Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra album)
1975 studio album by Electric Light Orchestra
Face the Music is the fifth studio album by British band Electric Light Orchestra. It was released in September, 1975 through United Artists Records. It went to number 8 in the United States, number 11 in the Netherlands, number 24 in Italy, number 30 in Australia and number 31 in Canada. It did not chart in the United Kingdom.
Face the Music | ||||
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Released | 1 September 1975 | |||
Recorded | May–June 1975 | |||
Studio | Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany; strings overdubbed at De Lane Lea Studios, London; mixed at The Record Plant, New York City[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 36:22 | |||
Label | Jet, United Artists | |||
Producer | Jeff Lynne | |||
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Singles from Face the Music | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Music Box | [4] |
MusicHound | 3.5/5[5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Track listing change
All songs written by Jeff Lynne.
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Fire on High" | 5:30 | |||||||
2. | "Waterfall" | 4:11 | |||||||
3. | "Evil Woman" | 4:35 | |||||||
4. | "Nightrider" | 4:26 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
5. | "Poker" | 3:31 | |||||||
6. | "Strange Magic" | 4:29 | |||||||
7. | "Down Home Town" | 3:53 | |||||||
8. | "One Summer Dream" | 5:47 | |||||||
Total length: |
36:22 |
8-Track Track Listing | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Fire On High" | 5:29 | |||||||
2. | "Poker" | 3:30 | |||||||
3. | "Evil Woman" | 4:34 | |||||||
4. | "Nightrider" | 4:22 | |||||||
5. | "Waterfall" | 4:11 | |||||||
6. | "One Summer Dream (Begin)" | 5:45 | |||||||
7. | "One Summer Dream (Cont'd)" | ||||||||
8. | "Strange Magic" | 4:29 | |||||||
9. | "Down Home Town" | 3:53 | |||||||
Total length: |
36:22 |
Cassette Track Listing | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Fire on High" | 5:29 | |||||||
2. | "Waterfall" | 4:11 | |||||||
3. | "Evil Woman" | 4:34 | |||||||
4. | "Down Home Town" | 3:53 | |||||||
5. | "Poker" | 3:30 | |||||||
6. | "Strange Magic" | 4:29 | |||||||
7. | "One Summer Dream" | 5:45 | |||||||
8. | "Nightrider" | 4:22 | |||||||
Total length: |
36:22 |
2006 remaster bonus tracks | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
9. | "Fire on High Intro" (early alternate mix) | 3:23 | |||||||
10. | "Evil Woman" (stripped down mix) | 5:00 | |||||||
11. | "Strange Magic" (US single edit) | 3:27 | |||||||
12. | "Waterfall" (instrumental mix) | 4:15 |
References change
- ↑ "ELO Remaster Series - FACE THE MUSIC - INTRO". www.ftmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ↑ "Face the Music - Electric Light Orchestra - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 915. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ↑ Metzger, John (October 2006). "Electric Light Orchestra Face the Music". The Music Box. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.