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Electric Light Orchestra : Shine A Little Love

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On May 31, 1979 Electric Light Orchestra released Discovery, the band's first #1 album in the U.K.  Nicknamed "Disco Very" because of its whole hearted embrace of the genre, the album spawned five singles including the Top 10 "Shine A Little Love". Of the song Jeff Lynne said 

"A bit of a disco beat on this one, and quite a lot of things going on, forty piece string section and all. It's very jolly and bouncy and I must have been in a very good mood when I wrote it!"

"Don't Bring Me Down" was an even bigger hit peaking at #3 in the U.K. and #4 in the U.S., the band's biggest hit in America.

It's a great big galloping ball of distortion. I wrote it at the last minute, 'cos I felt there weren't enough loud ones on the album. This was just what I was after.

While most of us hear "Don't bring me down, Bruuuce!", Lynne says the word is a made up variation of "Gruß" a Swiss/German greeting he must have heard while recording Discovery in Munich. 

"Last Train to London" is another catchy disco number on the album.

Fun fact: That's comedian/actor Brad Garrett, dressed in Middle Eastern clothes and turban, appearing on the back cover as the menacing palace guard