Electric Light Orchestra – Time

Description

A concept album (in itself a brave undertaking by 1981), Time is set at the end of the 21st century and is populated by a host of space-age themes and characters. What’s most remarkable about the album is how all this science fiction silliness is salvaged by the overall exuberance of the playing. “Yours Truly, 2095” uses a number of ELO hallmarks–a catchy synth riff, sweeping strings and over-the-top-production–to tell it’s tale, of a man in love with a robot, and become the album’s highlight (and what should have been a hit single).