Zoom (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Zoom was recorded primarily by Jeff Lynne alone, with guest musicians including George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Zoom is the first ELO album not to feature original drummer Bev Bevan and was one of Harrison's last recordings before his death. The only other ELO member appearing on the album, Richard Tandy, appears on the opening track and performed live in promotional concerts.

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r537789/review}}

|rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|year=2011|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn)|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=916}}

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|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Greenblatt |first=Mike |url=http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/reviews-electric-light-orchestras-live-zoom-plus-jeff-lynnes-armchair-theatre |title=Reviews of Electric Light Orchestra's 'Live' and 'Zoom,' plus Jeff Lynne's 'Armchair Theatre' |work=Goldmine |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=4 August 2015}}

| rev4 = Q

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}[http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=138903&resource=138903&fixture_artist=143606 Q Magazine | Music news & reviews, music videos, band pictures & interviews]

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

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|rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|editor-last1=Brackett|editor-first1=Nathan|editor-last2=Hoard|editor-first2=Christian|year=2004|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn)|location=New York, NY|publisher=Fireside/Simon & Schuster|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/275 275]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/275}}

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The album was the band's first release of new material since Balance of Power, released in 1986. Although billed as a return to the classic ELO sound, the album sales were relatively poor and a planned North American concert tour was cancelled. Upon release, the album charted at number 34 in the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/electric%20light%20orchestra/ | title= Electric Light Orchestra| publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=12 March 2013}} In the US, it debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2001-06-30 |date=June 30, 2001 |title=Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard }} and number 14 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2001-06-30/internet-albums |date=June 30, 2001 |title=Internet Albums |magazine=Billboard |url-access=subscription }} with around 18,000 copies sold in the United States. As of October 2015, the album had sold 87,000 copies in the US.{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029235059/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archive-date=29 October 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}

The album peaked at number 51 on Austria's Ö3 Austria Top 40 Longplay chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra |title=Discographie Electric Light Orchestra |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=6 March 2013}} and number 16 on Germany's Media Control Album Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Electric+Light+Orchestra&country=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912205303/http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Electric+Light+Orchestra&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2014 |title=charts.de – Electric Light Orchestra |publisher=charts.de |access-date=22 April 2013}} The single from the album "Alright" peaked at number 87 on the Dutch Top 40 chart in the Netherlands.{{cite web|last=Hung |first=Steffen |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra |title=Discografie Electric Light Orchestra |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=22 April 2013}}

A remaster by Frontiers was released on 19 April 2013 in the UK, and on 23 April 2013 in the US, and included four previously unreleased bonus tracks, two of them live recordings from the 2001 Zoom Tour Live PBS taping at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://elo.biz/news/130471 |title=2013 TO BRING THREE MORE RELEASES FROM JEFF LYNNE AND ELO AS PART OF ELO'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY : elo |publisher=Elo.biz |access-date=19 February 2013}} The remaster of the Japan-only track, "Long Black Road" (which doesn't appear on the Frontiers release), was included along with "10538 Overture" in the soundtrack for the 2013 film American Hustle.{{cite web|author=Heather Phares |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-hustle-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0002603490 |title=American Hustle [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=2013-12-24 |access-date=2016-01-14}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Jeff Lynne

| headline = Original Release

| title1 = Alright

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Moment in Paradise

| length2 = 3:36

| title3 = State of Mind

| length3 = 3:04

| title4 = Just for Love

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Stranger on a Quiet Street

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = In My Own Time

| length6 = 3:03

| title7 = Easy Money

| length7 = 2:50

| title8 = It Really Doesn't Matter

| length8 = 3:20

| title9 = Ordinary Dream

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = A Long Time Gone

| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = Melting in the Sun

| length11 = 3:10

| title12 = All She Wanted

| length12 = 3:14

| title13 = Lonesome Lullaby

| length13 = 4:02

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• Jeff Lynne – Vocals, electric guitars, bass, keyboards, cello ("Melting in the Sun"), drums

;Guest musicians

• Richard Tandy – Keyboards ("Alright")
• George Harrison – Slide guitar ("A Long Time Gone" and "All She Wanted")
• Ringo Starr – Drums ("Moment in Paradise" and "Easy Money")
• Marc Mann – Rhythm guitar ("Moment in Paradise"), string arrangements ("In My Own Time" and "Melting in the Sun")
• Suzie Katayama – Cello ("Just for Love", "Stranger on a Quiet Street" and "All She Wanted")
• Roger Lebow – Cello ("Lonesome Lullaby")
• Dave Boruff – Saxophone ("A Long Time Gone")
• Laura Lynne – Backing vocals ("All She Wanted")
• Rosie Vela – Backing vocals ("Alright", "All She Wanted"), spoken parts and tap dancing ("In My Own Time")
• Kris Wilkinson – String arrangements ("Ordinary Dream")

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