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Don't Bring Me Down
  Coming off an ambitiously grandiose 1978 tour-which included a violinist, two cellists, seven trailers and a huge, laser-bedecked "spaceship"-orchestral rockers ELO sat back to catch their breath and perhaps take stock of their logistic clutter. Their next effort, 1979's Discovery, was noticeably less "artsy" than anything previous, as its biggest single, "Don't Bring Me Down," was a slick slab of simplicity that harkened back to Lynne's earlier days with the English band the Move. By year's end they even jettisoned the string section. Oh, and with "Don't Bring Me Down" came The Great ELO Mystery: what the heck does "grroosss" mean? The answer: absolutely nothing.

(J. Lynne); Produced by Jeff Lynne; strings and choir arrangements by Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Louis Clark; conducted by Louis Clark; Jeff Lynne, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, vocals; Bev Bevan, drums, percussion; Richard Tandy, keyboards; Kelly Groucutt, bass; Rec. Munich, Germany, 1979. Jet ZS9 5060 (mx. ZS9 5060-3); P 1979 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.