- rock, pop rock
- 37 min
- 12 tracks
- Columbia
Alone in the Universe is the thirteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the first credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. The moniker came out from Lynne as a response to ELO tribute and imitation bands, who repeatedly used ELO for promoting their own tours.
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Character
Grave, classical in form, spare and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 75/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.8/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- American Songwriter3.5/5 ★
- Classic Rock9/10
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Música Nueva5/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.3/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1When I Was a Boy3:13
- 2Love and Rain3:29
- 3Dirty to the Bone3:07
- 4When the Night Comes3:21
- 5The Sun Will Shine on You3:30
- 6Ain’t It a Drag2:35
- 7All My Life2:51
- 8I’m Leaving You3:07
- 9One Step at a Time3:22
- 10Alone in the Universe3:54
- 11Fault Line2:07
- 12Blue2:36
12 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jeff Lynne’s ELO
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- November 13, 2015
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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