Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (35th anniversary)

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday.

This month marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Discovery, the eighth studio album from the Electric Light Orchestra. The album spent thirty-five weeks in 1979 on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 5.

Click here for my full review.

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Secret Messages, the eleventh studio album from the Electric Light Orchestra. Released in June of 1983, it charted at number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 35 in Japan, number 19 in Australia, number 13 in New Zealand, number 11 in Austria and Sweden, number 7 in the Netherlands, number 6 in Germany, number 5 in Norway and number 4 in the UK.

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday.

In 1979, the British rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO for short) put out their eighth studio album Discovery and was a smash seller world-wide. It was their first number 1 album in their native UK (it debuted at the number 1 spot and stayed there for five weeks) and in Norway, and their second number 1 album in Australia. It went to number 2 in Sweden, number 3 in Austria, number 4 in Italy and number 5 in the United States. In most places, the album stayed on the charts for over half a year (in some places a little more than a year). The album also produced five singles total.