In 2000, Jeff Lynne found a new impetus to work on the music of his old band and returned to the recording studio to work on an ELO project for the first time in some 15 years just prior to the comeback album Zoom in 2001. This work resulted in a digitally remastered compilation released in late 2000. Unlike its predecessors, this project, Flashback, was personally approved and endorsed by Lynne. The set includes songs featured from all 11 studio albums up to that point, including an edit of "Great Balls of Fire" from their live album The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach, plus some new recordings amongst the band's extensive back catalog, most notably a reworking of Lynne's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". The album includes liner notes by David Wild with quotes on each song from Lynne and a booklet inside.

VOLUME TWO : 5CD set. Collects five original albums, in card LP replica sleeves! Features "Zoom" (2001), "Mr. Blue Sky : Very Best Of" (2012) and "Electric Light Orchestra Live" (2013), as well as Jeff Lynne's solo albums "Armchair Theatre" (1990) and "Long Wave" (2012).

Zoom is the twelfth studio album by British symphonic rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released on 12 June 2001 on Epic Records. It was the first official ELO album since 1986's Balance of Power.

Альбом рассказывает историю о человеке, жившем в 1981 году и перенесенном путешественниками во времени в конец XXI века. Он восхищается чудесами техники будущего, но не перестает скучать по своему времени и женщине, которая осталась там. Его снабдили женщиной роботом, которая может исполнять любые его желания, но он быстро понимает, что это - жалкая замена той любви, что осталась в его времени. Робот-парнерша не может любить, так же как и он не сможет полюбить ее. Несмотря на сильное желание вернуться в свое время, он не делает попыток воспользоваться оборудованием захвативших его людей. В конце концов, он понимает, что похитители унесли его в будущее только для того, чтоб показать, как оно страдает от поступков, сделанных человечеством в его время. Как только происходит это открытие, человек тут же возвращается в свой 1981 год, вооруженный знанием, как оказать положительное влияние на будущее.

В 1979 вышел мультиплатиновый альбом «Discovery». Самый известный хит на этом альбоме была рок-композиция «Don’t Bring Me Down». Альбом критиковали за его диско-мотивы. На этом альбоме были такие хиты, как «Shine A Little Love», «Last Train to London», «Confusion» и «The Diary of Horace Wimp». Видео к Discovery — последнее, где можно увидеть группу в своём классическом составе. Лицом обложки альбома стал 19-летний никому ещё тогда неизвестный Брэд Гарретт, позднее ставший знаменитым актёром-комиком и телепродюсером

После альбома "Время" создать ребятам что-либо подобное конечно было тяжело, поэтому этот опус не получился таким же воздушным, как его предшественник. Здесь Оркестр Электрического Света представил нам песни даже более интеллектуального характера, чем на "Time", некоторые стали посложнее в текстовом плане, некоторые в музыкальном, но факт есть факт: этот альбом лондонцев воспринимается тяжелее, чем их предыдущие работы. Тем не менее, на диске полно запоминающихся песен, как всегда, с прекрасными и разнообразными аранжировками, многоголосьем её участников, кстати, именно то, что каждая песня исполнена сразу несколькими вокалистами, делает музыку ELO такой насыщенной и богатой. Отличный альбом, но уже не шедевр, как "Discovery" или "Time". Лучшие вещи на альбоме, пожалуй, это "Secret Messages", "Rock'n'Roll Is King" и "On And On". Рекомендую ценителям арт-рока.

From Out of Nowhere is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the second credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. The band's first studio album in four years, it was released on 1 November 2019 through Big Trilby and Columbia Records. The title track was released as the lead single on 26 September 2019. Lynne played most instruments on the album.

All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2005. Originally released exclusively in the band's home market (the UK), the album sold very well, becoming the ELO's first Top Ten entry since Dino Record's compilation album The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra hit number 4 in 1994. All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release. The albums The Electric Light Orchestra, ELO 2, Eldorado, and Balance of Power were not represented on the compilation.

Jeff Lynne told Rolling Stone magazine that the idea came from him listening to the original Electric Light Orchestra recordings, and thinking that he could produce a better result having since had a long career as a record producer. Lynne decided to re-record a number of songs from scratch, and began with "Mr. Blue Sky". He told Rolling Stone: "I enjoyed doing that a lot, and when I listened back to it and compared it to the old one, I really liked it much better." It was suggested by his manager that Lynne record a few more versions of Electric Light Orchestra songs, the results being recordings of "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic". Lynne also liked these versions, so he continued by producing a full album of re-recordings.

Balance of Power was the last studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra before their initial disbanding (the band would later reform in 2000 and again in 2014). By this time Kelly Groucutt had departed and the group was pared down to a trio of Jeff Lynne (who doubled on bass as a result of Groucutt's absence), Richard Tandy, and Bev Bevan. Recording for the album began in mid of 1984, with a planned release for Spring 1985. The addition of several synthesizer tracks and mixing work by Reinhold Mack to the album caused its release to be pushed back to early 1986. ELO played some live concerts in the UK and Europe (their last for fifteen years), and for one UK show George Harrison performed as guest guitarist.

Discovery was the band's first number 1 album in the UK, entering the chart at that position and staying there for five weeks. The album contained five hit songs in "Shine a Little Love", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Last Train to London", "Confusion" and "The Diary of Horace Wimp", many of which were heavily influenced by disco (in fact, Richard Tandy nicknamed the album, Disco Very). "Don't Bring Me Down" would become one of their only two top three hits in the UK throughout their career ("Xanadu" would be number one in 1980), and also their highest-charting US single at number 4. "The Diary of Horace Wimp" was also a hit single in the UK, not patterned after the disco sound; instead it was closer in its Beatlesque style to the band's earlier hit "Mr. Blue Sky". The album itself was the first ever to generate four top-ten singles (one of which was a Double A-side) from a single LP in the UK and was eventually certified 2x platinum by the RIAA in 1997.

ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1979.
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.

Time - студийный концептуальный альбом группы Electric Light Orchestra, вышедший в 1981 году и ставший шестым из самых популярных альбомов того года.