Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Face the Music
Studio album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released1 September 1975
RecordedMay–June 1975
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich, Germany; strings overdubbed at De Lane Lea Studios, London; mixed at The Record Plant, New York City[1]
Genre
Length36:22
Label
ProducerJeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Showdown
(1974) 		Face the Music
(1975) 		Olé ELO
(1976)
Electric Light Orchestra studio album chronology
Eldorado
(1974) 		Face the Music
(1975) 		A New World Record
(1976)
Singles from Face the Music
  1. "Evil Woman"
    Released: 31 October 1975
  2. "Strange Magic"
    Released: February 1976
  3. "Nightrider"
    Released: 19 March 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Music Box[4]
MusicHound3.5/5[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Face the Music is the fifth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in September 1975 by United Artists Records and on 14 November 1975 in the United Kingdom by Jet Records. The album moves away from the large-scale classical orchestrated sound of the previous album, Eldorado, in favour of more "radio-friendly" pop/rock songs, though the string sections are still very prominent. The new sound proved successful for the group, for Face the Music was the first ELO album to go platinum.[7]

  1. ^ "ELO Remaster Series – FACE THE MUSIC – INTRO". www.ftmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Face the Music - Electric Light Orchestra - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 915. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Metzger, John (October 2006). "Electric Light Orchestra Face the Music". The Music Box. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Greenwell, Ken. "ELO Remaster Series - FACE THE MUSIC - INTRO". www.ftmusic.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.