A New World Record
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| A New World Record | ||
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| Studio album by Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| Released | October 1976 September 12, 2006 (reissue) |
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| Recorded | Musicland Studios, Munich | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 36:20 | |
| Label |  Jet Records United Artists RecordsSony Records (reissue) |
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| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra chronology | ||
| Face the Music (1975) |
A New World Record (1976) |
Out of the Blue (1977) |
A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra. It was released in 1976.
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[edit] Overview
The second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, The LP proved to be the band's long awaited breakthrough in the UK: after seeing their previous three studio recordings fail to chart in their home market, "A New World Record" became their first top ten album in the UK , The LP became a huge global success and would consolidate the band's position as one of the biggest selling rock bands in the world. The cover art features the famous ELO logo for the first time designed by Kosh, which would be included on several of the group's subsequent releases. The album included the hit singles Telephone Line, Livin' Thing and Do Ya (U.S.) and Rockaria! (UK). The focus is more on shorter pop songs, a trend which would continue throughout the rest of ELO's future albums. The album is generally considered to be amongst the band's finest recordings, perfectly blending lush strings with purposeful rock. In 2006, the album was remastered and released with bonus tracks on Sony's Epic/Legacy imprint. Surrender was also issued as a promotional single and an iTunes download single, which entered the top 100 download chart.
The bands frontman Jeff Lynne regards his own songwriting at this point to have reached a new high.
| “ | The songs started to flow and most of them came quickly to me. To have all those hits, it was just ...I mean amazing really. Going from doing okay for probably three or four years to suddenly being in the big time, it was a strange but great thing. | ” |
- – Jeff Lynne 2006 A New World Record remaster
[edit] Trivia
- The cover prominently features New York's Empire State Building, which took the world record for tallest building in 1931, but at the time of release, ironically, had just recently lost its title to crosstown skyscraper World Trade Center in 1972 and Chicago's Sears Tower in 1974.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jeff Lynne.
- "Tightrope" – 5:03
- "Telephone Line" – 4:38
- "Rockaria!" – 3:12
- "Mission (A World Record)" – 4:25
- "So Fine" – 3:54
- "Livin' Thing" – 3:31
- "Above the Clouds" – 2:16
- "Do Ya" – 3:43
- "Shangri-La" – 5:32
[edit] Bonus tracks (2006 remaster)
- "Telephone Line" (Alternate vocal) – 4:41
- "Surrender" (previously unreleased) – 2:37
- "Tightrope" (alternate mix) – 4:55
- "Above the Clouds" (Instrumental version) – 1:14
- "So Fine" (Instrumental version) – 4:16
- "Telephone Line" (Instrumental version) – 4:51
[edit] Personnel
- Jeff Lynne - lead vocals, backing vocals, lead, rhythm and slide guitars, percussion, piano
- Bev Bevan - drums, Minimoog drum, percussion, backing vocals
- Richard Tandy - piano, Minimoog, Micromoog, polyphonic keyboard, electric guitars, clavinet, grand piano, Mellotron, percussion, backing vocals
- Kelly Groucutt - vocals, bass, percussion, backing vocals
- Mik Kaminski - violin
- Hugh McDowell - cello
- Melvyn Gale - cello
- Orchestra and choral arrangements - Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Louis Clark.
- Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark.
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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1 |
| 1976 | |
5 |
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6 |
Single
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| 1976 | "Livin' Thing" | 13 | 4 |
| 1977 | "Rockaria!" | Not Released | 9 |
| 1977 | "Do Ya" | 24 | Not Released |
| 1977 | "Telephone Line" | 7 | 8 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – |
Gold | October 25, 1976 |
| RIAA – |
Platinum | December 6, 1976 |
| BPI – |
Gold | January 14, 1977 |
| BPI – |
Platinum | July 14, 1979 |
[edit] Links
A New World Record Remastered info
| Electric Light Orchestra |
| Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan Other members in Electric Light Orchestra |
| Electric Light Orchestra discography |
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| Studio albums: The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer | ELO 2 | On the Third Day | Eldorado, A Symphony | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom |
| Live albums: The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) | Live at Winterland '76 | Live at Wembley '78 |
| Compilation albums: Showdown | Olé ELO | The Light Shines On | The Light Shines On Vol 2 | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World |
