The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer) - (1971) [Full Album HQ]

Side 1
00:00 - 10538 Overture
05:37 - Look At Me Now
08:58 - Nellie Takes Her Bow
15:00 - The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
Side 2
21:05 - First Movement (Jumping Biz)
24:14 - Mr. Radio
29:15 - Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
33:40 - Queen Of The Hours
37:07 - Whisper In The Night

''The Electric Light Orchestra'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in December 1971. In the US, the album was released in early 1972 as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message made by a United Artists Records executive asking about the album name. The caller, having failed to reach the ELO contact, wrote down "no answer" in their notes, and this was misconstrued to be the name of the album.

The album is focused on the core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan who were the remaining members of rock group The Move. The Move were still releasing singles in the UK at the same time as this project was undertaken, but interest was soon to be abandoned in Wood's former band. The sound is unique on this recording in comparison to the more slickly produced ELO albums of the subsequent Jeff Lynne years, incorporating many wind instruments and replacing guitar parts with heavy, "sawing" cello riffs, giving this recording an experimental "Baroque-and-roll" feel; indeed, "The Battle of Marston Moor" is the most baroque-influenced track on the album. On this track, Roy Wood, in addition to playing virtually all the instruments, had to provide the percussion as well because Bev Bevan, normally the group's percussionist and drummer, refused to play on the track because of his low opinion of it. However, the overall musical connection to The Beatles (it had been stated by the bandmembers that ELO was formed to "pick up where The Beatles left off...") is quite apparent in this album.