Label: Epic Records (Japan), MHCP 1097
Style: Progressive Pop, Pop Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 59:12
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 398 Mb
Charts:
UK #6, AUS #1, AUT #9, GER #7, JPN #60, NLD #2, NOR #9, SWE #1, US #5.
NLD: Gold; UK & US: Platinum; CAN: 2x Platinum.
A New World Record marked ELO's shift towards shorter pop songs, a trend which would continue across their career.
Their
second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the LP
proved to be the band's breakthrough in the UK; after their previous
three studio recordings failed to chart in their home market, A New
World Record became their first top ten album in the UK. It became a
global success and reached multi-platinum status in the US and UK. The
album sold five million units worldwide within its first year of
release. The cover art features the ELO logo, designed by Kosh, for the
first time; this logo would be included on most of the group's
subsequent releases. The album yielded four hit singles, including
"Livin' Thing", the transatlantic Top Ten hit "Telephone Line", which
became the band's first gold US single, the UK Top Ten hit "Rockaria!",
and the US number 24 hit "Do Ya", a remake of the 1972 single by The
Move, of which Lynne was a member between 1970 and 1972.
In 1977,
four of the album's songs were featured on the soundtrack of the film
Joyride. In 2006, the album was remastered and released with bonus
tracks on Sony's Epic/Legacy imprint. "Surrender" was also issued as a
promotional single and an iTunes download single, which entered the top
100 download chart. The track was originally written in 1976 for a
cancelled film soundtrack and was finished in 2006.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_World_Record)
01. Tightrope (05:06)
02. Telephone Line (04:40)
03. Rockaria! (03:12)
04. Mission (A World Record) (04:25)
05. So Fine (03:55)
06. Livin' Thing (03:32)
07. Above The Clouds (02:17)
08. Do Ya (03:45)
09. Shangri-La (05:40)
10. Telephone Line (Different Vocal) (Bonus) (04:41)
11. Surrender (Bonus) (02:37)
12. Tightrope (Instrumental Early Rough Mix) (Bonus) (04:55)
13. Above the Clouds (Instrumental Rough Mix) (Bonus) (01:14)
14. So Fine (Instrumental Early Rough Mix) (Bonus) (04:16)
15. Telephone Line (Instrumental) (Bonus) (04:51)
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