The Electric Light Orchestra (album)

The Electric Light Orchestra
Large electric light bulb in the center of a baroque-era banqueting hall. The name of the album is written at the top of the cover.
Studio album by
Released3 December 1971 (U.K.)
2 March 1972 (U.S.)
RecordedJuly 1970 – June 1971
StudioPhilips Studios, London
GenreProgressive rock
Length41:30
Label
Producer
The Electric Light Orchestra chronology
The Electric Light Orchestra
(1971)
ELO 2
(1973)
Singles from The Electric Light Orchestra
  1. "10538 Overture"
    Released: 23 June 1972

The Electric Light Orchestra is the debut studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in December 1971 in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records. In the United States, the album was released in March 1972 as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message made by a United Artists Records executive asking about the album name;[1] the caller, having failed to reach the ELO contact, wrote down "no answer" in his notes, and this was misconstrued to be the name of the album.

  1. ^ No Answer, Snopes.com, 19 December 2012