Electric Light Orchestra discography

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Electric Light Orchestra discography
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ELO performing in 1978
Studio albums 15
Live albums 7
Compilation albums 40
Video albums 13
Music videos 33
EPs 1
Singles 50
Soundtrack albums 1
Box sets 8

The discography of the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) consists of 15 studio albums, 7 live albums, 40 compilation albums, 13 video albums, 33 music videos, 1 extended play, 50 singles, 1 soundtrack album and 8 box sets. ELO have also sold over 50 million records worldwide.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Below is a table outlining ELO's studio album output.

Notes: The peak chart listings are accurate but incomplete because of the limited availability of past chart information regarding other countries. All of the RIAA and BPI certifications and/or re-certifications listed are out of date, the majority being decades old. The fact that some albums are listed as non-certified does not necessarily mean those albums have not reached certification sales levels. Record companies that own the manufacturing and distribution rights to a particular record have to pay the RIAA, BPI and related bodies to research, audit and certify that record, whether it be an album, single or compilation.

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3][4]
AUT
[5]
GER
[6]
JPN
[7][8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
The Electric Light Orchestra
No Answer (US)
(as The Electric Light Orchestra)
32 54 196
ELO 2
Electric Light Orchestra II (US)
(as The Electric Light Orchestra)
  • Released: January 1973
  • Label: Harvest (UK) · United Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
35 62
On the Third Day
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Warner Bros. (UK) · United
    Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
10 52
Eldorado
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros. (UK) · United
    Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
40 4 16
Face the Music
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: Jet (UK) · United Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
30 11 41 8
A New World Record
  • Released: October 1976
  • Label: Jet (UK) · United Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
6 1 9 7 60 2 9 1 5
Out of the Blue
  • Released: 3 October 1977
  • Label: Jet (UK) · United Artists (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
4 3 6 32 3 3 2 4
Discovery
  • Released: 1 June 1979
  • Label: Jet (UK) · Columbia (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
1 1 3 7 31 6 1 2 5
Xanadu
(with Olivia Newton-John)
  • Released: 11 July 1980 [20]
  • Label: Jet (UK) · MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
  • UK: Gold[21]
  • AUS: Platinum[22]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[14]
  • GER: Gold
  • US: 2× Platinum
Time
(as ELO)
  • Released: 31 July 1981 [23]
  • Label: Jet (UK) · Columbia (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk ·
    digital download
1 2 2 1 36 2 2 1 16
Secret Messages
  • Released: 24 June 1983
  • Label: Jet (UK) · Columbia (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital
    download
4 19 11 6 35 7 5 11 36
Balance of Power
  • Released: 3 March 1986
  • Label: Epic (UK) · CBS Associated (US)
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital
    download
9 49 29 18 22 20 4 3 10 49
Zoom
  • Released: 12 June 2001
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital
    download
34 51 16 36 46 18 35 26 94
[B]
Alone in the Universe
(as Jeff Lynne's ELO)
  • Released: 13 November 2015
  • Label: RCA (UK) · Columbia (US)
  • Formats: LP · CD · digital download
4 15 14 7 27 5 9 5 7 23
[C]
From Out of Nowhere
(as Jeff Lynne's ELO)
  • Released: 1 November 2019
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP · CD · digital download
1 12 10 14 34
[25]
29 26
[26]
13 14 47
[D]

Notes

  • B ^ Also peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Top Internet Albums chart.
  • C ^ Also peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Top Rock Albums chart.
  • D ^ Also peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Top Rock Albums and Top Album Sales charts.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUT
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[9]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[27]
US
[13]
The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Live at Wembley '78
  • Released: 28 March 1998
  • Label: Eagle
Live at Winterland '76
  • Released: 30 March 1998
  • Label: Eagle
The BBC Sessions
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Eagle
Live at the BBC
  • Released: 28 June 1999
  • Label: Eagle
Electric Light Orchestra Live
Wembley or Bust
(as Jeff Lynne's ELO)
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Big Trilby
9 20 12 17 21 54 90

