Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery - Remastered
Epic Records/Legacy  (1979)
Classic Rock

In Collection
#76

7*
CD  43:34
12 tracks
Shine A Little Love 01             04:43
Confusion 02             03:42
Need Her Love 03             05:11
The Diary Of Horace Wimp 04             04:17
Last Train To London 05             04:31
Midnight Blue 06             04:19
On The Run 07             03:55
Wishing 08             04:13
Don't Bring Me Down 09             04:06
On The Run (Demo) 10       Previously Unreleased       01:01
Second Time Around (Demo) 11       Previously Unreleased       00:43
Little Town Flirt 12       Previously Unreleased       02:53
Personal Details
Store Newbury Comics
Details
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
Date of US Release June 1979
Digitally Remastered
Rare & Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
Ecpanded Booklets with Notes from Jeff Lynne, rare Photos and Lyrics

ELO continued on their winning Top 40 ways with the release of Discovery. Now pared down to the basic four-piece unit, Jeff Lynne continued to dominate the band and they still got their hits (this time around it was the smash "Don't Bring Me Down." Elsewhere on the disc there was, of note, "Last Train to London" and "Confusion." Though Discovery charted well, it was becoming obvious that ELO were starting to run themselves out of useful Beatles hooks with which to fuel their hit-making machine. [The 2001 CD reissue on Epic/Legacy adds three previously unreleased bonus tracks: a home demo of "On the Run," a home demo of "Second Time Around" (a song Lynne never finished for the album), and a cover of Del Shannon's "Little Town Flirt"].