Electric Light Orchestra Albums Ranked From Worst to Best

We re finally back to 70 s this week, and what embodies the decadence of the decade more than employing a string section as fulltime members of your band It s the Listography of Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multiinstrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterized by a fusion of Beatleesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography. After Wood s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band s sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. For their initial tenure, Lynne, Bevan and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group s only consistent members. ELO was formed out of Lynne s and Wood s desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. It derived as an offshoot of Wood s previous band, the Move, of which Lynne and Bevan