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- Record Label: Frontiers Records
- Release Date: Oct 9, 2012
- Summary: Jeff Lynne re-recorded some of the classic Electric Light Orchestra songs with new technology.
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- Record Label: Frontiers Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Art Rock, Prog-Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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Oct 30, 2012The new versions are, to all intents and purposes, exactly the same as the old versions, they're just more so, if that makes sense.
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Oct 30, 2012This is by no means an embarrassing stroll down memory lane. It can be quite fun, actually, even if it is somewhat baffling.
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Oct 30, 2012Whatever digital rosin Lynne is using these days seems to be working. "Strange Magic", "Don't Bring Me Down", and "Do Ya" are just a few tracks that sound faster and fresher.
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Oct 30, 2012It's like these songs have had their windows cleaned, a few crows' feet ironed out.
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Q MagazineNov 21, 2012While the songs remain wonderful, Mr. Blue Sky feels like Lynne righting imaginary wrongs. [Dec 2012, p.111]
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MojoDec 13, 2012This enjoyable act of historical revisionism highlights the still definitive source material. [Nov 2012, p.100]
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Oct 30, 2012Mr. Blue Sky is the musical equivalent of George Lucas changing a few of the special effects in the Star Wars films and then re-issuing them (again).
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Positive: 1 out of 4
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Mixed: 3 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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May 1, 2018
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Mar 4, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 5, 2021The older one was better :/ .
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Oct 19, 2017
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