| ELO's Greatest Hits | |
| Type: | Greatest hits |
| Artist: | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Cover: | ELOsGreatestHitsalbumcover.gif |
| Released: | 23 November 1979 |
| Recorded: | April 1973–August 1977 |
| Length: | 44:50 |
| Producer: | Jeff Lynne |
| Prev Title: | Discovery |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | A Box of Their Best |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released 23 November 1979.[1] [2] Despite being released after the album Discovery, this album omitted the band's most recent hits, "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Shine a Little Love".
The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.
| Title | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Evil Woman" (Single version) | Face the Music (1975) | 4:10 | |
| 2 | "Livin' Thing" | A New World Record (1976) | 3:31 | |
| 3 | "Can't Get It Out of My Head" | Eldorado (1974) | 4:22 | |
| 4 | "Showdown" (U.S. single edit) | On the Third Day (U.S.) (1973) Showdown (UK) (1974) | 3:51 | |
| 5 | "Turn to Stone" | Out of the Blue (1977) | 3:48 | |
| 6 | "Rockaria!" | A New World Record (1976) | 3:12 |
| Title | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sweet Talkin' Woman" | Out of the Blue (1977) | 3:47 | |
| 2 | "Telephone Line" | A New World Record (1976) | 4:37 | |
| 3 | "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single edit) | On the Third Day (1973) | 3:35 | |
| 4 | "Strange Magic" (UK single version) | Face the Music (1975) | 4:07 | |
| 5 | "Mr. Blue Sky" | Out of the Blue (1977) | 5:05 |
| scope=col | Chart (1979-1980) | scope=col | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Argentinian Albums Chart[3] | 7 | |
| scope=row | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] | 1 | |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[5] | 28 | ||