All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra explained
All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2005.
Overview
The album concentrates on the band's biggest singles released between late 1973 and 1983. The albums The Electric Light Orchestra, ELO 2, Eldorado, and Balance of Power were not represented on the compilation. A companion album featuring additional hit singles and deeper album cuts was released in 2007.
Release and reception
Originally released exclusively in the band's home market (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first top-ten entry since Dino Records' compilation album The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra hit number 4 in 1994. All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release.
The album was repackaged with new album art and re-released on 30 May 2011, once more reaching the UK top ten. It sold 848,021 copies by December 2014.[1]
Following the band's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in the legends slot in 2016, the album re-entered the chart,[2] reaching No. 1 in the week ending 4 August 2016,[3] and passed its million sales mark 11 years after its release.[4]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.
Personnel
- Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, drums ("Xanadu (New version)")
- Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
- Richard Tandy – keyboards, guitar
- Kelly Groucutt – bass, vocals
- Mik Kaminski – violin
- Hugh McDowell – cello
- Melvyn Gale – cello
- Mike de Albuquerque – bass ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Mike Edwards – cello ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Wilfred Gibson – violin ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Colin Walker – cello ("Showdown", "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Marc Bolan – guitar ("Ma-Ma-Ma Belle")
- Marc Mann – keyboards ("Xanadu")
Charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Official Charts Analysis: Mark Ronson scores first No.1 single as Uptown Funk! sells 118,117. Jones. Alan. 15 December 2014. Music Week. 4 January 2016. subscription .
- News: Adele soars back to the top of the charts after Glastonbury set . 1 July 2016 . The Guardian . 2 July 2016 . 2 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160702142235/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/01/adele-soars-back-to-the-top-of-the-charts-after-glastonbury-set . live .
- Web site: Jeff Lynne's ELO score their first Number 1 album in 35 years. Official Charts. 29 July 2016. 31 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160731235608/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jeff-lynne-s-elo-score-their-first-number-1-album-in-35-years-im-totally-amazed-__15849/. live.
- News: ELO's greatest hits All Over the World hits huge sales landmark. Copsey. Rob. 28 June 2016. Official Charts Company. 28 June 2016. 2 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702193249/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/electric-light-orchestras-greatest-hits-album-all-over-the-world-tops-1-million-sales-following-glastonbury-legends-slot__15478/. live.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2005. Official Charts Company. 26 June 2020. 29 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191129105457/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20050109/37502/. live.
- Web site: Årslista Album – År 2011. Sverigetopplistan. sv. 26 June 2020. 13 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130413131857/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20110001&navi=no. live.
- Web site: End Of Year Chart 2011. Official Charts Company. 23 March 2021. 11 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131111025312/http://ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2011.pdf. live.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2015. Official Charts Company. 26 June 2020. 23 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223010026/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20150104/37502/. live.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2016. Official Charts Company. 25 September 2020. 10 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180110055059/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20160108/37502/. live.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2017. Official Charts Company. 25 September 2020. 16 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416115338/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20170101/37502/. live.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018. Official Charts Company. 25 September 2020. 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201115195107/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20180101/37502/. live.
- Web site: The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade. Official Charts Company. Copsey. Rob. 11 December 2019. 12 December 2019. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082651/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-100-biggest-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019__27937/. live.
