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Anonymous guy | Ohio | 11/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you've never listened to ELO before their Out Of The Blue album you might not recognize the band! Jeff strayed so far from the original intent of the band in ELO's later albums it's almost unbelieve it's the same band! I wonder how many people like both "eras" of ELO! I do, but I think I'm the exception most likely. The word for the early ELO music is "haunting"! Does any of his later music appear "haunting"? I don't think so! His later songs seems about as "friendly" and "comfortable" as anyone has ever written, with hooks all over the place! His earlier work such as this cd and On The Third Day was intent on injecting classical musical instruments into a rock format. If you like classical music used on rock music this is as good as it gets, and I do! You don't hear much classical music in rock anywhere else, maybe snippets in some other bands songs (One other band I have to mention that has alot of classical music in a rock format is Trans Siberain Orchestra, TSO, you might want to check them out!) So to conclude, if you like Jeff Lynne's voice, classical music, long songs (all are about 8 minutes), and nice music to "trance out" on, this album is for you! But don't expect Mr Blue Sky!"