Compilation albums

Charted or certified compilations

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3][4]
AUT
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[28]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[27]
US
[13]
Showdown
  • Released: November 1974
  • Label: Harvest (UK)
Olé ELO
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Jet (UK)
32
The Light Shines On
  • Released: April 1977
  • Label: Harvest
Three Light Years
  • Released: December 1978
  • Label: Jet
38
The Light Shines On Vol 2
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Harvest
ELO's Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: Jet (UK) · CBS (US)
7 1 17 13 2 30
A Perfect World of Music
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Jet
53
All Over the World
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Arcade
50 29
The Greatest Hits 23 22
ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Epic
11
The Very Best of the Electric
Light Orchestra
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Dino
4 15
Light Years, The Very Best of
Electric Light Orchestra
  • Released: 27 October 1997
  • Label: Epic
60 10 7
Simply the Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • Released: 1998 (Germany)
  • Label: Epic (450377)
The Ultimate Collection 18 63 92
All Over the World: The Very
Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • Released: 6 June 2005
  • Label: Epic
1 35 71 29 18 6 89 73
[E]
The Collection
  • Released 9 March 2009
  • Label: Camden
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
  • Released: 10 October 2011
  • Label: Epic
58
Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of
Electric Light Orchestra
8 78 118
[F][32]

Notes

Complete list

Box sets

Title Album details Notes
Three Light Years
  • Released: December 1978
  • Label: Jet
  • Format: 3 LPs
Four Light Years
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Jet
  • Format: 4 LPs
A Box of Their Best
  • Released: 7 August 1980
  • Label: Jet • Epic (PZX 36966)
  • Formats: 4 LPs/1 7-inch single
  • The box set compiles A New World Record, Out of the Blue and Discovery in their entirety along with Lynne's first ever solo single "Doin' That Crazy Thing". This single, a single-sided single that was marked as a promo, was not in all releases of the box.
Afterglow
  • Released: 15 June 1990
  • Label: Epic (E3K 46090)
  • Formats: 3 CDs and cassettes
  • The box set features songs from all Electric Light Orchestra albums with the exception of Xanadu, as well as rare b-sides and unreleased tracks from Time, Secret Messages originally intended double album and Balance of Power.
3-Pak
  • The box set compiles Face the Music, A New World Record and Discovery in their entirety.
Flashback
  • Released: 21 November 2000
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (3K 85123)
  • Formats: 3 CDs
  • The box set features songs from all Electric Light Orchestra albums with previously unreleased tracks.
Original Album Classics
  • Released: 25 October 2010
  • Label: Epic/Legacy/Sony Music (88697787342)
  • Formats: 5 CDs
  • US: Gold[15]
  • The box set compiles On the Third Day, Face the Music, A New World Record, Discovery, and Time in their entirety, including bonus tracks.
The Classic Albums Collection
  • Released: 22 November 2011
  • Label: Sony Music/Epic/Legacy/EMI (88697873262)
  • Formats: 11 CDs
  • The box set compiles all Electric Light Orchestra studio albums from The Electric Light Orchestra to Balance of Power (excluding Xanadu) in their entirety, including bonus tracks.
The UK Singles Volume One 1972–1978
  • Released: 21 September 2018
  • Label: Sony Music/Epic/Legacy (88985424617)
  • Formats: 16 7-inch
  • The box set compiles fifteen Electric Light Orchestra 7-inch singles and one 7-inch EP originally released between 1972 and 1978

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
IRE
[35]
The ELO EP
  • Released: 9 December 1978 (UK)
  • Label: Jet
34 15

Singles

Note: Entry boxes containing "—" may pertain to any of the following:

