Title: A Pleasant Surprise
Review: When I first heard That Bev Bevan was doing a version of ELO without Jeff Lynne, I was a quite weary about the idea. "Is this going to be like 'The New Monkees?"But upon listening to the album when it was first released, I was blown away. These guys used many of ELO's trademark sounds from its heyday, but were doing their own thing. They really rocked!Yeah, now some of the songs sound like 80's hair band rock. So what?This is just good melodic, hard rocking music with lush strings and full vocal harmonies. The very formula that attracted me to ELO in the first place.All politics aside (I have the utmost respect for Mr. Lynne and his contributions), I find this to be the strongest album in the ELO family since Out of the Blue.If you like ELO because of the music and not the names (though there are some great ones here), I highly recommend this one.
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