- rock, pop rock, disco, album rock
- 11 tracks
- Jet Records
Discovery is the eighth studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released on 1 June 1979 in the United Kingdom by Jet Records, where it topped record charts, and on 8 June in the United States on Jet through Columbia Records distribution. A music video album featuring all the songs being played by the band was then released on VHS in 1979, then re-released as part of the Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley DVD and VHS in 1998.
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Grave, spare, warm and epic.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
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Tracks
- A1Shine a Little Love
- A2Need Her Love
- B1The Diary of Horace Wimp
- B2Last Train to London
- B3Shine a Little Love (reprise)
- C1Midnight Blue
- C2On the Run
- C3Wishing (Part 1)
- D1Wishing (Concl.)
- D2Confusion
- D3Don’t Bring Me Down
About the album
- Artist
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Label
- Jet Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 8-Track Cartridge
- Country
- CA
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