''ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' is an album by the

Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop, classical a ...

(ELO), released in 1992 as a follow-up to their more successful '' ELO's Greatest Hits'', though it was not issued in the U.S.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jeff Lynne –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

& backing vocals,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, electric guitar and

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

s, percussion,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, piano * Bev Bevan –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion, backing vocals * Richard Tandy – piano, synthesizer, keyboards, electric guitar,

clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

, grand piano,

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

, percussion, backing vocals * Kelly Groucutt – vocals, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals (except on "Calling America")

Additional

* Mik Kaminski – violin on "Rock n' Roll Is King" * Melvyn Gale – jangle piano on "Wild West Hero" * Louis Clark – string arrangements,

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas * Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...

on "Discovery" & "Xanadu" tracks * Rainer Pietsch – conductor on "Time" tracks * Dave Morgan – additional backing vocals on "Rock n' Roll Is King"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elo's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 1992 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums Epic Records compilation albums