Yahoo! Music, Jun 8, 2001 5:00 pm PDT
(6/8/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) fans will have reason to "zoom" home tomorrow (June 12), as that's when the new album Zoom comes out. It's the group's first album in 15 years, and it marks lead singer and guitarist Jeff Lynne's return to the fold after releasing a solo album (1990's Armchair Theatre), recording two others as a member of Traveling Wilburys, and working as a producer for artists including Tom Petty, Joe Cocker, Brian Wilson, and the Beatles, among others.
The first single from Zoom is "Alright." Lynne told LAUNCH that he wasn't consulted about what to make the first single but that he is, in fact, all right with "Alright" as the single. "It's not my choice, really. That's [Epic Records parent company] Sony's choice," he said. "That's the one they chose, and that's the one they want to do. In my career, the record company says, 'Oh, we want this one as the single,' or whatever. And so I go, 'Yeah. Alright then,' 'cause I figure that they know better than I do, you know? "
Lynne plans to take ELO out on the road this summer, but no dates have been announced yet.
-- Bruce Simon, New York
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