ELO's Greatest Hits

ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released 23 November 1979.^[7][8] Despite being released after the album Discovery, this album omitted the band's most recent hits, "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Shine a Little Love".

ELO's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released	23 November 1979
Recorded	April 1973–August 1977
Length	44:50
Label	Jet CBS
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Discovery (1979) ELO's Greatest Hits (1979) A Box of Their Best (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
MusicHound	3/5[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Record Mirror	[6]

The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one

#	Title	Album	Length
1	"Evil Woman" (Single version)	Face the Music (1975)	4:10
2	"Livin' Thing"	A New World Record (1976)	3:31
3	"Can't Get It Out of My Head"	Eldorado (1974)	4:22
4	"Showdown" (U.S. single edit)	On the Third Day (U.S.) (1973) Showdown (UK) (1974)	3:51
5	"Turn to Stone"	Out of the Blue (1977)	3:48
6	"Rockaria!"	A New World Record (1976)	3:12

Side two

#	Title	Album	Length
1	"Sweet Talkin' Woman"	Out of the Blue (1977)	3:47
2	"Telephone Line"	A New World Record (1976)	4:37
3	"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single edit)	On the Third Day (1973)	3:35
4	"Strange Magic" (UK single version)	Face the Music (1975)	4:07
5	"Mr. Blue Sky"	Out of the Blue (1977)	5:05

Personnel

• Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars
• Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
• Richard Tandy – keyboards
• Mike de Albuquerque – bass (to 1974)
• Kelly Groucutt – bass, vocals (1974 onwards)
• Mik Kaminski – violin
• Mike Edwards – cello (to 1974)
• Melvyn Gale – cello (1975 onwards)
• Hugh McDowell – cello
• Wilfred Gibson – violin on "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
• Colin Walker – cello on "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
• Marc Bolan – guitar on "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1979–1980) Peak position Argentinian Albums Chart[9] 7 Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[10] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 17 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[12] 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 13 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[15] 28 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 7 US Billboard 200[17] 30

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[18] 35

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]	Platinum	50,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[20]	Gold	10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[21]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[22]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.