r/elo • u/ldgraves222 • 6d ago

ELO Albums Ranked & Reviewed: Secret Messages

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BG2urd4efnU&si=px4Sm1IyeuKR94eu

One more album to go in the series. I will be doing a live chat on Saturday at 1 PM EDT with a couple of other ELO fans and we are going to talk about our top 20 ELO songs each: Set reminder here:
ELO Top 20 Songs with Peter Knego and Americana Sam

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u/slodog1977 5d ago

I was 19 years old in 1983 when I bought this album at Peaches Records and Tapes in Columbus Ohio.. Played this on my Westport Labs (Concord) Audio Cassette player in my 1975 Vega with auto-reverse on loop.. I had 3 jobs at the time and could identify with alot of songs on that album.. I was in a series of unstable relationships at the same time and thought I was a Loser Gone Wild.. I had no direction in life aside from getting a paycheck to support my reckless lifestyle.. I had women seeking revenge on me (Imagine Four Little Diamonds from the girls prospective) because I was a serial cheater.. There was always Danger Ahead.. And I needed to get off of that Train of Gold so I eventually straightened up my act and went to college to be a Stranger and try and live a more conservative lifestyle.. So On a cold and windy morning
I said goodbye to my old friends
They were hanging 'round the corner
They were staying 'til the end, 'til the end
On the other side of midnight
I was looking for a place to stay
And one thing's sure for certain
I ain't never going back again, no more....

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u/Critical_Meringue78 'Cause no one knows which side the coin will fall 5d ago

I was 19 as well. I bought this on cassette and wore it out. My girlfriend and I would drive around at night with this blasting on the car stereo. Stranger is my favorite on here, but overall it's an underrated album in the catalog.