Even if I had wanted to.ĮLO’s seventh among the group’s most distinct and orchestrated, and eye-catching. Even in the midst of a temporary pullback from pop music during my Jazz Fusion period, given the radio play this album generated 1 with its handful of art-rock singles, just couldn’t avoid this double-LP. The songs were flowing fast and freely from Jeff Lynne at the time, however, and well more than half of what is here is very solid, at least as songs if not necessarily as recordings.”Īs mentioned, Electric Light Orchestra was unique in that they harkened back to The Lads and the ’60s, but stayed true to the British rock of the ’70s. For starters, it was a double LP, a format that has proved daunting to all but a handful of rock artists, and was no less so here. “The last ELO album to make a major impact on popular music, Out of the Blue was of a piece with its lavishly produced predecessor, A New World Record, but it’s a much more mixed bag as an album. Once again, Bruce Eder writing for Allmusic described the work of those “ Searching for her silver light…”:
Yet, the artwork will always take center stage, at least here. Some register more with me musically than others, though. Mostly, it’s my contention while digital reigns supreme, its vigor among fans lacks the tactile passion of the past LPs. Cover art hasn’t lost purpose, either for old and new. Online or at the record shops still out there. The bits and bytes are looking over their shoulder, though, because vinyl hasn’t entirely gone the way of the dinosaur. Although, music label artistry continues to be noticed and discussed among the material published today. Why Compact Disc versions of album art don’t exactly raise the same reaction these days was looked at in this post.
Melding the musical experience with the artist into a unique visual form. Catching the eyes of potential record-buyers and later their ears and minds. Eventually becoming the cultural stamp on the music of the time. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of 1948. Yet, album covers (the paper board packaging that held them) didn’t come into their own graphically till decades later. This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here.
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