which had mixed results. The all-time
classic Evil Woman gets old after a while, but I could listen to
Strange Magic for a long time. The best song on the album has to be the
ballad Waterfall, and as for songs I could have done without...well, it
could just be the fact that I'm all too familiar with the south, but Down
Home Town just grates on my nerves...
- Fire On High (5:30)
- Waterfall (4:27)
- Evil Woman (4:20)
- Nightrider (4:23)
- Poker (3:32)
- Strange Magic (4:30)
- Down Home Town (3:54)
- One Summer Dream (5:48)
Released by: Jet
Release date: 1975
Total running time: 36:24
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