Time Tracklist
Known for their renowned Beatle pop-rock, Electric Light Orchestra seems to take a step forward into the electronic age with Time, a highly controversial synth-pop album released in 1981.
This was a huge change for ELO. The heavily-synthed “Prologue” helps kick “Twilight” into full gear, with it’s distinct drumming and synths, as well as the soft elecro-ballad “Rain Is Falling”. The quaint but emotional “Another Heart Breaks” displays the disruption of time, along with the gritty “Yours Truly, 2095”, and “From The End Of The World” also shows the opposite side of the rainbow.
Although it received mostly mixed reviews at the time of its release, Time seems to carry the weight of the world on it’s shoulders, but does so in a sort of futuristic way.
“Time” Q&A
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What made this album "controversial"?
This album was controversial because prior to recording this and after recording Discovery, Jeff Lynne fired Mik Kaminski, Hugh McDowell, and Melvyn Gale (violin and two cellos, respectively) but retained them for concert work. This was also when synthesizers began to affect the music, leading to a “synthetic” quality that would never achieve the richness of Jeff’s very multitracked productions from before.
Album Credits
Album Credits
