1970 may have marked a new decade, at least on the calendar, but as you'll see in the list of 1970's Best Rock Albums below, it was still pretty much the '60s as far as the music was concerned.

Whether it was hitting a fire extinguisher instead of a cowbell or recording the drums in a bathroom to capture more reverb, ELO were open to innovation.

Lynne became the sole driving creative force in ELO after the 1972 departure of Wood. Jeff then produced all of the band’s subsequent albums and wrote all of the group’s original tunes.