It was also their first recorded at Musicland in Munich, which became Jeff Lynne's preferred venue for cutting records. "Electric Light Orchestra's more modest follow-up to Eldorado is a very solid album, if not as bold or unified. Nor do the cellos and violin seem a mere afterthought." ( Rolling Stone) In this setting he has successfully integrated a recognisable string trio (an achievement in itself) with his own melodic strings, producing a stately music without being stuffy or saccharine. Leader Jeff Lynne remains one of a few Sixties rockers who has developed a new and more adventurous style with a minimum of chaff in the process. " Face the Music is more fine work from the Electric Light Orchestra, which rather quietly has evolved into a most consistent septet. But there was hope: Evil Woman, a song initially dismissed as filler by Jeff Lynne, gave ELO their first domestic top ten hit in three years, and set them up nicely for the next album, A New World Record. Released in autumn 1975, Face The Music was a US hit, but missed the British chart. Lynne’s approach to recording was to ‘carry’ the song around in his head and build it in the studio, while keeping everyone in the dark about details such as the melody, chorus or lyrics.īut still, Lynne finessed ELO’s usual hybrid of fiddly prog-rock and pop into something that made sense, with songs such as Strange Magic and Evil Woman suggesting that the way forward meant less of the former and more of the latter. His favourite question to Mack was: “Can you make it sound more weird?” without explaining what ‘weird’ was. Lynne’s inability to express himself manifested itself in the studio. “Every morning, his attitude would be cold, as if I’d never met him before," said Mack, "walking straight past me without even saying hello."
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