For other uses, see The Third Day (disambiguation).
On the Third Day
Studio album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released
November 1973
Recorded
April–May, August[1] 1973
Studio
De Lane Lea Studios, London; AIR Studios, London
Genre
Progressive rock
Length
39:34
Label
Warner Bros. (U.K.) United Artists (U.S.)
Producer
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
ELO 2 (1973)
On the Third Day (1973)
The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra studio album chronology
ELO 2 (1973)
On the Third Day (1973)
Eldorado (1974)
Singles from On the Third Day
"Showdown" Released: 14 September 1973
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" Released: February 1974
US cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[3]
The Music Box
[4]
MusicHound
3/5[5]
Rolling Stone
(unfavourable)[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[7]
On the Third Day is the third studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the first to be recorded without input from Roy Wood. It was released in the United States in November 1973 by United Artists Records, and in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1973 by Warner Bros. Records. From this album on, the word The was dropped from the band's name (other than The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach which was one of their live album). The album was reissued on 12 September 2006.
^"Jeff Lynne Song Database - 1970s Songs". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^On the Third Day at AllMusic
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 915. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
^"Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 383. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^"Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007.
^Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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