  • A single not being released in the territory
  • Various charts listed had ceased to exist before particular singles were released
  • Accurate but incomplete information
  • Failure to chart
Title Year Chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3][4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[36]
FRA
[37]
GER
[6]
IRE
[35]
NLD
[9]
NZ
[28]
US
[38]
"10538 Overture" 1972 9 5 The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer
"Roll Over Beethoven" 1973 6 53 19 22 19 42 ELO 2
"Showdown" 12 47 25 53 On the Third Day (US versions only)
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" 1974 22 On the Third Day
"Daybreaker" 57 87
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" 59 25 5 20 9 Eldorado
"Boy Blue" 1975
"Evil Woman" 10 23 6 2 10 21 8 10 Face the Music
"Nightrider" 1976
"Strange Magic" 38 85 42 10 14
"Showdown" (reissue) 73 59 Olé ELO
"Livin' Thing" [M] 4 2 3 8 9 5 6 4 4 13 A New World Record
"Rockaria!" 1977 9 10 7 23
"Do Ya" 13 42 24
"Telephone Line" 8 10 1 10 32 1 7
"Turn to Stone" [N] 18 17 9 [39] 9 32 23 21 13 Out of the Blue
"Mr. Blue Sky" 1978 6 87 26 27 28 8 35
"Wild West Hero" 6 9
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" 6 38 27 16 [40] 6 24 17
"It's Over" 75
"Shine a Little Love" 1979 6 14 23 4 [41] 2 30 4 17 17 8 Discovery
"The Diary of Horace Wimp" 8 48 52 10
"Don't Bring Me Down" 3 6 2 1 [42] 5 6 5 6 4
"Confusion" [G] 8 5 20 [43] 6 6 9 5 37
"Last Train to London" [G] 28 [44] 3 39
"I'm Alive" 1980 20 27 10 [45] 9 16 10 38 16 Xanadu
"Xanadu" (featuring Olivia Newton-John) 1
[46]
2 1 9 [47] 3 1 1 1 8 8
"All Over the World" 11 78 16 [48] 4 27 12 10 13
"Don't Walk Away" 21 52 7
"Hold On Tight" 1981 4 5 2 6 [49] 2 3 10 7 10 Time
"Twilight" 30 93 15 10 17 18 18 38
"Rain Is Falling" 1982 [H]
"Here Is the News/Ticket to the Moon" 24 4 61 17
"The Way Life's Meant to Be" 85 30
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" 1983 13 13 16 6 17 4 8 19 Secret Messages
"Secret Messages" [K] 48 14
"Four Little Diamonds" 84 86
"Train of Gold"
"Stranger" [L] [H]
"Buildings Have Eyes"
"Calling America" 1986 28 47 22 28 10 31 16 18 Balance of Power
"So Serious" 77
"Getting to the Point" 97
"Sorrow About to Fall"
"Destination Unknown" [I] 1990 Promo DJ single
"Alright" 2001 87 Zoom
"Moment in Paradise"
"Surrender" [J] 2006 81 A New World Record
(30th Anniversary Edition)
"Latitude 88 North" [J] 2007 Out of the Blue
(30th Anniversary Edition)
"When I Was a Boy" [O] 2015 Alone in the Universe
"When the Night Comes" [O]
"One Step at a Time" [O]
"Ain't It a Drag" [O] 2016
"From Out of Nowhere" [O] 2019 From Out of Nowhere
"Time of Our Life" [O]
Number-one songs 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
Top-ten hits 15 6 6 10 18 5 13 8 5 7

Notes

  • G ^ "Confusion" and "Last Train to London" were released as a double A-side in UK and Ireland.
  • H ^ Actually charted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  • I ^ Promo DJ single.
  • J ^ Single available as a digital download and promo 7-inch format.
  • M ^ Though released in November 1976, it actually became a charting hit for the year 1977.
  • N ^ Though released in November 1977, it actually became a charting hit for the year 1978.
  • O ^ Single available as a digital download.

Peak positions on other US Billboard charts

Year Title US
Mainstream Rock

[38]
US
Adult Contemporary

[38]
Album
1976 "Strange Magic" 24 Face the Music
1977 "Livin' Thing" 36 A New World Record
1978 "Mr. Blue Sky" 12 Out of the Blue
1979 "Shine a Little Love" 40 Discovery
1979 "Confusion" 41
1980 "I'm Alive" 48 Xanadu
"Xanadu" 2
"All Over the World" 46
1981 "Hold On Tight" 2 Time
1983 "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" 19 36 Secret Messages
"Stranger" 33
1986 "Calling America" 22 20 Balance of Power

