A New World Record
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A New World Record
- Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
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- Release Date: 1976 11
- Genre: Rock
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Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated "Tightrope," which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne's own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs. "Telephone Line" might be the best Lennon-McCartney collaboration that never was, lyrical and soaring in a way that manages to echo elements of Revolver and the Beatles without ever mimicking them. The original LP's second side opened with "So Fine," which seems like the perfect pop synthesis of guitar, percussion, and orchestral sounds, embodying precisely what Lynne had first set out to do with Roy Wood at the moment ELO was conceived. From there, the album soars through stomping rock numbers like "Livin' Thing" and "Do Ya," interspersed with lyrical pieces like "Above the Clouds" (which makes striking use of pizzicato bass strings). ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi| A New World Odor (Album by Dehumanizers/Deep Throat) | |
| A New World Record [Bonus Tracks] (1976 Album by Electric Light Orchestra) |
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A New World Record
For the album by the Poster Children, see New World Record.
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| Studio album by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 11 September 1976 (UK) 12 September 1976 (US) |
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| Recorded | July 1976 at Musicland Studios, Munich | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock, rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 36:20 59:12 (Reissue) |
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| Label | Jet Records, United Artists Records, Columbia Records Epic/Legacy (Reissue) |
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| Producer | Jeff Lynne | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
| Rolling Stone | positive[3] |
A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1976.
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Contents
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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. It became a huge global success and would consolidate the band's position as one of the biggest selling rock bands in the world, reaching multi-platinum status in the US and UK, The album sold five million units worldwide within its first year of release. The cover art features the famous ELO logo, designed by Kosh, for the first time. This logo would be included on several of the group's subsequent releases.
The album included the hit singles "Telephone Line", which became the band's first gold US single, "Livin' Thing", and "Do Ya" (US); and "Rockaria!" (UK). "Do Ya" was an ELO updating of The Move's late 1972 final US single on United Artists Records. The focus is more on shorter pop songs, a trend which would continue throughout the rest of ELO's future albums. In 1977, many of the album's songs were featured on the "Joyride" SOUNDTRACK. 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 band's 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
Original track listing
All songs written and composed by Jeff Lynne.
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Tightrope" | 5:03 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Telephone Line" | 4:38 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Rockaria!" | 3:12 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Mission (A World Record)" | 4:25 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 5. | "So Fine" | 3:54 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Livin' Thing" | 3:31 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Above the Clouds" | 2:16 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Do Ya" | 3:43 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Shangri-La" | 5:32 | ||||||||
The cassette tape had "Tightrope", "Rockaria!", "Mission" and "Shangri-La" on Side A, with Side B the same as LP Side 2 except for "Telephone Line" at the end in place of "Shangri-La".
Bonus tracks (2006 remaster)
- "Telephone Line" (Different vocal) – 4:41
- "Surrender" – 2:37
- Previously unreleased
- "Tightrope" (Instrumental early rough mix) – 4:55
- "Above the Clouds" (Instrumental rough mix) – 1:14
- "So Fine" (Instrumental early rough mix) – 4:16
- "Telephone Line" (Instrumental) – 4:51
Personnel
- Jeff Lynne – vocals, lead, rhythm and slide guitars, percussion, piano, producer
- Bev Bevan – drums, Minimoog drum, percussion, vocals
- Richard Tandy – piano, Minimoog, Micromoog, polyphonic keyboard, electric guitars, clavinet, grand piano, Mellotron, percussion, vocals
- Kelly Groucutt – vocals, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
- Mik Kaminski – violin
- Hugh McDowell – cello
- Melvyn Gale – cello
- Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark
- Additional personnel
- Mary Thomas – operatic vocals
- Patti Quatro – uncredited vocals
- Mack – engineer
- Orchestra and choral arrangements – Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy, Louis Clark
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[4] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[5] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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*sales figures based on certification alone |
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Charts
Chart positions
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Year-end charts
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External links
Recerences
- ^ Eder, Bruce. A New World Record at Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record". http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6780. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record: Music Review". Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20080416224743/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/electriclightorchestra/albums/album/216546/review/5943911/a_new_world_record.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=A+New+World+Record&sa=Electric+Light+Orchestra&smt=0.
- ^ "Dutch album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463.
- ^ "British album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter A New World Record in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "American album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22A+New+World+Record%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "austriancharts.at Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (in German) (ASP). Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=A+New+World+Record&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-24
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (in Dutch) (ASP). dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=A+New+World+Record&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "charts.org.nz Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=A+New+World+Record&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=A+New+World+Record&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (ASP). Sverigetopplistan. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=A+New+World+Record&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=3980. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "allmusic ((( A New World Record > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r6690/charts-awards. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "Album Search: Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record" (in German) (ASP). Media Control. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Electric+Light+Orchestra&title=A+New+World+Record&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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- ^ "Austriancharts.st - Jahreshitparade 1978" (in German) (ASP). Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/1977_album.asp. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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- ^ a b "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
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Succeeded by Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs |
| Preceded by Take the Heat off Me by Boney M. |
Swedish Chart number-one album 25 February – 22 April 1977 |
Succeeded by Playboy Record Artists by Barbi Benton |
| Preceded by Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton |
Canadian RPM 100 number-one album 5 March 1977 |
Succeeded by Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Rose Royce |
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