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Elton John (album)

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Recorded
  
January 1970

Label
  
DJM (UK) Uni (US)

Release date
  
10 April 1970

Length
  
39:27

Artist
  
Elton John

Producer
  
Gus Dudgeon

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Released
  
10 April 1970 (1970-04-10)

Studio
  
Trident Studios (London, England)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Symphonic rock

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Similar
  
Elton John albums, Rock music albums

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Elton John is the second album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released in April 1970. However, because it was his first album released in America, many people there assumed it was his first album, as Empty Sky was not released in the US until 1975. Elton John includes his breakthrough hit, "Your Song", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the RIAA. In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Contents

In 2003, the album was ranked No. 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This was the first of many Elton 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".

The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a Mick Jagger song.

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Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Side one

  1. "Your Song" – 4:02
  2. "I Need You to Turn To" – 2:35
  3. "Take Me to the Pilot" – 3:47
  4. "No Shoe Strings on Louise" – 3:31
  5. "First Episode at Hienton" – 4:48

Side two

  1. "Sixty Years On" – 4:35
  2. "Border Song" – 3:22
  3. "The Greatest Discovery" – 4:12
  4. "The Cage" – 3:28
  5. "The King Must Die" – 5:23

Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)

  1. "Bad Side of the Moon" – 3:15
  2. "Grey Seal" (Original version) – 3:35
  3. "Rock and Roll Madonna" – 4:17

Bonus tracks (2008 deluxe edition)

Disc one – original album

Disc two

  1. "Your Song" (Piano demo) – 3:35
  2. "I Need You to Turn To" (Piano demo) – 2:12
  3. "Take Me to the Pilot" (Piano demo) – 2:36
  4. "No Shoe Strings on Louise" (Piano demo) – 3:33
  5. "Sixty Years On" (Piano demo) – 4:21
  6. "The Greatest Discovery" (Piano demo) – 3:58
  7. "The Cage" (Piano demo) – 3:21
  8. "The King Must Die" (Piano demo) – 5:24
  9. "Rock and Roll Madonna" (Piano demo) – 3:11
  10. "Thank You Mama" (Piano demo) – 3:20
  11. "All the Way Down to El Paso" (Piano demo) – 2:49
  12. "I'm Going Home" (Piano demo) – 3:05
  13. "Grey Seal" (Piano demo) – 3:19
  14. "Rock And Roll Madonna" (Alternate take) – 2:55
  15. "Bad Side of the Moon" – 3:13
  16. "Grey Seal" (Original version) – 3:36
  17. "Rock and Roll Madonna" – 4:17
  18. "Border Song" (BBC session) – 3:21
  19. "Your Song" (BBC session) – 4:01
  20. "Take Me to the Pilot" (BBC session) – 3:33

Notes

  • On the album released in Portugal, a French horn is used in the introduction to "The Greatest Discovery" instead of a cello as is found on all other versions. An extended version of the introduction to "Sixty Years On" is available on the 1990 box set To Be Continued.
  • The original German release from 1970 (Hansa 80807) opens with the song "Rock and Roll Madonna", and the song "I Need You to Turn To" does not appear on the LP. The rest of the tracks and the running order remain the same as the worldwide release.
  • The album was remastered as a multichannel Super Audio CD in 2004.

    • Accolades

    Grammy Awards

    Songs

    1Your Song4:02
    2I Need You to Turn To2:33
    3Take Me to the Pilot3:47

    References

    Elton John (album) Wikipedia
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