Moment of Truth (ELO Part II album)

Moment of Truth
Studio album by
ELO Part II
ReleasedOctober 1994 (UK)
18 July 1995 (US)
GenreRock
Length53:59
LabelCurb Records, Edel Music
ProducerStephan Galfas
ELO Part II chronology
Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live
(1992) 		Moment of Truth
(1994) 		One Night
(1996)
Singles from Moment of Truth
  1. "Power of a Million Lights"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Breakin' Down the Walls"
    Released: 1994
  3. "One More Tomorrow"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Moment of Truth is the second and final album by ELO Part II, released in October 1994. The cover illustration by Graham Reynolds depicts an incandescent light bulb shattering. The light bulb image continues a visual theme that began with the light bulb depicted on the cover of Electric Light Orchestra's debut album. Moment of Truth and the single "One More Tomorrow" would determine if ELO Part II would continue re-establishing themselves in America.[5] "The Fox" was originally from the 1985 Kelly Groucutt EP, We Love Animals.[6][7]

The album was reissued in 2021 by Renaissance Records on CD and 2×LP, the first time Moment of Truth was available on LP. Both the CD and LP releases included bonus tracks.[8]

  1. ^ Moment of Truth at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 382–83. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 275. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Boehm, Mike (22 July 1995). "ELO Part II: It Can Rise, but Can It Shine?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Kelly Groucutt". face-the-music.de. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. ^ We Love Animals at AllMusic
  8. ^ Sinclair, Keith (28 June 2021). "ELO Part II: Renaissance Reissues Update". elobeatlesforever.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.