| Showdown | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Cover: | Showdown harvest.jpg |
| Released: | November 1974 |
| Recorded: | 1971–1973 |
| Label: | Harvest |
| Prev Title: | Eldorado |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Face the Music |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Showdown is an Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) compilation album, covering their Harvest Records years. It is the first in a very long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums. It comprises four tracks from their debut album and three from ELO 2 as well as the hit single "Showdown", the first time it had featured on an album in the UK.[1]
| Title | Writer | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "10538 Overture" | Jeff Lynne | The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer | 5:28 | |
| 2 | "From the Sun to the World (Boogie No.1)" | Jeff Lynne | ELO 2 (1973) | 8:15 | |
| 3 | "Whisper in the Night" | Roy Wood | The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer | 4:44 | |
| 4 | "Queen of the Hours" | Jeff Lynne | The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer | 3:21 |
| Title | Writer | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry / Ludwig van Beethoven | ELO 2 (1973) | 7:00 | |
| 2 | "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" | Roy Wood | The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer | 2:57 | |
| 3 | "In Old England Town (Boogie No 2)" | Jeff Lynne | ELO 2 (1973) | 6:50 | |
| 4 | "Showdown" | Jeff Lynne | 1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973) | 4:08 |