On the Third Day
Electric Light Orchestra
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Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe | Electric Light Orchestra | 4:06 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Bluebird Is Dead | Electric Light Orchestra | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Oh No Not Susan | Electric Light Orchestra | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise | Electric Light Orchestra | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Showdown | Electric Light Orchestra | 4:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Daybreaker | Electric Light Orchestra | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ma-Ma-Ma Belle | Electric Light Orchestra | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dreaming of 4000 | Electric Light Orchestra | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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In the Hall of the Mountain King | Electric Light Orchestra | 6:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
Electric Light Orchestra's third album showed a marked advancement, with a fuller, more cohesive sound from the band as a whole and major improvements in Jeff Lynne's singing and songwriting. This is where the band took on its familiar sound, Lynne's voice suddenly showing an attractive expressiveness reminiscent of John Lennon in his early solo years, and also sporting a convincing white British soulful quality that was utterly lacking earlier. The group also plugged the holes that made its work seem so close to being ragged on those earlier records. "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (the latter featuring Marc Bolan on double lead guitar with Lynne) became AM radio fixtures while "Daybreaker" became a concert opener for the group and, along with "In the Hall of the Mountain King," kept the group's FM/art rock credentials in order.
Customer Reviews
On the Third Day
When I was first introduced to this album in 1973 by some friends, I thought that perhaps some new Beatles music had been unearthed. The vocals seemed unmistakably John Lennon, the strings had the feel of George Martin's work in some of the Beatles' greatest moments. But it turned out to be "Bluebird" by ELO from their 3rd album, "On the Third Day". Prior to this I was only familiar with ELO's rendition of "Roll Over Beethoven", which was not anything near the scale of most of what was on the 'Third Day' album. Why wasn't this album more popular? Perhaps because the opening suite of songs (starting with "Ocean Breakup") was more the sort of music one would play for someone from a music conservatory than a disco club. Rock, yes. Not disco. This album and the successive one, "Eldorado" (which I believe was more successful in England), were much more serious rock-music works than anything to follow from ELO, as if Jeff Lynne had finally decided to give up on the less-popular 'serious art' style of music and go for the better-received "It has a beat--I can dance to it" mentality. Of this I can only speculate. All I am certain of is that this album reeks of sheer genius and a lot of hard production work. The disco-style music that followed this period in the band's history was simpler, generally happier, and much easier to get into than the deeper classical-style rock of their third and fourth albums. "It has too many notes...". Oh well. Not too many for me. It's beautiful and powerful. I still love this album decades after its release. Maybe I am just old. I note that George Harrison and Ringo Starr played with ELO on their last studio album for some reason. Go figure.
daybreaker knocks my socks off
just buy daybreaker, it's incredible
On the Third Day
Fantastic music. Crosses classical and contemporary music beautifully. Jeff Lynne and company do a fantastic job
Biography
Formed: October, 1970 in Birmingham, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Electric Light Orchestra
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Don't Bring Me Down | Discovery | 4:03 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Evil Woman | Strange Magic - The Best of Electric Light Orchestra | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mr. Blue Sky | ELO's Greatest Hits | 5:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hold On Tight | Time (Bonus Track Version) | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Telephone Line | ELO's Greatest Hits | 4:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Strange Magic | Strange Magic - The Best of Electric Light Orchestra | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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All Over the World | Xanadu (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 4:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Talkin' Woman | ELO's Greatest Hits | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Livin' Thing | ELO's Greatest Hits | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fire On High | Face the Music (Bonus Tracks) | 5:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock
- Released: Dec 1973
- ℗ 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
