Nightrider (ELO song)
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"Nightrider" is a song from Electric Light Orchestra's
album Face The Music.
The song's title is a titular tip of the hat to Lynne's first major band, The Nightriders. This was the second single released from the album after "Evil Woman", in 1976. The B-side on the single was a live version of "Daybreaker
" taken from the 1974 live album The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach)
. Despite ELO's rising popularity, the song failed to chart. The song was also included as the B-side on the US hit single Do Ya.
Between 3:16 and 3:19, the song features a string crescendo
which was reused (played backwards, from 2:40 to 2:44) on another of the album's tracks, "Evil Woman".
"I took the high string part of Nightrider that climbs up to a climax, and used it backwards in Evil Woman as a big effect. I was amazed when it slotted in seamlessly."
- Jeff Lynne (Face The Music remaster liner notes)
During live performances, Jeff Lynne
and Kelly Groucutt
would swap vocals during the song.
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
album Face The Music.
The song's title is a titular tip of the hat to Lynne's first major band, The Nightriders. This was the second single released from the album after "Evil Woman", in 1976. The B-side on the single was a live version of "Daybreaker
Daybreaker
Daybreaker is an album by singer-songwriter Beth Orton released in 2002 on Heavenly Records and the Astralwerks Records label. The album reached #40 in US and #8 in UK. Mojo Magazine called the album "her best to date...". Q Magazine was not excited about the album: "Tortoise-pace strumming and a...
" taken from the 1974 live album The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach)
The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach)
The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach is a 1974 live album by the Electric Light Orchestra recorded at the Long Beach Auditorium on the evening of 12 May 1974 Long Beach, California and its title lampoons The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence from '73.-History:Although this...
. Despite ELO's rising popularity, the song failed to chart. The song was also included as the B-side on the US hit single Do Ya.
Between 3:16 and 3:19, the song features a string crescendo
Crescendo
-In music:*Crescendo, a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases, see Dynamics * Crescendo , a Liverpool-based electronic pop band* "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", one of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions...
which was reused (played backwards, from 2:40 to 2:44) on another of the album's tracks, "Evil Woman".
"I took the high string part of Nightrider that climbs up to a climax, and used it backwards in Evil Woman as a big effect. I was amazed when it slotted in seamlessly."
- Jeff Lynne (Face The Music remaster liner notes)
During live performances, Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
and Kelly Groucutt
Kelly Groucutt
Kelly Groucutt , born Michael William Groucutt, was an English musician who was best known for being the bass player for the band Electric Light Orchestra , between 1974 and 1983. He was born in Coseley, West Midlands.-Early career:Groucutt began his musical career at 15 as Rikki Storm of Rikki...
would swap vocals during the song.