Electric Light Orchestra – Face The Music (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1976

Face The Music is an LP by Electric Light Orchestra from 1976 released on the Jet Records, Polydor label.

About this album

Face the Music sharpened Electric Light Orchestra’s orchestral rock into one of the band’s most accessible and fully realised albums. Issued in 1975, it marked a key step in Jeff Lynne’s push towards tighter songwriting without abandoning the cellos, strings and studio grandeur that set ELO apart. “Evil Woman” became a major international hit, while “Strange Magic” showed the group could turn lush arrangement into genuine pop finesse. Balancing symphonic sweep with melodic clarity, the album helped establish ELO as one of the defining crossover bands of the mid-1970s, bridging prog ambition and mainstream radio appeal.