Billboard Year-End performances

Year Song Year-End
position
1975 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" 81
1976 "Evil Woman" 70
1977 "Telephone Line" 15
"Livin' Thing" 77
1978 "Sweet Talkin' Woman" 86
"Turn to Stone" 94
1979 "Shine a Little Love" 71
"Don't Bring Me Down" 81
1981 "Hold On Tight" 81

American Top 40 year-end performances

Year Song Year-end
position
1977 "Telephone Line" 22
1977 "Livin' Thing" 79
1980 "Xanadu" 93
1981 "Hold On Tight" 75

Opus year-end performances

Year Song Year-end
position
1975 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" 72
1976 "Evil Woman" 60
1976 "Strange Magic" 97
1977 "Telephone Line" 38
1977 "Livin' Thing" 90
1978 "Sweet Talkin' Woman" 83
1979 "Shine a Little Love" 40
1979 "Don't Bring Me Down" 42
1980 "I'm Alive" 80
1980 "All Over the World" 54
1980 "Xanadu" 26
1981 "Hold On Tight" 61

Radio & Records

Year Song Peak
position[50][51]
1975 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" 27
1976 "Evil Woman" 5
1976 "Strange Magic" 17
1976 "Livin' Thing" 6
1977 "Do Ya" 27
1977 "Telephone Line" 4
1978 "Turn to Stone" 5
1978 "Sweet Talkin' Woman" 12
1979 "Shine a Little Love" 1
1979 "Don't Bring Me Down" 5
1980 "I'm Alive" 12
1980 "All Over the World" 8
1980 "Xanadu" 2
1981 "Hold On Tight" 6
1981 "Twilight" 25
1983 "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" 11
1986 "Calling America" 20

Videos

Music videos

Year Song Director[52] Album
1972 "10538 Overture" Unknown The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer
1973 "Roll Over Beethoven" Unknown ELO 2/Electric Light Orchestra II
"Showdown" Unknown On the Third Day
1974 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" Unknown Eldorado, A Symphony
1975 "Evil Woman" Unknown Face the Music
1976 "Livin' Thing" Unknown A New World Record
"Rockaria!" Bruce Gowers
"Do Ya" Unknown
"Telephone Line" Unknown
"Tightrope" Unknown
1977 "Turn to Stone" Mike Mansfield Out of the Blue
"Mr. Blue Sky" Mike Mansfield
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" Mike Mansfield
"It's Over" Unknown
"Wild West Hero" (live) Unknown
1979 "Shine a Little Love" Unknown Discovery
"Confusion" Unknown
"Need Her Love" Unknown
"The Diary of Horace Wimp" Unknown
"Last Train to London" Mike Mansfield
"Midnight Blue" Unknown
"On the Run" Unknown
"Wishing" Unknown
"Don't Bring Me Down" Mike Mansfield
1981 "Twilight" Unknown Time
"Ticket to the Moon" Unknown
"Here Is the News" Unknown
"Hold On Tight" Mike Mansfield
1983 "Secret Messages" Unknown Secret Messages
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" Unknown
1986 "So Serious" Peter Christopherson Balance of Power
"Calling America" John Beug & Jane Simpson
2015 "When I Was a Boy" Warren Fu[53] Alone in the Universe
2016 "Ain't It a Drag" Unknown
2019 "Time of Our Life" Unknown From Out of Nowhere

Video albums/concerts

Year Title Format(s) Certifications
1979 Discovery UK Betamax/VHS
1980 Live at Wembley Betamax/VHS
1989 The "Out of the Blue" Tour – Live at Wembley UK VHS
1990 Fusion – Live in London UK VHS
1991 The Very Best of ELO UK VHS
1998 Out of the Blue Tour: Live at Wembley/Discovery DVD/VHS
2001 Zoom Tour Live DVD/VHS
  • UK: Platinum[16]
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[54]
2005 Inside the Electric Light Orchestra 1970–1973 DVD
2006 Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley (remastered) DVD
ELO – Total Rock Review DVD
2010 In Performance DVD
Live: The Early Years DVD
2015 Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park DVD/Blu-ray
2017 Jeff Lynne's ELO: Wembley or Bust CD/DVD/Blu-ray

See also

References

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