Electric Light Orchestra discography
Electric Light Orchestra discography
Studio albums 15
EPs 1
Soundtrack albums 1
Live albums 7
Compilation albums 40
Singles 50
Video albums 13
Music videos 33
Box sets 8
The discography of the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) consists of 15 studio albums , seven live albums , 40 compilation albums , 13 video albums , 33 music videos , one extended play , 50 singles , one soundtrack album and eight box sets . ELO have also sold over 50 million records worldwide.
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 All of the RIAA and BPI certifications and/or re-certifications listed are out of date, the majority being decades old.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 AUS AUT GER JPN NLD NOR SWE SWI US The Electric Light Orchestra No Answer (US) (as The Electric Light Orchestra)Released: December 1971 Label: Harvest (UK) · United Artists (US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · CD+DVD-V · 8-trk · digital download 32 54 — — — — — — — 196 ELO 2 Electric Light Orchestra II (US) (as The Electric Light Orchestra)Released: March 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 CAN : Platinum US : GoldFace the Music Released: September 1975 Label: Jet (UK) · United Artists (US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk · digital download — 30 — — — 11 — 41 — 8 CAN: Gold US: Gold A New World Record Released: 15 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 UK: Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum NLD : Gold US: Platinum Out of the Blue Released: 24 October 1977 Label: Jet (UK and US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk · digital download 4 3 — 6 32 3 3 2 — 4 UK: Platinum CAN: Platinum GER: Gold NLD: Gold US: Platinum Discovery Released: 1 June 1979 Label: Jet (UK and US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk · digital download 1 1 3 7 31 6 1 2 — 5 UK: Platinum AUS: 4× Platinum CAN: 3× Platinum GER: Gold US: 2× Platinum Xanadu Olivia Newton-John )Released: 11 July 1980 Label: Jet (UK) · MCA (US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk 2 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 — 4 UK: Gold AUS: Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum GER: Gold US: 2× Platinum Time Released: 31 July 1981 Label: Jet (UK and US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · 8-trk · digital download 1 2 2 1 36 2 2 1 — 16 UK: Platinum CAN: Gold GER: Gold US: Gold Secret Messages Released: 24 June 1983 Label: Jet (UK and US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital download 4 19 11 6 35 7 5 11 — 36 UK: Gold CAN: Gold Balance of Power Released: 3 March 1986 Label: Jet (various early pressings) · Epic (UK) · CBS Associated (US) Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital download 9 49 29 18 22 20 4 3 10 49 UK: Silver Zoom Released: 12 June 2001 Label: Epic Formats: LP · cassette · CD · digital download 34 — 51 16 36 46 18 35 26 94 [B] AUS: Platinum Alone in the Universe 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] UK: Platinum From Out of Nowhere Released: 1 November 2019 Label: Columbia Formats: LP · CD · digital download 1 12 10 14 34 29 26 13 14 47 [D] UK: Silver
Notes
B ^ Also peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 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 AUT GER NLD SWE SWI US 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 Released: 19 April 2013 Label: Frontiers — — — — — — — Wembley or Bust Released: 17 November 2017 Label: Big Trilby 9 20 12 17 21 54 90 UK: Silver
Compilation albums Charted or certified compilations
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT GER NLD NOR NZ SWE SWI US Showdown Released: November 1974 Label: Harvest (UK) — — — — — — — — — — Olé ELO Released: June 1976 Label: Jet (UK) — — — — — — — — — 32 CAN: Platinum US: Gold The Light Shines On Released: April 1977 Label: Harvest — — — — — — — — — — UK: Silver Three Light Years Released: December 1978 Label: Jet 38 — — — — — — — — — UK: Gold The Light Shines On Vol 2 Released: April 1979 Label: Harvest — — — — — — — — — — ELO's Greatest Hits Released: 23 November 1979 Label: Jet (UK) · CBS (US) 7 1 17 — — 13 2 — — 30 UK: Platinum AUS: Platinum CAN: Platinum US: 4× Platinum A Perfect World of Music Released: 1985 Label: Jet — — — 53 — — — — — — All Over the World Released: 1987 Label: Arcade — 50 — — 29 — — — — — The Greatest Hits Released: 1989 Label: Telstar 23 — — — — — — 22 — — UK: Gold ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Released: 5 October 1992 Label: Epic — — — — — — 11 — — — The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra Released: 20 June 1994 Label: Dino 4 15 — — — — — — — — UK: Gold Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Released: 27 October 1997 Label: Epic 60 — — — — 10 — 7 — — UK: Gold NOR: Gold Simply the Best of Electric Light Orchestra Released: 1998 (Germany) Label: Epic (450377) — — — — — — — — — — The Ultimate Collection Released: 8 May 2001 Label: Columbia 18 — — 63 — — — — 92 — UK: Gold All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Released: 6 June 2005 Label: Epic 1 35 — — 71 29 18 6 89 72 [E] UK: 5× Platinum AUS: Platinum GER: Gold US: Gold The Collection Released 9 March 2009 Label: Camden — — — — — — — — — — UK: Silver The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Released: 10 October 2011 Label: Epic — — — — — — — — 58 — UK: Silver US: Gold Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Released: 8 October 2012 Label: Frontiers 8 — — — 78 — — — — 118 [F] UK: Gold
