Four Light Years

Infobox Album
Name = Four Light Years
Type = box
Artist = Electric Light Orchestra


Released = 1980
Recorded = 1976-1979
Genre = Rock, Progressive rock,
pop rock, disco
Length =
Label = Jet Records
Producer = Jeff Lynne
Reviews =
Last album = "A Box of Their Best"
(1980)
This album = "Four Light Years"
(1980)
Next album = "Afterglow"
(1990)

"Four Light Years" was a boxed set of three studio albums by Electric Light Orchestra. It was released in 1980 by Jet Records.

The box contained three albums: "A New World Record" (1976), the double album "Out of the Blue" (1977), and "Discovery" (1979). Each album was a large commercial success in its own right, but unlike "Three Light Years" did not chart as a combined collection on the UK Albums Chart.

The set was so-titled because it covered four years, contained four vinyl records, and was a sequel to "Three Light Years" (1978). A proposed "Across the Border" EP was meant to promote the box set but was withdrawn.

Track listing

A New World Record

ide one

#"Tightrope"
#"Telephone Line"
#"Rockaria!"
#"Mission (A World Record)"

ide two

#"So Fine"
#"Livin' Thing"
#"Above the Clouds"
#"Do Ya"
#"Shangri-La"

Out of the Blue

ide one

#"Turn to Stone"
#"It's Over"
#"Sweet Talkin' Woman"
#"Across the Border"

ide two

#"Night in the City"
#"Starlight"
#"Jungle"
#"Believe Me Now"
#"Steppin' Out"

ide three

#"Concerto for a Rainy Day"
##"Standin' in the Rain"
##"Big Wheels"
##"Summer and Lightning"
##"Mr. Blue Sky"

ide four

#"Sweet Is the Night"
#"The Whale"
#"Birmingham Blues"
#"Wild West Hero"

Discovery

ide one

#"Shine a Little Love"
#"Confusion"
#"I Need Her Love"
#"The Diary of Horace Wimp"

ide two

#"Last Train to London"
#"Midnight Blue"
#"On the Run"
#"Wishing"
#"Don't Bring Me Down"