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 Great Sounds Mar 22, 2010
It sounded just as good as when this CD first came out. Good memories Of times lost. Enjoy it...
Ine of the finest Mar 17, 2010
One of the finest ELO albums.
Subtle storyline inside.
There are bonus tracks not found on the vinal album.
Nice strings. Some of my favorite ELO songs.
fab Feb 20, 2010
sin lugar a dudas,el disco mas clasico de esta banda. su edicion coincidio con la onda disco y era imposible abstraerse de esta; la gracia estuvo en mantener su estilo y esquema musical adoptando la influencia del momento. si deseas un disco de la e.l.o., que no sea un grandes exitos, te recomiendo este a ojos cerrados
 Discovery Nov 07, 2009
Discovery being ELO's 1979 release and sounds like very similair to Bee Gees 70 recordings but lacks the same quality of lyrics and vocals. Allmusic gave this album 2.5/5 which I find to be a bit unfair. 3/5 is more what it should get as a mark. The cover is quite nice and has a mystical feel to it. All the lyrics are inluded and also get a list of whom plays what on the album. 3/5.
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Disco? Very. ELO makes Saturday Light Fever Feb 24, 2008
The final ELO album of the seventies found Jeff Lynne and company doing what almost every superstar of the late 70's did...trying like mad to figure out the disco craze. To some extent, "Discovery" rides the coattails of Saturday Night Fever successfully, but it also sounds date-stamped more than any other ELO album. Funny thing was it managed to sell massively and spawned two top ten singles, one of them being the classic rock thumper, "Don't Bring Me Down."
Even with "Discovery" being commercially successful, there is no escaping the fact that the album was loaded with filler. The jettisoned string section removed some of the individuality that made ELO a unique sounding band, replaced by synthesizers and drum machines. It turns songs like "Last Train to London" into songs that scream "1979!" as soon as they reach their chorus. Both "On The Run" and "Midnight Blue" are forgettable.
But the first half of the original album was as good as most Electric Light Orchestra got, with the fabulous "Shine A Little Love" an insta-catchy pop song that few could match. As much as some reviewers slag "The Diary of Horace Wimp," it is the one moment where Lynne's attempt to channel the Bee Gees worked for me. As the final song on the album, "Don't Bring Me Down" is still solid, an all mammoth hook that remains inescapable. Your need to own this will depend on how much nostalgia you have for this particular CD, but it is far from classic like Face the Music or Out of the Blue are.
Quibbles. Two of the bonus tracks are useless. Less than a minute apiece for two demos? Why not a 12-inch mix or a live track or two? The cover art is less than exquisitely reproduced. The "Ali Baba" inspired cover was rumored to be the most expensive album art ever created at the time...so why the less than perfect reproduction? Also, unlike most of the other ELO reissues, "Discovery" lacks historical liner notes or comments from Jeff Lynne.
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