Burning Bright

Performer: Electric Light Orchestra
Distributor: K-Tel Distribution

Notes: BURNING BRIGHT is a brief, oddly titled compilation of some of ELO's biggest hit singles. Jeff Lynne and company had 17 Top-40 hits in the late '70s and early '80s, and most of the biggest ones are here, including the anthemic "Livin' Thing," the McCartneyesque "Strange Magic," the TV sports programming staple "Fire on High," and Lynne's splashy remake of his own classic single with the Move, "Do Ya." A few selections that postdate ELO's commercial peak in the late '70s, including "Standin' in the Rain" and the goodtimey "Rock and Roll Is King," prove that the quality of the band's output remained high even after ELO's day in the Top-40 sun. Packaging is minimal, but as a budget-priced introduction to the Electric Light Orchestra, BURNING BRIGHT does the job.

ELO began as an outgrowth of '60s UK psych-rockers the Move and the Idle Race, but when former Move frontman Roy Wood departed early in the game, Jeff Lynne fashioned the band as a high-tech Beatles for the '70s. Featuring a full-time string section, ELO picked up where "Strawberry Fields" left off, creating orchestral Britpop without the pretense of prog-rock. The band's slick, lush sound helped define '70s pop, and proved influential decades later to the likes of Air and the Polyphonic Spree.

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