A New World Record

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For the album by the Poster Children, see New World Record.
A New World Record
ELO A New World Record.jpg
Studio album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released 11 September 1976 (UK)
12 September 1976 (US)
Recorded July 1976 at Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre Symphonic rock, rock, art rock
Length 36:20
59:12 (Reissue)
Label Jet, United Artists
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Olé ELO
(1976)Olé ELO1976		 A New World Record
(1976)		 The Light Shines On
(1977)The Light Shines On1977
Singles from A New World Record
  1. "Livin' Thing"
    Released: October 1976
  2. "Rockaria!"
    Released: February 1977
  3. "Do Ya"
    Released: February 1977
  4. "Telephone Line"
    Released: May 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau B+[2]
Rolling Stone positive[3]

A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1976.

Overview

Their second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the LP proved to be the band's breakthrough in the UK: after their previous three studio recordings failed to chart in their home market, A New World Record became their first top ten album in the UK. It became a global success and reached multi-platinum status in the US and UK, The album sold five million units worldwide within its first year of release. The cover art features the ELO logo, designed by Kosh, for the first time. This logo would be included on most of the group's subsequent releases.

The album included the hit singles "Telephone Line", which became the band's first gold US single, "Livin' Thing", and "Do Ya" (US); and "Rockaria!" (UK). "Do Ya" was an ELO updating of The Move's late 1972 final US single on United Artists Records. The focus is more on shorter pop songs, a trend which would continue throughout the rest of ELO's future albums. In 1977, many of the album's songs were featured on the "Joyride" soundtrack. In 2006, the album was remastered and released with bonus tracks on Sony's Epic/Legacy imprint. "Surrender" was also issued as a promotional single and an iTunes download single, which entered the top 100 download chart.

In July 2012 the all vinyl record company, Music on Vinyl, rereleased A New World Record on 180 gram vinyl with an embossed cover.

The band's frontman Jeff Lynne regards his own songwriting at this point to have reached a new high.

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"The songs started to flow and most of them came quickly to me. To have all those hits, it was just ...I mean amazing really. Going from doing okay for probably three or four years to suddenly being in the big time, it was a strange but great thing."

– Jeff Lynne 2006; A New World Record remaster

Patti Quatro and Brie Brandt, both of Fanny, and Addie Lee sang uncredited backing vocals at various points on this entire album.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one
  1. "Tightrope" – 5:00
  2. "Telephone Line" – 4:38
  3. "Rockaria!" – 3:12
  4. "Mission (A World Record)" – 4:24
Side two
  1. "So Fine" – 3:55
  2. "Livin' Thing" – 3:31
  3. "Above the Clouds" – 2:16
  4. "Do Ya" – 3:45
  5. "Shangri-La" – 5:34

The cassette tape version consisted of "Tightrope", "Rockaria!", "Mission" and "Shangri-La" on Side one, with Side two the same as LP Side two except for "Telephone Line" at the end in place of "Shangri-La".

Bonus tracks (2006 remaster)
  1. "Telephone Line" (Different vocal) – 4:41
  2. "Surrender" – 2:37
  3. "Tightrope" (Instrumental early rough mix) – 4:55
  4. "Above the Clouds" (Instrumental rough mix) – 1:14
  5. "So Fine" (Instrumental early rough mix) – 4:16
  6. "Telephone Line" (Instrumental) – 4:51

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Mary Thomas – operatic vocals
  • Patti Quatro – uncredited vocals
  • Brie Brandt – uncredited vocals
  • Addie Lee – uncredited vocals
  • Mack – engineer
  • Orchestra and choral arrangements – Louis Clark
  • Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark
  • Duane Scott – Engineer for USA edit

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[5] 2× Platinum 200,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[6] Gold 25,000[6]
Netherlands (NVPI)[7] Gold 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce. A New World Record at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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  12. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2012
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Preceded by Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
18 April 1977 – 19 June 1977		 Succeeded by
Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs
Preceded by Swedish Chart number-one album
25 February – 22 April 1977		 Succeeded by
Playboy Record Artists
by Barbi Benton
Preceded by Canadian RPM 100 number-one album
5 March 1977		 Succeeded by
Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
by Rose Royce

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