Elton John:Elton John

Elton John is the second album by English singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 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.

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".[4]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. ===Side one[ edit] === ===Side two[ edit] === ===Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Bonus tracks (2008 deluxe edition)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">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.
 * 1.1 Side one
 * 1.2 Side two
 * 1.3 Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)
 * 1.4 Bonus tracks (2008 deluxe edition)
 * 2 B-sides
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 Production
 * 5 Charts
 * 5.1 Peak positions
 * 5.2 Year-end charts
 * 5.3 Certifications
 * 6 References
 * 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
 * 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
 * 1) "Bad Side of the Moon" – 3:15
 * 2) "Grey Seal" (Original version) – 3:35
 * 3) "Rock and Roll Madonna" – 4:17
 * 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

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When MCA Records reissued this album on cassette tape in the 1980s, "I Need You to Turn To" and "The Cage" were swapped in the album running order.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">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.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The album was remastered as a multichannel Super Audio CD in 2004. ==B-sides<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Elton John – piano, vocals, harpsichord
 * Frank Clark – acoustic bass
 * Colin Green – guitar, Spanish guitar
 * Roland Harker – guitar
 * Clive Hicks – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, twelve-string guitar
 * Alan Parker – rhythm guitar
 * Caleb Quaye – guitar
 * Les Hurdle – bass guitar
 * Dave Richmond – bass guitar
 * Alan Weighall – bass guitar
 * Brian Dee – organ
 * Diana Lewis – Moog synthesiser
 * Paul Buckmaster – cello
 * Skaila Kanga – harp
 * David Katz – violin
 * Terry Cox – drums
 * Dennis Lopez – percussion
 * Barry Morgan – drums
 * Tex Navarra – percussion
 * Madeline Bell – backing vocals
 * Tony Burrows – backing vocals
 * Roger Cook – backing vocals
 * Lesley Duncan – backing vocals
 * Kay Garner – backing vocals
 * Tony Hazzard – backing vocals
 * Barbara Moore – vocals, choir, chorus
 * Producer: Gus Dudgeon
 * Engineer: Robin Geoffrey Cable
 * Editing: Gus Skinas
 * Remastering: Tony Cousins
 * Digital transfers: Ricky Graham
 * Surround sound: Greg Penny
 * Lyricist: Bernie Taupin
 * Arranger: Paul Buckmaster
 * Orchestra contractor: David Katz
 * Art direction: David Larkham
 * Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon, John Tobler