Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Showdown
Compilation album by
Electric Light Orchestra
ReleasedNovember 1974
Recorded1971–1973
Genre
LabelHarvest
Producer
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Eldorado
(1974) 		Showdown
(1974) 		Face the Music
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MusicHound2.5/5[1]

Showdown is an Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) compilation album, covering their Harvest Records years. It is the first in a very long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums. It comprises four tracks from their debut album and three from ELO 2 as well as the hit single "Showdown", the first time it had featured on an album in the UK.[2]

Track listing

Side one
# Title Writer Album Length
1 "10538 Overture" Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer 5:28
2 "From the Sun to the World (Boogie No.1)" Jeff Lynne ELO 2 (1973) 8:15
3 "Whisper in the Night" Roy Wood The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer 4:44
4 "Queen of the Hours" Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer 3:21
Side two
# Title Writer Album Length
1 "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry / Ludwig van Beethoven ELO 2 (1973) 7:00
2 "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" Roy Wood The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer 2:57
3 "In Old England Town (Boogie No 2)" Jeff Lynne ELO 2 (1973) 6:50
4 "Showdown" Jeff Lynne 1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973) 4:08

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 383. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  2. ^ John Van der Kiste Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After 2017 "In June 2005, a twenty track compilation of material, containing most of hits since 'Showdown', All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, became the ultimate representation of their back catalogue, peaked at No. 6 in Britain ...