It was issued in 2012 by Frontiers simultaneously with Lynne's cover album Long Wave. Jeff Lynne told Rolling Stone magazine that the idea came from him listening to the original Electric Light Orchestra recordings, and thinking that he could produce a better result having since had a long career as a record producer. Label: Nonesuch - 131388-1,Nonesuch - STCD 400009 • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Album 180 gCD Album, Enhanced • Country: US • Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country • Style: Alternative Rock [6], All tracks written, produced, and performed by Jeff Lynne. The same photograph is featured in the July 2007 issue of National Geographic. It has received mixed feedback. [7], ^shipments figures based on certification alone, 2012 greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra, iTunes Store "Deluxe edition" bonus tracks, "Premiere: Jeff Lynne Covers Soul Nugget 'Mercy, Mercy, "Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO Coming To TV", "Electric Light Orchestra – Chart history: Billboard 200", "Electric Light Orchestra – Chart history: Billboard Independent Albums", "Electric Light Orchestra – Chart history: Billboard Rock Albums", "iTunes – Music – Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (Deluxe Edition) by Electric Light Orchestra", "British album certifications – Elo – Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of", The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach, The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra, The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2 CD Edition), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr._Blue_Sky:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra&oldid=979107232, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Ryan Ulyate – piano solo ("Evil Woman"), engineering, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 20:33. Blue Sky is the first studio album from Hong Kong singer-songwriter Jinny Ng released on 28 May 2012. Besides, there are 2 more music videos for Soulmate. referencing Sky Blue Sky, 2xLP, Album, 180 + CD, Album, Enh, 131388-1, STCD 400009 Really like this pressing, my copy is very, very clean; no hisses, pops or surface noise (it sucks others appear to have this). I rate Sky Blue Sky on the same level as Being There, Summerteeth and YHF as simply being a masterful, coherent, deliberate but nonchalant recording from beginning to end. "[1] It was suggested by his manager that Lynne record a few more versions of Electric Light Orchestra songs, the results being recordings of "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic". Lynne also liked these versions, so he continued by producing a full album of re-recordings. Nathaniel Murphy provided several illustrations for the liner booklet, which include a tree on a hill, a hand, and a flock of birds. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2007 All Media release of Sky Blue Sky on Discogs.