UH OH Y'ALL HERE'S ONE.
Probably the least known (and least loved) of the many (and spectacular) ELO albums, TIME holds a special place in my heart. Relationships with friends were tempered over the hot, burning flames of this album and became that much stronger. Plus is really catchy, hooky, fun and futuristic.
TIME is a concept album, about a man from 1981 ("Way Life's Meant to Be" still makes balding 40 somethings cry apparently. More on that later) who gets taken from his home and is shown the future. But now, he can't be back.
The future is really awesome, but it really sucks what happened to the planet and such.
yadda yadda yadda he holds on tight to his dreams and something happens and hes back and shit is good. High concept unfolding at your ears is not what you're here for. You're here for the HOOKS.
Oh god every track on this album is solid (including the chill "another heart breaks"), and while it may not be as extraordinary as ELO's other endeavors, it's a reallllly solid, fun interesto-pop cd.
also "Twilight" is really awesome (and probably familiar to some anime super-nerds)
also this is the one that has HOLD ON TIGHT on it.
The one that he sings in french? you know the song.
HEREISTHENEWS
Probably the least known (and least loved) of the many (and spectacular) ELO albums, TIME holds a special place in my heart. Relationships with friends were tempered over the hot, burning flames of this album and became that much stronger. Plus is really catchy, hooky, fun and futuristic.
TIME is a concept album, about a man from 1981 ("Way Life's Meant to Be" still makes balding 40 somethings cry apparently. More on that later) who gets taken from his home and is shown the future. But now, he can't be back.
The future is really awesome, but it really sucks what happened to the planet and such.
yadda yadda yadda he holds on tight to his dreams and something happens and hes back and shit is good. High concept unfolding at your ears is not what you're here for. You're here for the HOOKS.
Oh god every track on this album is solid (including the chill "another heart breaks"), and while it may not be as extraordinary as ELO's other endeavors, it's a reallllly solid, fun interesto-pop cd.
also "Twilight" is really awesome (and probably familiar to some anime super-nerds)
also this is the one that has HOLD ON TIGHT on it.
The one that he sings in french? you know the song.
HEREISTHENEWS
To date this is the only ELO album I purchased for myself. I've heard most of ELO's works and to me the Time album stands out as some of their best. Each song embodies an emotion and tells another piece of the overall story arc. It's exceedingly rare to see artists devote an entire album to just one theme or concept where all the songs are meant to be taken as a whole, rather than just padding ten songs around one or two "hit" singles. In the Time album, ELO not only tells a story with each song intertwining into a greater whole, they do it very well. If you enjoy sci-fi and the symphonic rock style of ELO, you can't go wrong giving this album a listen.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this album! Listened front to back as a kid and still do, and it always brings me through a gamut of emotions.
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