John Mayer’s “Sob Rock” era comes with an aesthetic both pristine and sublimely ridiculous: rich Florida retiree in the 1980s, Alessandro Mendini, the Sony Discman, proto-“American Psycho,” near-peak cocaine. Recording Industry Association of America.Right off the top, it needs to be said: great merch. ^ "American album certifications – Elton John – Elton John".^ "Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1971" (in Dutch).^ "Allmusic: Elton John : Charts & Awards : Billboard Albums".^ "Elton John > Artists > Official Charts".
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005.^ "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male".Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. The side is rounded off with the 'Rolling Stones country' tinged 'No Shoe Strings on Louise' (even Elton's phrasing is similar to Jagger's at times – "All those city women want to make us poor men and this land's got the worse for the worrying"). Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. "Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea: Elton John – Elton John (1970)". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). ^ Archived 2 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine "Elton John".Barbara Moore – backing vocals, choir leader (7).Tony Hazzard – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Kay Garner – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Lesley Duncan – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Roger Cook – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Tony Burrows – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Madeline Bell – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9).Paul Buckmaster – cello solo (8), orchestral arrangements and conductor.Caleb Quaye – lead guitar (3, 4, 5), additional guitar (9).Clive Hicks – twelve-string guitar (1), rhythm guitar (4), guitar (7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (9).Colin Green – additional guitar (1, 7), Spanish guitar (6).Frank Clark – acoustic guitar (1), double bass (10).Elton John – piano, vocals (all tracks), harpsichord (2).Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album. John performed many of these songs live, and included six of these ten songs on his 1987 album Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. "Rock and Roll Madonna" (Incomplete band demo) "All the Way Down to El Paso" (Piano demo) Side one No.īonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue) No. Track listing Īll tracks are written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a Rolling Stones song. Two songs from the album did find their way into the repertoire of other artists in 1970: "Your Song" was recorded by Three Dog Night as an album track on their LP It Ain't Easy, while Aretha Franklin released a cover of " Border Song" as a single that reached number 37 in the US pop charts and number 5 on the R&B chart, later included on her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black. As Dudgeon recalled in a Mix magazine interview, the album was not actually intended to launch John as an artist, but rather as a collection of polished demos for other artists to consider recording his and co-writer Bernie Taupin's songs. This was the first of a string of John albums produced by Gus Dudgeon. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance". In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the RIAA. The album includes John's breakthrough single " Your Song", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. The album was the first release by John in the United States because Empty Sky was not released in that country until 1975. Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records.
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