Notes
E ^ First charted at #128 week of 1 September 2012 after the London Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies featured "Mr. Blue Sky", peaked at #72 week of Nov 27, 2021. F ^ Charted at #46 on the US Billboard Top Rock Albums Billboard Top Independent Albums Complete list
Showdown Olé ELO Joyride (soundtrack) (1977) The Light Shines On The Light Shines On Vol 2 ELO's Greatest Hits The Best of ELO (Tellydisc, 1981) Eldorado/Electric Light Orchestra II (cassette only reissue) (1983) A Perfect World of Music (1985) First Movement (1986) All Over the World (1987) The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra (Telstar , 1989) The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra (Epic , 1990) ELO Classics (1990) The Very Best of ELO (Arcade, 1990) The Very Best of ELO 1 (1990) The Very Best of ELO 2 (1990) Early ELO: 1971–1973 (1991) ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Burning Bright (1992) The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra 2 CD (1995)The Gold Collection (EMI Gold, 1996) The Best of Electric Light Orchestra (Disky, 1996) Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra The Danish Collection, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra The Swedish Collection, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Friends & Relatives Definitive Collection World Ballads: Electric Light Orchestra (1999) The Ultimate Collection The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Early Years (2004) All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (2005) Harvest Showdown (2005) The Collection (2006) The Harvest Years: 1970–1973 (2006) Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2 (2007) ELO: Los Monstruos del Rock (2008) Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra The Collection (2009) The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (2011) The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 2 CD (2011) Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra - Jeff Lynne (2012)
Box sets Title Album details Notes Three Light Years Released: December 1978 Label: Jet Format: 3 LPs The box set compiles On the Third Day Eldorado Face the Music Four Light Years Released: 1980 Label: Jet Format: 4 LPs The box set compiles A New World Record Out of the Blue Discovery 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 Balance of Power 3-Pak Released: 24 October 1995 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: 3 CDs 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 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 from 2006 reissues. 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 IRE 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 AUS AUT CAN FRA GER IRE NLD NZ US "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 UK: Silver US: Platinum Face the Music "Nightrider " 1976 — — — — — — — — — — "Strange Magic " 38 85 — 42 10 — — — — 14 US: Gold "Showdown" (reissue ) — — — 73 — — — — — 59 Olé ELO "Livin' Thing " [M] 4 2 3 8 9 5 6 4 4 13 UK: Gold US: Gold A New World Record "Rockaria! " 1977 9 10 7 — — — — 23 — — "Do Ya" — — — 13 — 42 — — — 24 "Telephone Line " 8 10 — 1 10 32 — — 1 7 UK: Silver US: Platinum CAN: Gold "Turn to Stone " [N] 18 17 — 9 9 32 — 23 21 13 UK: Silver US: Gold Out of the Blue "Mr. Blue Sky " 1978 6 87 — 26 — 27 28 8 — 35 UK: 5× Platinum GER: Gold US: 3× Platinum "Wild West Hero " 6 — — — — — 9 — — — UK: Silver "Sweet Talkin' Woman " 6 38 27 16 — — 6 24 — 17 UK: Silver US: Gold "It's Over " — — — — — — — — — 75 "Shine a Little Love " 1979 6 14 23 4 2 30 4 17 17 8 UK: Silver Discovery "The Diary of Horace Wimp " 8 48 — — — 52 10 — — — UK: Silver "Don't Bring Me Down " 3 6 2 1 — 5 6 5 6 4 AUS: Gold UK: Platinum US: 2× Platinum "Confusion " [G] 8 — 5 20 6 6 9 5 — 37 UK: Silver "Last Train to London " [G] — — 28 3 — — — 39 UK: Silver "I'm Alive " 1980 20 27 — 10 9 16 10 38 — 16 US: Gold Xanadu "Xanadu " (featuring Olivia Newton-John ) 1 2 1 9 3 1 1 1 8 8 UK: Silver "All Over the World " 11 78 — 16 4 27 12 10 — 13 UK: Silver "Don't Walk Away " 21 — — — — 52 7 — — — "Hold On Tight " 1981 4 5 2 6 — 2 3 10 7 10 UK: Silver 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 CAN: Gold 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 Billboard Year-End performances 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 Radio & Records Videos Music videos 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 1991 Fusion – Live in London UK VHS 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 AUS: 2× Platinum 2005 Inside the Electric Light Orchestra 1970–1973 DVD 2006 Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley (remastered) DVD UK: Gold 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 UK: Gold 2017 Jeff Lynne's ELO: Wembley or Bust CD/DVD/Blu-ray
See also List of songs recorded by Electric Light Orchestra ELO Part II discography The Orchestra discography The Move discography The Idle Race discography Traveling Wilburys discography Armchair Theatre External links discography at Discogs discography at MusicBrainz